The Praised Station and the Great Intercession

المقام المحمود والشفاعة الكبرى

The Praised Station is the station of the Great Intercession on the Day: people in their distress go to Adam, then Nuh, then Ibrahim, then Musa, then 'Isa, each saying it is not for me, until they come to Muhammad and he intercedes for them before their Lord 1 2.

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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

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari
  2. Sahih Muslim
  3. Tafsir Ibn Kathir
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The barrier between this world and the next in which souls remain until the day they are raised; in it are the grave's bliss and its punishment as the texts report.