The ruling on supplicating with the phrase "O First, O Last"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to supplicate by saying "O First, O Last" without the definite article?
Answer:
No. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated and said:Sunan Ibn Majah 3831Sahih (Darussalam) It is not that only the First responds, or only the Last responds. These are among the opposing names; they are to be mentioned together. Sunan Ibn Majah 3831Sahih (Darussalam) Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to supplicate by saying "O First, O Last" without the definite article?
Answer:
No. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated and said:
You are the First and there is nothing after You; You are the Last
أنت الأول فليس قبلك شيء وأنت الآخرYou are the First and there is nothing after You; You are the Last and there is nothing after You. You are the Most High, and there is nothing above You, and You are the Most Near and there is nothing nearer than You.
أنت الأول فليس قبلك شيء وأنت الآخر فليس بعدك شيء وأنت الظاهر فليس فوقك شيء وأنت الباطن فليس دونك شيء
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المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-01-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:08:15)
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