The ruling on supplicating “O my Lord, do not leave me alone” forty times for infertility
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Question:
He says: May Allah prolong your life in His obedience. I heard some of them say that if a person is afflicted with infertility, he should supplicate by saying[Al-Anbya 21:89] forty times during prostration, and he says this has been tested by me and by others. Is this supplication prescribed?
Answer:
It is not valid except with evidence from the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). As for its testing, and so on, that is not evidence. One may test things and benefit from them, yet they are not prescribed, in order to lure him and tempt him. Therefore, it is not permissible to act upon a specific matter unless there is evidence for it from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Testing does not establish a ruling. Yes.
He says: May Allah prolong your life in His obedience. I heard some of them say that if a person is afflicted with infertility, he should supplicate by saying
My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while you are the best of inheritors."
رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَAnswer:
It is not valid except with evidence from the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). As for its testing, and so on, that is not evidence. One may test things and benefit from them, yet they are not prescribed, in order to lure him and tempt him. Therefore, it is not permissible to act upon a specific matter unless there is evidence for it from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Testing does not establish a ruling. Yes.
Source
حقوق النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم — alfawzan.live (1:12:08)
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