Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 2 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 257

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بَابُ الشَّفَاعَةِ

20 - Chapter on Intercession

الْقِسْمُ الثَّالِثُ: الشَّفَاعَةُ فِي شَيْءٍ مُبَاحٍ، فَهَذِهِ لَا بَأْسَ بِهَا، وَيَكُونُ لِلْإِنْسَانِ فِيهَا أَجْرٌ، مِثْلُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ شَخْصٌ لِآخَرَ، فَيَسُومَ مِنْهُ بَيْتًا، وَيَقُولَ لَهُ: هَذَا الثَّمَنُ قَلِيلٌ، فَيَذْهَبَ السَّائِمُ إِلَى شَخْصٍ ثَالِثٍ، وَيَقُولَ: يَا فُلَانُ، اشْفَعْ لِي عِنْدَ صَاحِبِ الْبَيْتِ لَعَلَّهُ يَبِيعُهُ عَلَيَّ، فَيَذْهَبَ وَيَشْفَعَ لَهُ، فَهَذَا جَائِزٌ؛ بَلْ هُوَ مَأْجُورٌ عَلَى ذَلِكَ؛ وَلِهَذَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَاهُ صَاحِبُ حَاجَةٍ يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَيَقُولُ: «اشْفَعُوا تُؤْجَرُوا، وَيَقْضِي اللَّهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ مَا شَاءَ»، أَوْ «مَا أَحَبَّ».

The third category is intercession in permissible matters. This is perfectly acceptable and even earns a person reward. For example, if someone tries to buy a house but the owner thinks the price is too low, the buyer might ask a third party to intercede with the owner to help close the deal. This is permissible and indeed rewarded. For this reason, when someone came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) with a need, he would turn to his companions and say, "Intercede, and you will be rewarded; Allah will decree through the tongue of His Prophet what He wills," or "what He loves."

فَهُنَا يَأْمُرُ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ أَصْحَابَهُ بِأَنْ يَشْفَعُوا لِصَاحِبِ الْحَاجَةِ.

Here, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is instructing his companions to advocate for those in need.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (21 verbs · 36 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• أَتَى — to come
• سَامَ — to bargain
• بَابٌ — chapter
• شَفَاعَةٌ — intercession
• قِسْمٌ — section