A man gives money to young children so that they will make supplication for him; is this permissible?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is it permissible for a person to give money to young children so that they make supplication for him?
Answer:
One does not hire a person to make supplication. One makes supplication voluntarily, or else it is not obligatory. If he makes supplication for the sake of a wage, his supplication is not accepted, because supplication is an act of worship, and one does not take a wage for it.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is it permissible for a person to give money to young children so that they make supplication for him?
Answer:
One does not hire a person to make supplication. One makes supplication voluntarily, or else it is not obligatory. If he makes supplication for the sake of a wage, his supplication is not accepted, because supplication is an act of worship, and one does not take a wage for it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [516 -939] رجل يعطي الأولاد الصغار مالا لكي يقوموا بالدعاء له، فهل هذا يجوز؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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