Introduction
Meaning: Asking an intermediary to press or support one’s request to another. The keyword here is “intermediary”. Shafa’ah is also known as intercession.
Types: Worldly and Spiritual
Worldly Shafa’ah
1. It is allowed as long as you’re interceding in that which is good.
2. For example, you ask a friend of yours to recommend you to your friend’s boss because you’re applying for a job there. Here, you are using your friend as an intermediary.
Whoever intercedes in good, he is rewarded for it. Whoever intercedes with a harmful intercession, he will bear its burden. Indeed Allah is able to do anything. (Surah an-Nisa’ 4:85)