Is it permissible for a person to supplicate by saying: “O Allah, I ask You by Your love for Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)”?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a person to supplicate by saying: “O Allah, I ask You by Your love for Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)”?
Answer:
No. One does not say this. One asks, “I ask You by my love for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).” This has no connection to the questioner; it has no connection to the questioner. Rather, one says, “I ask You by my love for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).” This is your deed: your love for the Messenger of Allah, or your love for Allah. This is your deed, and you seek nearness to Allah through it. Yes. As for asking by the deed of another person, no. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a person to supplicate by saying: “O Allah, I ask You by Your love for Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)”?
Answer:
No. One does not say this. One asks, “I ask You by my love for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).” This has no connection to the questioner; it has no connection to the questioner. Rather, one says, “I ask You by my love for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).” This is your deed: your love for the Messenger of Allah, or your love for Allah. This is your deed, and you seek nearness to Allah through it. Yes. As for asking by the deed of another person, no. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [759 /1350] هل يجوز للإنسان أن يدعو بقوله: "اللهم إني أسألك بحبكٍ لمحمدٍﷺ"؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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