What is the ruling on this supplication: “My Lord, I seek nearness to You through Your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that You grant me what we followed of his commands and avoided what He forbade?”
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the one who says: “O my Lord, I seek nearness to You through Your Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) that You grant me what we followed of his commands and avoided what He forbade, and through our love for him?”
Answer:
If he were to limit it to the end, that would be fine. But saying “I seek nearness to You through Your Prophet” is misleading. So he should say: “I seek nearness to You through my following of Your Prophet, my love for him, and my emulation of him,” and so on. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on the one who says: “O my Lord, I seek nearness to You through Your Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) that You grant me what we followed of his commands and avoided what He forbade, and through our love for him?”
Answer:
If he were to limit it to the end, that would be fine. But saying “I seek nearness to You through Your Prophet” is misleading. So he should say: “I seek nearness to You through my following of Your Prophet, my love for him, and my emulation of him,” and so on. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1128 /1350] ما حكم هذا الدعاء"ربي أتوسل إليك بنبيكﷺأن ترزقني بما اتبعنا أوامره واجتنبنا ما نهى عنه؟ — youtube.com
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