The ruling on the supplication: “O Allah, treat us with Your mercy and do not treat us with Your justice”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on this supplication: “O Allah, treat us with Your mercy and do not treat us with Your justice”?
Answer:
Yes, because if He were to treat them with His justice, great harm would befall them, but they are in need of the forgiveness of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). As for justice, it brings harm upon them, but Allah, by His forgiveness, mercy, and pardon, averted that from them. Yes. Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Therefore, it came in the athar (report) that if Allah were to punish the people of His heavens and the people of His earth, He would punish them while not being unjust to them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on this supplication: “O Allah, treat us with Your mercy and do not treat us with Your justice”?
Answer:
Yes, because if He were to treat them with His justice, great harm would befall them, but they are in need of the forgiveness of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). As for justice, it brings harm upon them, but Allah, by His forgiveness, mercy, and pardon, averted that from them. Yes. Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Therefore, it came in the athar (report) that if Allah were to punish the people of His heavens and the people of His earth, He would punish them while not being unjust to them. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1514- حكم الدعاء بـ: «اللهم عاملنا برحمتك ولا تعاملنا بعدلك» - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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