On the statement of the one who says: “O Allah, I seek nearness to You through my shortcoming in Your right.” Is this correct?
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Question:
And the Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the statement of the one who says: “O Allah, I seek nearness to You through my shortcoming in Your right.” Is this correct?
Answer:
Seek nearness to Allah through your weakness and your need, not through “my shortcoming.” Shortcoming is not an act of obedience; shortcoming is not an act of obedience by which you seek nearness to Allah. But say, “O Allah, forgive me my shortcoming and my error.” And in the hadith:Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 688 So you do not seek nearness to Allah through your shortcoming. But you seek nearness to Allah through your weakness and your need for Him, the Exalted, and your acknowledgment that you are shortcoming. Your acknowledgment that you are shortcoming, your acknowledgment that you are shortcoming, your acknowledgment that you are shortcoming—this is worship and an act. Yes.
And the Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, regarding the statement of the one who says: “O Allah, I seek nearness to You through my shortcoming in Your right.” Is this correct?
Answer:
Seek nearness to Allah through your weakness and your need, not through “my shortcoming.” Shortcoming is not an act of obedience; shortcoming is not an act of obedience by which you seek nearness to Allah. But say, “O Allah, forgive me my shortcoming and my error.” And in the hadith:
O Allah, forgive all my errors, what I do intentionally or out of my ignorance or in jest and in all that I do.
اللهم اغفر لي خطئي وعمدي وهزلي وجدي وكل ذلك عندي
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [528 /1350] في قول القائل: اللهم إني أتوسل إليك بتقصيري في حقك، هل هذا صحيح؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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