The ruling on seeking forgiveness with the intention of seeking provision, healing, or marriage?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on seeking forgiveness with the intention of marriage, or healing, or for a woman to become pregnant, and so on? He says, or she says: What is the ruling on seeking forgiveness with the intention of marriage, or healing, or for a woman to become pregnant, and will its doer be rewarded in the Hereafter?
Answer:
Allah has commanded it, and one seeks forgiveness for the sake of seeking provision, as in the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Nuh 71:10-11] for the sake of seeking children, and He increases you in wealth and sons; for the sake of seeking rain, to cause herbs to grow and water the farms, [Nuh 71:12]. So seeking forgiveness is good. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on seeking forgiveness with the intention of marriage, or healing, or for a woman to become pregnant, and so on? He says, or she says: What is the ruling on seeking forgiveness with the intention of marriage, or healing, or for a woman to become pregnant, and will its doer be rewarded in the Hereafter?
Answer:
Allah has commanded it, and one seeks forgiveness for the sake of seeking provision, as in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
(10) And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver. (11) He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًاand provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.
وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَارًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2591 -2802] حكم الاستغفار بنية طلب الرزق أو الشفاء أو الزواج؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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