What is the ruling on brothers saying to one another when parting: “May your supplications be accepted,” citing the statement of Umm Salimah (may Allah be pleased with her) to some of the Companions while they were traveling: “Do not forget us in
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The questioner : There is, I mean, a saying that is on the tongues of students of knowledge, which they say after leaving a meeting: “May your supplications be accepted.” They attribute the evidence to *Sahih Muslim*, that Umm Salimah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to one of the Companions while he was traveling: , so it became their custom in every meeting, after leaving the meeting, to say: “May your supplications be accepted.” Is this considered like the Sunnah and not considered a religious innovation?
The Shaykh : I, first of all, no..
The questioner : We did not hear the question, we ask that it be repeated.
The Shaykh : The questioner is repeating the question.
The questioner : It has become on the tongues of many students of knowledge to say: “May your supplications be accepted” after leaving a meeting, and in my opinion—and Allah knows best—they say “May your supplications be accepted” without actually intending to request supplication from him, but it has only become a custom that is on the tongues. And they say their evidence for that is a hadith in *Sahih Muslim* or a report in *Sahih Muslim* from Umm Salimah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said to one of the Companions: while he was traveling. Is this action of the students of knowledge in accordance with what Umm Salimah (may Allah be pleased with her) said?
The Shaykh : I wanted to say: I do not recall a hadith with this meaning in *Sahih Muslim*. The responsibility is on the narrator, whether the narrator is the questioner or someone else. I do not know this hadith. If it is established, that does not mean that it is from the Sunnah for a Muslim to say to one he is bidding farewell: “May your supplications be accepted,” whether he intends the supplication or does not intend it. This is not important, because if he does not intend it, it is idle talk with no value or weight. But the value comes when he intends it. In that case, this enters into the category of introducing new matters into the religion. If the hadith attributed to Umm Salimah is authentic, it indicates what other evidence indicates regarding the permissibility of a Muslim supplicating for his Muslim brother.
As for making it a Sunnah after every meeting and at every parting, this is the same as many of the religious innovations that some people do, such as, for example, shaking hands after the prayer in some countries, in Syria, in Jordan, for example. And some of them saying to one another: “May Allah accept,” this is a supplication, but committing to it after every prayer is without a doubt from the religious innovations. And the religious innovation that Imam al-Shatibi calls: “the additional innovation”.
The summary of the answer: If a Muslim says to his Muslim brother when they meet or when they part: “Supplicate for me” or “May your supplications be accepted,” and he does that occasionally, there is no harm. But committing to it until it becomes as if it is a transmitted Sunnah, then it enters into the category of: “the additional innovation”. Please.
The questioner : The hadith, O Shaykh, is not in *Sahih Muslim* with this wording.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : I say *Sahih Muslim* does not contain this hadith.
The Shaykh : I am not saying it does not exist. The responsibility is on the narrator. I do not know this.
Do not forget us in your supplication
لا تنسانا من دعائكThe Shaykh : I, first of all, no..
The questioner : We did not hear the question, we ask that it be repeated.
The Shaykh : The questioner is repeating the question.
The questioner : It has become on the tongues of many students of knowledge to say: “May your supplications be accepted” after leaving a meeting, and in my opinion—and Allah knows best—they say “May your supplications be accepted” without actually intending to request supplication from him, but it has only become a custom that is on the tongues. And they say their evidence for that is a hadith in *Sahih Muslim* or a report in *Sahih Muslim* from Umm Salimah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said to one of the Companions:
Do not forget us in your supplication
لا تنسانا من دعائكThe Shaykh : I wanted to say: I do not recall a hadith with this meaning in *Sahih Muslim*. The responsibility is on the narrator, whether the narrator is the questioner or someone else. I do not know this hadith. If it is established, that does not mean that it is from the Sunnah for a Muslim to say to one he is bidding farewell: “May your supplications be accepted,” whether he intends the supplication or does not intend it. This is not important, because if he does not intend it, it is idle talk with no value or weight. But the value comes when he intends it. In that case, this enters into the category of introducing new matters into the religion. If the hadith attributed to Umm Salimah is authentic, it indicates what other evidence indicates regarding the permissibility of a Muslim supplicating for his Muslim brother.
As for making it a Sunnah after every meeting and at every parting, this is the same as many of the religious innovations that some people do, such as, for example, shaking hands after the prayer in some countries, in Syria, in Jordan, for example. And some of them saying to one another: “May Allah accept,” this is a supplication, but committing to it after every prayer is without a doubt from the religious innovations. And the religious innovation that Imam al-Shatibi calls: “the additional innovation”.
The summary of the answer: If a Muslim says to his Muslim brother when they meet or when they part: “Supplicate for me” or “May your supplications be accepted,” and he does that occasionally, there is no harm. But committing to it until it becomes as if it is a transmitted Sunnah, then it enters into the category of: “the additional innovation”. Please.
The questioner : The hadith, O Shaykh, is not in *Sahih Muslim* with this wording.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : I say *Sahih Muslim* does not contain this hadith.
The Shaykh : I am not saying it does not exist. The responsibility is on the narrator. I do not know this.