Supplication: O Allah, by Your Prophet and Your Messenger, gather me with those I love in Paradise
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The questioner:
This questioner says: Is there any harm in this supplication?
The Shaykh:
And what is the harm, my brother? Where is the harm in his patience? Is there any harm in this supplication? Is it a sentence with a delayed subject and an advanced predicate? Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Is there any harm in this supplication: “O Allah, by Your Prophet and Your Messenger, gather me with those I love in Paradise”?
The Shaykh:
May Allah.
The questioner:
By Your Prophet and Your Messenger.
The Shaykh:
Tawassul (seeking nearness to Allah through a means) means that it is not permissible to seek nearness to Allah through a created being, whether the Prophet or anyone else. Say, “O Allah, gather me with those I love on the Day of Resurrection.” Yes, without mentioning the Messenger or any of the awliya (close friends of Allah) or the righteous. Do not seek nearness to Allah through a created being. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: Is there any harm in this supplication?
The Shaykh:
And what is the harm, my brother? Where is the harm in his patience? Is there any harm in this supplication? Is it a sentence with a delayed subject and an advanced predicate? Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Is there any harm in this supplication: “O Allah, by Your Prophet and Your Messenger, gather me with those I love in Paradise”?
The Shaykh:
May Allah.
The questioner:
By Your Prophet and Your Messenger.
The Shaykh:
Tawassul (seeking nearness to Allah through a means) means that it is not permissible to seek nearness to Allah through a created being, whether the Prophet or anyone else. Say, “O Allah, gather me with those I love on the Day of Resurrection.” Yes, without mentioning the Messenger or any of the awliya (close friends of Allah) or the righteous. Do not seek nearness to Allah through a created being. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 26-06-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (54:32)
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