Is it permissible for a person to say to another: "Paradise longs for you," as a form of supplication for him?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person says to another, "Paradise longs for you," as a form of supplication for him, and not as a statement of fact.
Answer:
Paradise longs for him? Or he longs for Paradise? If he longs for Paradise, he should work for it. Paradise is not attained by wishing or longing. It requires action.[An-Nahl 16:32] Work for Paradise. Yes. As for saying that Paradise longs for you, what do you know about that? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If a person says to another, "Paradise longs for you," as a form of supplication for him, and not as a statement of fact.
Answer:
Paradise longs for him? Or he longs for Paradise? If he longs for Paradise, he should work for it. Paradise is not attained by wishing or longing. It requires action.
Enter Paradise for what you used to do."
ادْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [13 -3022] هل يجوز قول الشخص لآخر: تشتاق لك الجنة من باب الدعاء له؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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