The ruling on supplicating for one's parents in the sitting between the two prostrations

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on supplicating by saying, "O Allah, forgive me and my parents," in the sitting between the two prostrations?

Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it; it is permissible to supplicate for your parents in the sitting between the two prostrations, in the prostration, and in the bowing. There is nothing wrong with it. And in the tashahhud, at the end, supplicate for yourself, for your parents, and for the Muslims as well. The matter is broad, and praise be to Allah. So we should not be rigid about what is broad. We have not been prohibited from supplicating for one's parents in the prayer, nor from supplicating for the Muslims in the prayer. Even for a specific person, if you say, "O Allah, forgive Muhammad ibn So-and-so" or "Abdullah ibn So-and-so," there is nothing wrong with it. There is no evidence against that. And Imam al-Shafi'i used to do this in his prayer. Yes.