What is the ruling on taking a fee for intercession?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on taking a fee for intercession?
The Shaykh : What is intercession?
The questioner : Mediation.
The Shaykh : Mediation in what?
The questioner : Mediation in something permissible that contains nothing forbidden.
The Shaykh : In something permissible - peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you - .
The questioner : Or obligatory or recommended, like that.
The Shaykh : Taking the fee.
The questioner : I think it stems from a text that forbids intercession; is that what he means?
The Shaykh : No, it appears in the hadiths that .
The questioner : I mean taking a gift for intercession.
The Shaykh : That is his intention.
The questioner : Meaning there is a text that seems explicit in the prohibition.
The Shaykh : I do not remember this text, but it seems to me from his saying (peace be upon him): that taking a material fee changes the Shari'ah system, where he said: meaning the hereafter reward, so he shifted it to a worldly fee. It seems to me from this that it is not permissible, but you are saying in a hadith that reminds me of it.
The questioner : By Allah, now due to my long absence, it seems likeBulugh al-Maram 7:77 here, what is the reward for the rest?
The Shaykh : This is in "Sahih al-Jami'".
The questioner : Did you remember, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : This is correct. This is even more of a reason not to take a fee. Did you get the answer?
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : What is intercession?
The questioner : Mediation.
The Shaykh : Mediation in what?
The questioner : Mediation in something permissible that contains nothing forbidden.
The Shaykh : In something permissible - peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you - .
The questioner : Or obligatory or recommended, like that.
The Shaykh : Taking the fee.
The questioner : I think it stems from a text that forbids intercession; is that what he means?
The Shaykh : No, it appears in the hadiths that
Intercede and you will be rewarded
اشفَعُوا تُؤجَرُواThe questioner : I mean taking a gift for intercession.
The Shaykh : That is his intention.
The questioner : Meaning there is a text that seems explicit in the prohibition.
The Shaykh : I do not remember this text, but it seems to me from his saying (peace be upon him):
Intercede and you will be rewarded
اشفَعُوا تُؤجَرُواyou will be rewarded
تُؤجَرُواThe questioner : By Allah, now due to my long absence, it seems like
Whoever intercedes for his brother and that one gives him a gift for that (intercession) which he accepts
أنَّ مَن شفع شفاعةً فأهدي له هدية فقبلهاThe Shaykh : This is in "Sahih al-Jami'".
The questioner : Did you remember, Shaykh?
The Shaykh : This is correct. This is even more of a reason not to take a fee. Did you get the answer?
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible.
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