The ruling on supplicating for worldly matters during prostration
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the supplication a person makes during prostration if it is for worldly matters?
Answer:
One should not limit the supplication in prayer to worldly matters; that is forbidden. However, if one combines worldly matters with matters of the Hereafter, there is no harm; he supplicates for his worldly life and for his Hereafter, and there is no harm. But if he supplicates only for the world, that is not permissible. Some people’s words regarding this worldly life please you, yes, but it is not permissible for a person to restrict the supplication in prayer to worldly coverings and pleasures as coverings.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the supplication a person makes during prostration if it is for worldly matters?
Answer:
One should not limit the supplication in prayer to worldly matters; that is forbidden. However, if one combines worldly matters with matters of the Hereafter, there is no harm; he supplicates for his worldly life and for his Hereafter, and there is no harm. But if he supplicates only for the world, that is not permissible. Some people’s words regarding this worldly life please you, yes, but it is not permissible for a person to restrict the supplication in prayer to worldly coverings and pleasures as coverings.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 018 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الصلاة / سجود السهو / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:16:10)
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