Books of supplications sold for tawaf
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what about the supplications that are sold for the tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah)?
The Shaykh:
The supplications. Um.
The questioner:
Are the books of supplications sold for tawaf prescribed?
The Shaykh:
It is not prescribed to adhere strictly to them. However, there is no harm in a person who is ignorant using them as an aid. But if he believes that these are the only prescribed ones, that nothing else should be said, and that they are the only ones transmitted, that is a mistake. Some students of knowledge exerted effort to compile them in order to make it easier for the ignorant. It is better for a person to supplicate with whatever is easy for him, and not to be bound by the written supplications. He should supplicate with whatever is easy for him; this is better and more excellent for him. He should supplicate while his heart is present. If he reads these written supplications, he ends up just repeating the words without knowing what is in them.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what about the supplications that are sold for the tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah)?
The Shaykh:
The supplications. Um.
The questioner:
Are the books of supplications sold for tawaf prescribed?
The Shaykh:
It is not prescribed to adhere strictly to them. However, there is no harm in a person who is ignorant using them as an aid. But if he believes that these are the only prescribed ones, that nothing else should be said, and that they are the only ones transmitted, that is a mistake. Some students of knowledge exerted effort to compile them in order to make it easier for the ignorant. It is better for a person to supplicate with whatever is easy for him, and not to be bound by the written supplications. He should supplicate with whatever is easy for him; this is better and more excellent for him. He should supplicate while his heart is present. If he reads these written supplications, he ends up just repeating the words without knowing what is in them.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [39] — alfawzan.live (1:23:44)
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