Ruling on performing the prayer for guidance on behalf of another
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Noble Shaykh, is the prayer for guidance permissible for another person?Meaning: Can a person seek guidance for someone else, by analogy to a brother making supplication for his brother?
The prayer for guidance is not permissible except for the one who intends and resolves to do so, and it is not appropriate to seek guidance for another, even if he delegates it and says: “Seek guidance from Allah for me”;Because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (When any one of you intends to do something, let him pray two rak'ahs and then say:) and he mentioned the hadith, just as if two people entered the mosque and one said to the other: “Pray two rak'ahs for me as the greeting of the mosque, and I will sit,” this is not valid, so the prayer for guidance is tied to the person seeking guidance who intends to act.
The prayer for guidance is not permissible except for the one who intends and resolves to do so, and it is not appropriate to seek guidance for another, even if he delegates it and says: “Seek guidance from Allah for me”;Because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (When any one of you intends to do something, let him pray two rak'ahs and then say:) and he mentioned the hadith, just as if two people entered the mosque and one said to the other: “Pray two rak'ahs for me as the greeting of the mosque, and I will sit,” this is not valid, so the prayer for guidance is tied to the person seeking guidance who intends to act.