Many elderly people make this supplication: “O Allah, preserve for me what I cannot preserve.” What is the validity of its meaning?
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Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: Many elderly people, we hear them saying this phrase: “O Allah, preserve for me what I cannot preserve.” Is this phrase correct? Many elderly people, we hear them saying this phrase: “O Allah, preserve for me what I cannot preserve.”
Answer:
And what is preserved, you do not need Allah to preserve it. This is the speech of an ignorant person. Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: Many elderly people, we hear them saying this phrase: “O Allah, preserve for me what I cannot preserve.” Is this phrase correct? Many elderly people, we hear them saying this phrase: “O Allah, preserve for me what I cannot preserve.”
Answer:
And what is preserved, you do not need Allah to preserve it. This is the speech of an ignorant person. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [85 -1024] كثير من كبار السن يدعو بهذا الدعاء: اللهم احفظ لي ما لا أحفظ، فما صحة معناه؟ — youtube.com
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