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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on supplicating for a child with “al-Rifāh bi-l-banīn”

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The questioner:
Some people write “May Allah send blessings upon him” with “al-Rifāh bi-l-banīn.”

The Shaykh:
This is from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah); this is from the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. The Sunnah is to say, “May Allah bless you and the one who brought you, and may He unite you with a noble one.” If you shorten it, you say, “May Allah bless you,” as in the hadith of Ibn
Abd al-Rahman, there is no harmعبد الرحمن فلا
, there is no harm, as in the hadith of Ibn Harirah:
when a person was broughtكان إذا رفع
when a person was brought to him, he would say to him,
May Allah bless you and the one who brought you, and may He uniteبارك الله لك وعليك، وجمع
“May He unite you with a noble one.” This is from the practice of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance.
Source شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، باب الصداق — islamhouse.com (19:24)

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