Supplication in prostration; do we supplicate as we wish, or must the supplications be related to religion and not just the worldly life?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the legal criterion for supplications in prostration? Do we supplicate as we wish, or must the supplications be related to religion and not just the worldly life?
The Shaykh:
You supplicate to Allah for religion and worldly life, all of it, not limiting it to the worldly life only.[Al-Baqarah 2:201] You supplicate to Allah for your religion and your worldly life. As for limiting it to the worldly life only, that has issues with it. Yes.
The presenter:
He says: Fadel.
The Shaykh:
[Al-Baqarah 2:200]. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the legal criterion for supplications in prostration? Do we supplicate as we wish, or must the supplications be related to religion and not just the worldly life?
The Shaykh:
You supplicate to Allah for religion and worldly life, all of it, not limiting it to the worldly life only.
Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةًThe presenter:
He says: Fadel.
The Shaykh:
he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world," and he will have in the Hereafter no share.
يَقُولُ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1200 /1350] الدعاء في السجود؛ هل ندعو بما نشاء، أم لا بد أن تكون الأدعية متعلقة بالدين لا بالدنيا؟ — youtube.com
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