What is the evidence that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intercedes for people who have earned entry into the Fire, and they do not enter it because of his intercession?
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The Shaykh : They want to enter the Fire!
The questioner : Allah (Mighty and Majestic) wants to put them in the Fire.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I came across it, I looked, meaning the speech did not satisfy my curiosity: regarding the authentication and weakening of hadiths, so I do not know if there is an intercession from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for these people?
The Shaykh : So specify, which people?
The questioner : Those who are: "Allah (Mighty and Majestic) puts a group into Paradise without reckoning, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intercedes for them, and they enter. The hadiths of the seventy thousand who enter Paradise without reckoning."
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So I was confused, meaning, does the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intercede for those who enter Paradise without reckoning? And then regarding the people whom Allah (Mighty and Majestic) wants to put in the Fire, before He puts them in the Fire, does the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intercede for them?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So I do not know, meaning, the authenticity of this?
The Shaykh : Yes, he must have mentioned an authentic hadith about the intercession of the prophets and messengers, and at the end of it, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says: He must have mentioned this hadith.
The questioner : Yes, he mentioned it.
The Shaykh : And you must have come across it. I think this is the answer to your question?
The questioner : But there is a specific case, and this hadith is general. Is there a specific case and hadiths that pertain to this matter?
The Shaykh : Specific to what?
The questioner : Specific to the fact that "there is a group whom Allah (Mighty and Majestic) wants to put in the Fire, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) comes before they enter the Fire and takes them out of the Fire," and so on.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So your question now is clear: the intercession you are referring to is not for those who have entered the Fire, and the Messenger or someone else intercedes for them?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Rather, it is for people who deserve to enter the Fire, and then the intercession saves them from entering the Fire.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that what you want to say?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, did you read in the chapter on intercession in the book "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib"?
The questioner : The same Al-Targhib?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : No, I have not read it.
The Shaykh : Yes, read it, because in truth, this question, as you pointed out, is specific.
The questioner : Yes, if Allah wills, I will read it.
The Shaykh : Okay, does not the answer to your question lie in the hadith:.
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, honestly, I do not know.
The questioner : Allah (Mighty and Majestic) wants to put them in the Fire.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I came across it, I looked, meaning the speech did not satisfy my curiosity: regarding the authentication and weakening of hadiths, so I do not know if there is an intercession from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for these people?
The Shaykh : So specify, which people?
The questioner : Those who are: "Allah (Mighty and Majestic) puts a group into Paradise without reckoning, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intercedes for them, and they enter. The hadiths of the seventy thousand who enter Paradise without reckoning."
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So I was confused, meaning, does the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intercede for those who enter Paradise without reckoning? And then regarding the people whom Allah (Mighty and Majestic) wants to put in the Fire, before He puts them in the Fire, does the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) intercede for them?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So I do not know, meaning, the authenticity of this?
The Shaykh : Yes, he must have mentioned an authentic hadith about the intercession of the prophets and messengers, and at the end of it, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:
The angels interceded, and the prophets interceded, and nothing remained except my intercession. Take out of the Fire whoever has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of faith.
شفعت الملائكة ، وشفع النَّبيُّون ، ولم يبْقَ إلا شفاعتي ، أخرجوا من النار مَن كان في قلبه مثقال ذرَّةٍ من إيمانThe questioner : Yes, he mentioned it.
The Shaykh : And you must have come across it. I think this is the answer to your question?
The questioner : But there is a specific case, and this hadith is general. Is there a specific case and hadiths that pertain to this matter?
The Shaykh : Specific to what?
The questioner : Specific to the fact that "there is a group whom Allah (Mighty and Majestic) wants to put in the Fire, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) comes before they enter the Fire and takes them out of the Fire," and so on.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So your question now is clear: the intercession you are referring to is not for those who have entered the Fire, and the Messenger or someone else intercedes for them?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Rather, it is for people who deserve to enter the Fire, and then the intercession saves them from entering the Fire.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Is that what you want to say?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, did you read in the chapter on intercession in the book "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib"?
The questioner : The same Al-Targhib?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : No, I have not read it.
The Shaykh : Yes, read it, because in truth, this question, as you pointed out, is specific.
The questioner : Yes, if Allah wills, I will read it.
The Shaykh : Okay, does not the answer to your question lie in the hadith:
My intercession on the Day of Resurrection.
شفاعتي يوم القيامةThe questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, honestly, I do not know.
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