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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to change the supplication of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and say "my offspring" instead of "and of my offspring"?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: I strive to supplicate with what the prophets used to supplicate with, and with what is mentioned in the Qur'an. Among this is that I supplicate with what is reported from Ibrahim (peace be upon him)
My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and [many] from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ
[Ibrahim 14:40]
He says: I heard a person say, "Do not say 'and of my offspring,' but rather say 'and my offspring,' because all of your offspring are Muslims." Is his statement correct?

Answer:
This is what one who knows the meaning of the Arabic language understands. The "min" in "and of my offspring" is a "min" of specification (bayaniyyah), indicating that it is a part of the whole. It comes as a partitive (ta'bi'iyyah) and it comes for specification. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 41- هل يجوز أن أُغيّر دعاء إبراهيم عليه السلام فأقول: "ذريتي" بدلًا من "ومن ذريتي"؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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