Is it prescribed for a person to say: “O Lord, establish the Hour,” when things become difficult for him?
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Question:
We say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, that sometimes when things become difficult for me, I say, “O Lord, establish the Hour.” Is this saying permissible for me?
Answer:
The one who says, “O Lord, establish the Hour,” is the dead person when he sees his station in Paradise. When the two angels come and question him, and he answers with a sound answer, a door to Paradise is opened for him, and he sees his station in Paradise, so he says, “O Lord, establish the Hour.” But as long as you are in this world, do not say this. You do not know what the outcome will be. What is the harm in the establishment of the Hour? And Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Hajj 22:1-2] she will drop what she carries, [Al-Hajj 22:2]. So do not wish for or supplicate for the establishment of the Hour. Rather, rectify your own deeds, repent to Allah, and be patient with what has befallen you. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions.
We say, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, that sometimes when things become difficult for me, I say, “O Lord, establish the Hour.” Is this saying permissible for me?
Answer:
The one who says, “O Lord, establish the Hour,” is the dead person when he sees his station in Paradise. When the two angels come and question him, and he answers with a sound answer, a door to Paradise is opened for him, and he sees his station in Paradise, so he says, “O Lord, establish the Hour.” But as long as you are in this world, do not say this. You do not know what the outcome will be. What is the harm in the establishment of the Hour? And Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, the convulsion of the [final] Hour is a terrible thing. (2) On the Day you see it every nursing mother will be distracted from that [child] she was nursing, and every pregnant woman will
إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ السَّاعَةِ شَيْءٌ عَظِيمٌ يَوْمَ تَرَوْنَهَا تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّا أَرْضَعَتْ وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمْلٍand you will see the people [appearing] intoxicated while they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of Allah is severe.
وَتَرَى النَّاسَ سُكَارَىٰ وَمَا هُم بِسُكَارَىٰ وَلَٰكِنَّ عَذَابَ اللَّهِ شَدِيدٌ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2237 -2802] هل يشرع للشخص أن يقول: رب، أقِم الساعة؛ إذا ضاقت عليه الأمور؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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