Is it permissible to ask our living parents to forgive our sins, meaning to pardon us for our mistakes?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: Is it permissible to ask our parents to forgive our sins, with the intention that they pardon us for our mistakes, given that they are still alive?
Answer:
Yes, there is no objection.[Ash-Shuraa 42:43] Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner asks: Is it permissible to ask our parents to forgive our sins, with the intention that they pardon us for our mistakes, given that they are still alive?
Answer:
Yes, there is no objection.
And whoever is patient and forgives - indeed, that is of the matters [requiring] determination.
وَلَمَن صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [666 -858] هل يجوز أن نطلب من آبائنا الأحياء أن يغفروا ذنوبنا أي يسامحوننا على أخطائنا؟ — youtube.com
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