Book Name:Shan e Mustafa
Different types of intercession
O devotees of Mawlid! There are other types of intercession too. For example, there will be many who will be made to enter Paradise without accountability; their known number is 4,900,000,000 (4 billion and 9 hundred million) but their actual number is much more than this, which is known by Allah Almighty and His Messenger صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم; there will be some who will have been taken to account and will be worthy of Hell, they will be saved from Hell; others will be interceded for and taken out of Hell; others’ ranks will be increased; and the punishment of some will be lessened. Every type of intercession is established for the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Indeed, the station of intercession has been granted to the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, just as it is stated in Hadith 335 of Sahih Bukhari: The Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: ‘اُعْطِیْتُ الشَّفَاعَۃ’, meaning, ‘I was granted intercession.’[1]
Intercession for the one who recites Salat upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
It is stated in a Hadith: Whosoever recites this, ‘اَللّٰھُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰی مُحَمَّدٍ وَّاَنْزِلْہُ الْمَقْعَدَ الْمُقَرَّبَ عِنْدَکَ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَۃِ,’[2] interceding for him will become Wajib upon me.[3] Our Master who will intercede for us in the court of our Lord Almighty صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم stated, ‘Whosoever sends Salat upon me 10 times in the morning and 10 times in the evening, he will receive my intercession on the Day of Judgement.’[4]
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
[1] (Bukhari, vol. 1, p. 133, Hadith 335)
[2] O Allah! Send mercy upon Sayyiduna Muhammad صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, and grant him a station of proximity in Your court on the Day of Judgement.
[3] (Mu’jam-e-Awsat, vol. 5, p. 25, Hadith 4480)
[4] (Majma Al-Zawaid, vol. 10, p. 163, hadith 17022)