The ruling on supplicating for worldly matters in prayer
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Question:
The issue of shirk (associating partners with Allah) involves matters of shirk, such as supplication in prayer for worldly affairs. The person currently in the state of prayer is dealing with worldly matters, so he interrupts the prayer and alters it. Does supplication in the obligatory or voluntary prayer for worldly affairs cause one to go astray in the prayer and invalidate it?
Answer:
Yes, some scholars say that if one restricts the supplication in prayer to worldly affairs only, his prayer is invalidated. However, if he combines supplication for matters of the Hereafter with matters of this world, there is no harm.[Al-Baqarah 2:201] He combines supplication for his religion, his worldly life, and his Hereafter, and does not restrict it to worldly affairs only, as Allah the Exalted mentioned.
Among them are those who say,[Al-Baqarah 2:200] meaning their share, [Al-Baqarah 2:201-202] combining this in the matters of their worldly life and their Hereafter, and not limiting themselves to the worldly life alone. Yes.
The issue of shirk (associating partners with Allah) involves matters of shirk, such as supplication in prayer for worldly affairs. The person currently in the state of prayer is dealing with worldly matters, so he interrupts the prayer and alters it. Does supplication in the obligatory or voluntary prayer for worldly affairs cause one to go astray in the prayer and invalidate it?
Answer:
Yes, some scholars say that if one restricts the supplication in prayer to worldly affairs only, his prayer is invalidated. However, if he combines supplication for matters of the Hereafter with matters of this world, there is no harm.
Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire."
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِAmong them are those who say,
is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world," and he will have in the Hereafter no share.
مَن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍ(201) But among them is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire." (202) Those will have a share of what they have earned
وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوا
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الذكر والدعاء — islamhouse.com (1:03:17)
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