"Yet many Muslims firmly believe in the possibility of intercession, not just by Muhammad, but also by a variety of other saintly figures including members of Muhammad's family, prominent mystical figures or Sufi, and other individuals with who miracles are associated or who are known to be uncommonly pious."
Prior to this quote there is also a sentence about the orthodox tradition not recognizing saintly figures interceding for other human beings. This whole paragraph confuses me. What I am getting out of this is relating to prayer. I am understanding that, the orthodox tradition believes that during prayer you can not pray to saintly figures to intercede your message to God. Yet, Muslims currently believe in the intercession. I am relating the text to prayer, what do you think? Is there a message I am missing within the text?
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The author says that the belief of intercession is debatable within the Islamic community. Like you said, the orthodox tradition does not acknowledge the possibility of intercession and therefore does not have a clergy to intercede on behalf of the religious community. However, the text also says that there are a lot of Muslims that believe in intercession. I think that people who do believe in it refer to the quote from the Qur'an that leaves open the possibility of intercession. So it just comes down to whether or not you believe in it.
Like was said before me, I think its just open to whether or not that one particular person believes in intercession. As for the idea itself, I'm not sure if it is present in either Judaism or Christianity, but it is pretty cool. Overall, i just think, like most other things are, its a personal choice and a personal belief, but the people still pray, regardless.
I think that intercession is a way of the merciful of god that allow the prophets
and others such as Prophet Mohammad' family to intercede for others.
However, I think the author does not explain how that can happen.
The whole thing sounds like a personal choice. You see cases like this in all religions. With all the events that have passed through history, pieces get left out or go missing, leading to confusion such as this. There are also problems with translations that may lead one to misinterpret certain texts. It all comes down to if you believe in intercession or not, I don't think there is a wrong answer.
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