The Ruling on Requesting Supplication from the Righteous
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Question:
A person asks a righteous man or an imam in a mosque for supplication, hoping it will be answered because of his righteousness?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that; there is nothing wrong with asking the righteous and those of whom one holds a good opinion for supplication. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Umar when 'Umar wanted to perform 'Umrah, he said to him: Yes.
A person asks a righteous man or an imam in a mosque for supplication, hoping it will be answered because of his righteousness?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that; there is nothing wrong with asking the righteous and those of whom one holds a good opinion for supplication. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Umar when 'Umar wanted to perform 'Umrah, he said to him:
Do not forget us in your good supplication.
لا تنسنا من صالح دعائك.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/089 — archive.org (4:17)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.