At a glance
CreedAfterlife and eschatology
Overview
The Praised Station of 'it may be your Lord raises you to a praised station' is the station of the Great Intercession on the Day, with the majority of exegetes 3.
In the hadith
In the long hadith of intercession in the two Sahihs the people come to the prophets one by one asking them to intercede with their Lord to relieve them; each excuses himself by his sin or by its not being his, until they come to Muhammad, who goes and prostrates under the Throne until it is said: O Muhammad, raise your head, intercede and you will be granted, ask and you will be given 1 2.
People and things also explored
Al-barzakh· The Basin (al-Hawd) of the Prophet on the Day of Resurrection· The Reckoning· The major signs of the Hour· The rivers of Paradise· The causes that remove punishment for sins· The Throne-Bearers· The endings of deeds (khawatim)
Sources
- Sahih al-Bukhari
- Sahih Muslim
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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islam.museum contributors. “The Praised Station and the Great Intercession”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/al-maqam-al-mahmud/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-12.
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