Intercession (SHAFA-ATH) of the

Holy Prophet r
PART 1
Shafa'e Roze Jaza tum pe karoro Durood
Dafa'e Jumla bala tum pe karoro Durood
The Holy Prophet r is an Intercessor and through the special permission granted
to him by Almighty Allaah, he will intercede on the day of Qiyamaah. Almighty Alla
ah in the Glorious Quraan Azeem states:

Who is there, that can intercede before Him, without His Permission. He knows wha
tever is ahead of them and what is behind them. [Surah Baqarah Verse.255]
Soon your Creator shall raise you to stand at a station,
where all shall praise you. [Surah Bani Israeel Verse.79]
Imam Khaazin and Imam Nasfi (alaihimur rahma) have stated the following in the c
ommentary of this verse:

And the Maqaame Mahmood is a point of intercession for there; all those who were
before and after will praise and honour the Holy Prophet r. [Tafseer-e-Khaazin Pg
.175 Vol.3 - Madaarik Pg.175 - Tafseer-e-Jalaalain Pg.237 -Tafseer Jaami ul Bay
aan Pg.245]
Imam Bukhari t in his kitaab also states that the Holy Prophet r was asked regar
ding the Maqaam-e-Mahmood and he said,
It is the station of intercession
[Jaame Tirmizi Pg.142 Vol.2]
Hazrat Imam Bukhari t quotes the Hadith on intercession in the Sahih Bukhari. In
this it is stated:
Then Rasool r recited the verse: It is near that your lord may make you stand at
a place where all should praise you. And he then said, And it has been promised to
your Nabi Muhammad r by Almighty Allaah. [Sahih Bukhari Shareef 1118 Vol.2 - Mish
kaat Pg.489 - Mirkaat Pg.282 Vol.10 - Ash atul Lam aat Pg.387 Vol.3]
Imam Nasfi, Imam Suyuti and Imam Qurtabi (radi Allaahu anhum) have stated the fol
lowing concerning the verse of the Holy Quraan,
And verily, soon your Creator will bestow upon you so abundantly that you shall b
e satisfied (completely pleased). [Surah Duhaa Verse.5]
When this verse of the Holy Quraan was revealed then the Holy Prophet r said, Then
I will never be pleased until every single one of my Ummah is removed from the
fire of Hell. [Tafseer Durr Manthur Pg.361 Vol.6 - Tafseere Qurtabi Pg.96 Vol.20
- Tafseere Azeezi Pg.318 Vol.4 - Tafseere Madaarik Pg.364 Vol.4]
Imam-ul-Mufassireen Alauddeen Ali bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim Baghdadi t in his Tafse
er-e-Khaazin states the following on the commentary of the verse
And verily, soon your Creator will bestow upon you so abundantly that you shall b
e satisfied (completely pleased) that Hazrat Abdullah ibn Abbas t states,
(The meaning of this giving is) the intercession for the Ummah up to the time whe
n you become pleased [Tafseer-e-Khaazin Pg.258 Vol.7]
Hazrat Auf bin Maalik t states that the Holy Prophet r has said,
A certain person came to me from of my Creator and he gave me the option of eithe
r half my Ummah entering Jannat or my intercession so I accepted the intercessio
n and this is for every such person except those who commit shirk [Mishkaat Pg.49

4 Jaame Tirmizi Pg.67 Vol.2 - Ibn Majah Pg.330 - Ashatul Lam aat Pg.404 Vol.4 - M
irkaat Pg.310 Vol.10 - Mustadrik Pg.67 Vol.1]
Hazrat Ali Murtuza t says that the Holy Prophet r said,
I will intercede for my Ummah until my Creator summons me (saying), O Muhammad! r
Are you fully satisfied then, I will say, O my Creator! I am fully satisfied. [Dur
r Manthur Pg.361 Vol.6 - Qurtabi Pg.96 Vol.20 Tafseer Roohul Bayaan Pg.455 Vol.3
0]
Hazrat Abu Hurairah t reports that the Holy Prophet r said,

One (special) Dua of every Nabi is accepted and every Nabi was swift in making th
at Dua and I have kept this Dua for the day of Qiyamaah for the Shafa at of my U
mmah and this Dua of mine is one that will reach every that person in my Ummah w
ho died without committing shirk with Almighty Allaah. [Ibn Majah Shareef Pg.329 Mishkaat Shareef Pg.194 - Ash atul Lam aat Pg.168 Vol.2 - Sahih Bukhari Shareef
Pg.932 Vol.2 - Sahih Muslim Shareef Pg.113 Vol.1 - Fathul Baari Pg.96 Vol.11 Umdatul Qaari Pg.276 Vol.22 - Irshaadus Saari - Mustadrik Pg.68 Vol.1-Tirmizi Sh
areef Pg.600 Vol.6 - Jaame Sagheer Pg.97 Vol.1-Nihaaya ibn Katheer Pg.208 Vol.2]
To be continued...