The Meaning of the Supplication: "Allah, do not humiliate you"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on making this supplication, where the one making it says, "Allah, do not humiliate you"? Is it established? And is it permissible?
Answer:
The Shaykh says: Allah humbles you, no, he says Allah does not humble you,[Al-Hajj 22:18] so you are supplicating [Al-Hajj 22:18] that He does not humble you, this is good. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on making this supplication, where the one making it says, "Allah, do not humiliate you"? Is it established? And is it permissible?
Answer:
The Shaykh says: Allah humbles you, no, he says Allah does not humble you,
And he whom Allah humiliates - for him there is no bestower of honor.
وَمَن يُهِنِ اللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِن مُّكْرِمٍIndeed, Allah
إِنَّ اللَّهَ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من الوجه العاشر : أن غالب الخالق إنما يريدون قضاء حاجاتهم منك، وإن أضر ذلك بدينك ودنياك — islamhouse.com (58:16)
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