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Intercession – Al-Shia https://en.al-shia.org The al-Shia Scientific, Cultural, and Doctrinal Website Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:33:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://en.al-shia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cropped-cropped-FIcon-32x32.png Intercession – Al-Shia https://en.al-shia.org 32 32 Intercession (Shafa’ah) in the Qur’an and Hadith https://en.al-shia.org/intercession-shafaah-in-the-quran-and-hadith/ https://en.al-shia.org/intercession-shafaah-in-the-quran-and-hadith/#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2023 05:30:01 +0000 https://en.al-shia.org/?p=9263 Intercession (Shafa’ah) is one of the concepts discussed in both the glorious Qur’an and hadith.

Intercession means that, on the Day of Judgement, certain chosen individuals (such as the Prophets, Imams and some special righteous individuals) will intercede based on Allah’s permission for those who have not cut their tie of faith with Allah and preserved their spiritual relationship with Him and His Messengers. Interestingly, to show shows the depth of the importance of the matter in religion, the term “Shafa’ah” with all its derivations, has occurred about thirty times in the Qur’an.

Meanwhile, it is pertinent to mention that the Qur’anic verses that discussed intercession could be grouped into four broad categories. The first category is the verses that apparently negate intercession out-rightly. The second category is the verses that negate intercession for a special category. The third category is the verses that exclusively limit intercession to Allah. The fourth category is the verses that affirm intercession based on the consent of Allah.

First Category: Verses that apparently negate intercession out-rightly Certain verses of the glorious Qur’an apparently negate intercession. For instance, Qur’an 2: 48, 123, 254; and 44: 41 are examples of verses which outrightly negate intercession.

In verse 48 of Qur’an 2, Allah says: “Beware of the day when no soul will compensate for another, neither any intercession shall be accepted from it, nor any ransom shall be received from it, nor will they be helped.” Similarly, in verse 254 of Qur’an 2, Allah says: “O you who have faith! Spend out of what We have provided you before there comes a day on which there will be no bargaining, neither friendship nor intercession.