Is it permissible to supplicate: “O Allah, if You have written me as wretched, erase that and write me as happy”?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is it permissible to make this supplication: “O Allah, if You have written me as wretched, erase that and write me as happy”?
Answer:
I do not know of any basis for this. However, one should ask Allah for guidance and happiness without saying “if You have written me.” There is no need for that. He should supplicate to Allah for guidance, supplicate to Allah for success, supplicate to Allah for happiness, ask Allah for Paradise, and seek refuge in Him from the Fire, without saying “if You have written me such and such.” Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is it permissible to make this supplication: “O Allah, if You have written me as wretched, erase that and write me as happy”?
Answer:
I do not know of any basis for this. However, one should ask Allah for guidance and happiness without saying “if You have written me.” There is no need for that. He should supplicate to Allah for guidance, supplicate to Allah for success, supplicate to Allah for happiness, ask Allah for Paradise, and seek refuge in Him from the Fire, without saying “if You have written me such and such.” Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز دعاء اللهم إن كنت كتبتني شقياً، امحها واكتبني سعيداً؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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