Is this supplication permissible: “O Allah, we ask You by Your Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)”?
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The questioner:
Is this supplication permissible, namely: “O Allah, we ask You by Your Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)”?
The Shaykh:
No, this is not permissible. This is seeking nearness to Allah through the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
You ask by His names and attributes. You seek nearness to Allah by His names and attributes, and you do not seek nearness to Him through a created being. Yes.
Is this supplication permissible, namely: “O Allah, we ask You by Your Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)”?
The Shaykh:
No, this is not permissible. This is seeking nearness to Allah through the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
You ask by His names and attributes. You seek nearness to Allah by His names and attributes, and you do not seek nearness to Him through a created being. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز هذا الدعاء اللهم إنا نسألك برسولك محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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