by Muhammad,
* Many Muslims believed that Muhammad will interceed for them on
the day of judgment.
However, there are also others who view this
as shirk
(idolatry)
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever after listening to the Adhan says,
'Allahumma Rabba hadhihi-d-da' watit-tammati was-salatil qa'imati,
ati Muhammadan al-wasilata wal-fadilata, wab' athhu maqaman
mahmudan-il-ladhi wa' adtahu (O Allah! Lord of this perfect call
(of not ascribing partners to You) and of the regular prayer which
is going to be established! Kindly give Muhammad the right of
intercession and superiority and send him (on the Day of Judgment)
to the best and the highest place in Paradise which You promised
him)', then intercession for me will be permitted for him on the
Day of Resurrection").
(Sahih Bukhari 1.588,
also
Sahih Bukhari 2.553)
see also Muhammad, intercession of.
On the other hand, there are others like the
Khalifites who do
not believe in intercession. They argue that intercession belongs
only to God
(az-Zumar 39:44),
on the Last Day there will be no intercession,
(al-Baqarah 2:254),
that the prophets cannot intercede except on behalf of
those already saved by God
(al-Anbiya' 21:28),
that the prophets themselves
worry about their own fate.
See also
al-Baqarah 2:48,123; al-An`am 6:51,70,94; al-A`raf 7:53; at-Taubah 9:80,114; Yunus 10:3; Hud 11:46; al-Lahab 111:1-3.
They argued that since
neither Noah, Abraham nor Muhammed could intercede on the behalf
of their own loved ones, how could Muhammad intercede for
others.