Q 135: Ni aina ngapi za Shafaa'a? Ipi ni kubwa zaidi?
Q 135: How many kinds of Intercession are there? Which is the greatest one?
A ---Kubwa zaidi ni:
A ---The greatest one is:
(1) Maombezi Makuu siku ya Kiyama, Siku ya Hesabu. Hii ni sifa maalum aliyopewa Nabii Muhammad ﷺ. Ni Maqam Mahmud (nafasi ya sifa na utukufu) aliyoahidi Allah Mtukufu katika Kauli Yake, {Huenda Mola wako Mlezi akakuinua hadi Maqam Mahmud (nafasi ya sifa na utukufu, yaani heshima ya kuombea shufaa siku ya Ufufuo)}. (Al-Isra', 79)
(1) the Great Intercession on the Day of Judgment, the Day of Reckoning. This is a specialty granted to Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). It is the Maqam Mahmud (a station of praise and glory) that is promised by Allah the Almighty in His Statement, {It may be that your Lord will raise you to Maqam Mahmud (a station of praise and glory, i.e. the honor of intercession on the Day of Resurrection)}. (Al-Isra', 79)
Kwamba Mwenyezi Mungu (SWT) atawakusanya waumini siku ya Kiyama kwa namna ile ile (kama walivyokusanywa katika maisha haya), nao watasema: 'Na tuombe mtu amwombee shafaa Mola wetu ili atuondolee mahali hapa tulipo.' Kisha watakwenda kwa Adam, Nuhu (Noah), Ibrahimu (Abraham), Musa (Moses), (Isa) Jesus, na mwishowe kwa Muhammad ﷺ, na kusema: 'Je, hamuoni hali ya watu (hali yao)?' Wote watasema: 'Mimi sistahili kazi hii', isipokuwa Muhammad ﷺ ambaye atasema: "Mimi ninastahili kazi hii." (Bukhari na Muslim)
That when Allah will gather the believers on the Day of Resurrection in the same way (as they are gathered in this life), and they will say, 'Let us ask someone to intercede for us with our Lord that He may relieve us from this place of ours.' Then they will go to Adam, Nuh (Noah), Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), ('Isa) Jesus, and finally Muhammad and say, 'Don't you see the people (people's condition)?' all of them would say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking', save Muhammad who would say, "I am fit for this undertaking ". (Bukhari and Muslim)
(2) Shufaa'a ya kufungua lango la Peponi. Wa kwanza kuingia humo ni Nabii Muhammad ﷺ, na Ummah (jamii au taifa) ya kwanza kuingia humo ni Ummah yake.
(2) Intercession for opening the gate of Paradise. The first to enter therefrom is Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), and the first Ummah (community or nation) to enter it is his Ummah.
(3) Shafaa'a kwa ajili ya manufaa ya baadhi ya watu walioamriwa waingizwe Jahannamu, ili wasiingie humo.
(3) Intercession for the benefit of some people who are ordered to be admitted into Hell, not to enter it.
(4) Shufaa'a kwa ajili ya manufaa ya baadhi ya waumini wa Tawhidi walioingizwa Jahannamu ili watoke humo.
(4) Intercession for the benefit of some monotheists who were admitted into Hell to get out from it.
Imepokewa kutoka kwa Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (Allah amridhie): Mtume ﷺ alisema: "Watu wa Peponi watakapoingia Peponi na watu wa Motoni watakapoenda Motoni, Mwenyezi Mungu ataamuru wale ambao walikuwa na imani sawa na uzito wa chembe ya haradali watolewe kutoka Motoni. Kwa hiyo watatolewa, lakini (wakati huo) watakuwa wameungua na weusi. Kisha watatiwa katika mto wa Haya' (mvua) au Hayat (uhai) (mpokezi ana shaka ni neno lipi ni sahihi), nao watafufuka kama mbegu inayoota karibu na ukingo wa mfereji wa mafuriko."
Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (Peace be upon him) says: "When the people of Paradise will enter Paradise and the people of Hell will go to Hell, Allah will order those who have had faith equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed to be taken out from Hell. So they will be taken out but (by then) they will be blackened (charred). Then they will be put in the river of Haya' (rain) or Hayat (life) (the Narrator is in doubt as to which is the right term), and they will revive like a grain that grows near the bank of a flood channel.
Huoni kwamba inatoka ikiwa ya manjano na imepinda?" (Bukhari na Muslim)
Don't you see that it comes out yellow and twisted. " (Bukhari and Muslim)
(5) Uombezi wa kuinua vyeo vya baadhi ya watu miongoni mwa wakazi wa Peponi.
(5) Intercession for raising the ranks of some people from among the residents of Paradise.
Tatu za mwisho (3, 4, 5) si mahsusi kwa Mtume Muhammad ﷺ, lakini yeye atatangulizwa mbele ya Mitume wengine, malaika, walinzi na watu wema ambao watashufaa siku hiyo. Kisha, Allah Mtukufu atawatoa kwa Rehema Yake kutoka Moto wa Jahannamu watu bila shufaa yoyote, ambao idadi yao haiwezi kuhesabiwa na yeyote isipokuwa Allah Mtukufu.
The last three ones (3, 4, 5) are not peculiar to Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), but he is to be advanced before other Prophets, angels, protectors and pious men who will intercede on that Day. Then, Allah the Almighty will take out with His Mercy from Hell-fire peoples without any intercession, the number of which can not be counted by other than Allah the Almighty. .
(6) Kuombea upunguzaji wa adhabu kwa baadhi ya makafiri. Hii ni maalum kwa Mtume Muhammad ﷺ kwa ajili ya ami yake wa baba, kama ilivyopokewa na Imam Muslim na wakusanyaji wengine wa Hadith: Anas bin Malik (Allah amridhie), amesimulia:
(6) Intercession for lightening the torment of some disbelievers. This one is peculiar to Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) for the sake of his paternal uncle as transmitted by Imam Muslim and other Hadith Compilations: Anas Ibn Malik (May Allah be pleased with him), reported:
Mtume wa Allah ﷺ alisema kwamba Jahannamu itaendelea kusema: "Je, kuna zaidi?" hadi Allah, Mtukufu na Mkuu, Atakapoweka mguu Wake humo, nayo itasema: "Inatosha, inatosha, kwa Utukufu Wako," na sehemu zake zitakaribiana na nyingine. (Bukhari na Muslim)
Allah's Messenger (Peace be upon him) said that the Hell would continue to say: Is there anything more, until Allah, the Exalted and High, would place His foot therein and that would say: Enough, enough, by Your Honor, and some parts of it would draw close to the other." (Bukhari and Muslim)
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