The Meaning of the Phrase: "And I ask You by the right of those who ask"
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Question:
Abu Ali, O Shaykh, I have sent a set of questions to Your Eminence, beginning with this one. He says: Some hadith scholars mentioned the phrase, "I ask you by the right of the supplicants." We ask for your comment on this and your guidance?
Answer:
He means, "I seek nearness to You, I seek nearness to You by the right of the supplicants." The right of those who supplicate to Allah and those who call upon Allah is that He answers them; it is His answer, the answer to their supplication. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Ar-Rum 30:47] And He says, "Call upon Me," [Ghafir 40:60] so it is upon us to supplicate, and from Allah, Mighty and Majestic, comes the answer. Yes.
Abu Ali, O Shaykh, I have sent a set of questions to Your Eminence, beginning with this one. He says: Some hadith scholars mentioned the phrase, "I ask you by the right of the supplicants." We ask for your comment on this and your guidance?
Answer:
He means, "I seek nearness to You, I seek nearness to You by the right of the supplicants." The right of those who supplicate to Allah and those who call upon Allah is that He answers them; it is His answer, the answer to their supplication. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
and incumbent upon Us was support of the believers.
وَكَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نَصْرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَAnd your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you."
وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (174) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-03-21] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (16:55)
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