Is this an overreach in supplication: “O Allah, I ask You for the highest level of Paradise, my descendants, and all the Muslims”?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it considered an overreach in supplication for the one who says, “O Allah, I ask You for the highest level of Paradise, my descendants, and all the Muslims,” given that Paradise has levels?
The Shaykh:
No, there is evidence for this. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: There is evidence for this. You ask Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), saying: [Al-Mu'minun 23:10-11] We ask Allah for that, and nothing is too great for Allah to grant, the Exalted and Exalted is He. Yes.
The questioner:
Is it permissible for him to supplicate that Allah place all the Muslims in the highest level of Paradise?
The Shaykh:
That is good, yes, he and his Muslim brothers.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it considered an overreach in supplication for the one who says, “O Allah, I ask You for the highest level of Paradise, my descendants, and all the Muslims,” given that Paradise has levels?
The Shaykh:
No, there is evidence for this. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
If you ask Allah, ask Him for the highest level of Paradise, for it is the highest part of Paradise and the middle of Paradise, and its ceiling is the Throne of the Most Merciful.
إذا سألتم الله فاسألوه الفردوس الأعلى، فإنه أعلى الجنة ووسط الجنة، سقفه عرش الرحمن،(10) Those are the inheritors (11) Who will inherit al-Firdaus. They will abide therein eternally.
أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْوَارِثُونَ الَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَThe questioner:
Is it permissible for him to supplicate that Allah place all the Muslims in the highest level of Paradise?
The Shaykh:
That is good, yes, he and his Muslim brothers.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [487 -1024] هل هذا من الاعتداء في الدعاء: اللهم إني أسألك الفردوس الأعلى وذريتي وجميع المسلمين؟ — youtube.com
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