in the sea of sins, while it may teach him to repent andreturn to his Merciful Lord from evil.

Certainly the highest rank of intercession belongesto the APOSTLES, and then it lowers to the saints, tothe learned, the martyrs, and true believers to somerelative extents.

In a tradition narrated by Emam Sadiq we have:" There are none among the first and the last, who arenot in need of Mohammad's intercession in doomsday. And also in another tradition we have:

" There are five intercessors in Doomsday: 1 QURN 2 OBSERVATION OF BONDS OFKINSHIP. 3 TRUSTEESHIP 4 YOUR. PROPHET( MOHAMMAD ). 5 YOUR PROPHET'S NEARESTKINS.". [1]

We have also received another tradition fromEmam Sadiq:" In the resurrection day God raises the Asceticwor shipper and the LEARNED BELIEVER to life. He will say to the ASCETIC WORSHIPPER: Go

[1]BOHAR Vol .8 P .24