Salam brother.
Yes, I frequently said that they are alive in Barzakh, not in this world, but Allah says that we should not think that they are dead. He even orders us not to call them as dead. But unfortunately you are trying to clasify pious servants of Allah as dead and alive, while Allah says that this clasification is not correct and we must not call them as dead. Right?
Allah says that Allah Himself, Prophet Muhammad and the faithful (we believe that these are 12 Imams) see our deeds.
9:105
And say, ‘Go on working: Allah certainly sees your deeds, and His Apostle and the faithful [as well], and you will be returned to the Knower of the sensible and the Unseen, and He will inform you concerning what you used to do.
Note that the letter 'Sin' (س) in the verb 'Sayara' (...سيرى الله عملكم) is not for the future tense. It is for emphasizing (Allah
certainly sees ...). See
here for a Quranic example (السين للتأكيد دون التسويف: Sin is for emphasizing, rather than creating a verb which has the future tense ). Allah now sees our deeds and it isn't correct and rational to say that Allah will see our deeds that we now do in future. Allah says in 96:14, 'Does he not know that Allah sees [him]?' Or He says in 10:6: 'You do not engage in any work, neither do you recite any part of the Quran, nor do you perform any deed without Our being witness over you when you are engaged therein'. So, the letter Sin in the verb سیری is only for emphasizing. See
here for another example (وسأخبركم ) : السين للتأكيد لا للاستقبال): Sin is for emphasizing, not for future tense).
So, Allah Himself, Prophet Muhammad and the faithful (we believe that these are 12 Imams) see our deeds now.
So, what was the doing of sons of Prophet Jacob who called Allah by mediation of their father? Brother, the verse is clear. They called their father to mediate for them, so that he may ask Allah for their forgiveness. If Prophet Jacob was not mediator, so what was he?
I do not know, you either do not want to accept this vesre, or my definition for mediator is differnt from that of yours.
In my view, mediator means who prays for you instead of yourself, i.e., he/she asks Allah a thing for you, instead of asking you yourself directly from Allah Ta'ala. This definition for 'mediator' is obvious in the verse. The sons of Prophet Jacob asked him to ask Allah for their forgiveness, instead of asking they themselves it from Allah directly.
Here is another Quranic example:
Chapter 7
Whenever a plague fell upon them, they would say, ‘O Moses [Ya Musa], invoke your Lord for us by the covenant He has made with you. If you remove the plague from us, we will certainly believe in you and let the Children of Israel go along with you.’(134) But when We had removed the plague from them until a term that they should have completed, behold, they broke their promise.(135)
They made Prophet Moses as their mediator and asked him to ask Allah for what they wanted, instead of asking Allah directly. And because their doing was not incorrect, Prophet Moses did not say them that they must ask Allah directly, and also Allah Ta'ala accepted the mediation of Moses, so that He (swt) did what they wanted through the mediation of Prophet Moses.
Brother, what do you mean by the term 'Shafa'ah' (الشفاعة). I define Shafa'ah as the following: Asking a thing from Allah for others by a mediator. Also, can you say that what is the difference between Shafa'ah for forgiveness and Shafa'ah for other things? I believe that there is not any difference between them, and if you see the verse 7:134&135 (Shafa'ah of Prophet Moses for Pharaoh and his group) again, you can conclude that Prophets or other AwliyaAllah can do Shifa'ah for other things, besides forgiveness.
Also, Prophet Joseph did Shafa'ah for his father, i.e., Prophet Jacob, so that his blindness was treated by Allah.
12:93
[Joseph said,] Take this shirt of mine, and cast it upon my father’s face; he will regain his sight.
With this verse, see again the ff Sahih Hadith which I brough previously in post #16 and you thought that it is in contradiction with Quran:
A blind man came to the Prophet (sawaws) and said: "Pray to Allah to heal me." He said: "If you wish to store your reward for the Hereafter, that is better, or if you wish, I will supplicate for you." He said: "Supplicate." So he told him to perform ablution and do it well, to pray two Rak'ah, and to say this supplication: "O Allah, I ask of You and I turn my face towards
You by virtue of the intercession of Muhammad the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I have turned to my Lord by virtue of your intercession concerning this need of mine so that it may be met. O Allah, accept his intercession concerning me"
.
(
Sunan At-Tirmidhi,
Musnad Ahmad,
Mustadrak of Hakim, etc.)
Haakim, Tirmidhi, Az-Zahabi, Albani and Sho'ayb 'Arnaoot have said that the narration is Sahih.
Brother, can you please prove for me that there are differences between those who are alive in this world and those who are alive in Barzakh world? Consider that Allah says in Quran [3:169, 170] that martyrs who are lower than Prophets in status 1.are now alive and 2. are provided by Allah, 3.exulting in what Allah has given them out of His grace, 4.and rejoicing for those who have not yet joined them from those left behind them, that they will have no fear, nor will they grieve.
Also, those who are alive in Barzakh world, can talk and wish a thing for those who are in this world. See ff verses: Chapter 36, It was said (to him when the disbelievers killed him): "Enter Paradise [of Barzakh world]." He said: "Would that my people knew! (26) That my Lord (Allah) has forgiven me, and made me of the honoured ones!" (27)
Allah says that we must not suppose that his pious servants are dead (3:169), and even He says that we must not call them as dead (2:154).
Waffaqakallah brother!