شفاعت از ديدگاه صدرالمتالهين

Intercession from the Viewpoint of Sadr-ol- Motaʹalehin

Intercession is one of the most debated and important topics in Islam which is particularly addressed in Quran and narrations of infallible Imams. There is a consensus among Muslims as far as the concept itself is concerned and it is considered as one of the fundamental principle of Islam and Islamic beliefs. However, the complexity and intricacy of the concept has given rise to various interpretations and brought about differing viewpoints among Muslims. This paper intends to explicate the concept from the viewpoint of Sadr-ol-Motaʹalehin Shirazi, one of the great scholars of Islam. A number of questions including, "what is the most plausible approach to understand the reality of intercession?", "what are the different interpretations of intercession and which one gave rise to differences among scholars?", "who is the real intercessor and whether there are any other intercessors?", and "is intercession limited to this world or whether it will be practiced in the other world?" have been raised in this paper and following Mulla Sadra, we have made an attempt to come up with more plausible and scholarly discussion of the questions hoping to have a contribution to the cause of legitimate interpretation of Islamic beliefs.