The Quran says: God asserts the fact that no soul will be accountable to the sins of another, and equally that no soul will be credited from the deeds of another. In other words, each soul will be held accountable only to what it has done.
“Every soul is responsible only for his/her own work” 53:39
“……….. no soul benefits except from its own work …..” 6:164
Hadith attributed to the prophet:
In spite of these firm assurances from God, there are hadith that quote the prophet declaring that one can observe Hajj on behalf of others (whether they are dead or alive)! and that one can give Zakat on behalf of them and also fast on behalf of them! In other words, these hadith cancel all the content of 53:39 and 6:164 and declares that despite what these Quranic ayat say that one can still benefit and be credited on Judgement Day from the work of another!
Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 26, Number 589:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Abbas:
“Al-Fadl (his brother) was riding behind Allah’s Apostle and a woman from the tribe of Khath’am came and Al-Fadl started looking at her and she started looking at him. The Prophet turned Al-Fadl’s face to the other side. The woman said, “O Allah’s Apostle! The obligation of Hajj enjoined by Allah on His devotees has become due on my father and he is old and weak, and he cannot sit firm on the Mount; may I perform Hajj on his behalf?” The Prophet replied, “Yes, you may.” That happened during the Hajj-al-Wadaa (of the Prophet ).”
The obvious question here is: would the prophet of God teach what is in violation to the message of the Quran? Would God present a rule in the Quran only for it to be contradicted by His loyal prophet?
Heather
June 24, 2012 at 11:13 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Also, don’t forget the verse that says no person can take the burden from another, even if that person is a relative! I can’t remember the surah and ayat, but I always take that ayat as proof that the assertions of people who say “Oh, if I become a hafiz, my whole family’s sins will be forgiven and we will all go to jannah as a result!” are wrong. (I had someone tell me this once, and it left me flabbergasted.)
islamicresearch
June 25, 2012 at 7:47 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
These are all the verses that speak about intercession if thats any help?
See 2:48, 123; 6:51, 70, 94; 7:53; 10:3; 19:87; 26:100; 30:13; 32:4; 36:23; 39:44; 40:18; 43:86;
53:26 & 74:48. Muhammad’s intercession is in 25:30.
Gulfreen
June 26, 2013 at 1:08 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Salam Bro
Verse 25:30 Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) will say to Allah ” And the Messenger has said, “O my Lord, indeed my people have taken this Qur’an as [a thing] abandoned.” that mean they didn’t follow the Quran?
Islamic Research
October 24, 2013 at 6:35 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Yes Gulfreen, it does indeed…if we look at Arberry’s translation:
Arberry: The Messenger says, ‘O my Lord, behold, my people have taken this Koran as a thing to be shunned.’
Thats exactly what it is said, more translations of the same verse can be found here:
http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=25&verse=30
Peace