Rhyming and artificiality in supplication
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Question:
Rhyming in non-transmitted supplication is what one might strain to achieve, and there may be an expansion in describing, for example, a matter. If he seeks Paradise, he expands on its attributes for the sake of softening the heart, or likewise, if he seeks refuge from the Fire, he depicts it for the sake of warning.
Answer:
We do not deny this in any way if it is not strained. If the rhyming is not forced, that is one thing; but straining is not permissible. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) criticized the one who rhymed and said, "This is rhyming like the rhyming of the soothsayers," in the hadith of Hamzah ibn al-Nabigh. But if the rhyming is not forced, it has occurred in the speech of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the speech of the righteous. There is no harm in non-forced rhyming, and repeating supplications regarding Paradise or the Fire for the sake of softening and moving the hearts is what we know from this perspective.
Rhyming in non-transmitted supplication is what one might strain to achieve, and there may be an expansion in describing, for example, a matter. If he seeks Paradise, he expands on its attributes for the sake of softening the heart, or likewise, if he seeks refuge from the Fire, he depicts it for the sake of warning.
Answer:
We do not deny this in any way if it is not strained. If the rhyming is not forced, that is one thing; but straining is not permissible. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) criticized the one who rhymed and said, "This is rhyming like the rhyming of the soothsayers," in the hadith of Hamzah ibn al-Nabigh. But if the rhyming is not forced, it has occurred in the speech of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the speech of the righteous. There is no harm in non-forced rhyming, and repeating supplications regarding Paradise or the Fire for the sake of softening and moving the hearts is what we know from this perspective.
Source
الجواب الصريح عن أسئلة التراويح — islamhouse.com (1:03:18)
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