, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and rejected what Allah rejected in His Book and in the Sunnah of His Messenger. The intercession they affirm is that described in the hadiths, such as the intercession of our Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on the Day of Resurrection. The people will go to Adam, then Noah, then Abraham, then Moses, then Jesus, and finally come to him, peace be upon him. He said:

“I will go to my Lord, and when I see Him, I will fall down in prostration before Him. I will praise my Lord with words of praise that He will inspire me with, which I cannot now express. He will say, ‘O Muhammad, raise your head. Speak, and you will be heard; ask, and you will be given; intercede, and your intercession will be accepted.’”

Thus, he comes to his Lord, glorified be He, and begins by prostrating before Him and praising Him. Then, when He permits him to intercede, he intercedes. May my father and mother be ransomed for him; may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

As for the intercession denied by the Quran—the kind believed in by the polytheists, the Christians, and those of this community who resemble them—the people of knowledge and faith reject it. This includes asking absent or deceased prophets and righteous people to fulfill their needs, claiming that these figures will fulfill those needs if they so wish. They also claim that their standing with Allah Most High resembles that of kings’ intimates with their kings: they intercede without the kings’ permission and presume upon their privileged standing with them to have their needs met. They thus assign them a position in relation to Allah Most High like that of a king’s partners or children.

Yet Allah Most High has declared His holy Self far above such things, as He says:

“And say, ‘Praise be to Allah, who has never taken a son, who has no partner in His dominion, and who needs no protector out of weakness.’ And proclaim His greatness.”

For this reason, the Prophet said: