The Ruling on Supplication: O Allah, I do not ask You to change the decree
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Question:
A man with me in the mosque, who is, praise be to Allah, diligent in prayer, constantly repeats: “O Allah, I do not ask You to change the decree, but I ask You for gentleness in it.” Should I advise him not to repeat this? And is this a known supplication?
Answer:
There is no harm in it, there is no harm in it. He is asking Allah for gentleness in the decree and for Him to decree good for him. There is nothing wrong with this, so do not stop him from doing it. Yes.
A man with me in the mosque, who is, praise be to Allah, diligent in prayer, constantly repeats: “O Allah, I do not ask You to change the decree, but I ask You for gentleness in it.” Should I advise him not to repeat this? And is this a known supplication?
Answer:
There is no harm in it, there is no harm in it. He is asking Allah for gentleness in the decree and for Him to decree good for him. There is nothing wrong with this, so do not stop him from doing it. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/034 — archive.org (2:06)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.