Prophet Noah's Apology for Intercession in Narrations of Great Intercession and the Issues Raised: A Hadith Study

Abstract

This study aims to elucidate the narrations and responses of Prophet Noah in the hadith of the Great Intercession, highlighting issues pertinent to the mentioned hadith, provide answers to these issues, include the verification of narrations of the Great Intercession, study the issues raised on Prophet Noah's response in the hadith of the Great Intercession. For the study purposes, the inductive critical approach was adopted. The findings showed that the Great Intercession narrations were confirmed by several companions of Prophet Mohammed. The narrations and Prophet Noah’s responses varied in hadith of the Great Intercession. It was reconciled and concluded that Prophet Noah apologized for intercession because Allah prohibited asking about things of which one has no knowledge. He had one fulfilled supplication that he completed by praying for the people of the earth. The initial query in Noah's message about who preceded him among the prophets was answered by clarifying that he was the first sent prophet. Noah's apology for intercession was not indicative of his sin, as it would challenge his infallibility as one of Allah’s prophets.