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Shafāʿa (Intercession)

The doctrine that the Prophet will intercede for grave sinners among his community on the Day of Judgment.

The doctrine that the Prophet will intercede for grave sinners among his community on the Day of Judgment.

How it traveled

  1. Musnad
    Medina · 855
    explains
  2. Mafatih Asrar
    Mecca · 1153
    explains
  3. Futuhat Makkiyya
    Seville · 1240
    explains
  4. Safadiyya
    Harran · 1328
    explains

Key passages(20)

REF ref-ahmad-raza-khan-kanz-al-iman-the-treasure-of-faith-qur-an-translation

Kanz al-Iman (The Treasure of Faith): Qur'an Translation · Ahmad Raza Khan Barelvi

Citation only · not on Sefaria
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Qaʿida ʿAzima fi al-Farq · Ibn Taymiyya

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Ihyaʾ ʿUlum al-Din · al-Ghazali

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Ghunya · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

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Majmuʿ al-Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

al-Radd ʿala al-Akhnaʾi · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

al-Arbaʿin fi Usul al-Din · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

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Awail Maqalat · al-Mufid

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Fahm Quran · al-Harith al-Muhasibi

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Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

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Futuhat Makkiyya · Ibn Arabi

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Hadi Arwah · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Hasana Wa Sayyia · Ibn Taymiyya

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Hashiya ʿala Sunan Abi Dawud · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Ighathat Lahfan · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Ijtimaʿ al-Juyush al-Islamiyya · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Insaf 157↗explains

Insaf · al-Baqillani

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Iqtida Sirat · Ibn Taymiyya

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Istighatha · Ibn Taymiyya

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Jamiʿ al-Masaʾil · Ibn Taymiyya

Very high

Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Shafāʿa (Intercession). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.