Is it permissible to make a supplication like this: “O Lord, provide me with wealth of such and such amount, or a wife with such and such characteristics”?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the criterion for asking Allah the Exalted for something from the matters of this world? Is it permissible, for example, for me to say, “O my Lord, provide me with wealth of such and such amount, or a wife with such and such characteristics”? Is such a supplication permissible?
Answer:
There is no harm in asking Allah for what you need from the matters of this world, but do not limit yourself to asking only for this world. Ask for both this world and the Hereafter.[Al-Baqarah 2:201] Combine these two [Al-Qasas 28:77] We do not say to leave this world; you cannot do without it, you need it, but do not make it your sole concern. Do not ask only for this world. Yes. Ask for what you need from this world and what satisfies your need. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the criterion for asking Allah the Exalted for something from the matters of this world? Is it permissible, for example, for me to say, “O my Lord, provide me with wealth of such and such amount, or a wife with such and such characteristics”? Is such a supplication permissible?
Answer:
There is no harm in asking Allah for what you need from the matters of this world, but do not limit yourself to asking only for this world. Ask for both this world and the Hereafter.
But among them is he who says, "Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire."
وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِBut seek, through that which Allah has given you, the home of the Hereafter; and [yet], do not forget your share of the world.
وَابْتَغِ فِيمَا آتَاكَ اللَّهُ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ وَلَا تَنسَ نَصِيبَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [316 -521] هل يجوز مثل هذا الدعاء: رب ارزقني مالاً قدره كذا وكذا أو زوجة صفتها كذا وكذا؟ — youtube.com
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