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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The places where supplication is permissible during prayer

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Question:
Praise be to Allah. What are the places where one may make supplication, other than the words of the prayer that have been transmitted? I say: What are the places where the one praying may make supplication?

Answer:
He makes supplication throughout the entire prayer. In reality, the prayer is all supplication, and therefore, in language, prayer is supplication. The known act of worship is called prayer because it is all supplication to Allah, Mighty and Majestic. So he makes supplication, especially in the bowing. It is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say in his bowing: "Glory be to You, O Allah, with Your praise. O Allah, forgive me," after the verse of Allah the Exalted was revealed to him:
Then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him. Indeed, He is ever Accepting of repentance.فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَاسْتَغْفِرْهُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ تَوَّابًا
[An-Nasr 110:3]
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Likewise in the prostration, and this is even more likely to be the case. So is it in the qunut, where he supplicates to Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, and likewise in the voluntary prayer.
If he comes upon a verse of mercy in his recitation, he stops and asks Allah for His bounty. If he comes upon a verse of warning, he stops and seeks refuge, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do that in the night prayer. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 12 من 27|وقفات مع آيات الصيام| أسئلة وأجوبة متعلقة بالدعاء|صالح الفوزان|فقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (2:55)

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