34:23 Intercession with Him will be in vain, unless it coincides with His will. When their minds are finally settled down, and they ask, “What did your Lord say,” they will say, “The truth.” He is the Most High, the Most Great.
53:26 Not even the angels in heaven possess authority to intercede. The only ones permitted by GOD are those who act in accordance with His will and His approval.
From these verses, we see that while all intercession belongs to God, He permits intercession from certain individuals He approves their decision. This means that if someone’s will corresponds with God’s decision, their intercession will be accepted, but it will not change the outcome that God is determined only by God.
82:19 That is the day when no soul can help another soul, and all decisions, on that day, will belong to GOD.
Since the Quran is the most accurate book, it acknowledges that individuals in Paradise will want to intercede on behalf of their loved ones: “Please, God, admit my mother into Paradise.” This intercession will work if the person’s mother deserves to go to Paradise (2:255, 20:109, 21:28). Thus, intercession, though it will take place in this manner, is utterly useless.
20:109 On that day, intercession will be useless, except for those permitted by the Most Gracious, and whose utterances conform to His will.
To believe that anyone other than God can intercede on our behalf to have our sins forgiven or our wishes fulfilled is to set up partners with God. This is idolatry. This is to infer that there is another entity beside God who is more just or merciful than God. Such that God has determined for someone to go to Hell, but another entity is going to override that decision.
78:37 Lord of the heavens and the earth, and everything between them. The Most Gracious. No one can abrogate His decisions.
The myth of intercession is one of Satan’s most effective tricks to dupe millions of people into idol worship by making them think that some other entity beside God can benefit them.
5:76 Say, “Would you worship beside GOD powerless idols who can neither harm you, nor benefit you? GOD is Hearer, Omniscient.”
Millions of Christians believe that Jesus will intercede for them at God, and millions of Muslims believe that Muhammad will intercede on their behalf. Consequently, these people idolized Jesus and Muhammad, yet these individuals themselves were worried about their own necks and prayed that God admit them to Paradise.
17:57 Even the idols that they implore are seeking the ways and means towards their Lord. They pray for His mercy, and fear His retribution. Surely, the retribution of your Lord is dreadful.
Those who believe in Muhammad’s intercession, for example, claim that he will ask God to forgive them and admit them into Paradise. They imagine Muhammad on the Day of Judgment choosing the candidates for his intercession. If you ask those who believe in intercession: “How will Muhammad recognize those who deserve his intercession?” they tell you, “God will tell him!” According to this concept, a person will go to Muhammad and request his intercession. Muhammad will then ask God whether this person deserves his intercession or not. God will inform Muhammad that the person deserves to go to Paradise. Muhammad will then turn around and tell God that the person deserves to go to Paradise! The blasphemy is obvious; those who believe in intercession make God a secretary of their idol Muhammad. God be glorified. The prophet himself is commanded to declare that he has no power to benefit even himself.
7:188 Say, “I have no power to benefit myself, or harm myself. Only what GOD wills happens to me. If I knew the future, I would have increased my wealth, and no harm would have afflicted me. I am no more than a warner, and a bearer of good news for those who believe.”
Additionally, We learn from the Quran that Abraham, God’s beloved servant, could not intercede on behalf of his father (9:114). Noah could not intercede on behalf of his son (11:46). Muhammad could not intercede on behalf of his uncle (111:1-3) or relatives. What makes anyone think that a prophet or a saint will intercede on behalf of a perfect stranger?!
9:80 Whether you ask forgiveness for them, or do not ask forgiveness for them—even if you ask forgiveness for them seventy times—GOD will not forgive them. This is because they disbelieve in GOD and His messenger. GOD does not guide the wicked people.
Lastly, we see the prophet’s intercession against his people on the Day of Resurrection.
25:27 The day will come when the transgressor will bite his hands (in anguish) and say, “Alas, I wish I had followed the path with the messenger.
25:28 “Alas, woe to me, I wish I did not take that person as a friend.
25:29 “He has led me away from the message after it came to me. Indeed, the devil lets down his human victims.”
25:30 The messenger said, “My Lord, my people have deserted this Quran.”