Books of supplications sold for tawaf
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The questioner:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, books of supplications sold for tawaf.
The Shaykh:
Supplications. Yes.
The questioner:
Are the books of supplications sold for tawaf prescribed?
The Shaykh:
Restricting oneself to them is not prescribed. As for using them as an aid, there is no harm in a person who is ignorant using them as an aid. However, if he thinks that these are prescribed, that nothing else should be said, and that they are transmitted from the Prophet, that is a mistake. Some students of knowledge exerted effort and compiled them to make it easier for the ignorant. It is better for a person to supplicate with whatever is easy for him and not restrict himself to the written supplications. He should supplicate with whatever is easy for him; this is better and more excellent for him. He should supplicate while his heart is present. If he reads these supplications, he ends up repeating the words without knowing what is in them. Yes.
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, books of supplications sold for tawaf.
The Shaykh:
Supplications. Yes.
The questioner:
Are the books of supplications sold for tawaf prescribed?
The Shaykh:
Restricting oneself to them is not prescribed. As for using them as an aid, there is no harm in a person who is ignorant using them as an aid. However, if he thinks that these are prescribed, that nothing else should be said, and that they are transmitted from the Prophet, that is a mistake. Some students of knowledge exerted effort and compiled them to make it easier for the ignorant. It is better for a person to supplicate with whatever is easy for him and not restrict himself to the written supplications. He should supplicate with whatever is easy for him; this is better and more excellent for him. He should supplicate while his heart is present. If he reads these supplications, he ends up repeating the words without knowing what is in them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/59 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:21:40)
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