The ruling on supplicating against a specific person if he is a disbeliever or an oppressor
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The ruling on supplicating against a specific person if he is a disbeliever or an oppressor
The questioner: O honorable Shaykh! Is it permissible to supplicate against a specific person if he is a disbeliever or an oppressor?The Shaykh: How do you say it?The questioner: Supplicating, meaning you curse him?The questioner: Yes, it is permissible to supplicate against a person with what he used to supplicate against you, whether he is specified or not, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (May Allah curse the one who curses his parents,They said: O Messenger of Allah! Does a man curse his parents?He said: Yes, he curses the man's father and thereby curses his own father, and he curses the man's mother and thereby curses his own mother) and this is a specific matter,And Allah the Exalted said: [al-Baqarah: 194] ,And Allah the Exalted said: [al-Shura: 40] So if someone wrongs you, you may supplicate to Allah against him with what he wronged you with, but do not exceed the limit.
The questioner: If this person's oppression extends to Muslims or groups or the like, is it permissible for me to supplicate, even if the oppression did not happen to me?The Shaykh: If this oppression is from the ruler, the one in authority, then it is obligatory for you to ask Allah for guidance for the one in authority; because if you supplicate against him for retribution, the matter will only become more severe. But if you supplicate to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) for him with guidance and success, much good will result from this, because generally, if the shepherd is righteous, the flock will be righteous,For this reason, Imam Ahmad said: (If I knew that I had a supplication that would be answered, I would direct it to the ruler) .
The questioner: O honorable Shaykh! Is it permissible to supplicate against a specific person if he is a disbeliever or an oppressor?The Shaykh: How do you say it?The questioner: Supplicating, meaning you curse him?The questioner: Yes, it is permissible to supplicate against a person with what he used to supplicate against you, whether he is specified or not, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (May Allah curse the one who curses his parents,They said: O Messenger of Allah! Does a man curse his parents?He said: Yes, he curses the man's father and thereby curses his own father, and he curses the man's mother and thereby curses his own mother) and this is a specific matter,And Allah the Exalted said:
So whoever has assaulted you, then assault him in the same way that he has assaulted you
فَمَنِ اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاعْتَدُوا عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْAnd the recompense for an evil is an evil like it
وَجَزَاءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِثْلُهَاThe questioner: If this person's oppression extends to Muslims or groups or the like, is it permissible for me to supplicate, even if the oppression did not happen to me?The Shaykh: If this oppression is from the ruler, the one in authority, then it is obligatory for you to ask Allah for guidance for the one in authority; because if you supplicate against him for retribution, the matter will only become more severe. But if you supplicate to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) for him with guidance and success, much good will result from this, because generally, if the shepherd is righteous, the flock will be righteous,For this reason, Imam Ahmad said: (If I knew that I had a supplication that would be answered, I would direct it to the ruler) .