The ruling on the supplication: May Allah gather us in the abode of His mercy
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, the questioner asks: What is the ruling on saying, "May Allah gather us in the abode of His mercy"?
The Shaykh : Before I answer this question, I will answer something you find difficult, which is that our Imam, may Allah grant him success, did not recite the qunut when he prayed the witr. Does the witr become invalid if he did not recite the qunut? No, the qunut is a recommended practice (sunnah); if you leave it, you owe nothing, and if you do it, it is better. This is in Ramadan. Outside of Ramadan, it is more common to omit the qunut, because all those who described the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not mention that he recited the qunut in the witr. Although there are hadiths regarding this, the majority of the hadiths are authentic that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not recite the qunut in the witr, except that he taught al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them both) the qunut in the witr, to say: "O Allah, guide me in that in which You have guided." In any case, leaving the qunut does not mean that the witr is invalidated.
The questioner : As for the answer to the question, which is the saying of the one who says, "May Allah gather me and you in the abode of mercy,"
The Shaykh : it is a saying with which there is no harm, because Paradise is the mercy of Allah. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, addressed Paradise saying, "You are My mercy; I will show mercy to whom I will through you." But it is a created mercy, not His mercy which is His attribute. And Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Furqan 25:24]. Accordingly, it is permissible for a person to make this supplication: "May Allah gather me and you in the abode of His mercy." And I say now, "May Allah gather me and you all in
The Shaykh : Before I answer this question, I will answer something you find difficult, which is that our Imam, may Allah grant him success, did not recite the qunut when he prayed the witr. Does the witr become invalid if he did not recite the qunut? No, the qunut is a recommended practice (sunnah); if you leave it, you owe nothing, and if you do it, it is better. This is in Ramadan. Outside of Ramadan, it is more common to omit the qunut, because all those who described the prayer of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not mention that he recited the qunut in the witr. Although there are hadiths regarding this, the majority of the hadiths are authentic that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not recite the qunut in the witr, except that he taught al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with them both) the qunut in the witr, to say: "O Allah, guide me in that in which You have guided." In any case, leaving the qunut does not mean that the witr is invalidated.
The questioner : As for the answer to the question, which is the saying of the one who says, "May Allah gather me and you in the abode of mercy,"
The Shaykh : it is a saying with which there is no harm, because Paradise is the mercy of Allah. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, addressed Paradise saying, "You are My mercy; I will show mercy to whom I will through you." But it is a created mercy, not His mercy which is His attribute. And Allah the Exalted said:
The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place.
أَصْحَابُ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ مُّسْتَقَرًّا وَأَحْسَنُ مَقِيلًا
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