Is the supplication “O Allah, make this child like Your Prophet Salih” considered transgression in supplication?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. A person named his son Salih, so another person said, “O Allah, make him like the Prophet of Allah, Salih.” What is the ruling on this supplication? Is it a transgression in supplication?
Answer:
Yes. One who supplicates to Allah to make him like one of the prophets is committing a transgression in supplication. But if he says, “O Allah, make me among the followers of the prophets,” that is good. As for wishing for the rank of the Prophet or supplicating to Allah for the rank of the Prophet, that is not permissible, and it is a transgression in supplication. Yes.
May Allah reward you. A person named his son Salih, so another person said, “O Allah, make him like the Prophet of Allah, Salih.” What is the ruling on this supplication? Is it a transgression in supplication?
Answer:
Yes. One who supplicates to Allah to make him like one of the prophets is committing a transgression in supplication. But if he says, “O Allah, make me among the followers of the prophets,” that is good. As for wishing for the rank of the Prophet or supplicating to Allah for the rank of the Prophet, that is not permissible, and it is a transgression in supplication. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل دعاء "اللهم اجعل هذا الولد كنبي الله صالح" يعد اعتداء في الدعاء؟ — youtube.com
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