Shafaat (intercession): Helping The Dead

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  1. abbasmadani

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    A hadith ash-Sharif conveyed by Imam-i Muslim states: "On the Day of Resurrection, I shall intercede first."
    A hadith ash-Sharif written on the twenty-eighth page of the explanation of Shir'at-ul- Islam states: "A person who does not believe in my Shafaat will not benefit from it."
    The eighth of the forty hadith ash-Sharifs transmitted by Ahmad ibni Kamal Effendi states: "My shafaat has become haram (forbidden) for the person who misses my Sunnat." That is, he declared: "I shall not intercede for the person who abandons the iman which he had at his birth, the person who does not become Muslim."
    A hadith ash-Sharif quoted in the books Bukhari, Muslim and Sunan states: "It has become wajib for me to intercede for the person who visits my grave."
    A hadith ash-Sharif quoted by Tabarani "rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alaih' states: "I will be an intercessor of the person who visits my grave." These two hadith ash-Sharifs show that it is necessary to visit Rasulullah's grave.
    There are many other hadith ash-Sharifs declaring that our master Rasulullah "sall-Allahu 'alaihi wa sallam' will intercede in various ways. It is written on the sixty-seventh page of the book Milal-Nihal, "It is written in Khulasa that it is not permissible to perform namaz behind a person who disbelieves the fact that Rasulullah will intercede, the angels of kiraman katibin, or the ruyat (seeing Allahu ta'ala) in Paradise." Accordingly, you must not perform namaz behind an imam who is a Wahhabi. The savants of the Ahl as-sunnat state that on the Day of Resurrection every prophet will intercede. Then, savants will intercede. Then, martyrs will intercede. Then, devoted Muslims will intercede, then those hafizes who recite Qur'an al-karim with tajwid but not melodiously and for Allah's sake, and then small children will intercede. Those hadith ash- Sharifs declaring that this is so are written in a brief explanation of Tazkira-i Qurtubi and also in Birghiwi Vasiyetnamesi. It is written in many books of fiqh that when performing a prayer called janaza namaz for children it is good to say, "O Allah! Make this child an intercessor!"
     
  2. abbasmadani

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    He interprets the thirtieth ayat al-karima of Zumar Sura: "You will die. Those disbelievers will die, too. Then, on the Day of Resurrection, you will settle up with each other in the presence of Allah. It will be revealed that you are right, and the polytheists are wrong, corrupt." It is written in Tafsir-i Husaini and also in the tafsir of Mawakib, which is a translation of the former, "The disbelievers of Mecca said, "Muhammad "alaihis- salam" will die, and we will get rid of him.' And Allahu ta'ala declared: "Yes, you will die. But those polytheists also will surely die. It is blatant ignorance for those people who will certainly die to wait for another's death.' " This ayat al-karima was revealed in order to explain that the disbelievers were on the wrong path. It does not state anything indicating that Rasulullah "sall-Allahu ta'ala 'alaihi wa sallam' will become senseless, soulless earth after dying, nor does it even imply anything approximating to it. Death means to leave worldly life. This is not to be interpreted as the annihilation of the life in the grave or as the death of the soul.
    As for the forty-fourth ayat al-karima of Zumar Sura, it is interpreted as: "The disbelievers of the Quraish say that their idols will intercede for them. Tell them that no one can intercede without Allahu ta'ala's permission." It is so wrong to interpret an ayat al- karima declaring that "idols and statues cannot intercede" to mean that "Rasulullah cannot intercede." Rasulullah "sall-Allahu ta'ala 'alaihi wa sallam' will be allowed to intercede, and he will intercede for those Believers whom he likes. Also, the interpretation of Ayat-al Kursi in Baqara Sura communicates that this is so.
    And the forty-eighth ayat al-karima of Muddassir Sura is interpreted as: "If those who are allowed to intercede do so for the disbelievers, their intercession will not be helpful to the disbelievers."
    As it is understood, all the ayat al-karimas declare that shafaat, that is, helping Believers, will be permitted and disbelievers will not be interceded for. There are various hadith ash-Sharifs stating that Rasulullah "sall-Allahu 'alaihi wa sallam' will intercede for the Believers:
    A hadith ash-Sharif conveyed by Hatib-i Baghdadi states: "Of my Ummat, I shall intercede for those who love my Ahl al-bayt."
    A hadith ash-Sharif quoted by Imam-i Ahmad in his book Musnad states: "Of my Ummat, I shall intercede for those who have committed grave sins."
    A hadith ash-Sharif quoted in Dailami's Musnad states: "I shall intercede for everybody except those who spoke ill of my Sahaba."
    A hadith ash-Sharif which is, again, conveyed by Dailami, states: "Of my Ummat, I shall intercede for those who tormented their nafs and who were deceived by their nafs."
    A hadith ash-Sharif conveyed by Hatib-i Baghdadi states: "Of my Ummat, I shall intercede for those with many sins." A hadith ash-Sharif conveyed by Ibni Abi Shayba states: "On the Day of Resurrection, I shall be the first to rise out of the
     

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