The Meaning of the Supplication: "We do not ask You to change the decree, but we ask You for kindness within it"
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Question:
My colleague says, Shaykh, in the office he constantly repeats, and I said, listen to the Shaykh regarding the ruling on this supplication: “O Allah, we do not ask You to change the decree, but we ask You for kindness in it.”
Answer:
By Allah, I do not know that this hadith is reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), but its meaning is correct: that we do not ask for the decree to be changed, that Allah would reverse what He has decreed, but we ask Him to be kind to us in what He has decreed, Glorified and Exalted is He, and to make the decree good for us. Yes.
My colleague says, Shaykh, in the office he constantly repeats, and I said, listen to the Shaykh regarding the ruling on this supplication: “O Allah, we do not ask You to change the decree, but we ask You for kindness in it.”
Answer:
By Allah, I do not know that this hadith is reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), but its meaning is correct: that we do not ask for the decree to be changed, that Allah would reverse what He has decreed, but we ask Him to be kind to us in what He has decreed, Glorified and Exalted is He, and to make the decree good for us. Yes.
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 05-06-1436هـ — af.org.sa (35:39)
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