The virtue of supplication and seeking forgiveness for one's parents and for the believers
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Question:
May Allah reward you. We move on to a question from our brother Salih from Dammam. He says: My father passed away a few days ago. Is it permissible for me to increase in seeking forgiveness, and then say, “O Allah, make the reward of what I have said for my father,” as in the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “A righteous child who prays for him”?
Answer:
Yes, seeking forgiveness for one’s father or for other Muslims[Muhammad 47:19]. Seeking forgiveness for one’s parents is of the first priority, because this is part of being dutiful to them. So seek forgiveness for him and increase in seeking forgiveness for him, ask for forgiveness for him, and pray for him with mercy, pray for him with pardon, and pray for him with Paradise. Increase in your supplication for him. Yes.
May Allah reward you. We move on to a question from our brother Salih from Dammam. He says: My father passed away a few days ago. Is it permissible for me to increase in seeking forgiveness, and then say, “O Allah, make the reward of what I have said for my father,” as in the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “A righteous child who prays for him”?
Answer:
Yes, seeking forgiveness for one’s father or for other Muslims
and ask forgiveness for your sin and for the believing men and believing women
وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنبِكَ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، فضل الدعاء والاستغفار للوالدين وللمؤمنين - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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