Position on Selected Books of Supplications
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Answer:
Not every book can be relied upon until one knows its author and knows from which hadith books the hadiths were taken, and verifies them. As for simply taking everything in a book without knowing the author’s reliability, trustworthiness, and knowledge, and without knowing the grade of the hadith, this is not permissible. This is because it may contain fabricated or false supplications, or supplications involving shirk (associating partners with Allah) or bid'ah (religious innovation). Therefore, verification is necessary. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: During our Hajj last year, my wife was with her infant. I threw the stones of the jamarat on her behalf out of fear for her and her child. This was the obligatory Hajj, and we feared the crowd for them. Do we owe anything?
Not every book can be relied upon until one knows its author and knows from which hadith books the hadiths were taken, and verifies them. As for simply taking everything in a book without knowing the author’s reliability, trustworthiness, and knowledge, and without knowing the grade of the hadith, this is not permissible. This is because it may contain fabricated or false supplications, or supplications involving shirk (associating partners with Allah) or bid'ah (religious innovation). Therefore, verification is necessary. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you. Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: During our Hajj last year, my wife was with her infant. I threw the stones of the jamarat on her behalf out of fear for her and her child. This was the obligatory Hajj, and we feared the crowd for them. Do we owe anything?
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/171 — archive.org (18:13)
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