Supplication and seeking nearness to Allah through love of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. I have a question: Is it permissible to make supplication through love of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Is it permissible to make supplication through love of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
How does one make supplication through love of the Messenger?
The questioner:
I mean, I supplicate, saying: O Allah, I ask You by Your love for Your Prophet to forgive my sins.
The Shaykh:
Do you mean seeking nearness to Allah through it?
The questioner:
Or is it not seeking nearness to Allah through it? Belief is not seeking nearness, O Shaykh. Belief means something other than seeking nearness, so this is a familial love.
The Shaykh:
May Allah be patient with you and guide you. If you say, “I ask You by Your love for Your Prophet and by following Your Prophet,” this is seeking nearness to Allah, and this is permissible; because this is prescribed and there is no harm in it.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
May Allah welcome you.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. I have a question: Is it permissible to make supplication through love of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Is it permissible to make supplication through love of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
How does one make supplication through love of the Messenger?
The questioner:
I mean, I supplicate, saying: O Allah, I ask You by Your love for Your Prophet to forgive my sins.
The Shaykh:
Do you mean seeking nearness to Allah through it?
The questioner:
Or is it not seeking nearness to Allah through it? Belief is not seeking nearness, O Shaykh. Belief means something other than seeking nearness, so this is a familial love.
The Shaykh:
May Allah be patient with you and guide you. If you say, “I ask You by Your love for Your Prophet and by following Your Prophet,” this is seeking nearness to Allah, and this is permissible; because this is prescribed and there is no harm in it.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
May Allah welcome you.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (076) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-01-19] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:03)
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