Changing the pronouns in verses and hadiths when making du'a' with them
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Question:
We conclude with this question. The questioner says: You said, may Allah preserve you, just now that it is permissible to change the pronouns in the meaning of a supplication to accommodate the plural. So what do we say regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:59] the verse, or in the hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
No, my brother, be careful. We do not say this as recitation. A verse is not recited as it is; we say it as a du'a'. It is not recitation. So distinguish between this and that. Yes.
We conclude with this question. The questioner says: You said, may Allah preserve you, just now that it is permissible to change the pronouns in the meaning of a supplication to accommodate the plural. So what do we say regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:
But those who wronged changed [those words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them
فَبَدَّلَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا قَوْلًا غَيْرَ الَّذِي قِيلَ لَهُمْAnswer:
No, my brother, be careful. We do not say this as recitation. A verse is not recited as it is; we say it as a du'a'. It is not recitation. So distinguish between this and that. Yes.
Source
وجوب الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر، المقدمة — islamhouse.com (54:18)
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