Ruling on saying: (Bala) after verses containing a question

Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-‘Uthaymeen

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Ruling on the statement: (Bala) after verses containing a question]

His Eminence the Shaykh: Is it said after:

Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ

[Al-Mutaffifin: 36] as a supplication or not?And the other verses are likewise, such as His saying:

Is not Allah sufficient for His Servant

أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِكَافٍ عَبْدَهُ

[Az-Zumar: 36] ?
The ruling differs between

Have the disbelievers [not] been rewarded [this Day] for what they used to do?

هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ

[Al-Mutaffifin: 36] and between

Is not Allah sufficient for His Servant

أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِكَافٍ عَبْدَهُ

[Az-Zumar: 36]. The former is a statement of affirmation, so (hal) in it means "indeed," whereas

Is not Allah sufficient for His Servant

أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِكَافٍ عَبْدَهُ

[Az-Zumar: 36] and

Is not Allah the most just of judges?

أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَحْكَمِ الْحَاكِمِينَ

[At-Tin: 8] and

Is He not able to give life to the dead?

أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَى

[Al-Qiyamah: 40], these are questions that require an answer.If you say: (Bala) is permissible, and it was narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said after the saying of Allah the Exalted:

Is He not able to give life to the dead?

أَلَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَى أَنْ يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَى

[Al-Qiyamah: 40] he said: (Glory be to You, yes). So if a person answers the question and says: (Bala), there is no harm.

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