Is it permissible to make the supplication: "May Allah forgive you for what has passed of your sin and what is to come," for anyone other than the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Is this supplication specific to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), which is: “May Allah forgive you”[Al-Fath 48:2]?
The Shaykh:
This supplication.
The questioner:
He asks: Is it specific to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
This is not a supplication; it is an announcement from Allah to His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The questioner:
His intention was: If a person supplicates for another with this supplication, is it permissible?
The Shaykh:
He says: "May Allah forgive you" is sufficient. "May Allah forgive you." Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Is this supplication specific to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), which is: “May Allah forgive you”
what preceded of your sin and what will follow
مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَThe Shaykh:
This supplication.
The questioner:
He asks: Is it specific to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
This is not a supplication; it is an announcement from Allah to His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The questioner:
His intention was: If a person supplicates for another with this supplication, is it permissible?
The Shaykh:
He says: "May Allah forgive you" is sufficient. "May Allah forgive you." Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/802] هل يجوز الدعاء بقول: "غفر الله لك ما تقدم من ذنبك وما تأخر" لغير النبي ﷺ؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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