The Meaning of the Supplication: "Guide me to that in which there is disagreement from the truth by Your permission"

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The Shaykh:
There is no god but Allah. O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Muhammad, and peace be upon him.

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the meaning of the supplication reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):

Guide me to the disputed matters of truth by Your Leave

اهدني لما اختلف فيه من الحق بإذنك

Sunan Ibn Majah 1357Sahih (Darussalam)

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The Shaykh:
Yes,

for it is Thou Who guidest whom Thou wilt to the Straight Path

إنك تهدي من تشاء إلى صراط مستقيم هذا

Sahih Muslim 770

this is in the opening supplication (du'a al-istiftah) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say in the night prayer: "O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mikail, and Israfil,

Say, "O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, You will judge between your servants concerning that over which they used to differ."

فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ أَنتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِي مَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

[Az-Zumar 39:46]

Guide me in that in which they used to differ

Guide me to the disputed matters of truth

اهدني لما اختلف فيه من الحق

Sunan Ibn Majah 1357Sahih (Darussalam)

" This came after the word "differ." So disagreement exists, and you ask Allah to guide you to the truth, and you do not follow this disagreement that occurred among the people. This is the context. Yes.

Source شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من قول المُصَنِّف : ومن علامات صحة القلب — islamhouse.com (1:05:55)

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