The ruling on asking the righteous who are alive for supplication
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your view of the one who asks for supplication from those he sees to be righteous while they are still alive? So when I tell him, “Increase your own supplication for yourself,”
Answer:
He said, “I have sins, transgressions, and shortcomings.” This is permissible, there is no doubt in it. Asking the righteous for supplication while they are alive is permissible, there is no doubt in it. And the evidence is the Companions, as you heard. And his making the supplication himself is better, there is no doubt in that. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is your view of the one who asks for supplication from those he sees to be righteous while they are still alive? So when I tell him, “Increase your own supplication for yourself,”
Answer:
He said, “I have sins, transgressions, and shortcomings.” This is permissible, there is no doubt in it. Asking the righteous for supplication while they are alive is permissible, there is no doubt in it. And the evidence is the Companions, as you heard. And his making the supplication himself is better, there is no doubt in that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 03 من 11/شرح كتاب نواقض الإسلام/من جعل بينه وبين الله وسائط/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:01:55)
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