Is it permissible for us to make du'a' (supplication) for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
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Question:
He says: Is it permissible for us to make du'a' (supplication) for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
Make du'a' (supplication) with what Allah has commanded you to,[Al-Ahzab 33:56] "O Allah, grant Muhammad the intercession and the excellence, and raise him to the honored position that You have promised." Make du'a' for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with the supplications that have been reported for him (peace and blessings be upon him). The benefit of this is for you: whoever asks Allah for the intercession for me, my intercession will be for him on the Day of Resurrection. So the benefit of your du'a' for the Messenger returns to you. When you send blessings upon the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), Allah sends blessings upon you ten times over. So the benefit returns to whom? To you.
He says: Is it permissible for us to make du'a' (supplication) for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
Make du'a' (supplication) with what Allah has commanded you to,
O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز أن ندعوا للرسول –صلى الله عليه وسلم ؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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