Forms of Seeking Nearness to Allah in Supplication

The questioner:
We say, "O good news, may Allah grant you success. What is the meaning of seeking nearness to Allah with this phrase? 'O Allah, we do not seek nearness to You through a good deed we have done, for we have no good deed by which we should seek nearness to You, but we seek nearness to You through our servitude to You.'"

The Shaykh:
Leave the first part and restrict it to the second: "We seek nearness to You through our need, our humility, and our poverty before You." This is sufficient. Yes.

The questioner:
Likewise, we seek nearness to You through Your jealousy regarding the one who envies Your sent Prophet.

The Shaykh:
This has no basis; we have not heard of this. Yes.

The questioner:
You have favored the Shaykh, may Allah protect you. This supplication is excused from Islam.

The Shaykh:
Hmm?

The questioner:
But this supplication is narrated from the predecessors; they recite it three times.

The Shaykh:
Yes, indeed, it is excused. This is in the hadith: "O Most Loving, O Most Loving, O Owner of the Majestic Throne." This is in a hadith, and its meaning is correct. Yes.