What is the ruling on supplicating to absent righteous people?
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Question:
The Shaykh: This questioner says: What is the ruling on supplicating to absent righteous people? He says: What is the ruling on supplicating to absent righteous people?
Answer:
It is not permissible to supplicate to the absent, nor to the dead, nor to the jinn; it is not permissible to supplicate to them. They are absent. Yes. Because they do not hear; the absent one does not hear you. How do you supplicate? Is it in vain? Only the one present with you hears you. Yes.
The Shaykh: This questioner says: What is the ruling on supplicating to absent righteous people? He says: What is the ruling on supplicating to absent righteous people?
Answer:
It is not permissible to supplicate to the absent, nor to the dead, nor to the jinn; it is not permissible to supplicate to them. They are absent. Yes. Because they do not hear; the absent one does not hear you. How do you supplicate? Is it in vain? Only the one present with you hears you. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم دعاء الصالحين الغائبين؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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