الشَّفاعَةُ فِي الآخِرَةِ Intercession in the Hereafter

4ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): شَفاعَتي لاُِمَّتي مَن أحَبَّ أهلَ بَيتي.

4– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'My intercession will avail those people from my community who love my household.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 39057]
 

5ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): لَأشفَعَنَّ يَومَ القِيامَةِ لِمَن كانَ في قَلبِهِ جَناحُ بَعوضَةٍ إيمانٌ .

5– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'On the Day of Resurrection, I will surely intercede for anyone who harbours even a fly's wing's worth of faith in his heart.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 39043]
 

6ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): إذا قُمتُ المَقامَ المَحمودَ تَشَفَّعتُ في أصحابِ الكبائرِ مِن اُمَّتي، فَيُشَفِّعُني اللّه‏ُ فِيهِم ، واللّه‏ِ لا تَشَفَّعتُ فِيمَن آذى ذُرِّيَّتي .

6– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'When I stand at the Glorious Station, I will intercede on behalf of those of my community who have perpetrated grave sins, and Allah will accept my intercession for them. By Allah, I will not intercede for anyone who hurts my progeny.’[Amali al-Saduq, p. 242, no. 3]
 

7ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ دَعوَةٌ قد دَعا بِها وقد سَألَ سُؤلاً، وقد خَبَأتُ دَعوَتي لِشَفاعَتِي لاُِمَّتي يَومَ القِيامَةِ .

7– The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Every prophet was given the right to a special request which they asked [from Allah], but I suppressed my request in return for the permission to intercede for my community on the Day of Resurrection.’[al-Khisal, p. 29, no. 103]
 

8ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في قولِهِ تعالى: «ولَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضى» ـ: الشَّفاعَةُ ، واللّه‏ِ الشَّفاعةُ ، واللّه‏ِ الشَّفاعَةُ.

8– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said with regards to Allah’s verse in the Qur’an [addressing the Prophet (SAWA)]: “Soon your Lord will give you [that with which] you will be pleased”[ Qur’an 93:5], ‘(This is) intercession, by Allah it is intercession, by Allah it is intercession.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 8, p. 57, no. 72]
 

9ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ في قولهِ تعالى: « لا يَمْلِكُونَ الشَّفاعَةَ إلّا مَنِ اتَّخَذَ عِندَ الرَّحمنِ عَهْدا» ـ: إلّا مَن اُذِنَ لَهُ بِوَلايَةِ أميرِ المؤمنينَ والأئمَّةِ مِن بَعدِهِ فهُو العَهدُ عندَ اللّه‏ِ.

9– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said with regards to Allah’s verse in the Qur’an: "No one will have the power to intercede [with Allah], except for him who has taken a covenant with the All-beneficent", ‘[This means] except for him who has been allowed intercession through his acceptance of the guardianship of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali (AS) and the Imams after him, as this is the covenant with Allah.’[Bihar al-Anwar, p. 36, no. 9]