{"id":5871,"date":"2024-07-10T07:41:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/intercession-by-the-prophet-sws\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T07:41:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:41:38","slug":"intercession-by-the-prophet-sws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/intercession-by-the-prophet-sws\/","title":{"rendered":"Intercession By The Prophet (sws)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>One of my friends holds that  the Holy Prophet (sws) is dead. He is no more in this world. We should  not pray to Allah with his reference. For example we cannot say: O God,  please forgive me because of your beloved Prophet (sws). He says we  should plead to Allah directly. Mohammad (sws) is dead and the dead have  no value. This is unacceptable and heartrending to me. Please explain  how he can be rebutted.<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>There  is no doubt in that the Prophet (sws) has passed away. It is also clear  that there is no such belief in Islam as to seek God&#8217;s favours through a  saint, <em>peer<\/em> or a Prophet. We can ask God ourselves directly. God  says He is nearer to the believer that the jugular vein. It is only  total submission to God and complete reliance on Him that makes a prayer  worthy in the eyes of God. <\/p>\n<div>It  is not befitting for a believer to say that the Prophet (sws) is dead  and the dead have no value. We should say that the Prophet (sws) has  passed away but we still enjoy the blessings God granted us through him  especially in the form of the religion of truth, Islam which we follow  and hope to enter God&#8217;s blessings in the next world. <\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-03-07<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"5871\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my friends holds that  the Holy Prophet (sws) is dead. He is no more in this world. We should  not pray to Allah with his reference. For example we cannot say: O God,  please forgive me because of your beloved Prophet (sws). He says we  should plead to Allah directly. Mohammad (sws) is dead and the dead have  no value. This is unacceptable and heartrending to me. 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