Asking a righteous person to make a supplication for someone
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to ask a person one believes to be righteous to make a supplication for me?
Answer:
No, you should supplicate to Allah yourself. What if you were to die there and leave it to someone else to supplicate for you? You should raise your hands and supplicate to Allah the Exalted, for Allah is near and He answers.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to ask a person one believes to be righteous to make a supplication for me?
Answer:
No, you should supplicate to Allah yourself. What if you were to die there and leave it to someone else to supplicate for you? You should raise your hands and supplicate to Allah the Exalted, for Allah is near and He answers.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... — islamhouse.com (56:49)
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