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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is there permissibility in supplicating against disbelievers based on the statement of Noah: “My Lord, leave not upon the earth any dwelling place for the disbelievers”?

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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: In the words of Noah (peace be upon him),
My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
[Nuh 71:26]
, is it permissible to invoke a curse upon disbelievers?

The Shaykh:
If you know that they will not believe. If you know, as Noah (peace be upon him) knew, for Allah taught him and informed him that they would not believe,
No one will believe from your people except those who have already believedلَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلَّا مَن قَدْ آمَنَ
[Hud 11:36]
. But you do not know. Do not supplicate against them for destruction and perishing, the last of them and so on.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says:

The Shaykh:
Supplicate for them for guidance, and Allah will guide them, or supplicate against the wrongdoers among them.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2515- 4717] هل في قول نوح: ﴿رب لا تذر على الأرض من الكافرين ديارا﴾ جواز الدعاء على الكفار؟ — youtube.com

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