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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on supplicating with the phrase: "O One who knows my condition, suffice me from my asking"

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to supplicate with this formulation: "O Allah, O One who knows my condition, suffice me from my asking"?

The Shaykh:
No, this is not permissible. This is the method of those who deny the value of supplication. They say that supplication has no value; if Allah has decreed good for you, it will come to you, or if He has decreed evil for you, it will come to you, and there is no benefit in supplication. This is the statement of the extreme Sufis. This is a false statement. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) knows your condition, but He has commanded you to supplicate. Supplication is worship, as in the hadith:
Supplication is worshipالدعاء هو العبادة
It is the greatest type of worship. They negate supplication, may Allah protect us from that, and they attribute to Ibrahim (peace be upon him) that he was thrown into the fire, and Jibril intercepted him in the air and ordered him to supplicate to Allah. They claim that Ibrahim said, "Suffice me from my asking, He knows my condition." This is a lie, may Allah protect us from that. This is a lie against Ibrahim (peace be upon him). Yes, Allah knows (Glorified and Exalted is He), and yet He commanded us to supplicate. Yes.

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.

The Shaykh:
He decrees good and evil, and yet He commanded us to supplicate. Yes.
Source شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل فيما في الشرك والزنا واللواطة من الخبث — islamhouse.com (53:06)

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