What is the ruling on the permissibility of this supplication: “O Allah, grant us rain through the weak, and have mercy on us through the bowing elders and the nursing infants”?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. One of the preachers in last Friday’s prayer made a supplication and said: “O Allah, grant us rain through the weak, and have mercy on us through the bowing elders and the nursing infants.” Is this baa the baa of oath? And is this supplication permissible?
Answer:
This is not permissible. It is seeking nearness to Allah through their persons. If he had said, “Have mercy on the nursing infants, the bowing elders, and the grazing beasts; have mercy on them,” that would be good. But that he seeks nearness to Allah through them and uses the baa, this is either an oath or a request through them. It has been conveyed to you that this is not permissible. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. One of the preachers in last Friday’s prayer made a supplication and said: “O Allah, grant us rain through the weak, and have mercy on us through the bowing elders and the nursing infants.” Is this baa the baa of oath? And is this supplication permissible?
Answer:
This is not permissible. It is seeking nearness to Allah through their persons. If he had said, “Have mercy on the nursing infants, the bowing elders, and the grazing beasts; have mercy on them,” that would be good. But that he seeks nearness to Allah through them and uses the baa, this is either an oath or a request through them. It has been conveyed to you that this is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [883 /1350] ما مشروعية هذا الدعاء "اللهم اسقنا بالضعفاء، وارحمنا بالشيوخ الركع والأطفال الرضع"؟ — youtube.com
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