Supplication: O Allah, I do not ask You to reverse the decree, but I ask You for gentleness in it
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on saying when calamities strike: “O Allah, I do not ask You to reverse the decree, but I ask You for gentleness in it”?
Answer:
The supplication is said, but I do not know a source for it; I do not know a source for this supplication. The principle is that one does not bring a supplication unless it is established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[Al-Baqarah 2:156] So one says this, or one says what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 4168Sahih (Darussalam) Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on saying when calamities strike: “O Allah, I do not ask You to reverse the decree, but I ask You for gentleness in it”?
Answer:
The supplication is said, but I do not know a source for it; I do not know a source for this supplication. The principle is that one does not bring a supplication unless it is established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return."
الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَQaddarallah, wa ma sha'a fa’al (It is the decree of Allah and what He wills He does)
قدر الله وما شاء فعل
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب لا يُرد من سأل بالله إلى باب ما جاء في اللو — islamhouse.com (1:09:19)
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