The ruling on the supplication: “O Allah, forgive me for any right You have over me”
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The questioner:
He says: May Allah reward you. I heard some preachers say that if you have wronged someone, you should say, “O Allah, forgive me for any right You have over me, and take upon Yourself any right belonging to others and remove it from me.” Is this supplication prescribed?
The Shaykh:
The one who is saying it.
The questioner:
He says: I heard one of the preachers say.
The Shaykh:
And what does he say?
The questioner:
If you have wronged someone, say, “O Allah, forgive me for any right You have over me, and take upon Yourself any right belonging to others and remove it from me.”
The Shaykh:
My brother, if you have wronged someone, I advise you to return to him what you wronged him with; return his right to him. As for you making a supplication and being content with just the supplication, no, that is not sufficient. Fulfill the injustices. The Messenger ordered the fulfillment of rights to their owners in this world, before there is no dinar or dirham left. In the Hereafter, as long as you are in the time of life and ability, return the injustice to its owner. And if you are unable to do so, you must ask him to forgive you for it.
He says: May Allah reward you. I heard some preachers say that if you have wronged someone, you should say, “O Allah, forgive me for any right You have over me, and take upon Yourself any right belonging to others and remove it from me.” Is this supplication prescribed?
The Shaykh:
The one who is saying it.
The questioner:
He says: I heard one of the preachers say.
The Shaykh:
And what does he say?
The questioner:
If you have wronged someone, say, “O Allah, forgive me for any right You have over me, and take upon Yourself any right belonging to others and remove it from me.”
The Shaykh:
My brother, if you have wronged someone, I advise you to return to him what you wronged him with; return his right to him. As for you making a supplication and being content with just the supplication, no, that is not sufficient. Fulfill the injustices
Fulfill the rights to their owners, until the horned sheep leads the black sheep.
لتؤدن الحقوق إلى أهلها، حتى يقتاد للشاة الجلحة من الشاة القرن
Source
حقوق النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم — alfawzan.live (57:22)
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