The Four Foundations of Shirk - QSEP
The Four Foundations of Shirk - QSEP
The Four Foundations of Shirk - QSEP
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EXPLANATION<br />
by Shaikh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan<br />
Shafaa'ah has conditions and limitations, it is not absolute:<br />
Shafaa'ah that is forbidden by Allah is the Shafa'ah without<br />
the Permission <strong>of</strong> Allah. No one intercedes with Allah without His<br />
Permission. <strong>The</strong> best <strong>of</strong> the creation, and the last <strong>of</strong> all the Prophets,<br />
Muhammad<br />
<br />
when he wants to intercede for those who are<br />
standing on the Day <strong>of</strong> Judgement, he will fall in prostration before<br />
His Lord, invoke Him, praise Him, and he will remain in the<br />
prostration until it is said to him, 'Raise your head, speak and you<br />
shall be heard, intercede and your intercession will be accepted.”<br />
[Saheeh al-Bukharee] So, the Messenger does not intercede except<br />
after Permission from Allah.<br />
<strong>The</strong> affirmed Shafa'ah is that which is sought on behalf <strong>of</strong> the<br />
people <strong>of</strong> Tawheed, so the mushrik does not benefit from the<br />
Shafa'ah. <strong>The</strong> one who seeks nearness to the graves, and vows for the<br />
graves is the mushrik who does not benefit from the intercession.<br />
In summary, the forbidden Shafa'ah is the one that is sought<br />
without the Permission <strong>of</strong> Allah or is sought on behalf <strong>of</strong> a mushrik.<br />
<strong>The</strong> affirmed Shifa'ah is the one that is sought with the Permission <strong>of</strong><br />
Allah and on behalf <strong>of</strong> the people <strong>of</strong> Tawheed.<br />
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