The Ruling on Supplicating for the Best Outcome in the Case of a Fetus
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Question:
Another letter was sent by a questioner who says that she is a pregnant woman, and the doctor informed her that the child will be born with a condition. She asks: Shaykh, is it permissible for me to supplicate to Allah for the best outcome? That is, to say: If there is good for him and for me in his life, I ask Allah for his life; and if it is otherwise, I ask Allah to decree for him what He loves and is pleased with. Is this considered objecting to the decree and destiny of Allah, or not? Please inform us of this.
Answer:
First, doctors do not speak with certainty; rather, they inform about it, so they do not speak with certainty, and perhaps they may be mistaken.
Another letter was sent by a questioner who says that she is a pregnant woman, and the doctor informed her that the child will be born with a condition. She asks: Shaykh, is it permissible for me to supplicate to Allah for the best outcome? That is, to say: If there is good for him and for me in his life, I ask Allah for his life; and if it is otherwise, I ask Allah to decree for him what He loves and is pleased with. Is this considered objecting to the decree and destiny of Allah, or not? Please inform us of this.
Answer:
First, doctors do not speak with certainty; rather, they inform about it, so they do not speak with certainty, and perhaps they may be mistaken.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 246 من المجموعة الثالثة للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (8:48)
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