Is it prescribed for a man to ask a righteous man to make du'a' (supplication) for him?

Question : Should he ask someone to make du'a' for him if a righteous man visits him?

Answer : No, it is not prescribed. What a person should do is not ask anyone to make du'a' for him. However, if he does so, it is not condemned. As Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said, if you ask a person to make du'a' for you, you should intend his benefit, not your own benefit, so that you do not become a beggar and humiliate yourself before the one you are asking. As for the hadith that is narrated that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Umar or "from your good du'a'," this is not authentic.