Is it permissible to supplicate for a close relative who is a disbeliever, asking for the alleviation of his punishment?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is known that it is not permissible to seek forgiveness for polytheists if they die upon shirk (associating partners with Allah). Is it permissible to supplicate for a close relative who died upon shirk, asking only for the alleviation of his punishment without seeking forgiveness for him, such that one says, "O Allah, alleviate his punishment"?
Answer:
[At-Tawbah 9:113]. Even if they are close relatives. Your father or your son. You do not supplicate for him after his death, nor do you seek forgiveness for him. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is known that it is not permissible to seek forgiveness for polytheists if they die upon shirk (associating partners with Allah). Is it permissible to supplicate for a close relative who died upon shirk, asking only for the alleviation of his punishment without seeking forgiveness for him, such that one says, "O Allah, alleviate his punishment"?
Answer:
It is not for the Prophet and those who have believed to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they were relatives
مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَن يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا أُولِي قُرْبَىٰ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3449- 4717] هل يجوز الدعاء للكافر القريب بتخفيف العذاب؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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