The ruling on writing verses of supplication for the deceased in newspapers
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The questioner:
Is the Shaykh’s issue regarding the phrase “May Allah the Exalted be pleased with him,” which is excerpted and read in newspapers, permissible?
The Shaykh:
If there is no exaggeration in it, if there is no exaggeration, there is no harm. There is no praise or exaggeration in it. It is a supplication for the deceased. There is a supplication for the living. So there is no harm, whether spoken or written.
The questioner:
The Shaykh fell into a blunder.
The Shaykh:
But they write in the evening paper what is not appropriate.[Al-Fajr 89:27-28]. They testify for the deceased that his soul is at peace and that he is pleased and pleasing. But you should hold a good opinion of the Muslim and supplicate for him, without writing the verse. Writing the verse in a place where it does not belong. Testifying for the deceased when you do not know his state with Allah the Exalted. So you can hold a good opinion of him and supplicate for him without writing the verse. Yes.
Is the Shaykh’s issue regarding the phrase “May Allah the Exalted be pleased with him,” which is excerpted and read in newspapers, permissible?
The Shaykh:
If there is no exaggeration in it, if there is no exaggeration, there is no harm. There is no praise or exaggeration in it. It is a supplication for the deceased. There is a supplication for the living. So there is no harm, whether spoken or written.
The questioner:
The Shaykh fell into a blunder.
The Shaykh:
But they write in the evening paper what is not appropriate.
"O reassured soul, (28) Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 39 من 60 / شرح كتاب قرة عيون الموحدين / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:12:16)
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