The ruling on supplicating with the phrase: O Allah, protect me and my parents from the Fire
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is reported that the supplication “O Allah, protect me from the Fire” was said seven times after the Maghrib and Fajr prayers. The question is: Is it permissible for me to say, “O Allah, protect me and my parents from the Fire”?
Answer:
There is a discussion regarding the hadith, but whoever supplicates to Allah with this supplication is prevented from doing so, because weak hadiths are acted upon in terms of encouraging good and warning against evil, and in matters that benefit the Muslim, but rulings of what is lawful or forbidden are not established based on them. They are only acted upon in terms of encouraging good, warning against evil, and preaching. So a person says this dhikr (remembrance of Allah), but he does not add to the wording that was transmitted. He does not add to the wording that was transmitted. And he may supplicate for his parents or his Muslim brothers. He supplicates for them with a formulation other than this one.
The presenter:
Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is reported that the supplication “O Allah, protect me from the Fire” was said seven times after the Maghrib and Fajr prayers. The question is: Is it permissible for me to say, “O Allah, protect me and my parents from the Fire”?
Answer:
There is a discussion regarding the hadith, but whoever supplicates to Allah with this supplication is prevented from doing so, because weak hadiths are acted upon in terms of encouraging good and warning against evil, and in matters that benefit the Muslim, but rulings of what is lawful or forbidden are not established based on them. They are only acted upon in terms of encouraging good, warning against evil, and preaching. So a person says this dhikr (remembrance of Allah), but he does not add to the wording that was transmitted. He does not add to the wording that was transmitted. And he may supplicate for his parents or his Muslim brothers. He supplicates for them with a formulation other than this one.
The presenter:
Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 10 من 21/شرح رسالة العبودية/الصلاة فيها دفع مكروه وهو الفحشاء والمنكر/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة — youtube.com (1:10:19)
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