The Ruling on Conditioning Supplication with the Will of Allah
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Some students of knowledge told me that it is not permissible to condition a supplication with the will of Allah if it is for oneself, but it is permissible to condition it with the will of Allah if it is for someone else. They cited the hadith, “May Allah purify him, if Allah wills.”
Answer:
This is from his own mind. This statement is from his own mind; it is not the statement of the scholars of knowledge. One does not condition a supplication with the will of Allah, neither for oneself nor for someone else. Where did he bring this distinction from? “May Allah purify him, if Allah wills” is not a supplication; it is merely a matter of optimism and informing, not a supplication.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: Some students of knowledge told me that it is not permissible to condition a supplication with the will of Allah if it is for oneself, but it is permissible to condition it with the will of Allah if it is for someone else. They cited the hadith, “May Allah purify him, if Allah wills.”
Answer:
This is from his own mind. This statement is from his own mind; it is not the statement of the scholars of knowledge. One does not condition a supplication with the will of Allah, neither for oneself nor for someone else. Where did he bring this distinction from? “May Allah purify him, if Allah wills” is not a supplication; it is merely a matter of optimism and informing, not a supplication.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل لا يجوز تعليق الدعاء على المشيئة إذا دعا الإنسان لنفسه؟ وهل يجوز ذلك إذا دعا لغيره؟ — youtube.com
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