Supplicating to Allah with the name appropriate to the request
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it true that it is better, when you supplicate to Allah for something, to address Him by the name appropriate to your request? So if you ask for mercy, you repeat “O Most Merciful, O Most Compassionate, have mercy on me,” and if you ask for provision, you say “O Provider, provide for me,”
Answer:
Yes, yes, you supplicate with the name that corresponds to your need, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it true that it is better, when you supplicate to Allah for something, to address Him by the name appropriate to your request? So if you ask for mercy, you repeat “O Most Merciful, O Most Compassionate, have mercy on me,” and if you ask for provision, you say “O Provider, provide for me,”
Answer:
Yes, yes, you supplicate with the name that corresponds to your need, yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية، العقيدة الواسطية 11-07-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (52:01)
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