The Ruling on Wishing for Death to Avoid Fitnah
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Question:
This is 'Abd al-Karim from Syria. He says: With the abundance of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), calamities, killing, wars, heedlessness, and sins, I supplicate to Allah, saying: O Allah,Bulugh al-Maram 16:129 month, and I supplicate for death and await death. Is this permissible for me?
Answer:
It is not permissible for a Muslim to wish for death, so how can he supplicate for it? It is not permissible for him to wish for death due to a hardship that has befallen him, as is mentioned in the hadith. Rather, he should say:Sahih al-Bukhari 5671 However, it is reported from some of the precise scholars that if a person fears fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in his religion, it is permissible for him to supplicate for his own death while holding fast to his religion. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
This is 'Abd al-Karim from Syria. He says: With the abundance of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), calamities, killing, wars, heedlessness, and sins, I supplicate to Allah, saying: O Allah,
make this life, for me, (a source) of abundance for every good and make my death (a source) of comfort to me and
اجعل الحياة زيادة لي في كل خير والموت راحة لي من كلAnswer:
It is not permissible for a Muslim to wish for death, so how can he supplicate for it? It is not permissible for him to wish for death due to a hardship that has befallen him, as is mentioned in the hadith. Rather, he should say:
O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and let me die if death is better for me.
اللهم احيني ما دامت الحياه خيرا لي وتوفني اذا كانت الوفاه خيرا ليThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (203) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1441-04-22] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (19:10)
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