AQA GCSE Religious Studies A · 8062
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Revise: Significance of PrayerIntercession asks for help for others. Praying for someone who is ill, for example, turns attention towards another person’s needs.
- Revise: Prayer
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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Prayer asking God to help other people.
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Paper 1
Revise: Significance of PrayerIntercession asks for help for others. Praying for someone who is ill, for example, turns attention towards another person’s needs.
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Distinguish visiting a grave, praying to Allah for the deceased and asking the deceased for intercession. Explain why Muslims disagree about particular shrine practices rather than calling every grave visit worship of the dead.
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Acting or pleading on behalf of someone else; in debates about Muslim shrine practices, this can mean asking a holy person to present a request to Allah.
Revise: Death and the Afterlife in IslamSome visitors to the graves of holy people seek intercession: they believe that a righteous deceased person can pass their prayers to Allah and that these prayers may be better accepted because of that person's holiness. For example, some participants in annual Urs gatherings at the graves of holy people in Pakistan hold this belief. Their reasoning is that the holy person helps bring their request to Allah, rather than replacing Allah as the ultimate source of help.