The Ruling on Supplication with Wording Not Found in the Texts
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Some people make supplications with lengthy phrases and repeated, as well as synonymous, words. Is this the practice of the Salaf?
Answer:
The practice of the Salaf is that they supplicate to Allah with what is found in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. They strive to use the supplications found in the Book and the Sunnah. There is no harm in a person supplicating for his need with his own wording, even if it does not match what came in the Book and the Sunnah, provided it does not contradict what came in the Book and the Sunnah. So he does not supplicate for a curse or for severing family ties, and he does not supplicate with what harms him or harms others. Rather, he supplicates to Allah with what benefits him and benefits others. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Some people make supplications with lengthy phrases and repeated, as well as synonymous, words. Is this the practice of the Salaf?
Answer:
The practice of the Salaf is that they supplicate to Allah with what is found in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. They strive to use the supplications found in the Book and the Sunnah. There is no harm in a person supplicating for his need with his own wording, even if it does not match what came in the Book and the Sunnah, provided it does not contradict what came in the Book and the Sunnah. So he does not supplicate for a curse or for severing family ties, and he does not supplicate with what harms him or harms others. Rather, he supplicates to Allah with what benefits him and benefits others. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 24 من 28|من أحكام الصيام|الأوقات التي يتحرى فيها إجابة الدعاء|صالح الفوزان|فقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (5:12)
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