Ruling on supplicating against specific disbelievers
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His Eminence the Shaykh: We work in a company that has a percentage of disbelievers. Is it permissible to supplicate against them specifically?
For the disbeliever, you should supplicate to Allah for him, not supplicate to Allah against him.Say: Say, "O Allah, guide him." Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate against specific groups of polytheists, but he was prohibited from doing so.Say: Say, "O Allah, guide him." Allah is able to guide them just as He is able to punish them. Their guidance is better for us than their lack of guidance. So, supplicate to Allah for their guidance. But do not supplicate to Allah for mercy for them if they die; because it is forbidden for a person to supplicate for a disbeliever with mercy or forgiveness if he dies. Indeed, whoever supplicates for a disbeliever who died upon disbelief with mercy or forgiveness has contradicted the path of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the believers in this matter.Because Allah said: [Surat al-Tawbah: 113] Then Allah the Exalted responded to Ibrahim's seeking of forgiveness for his father,So he said: [Surat al-Tawbah: 114] .
It is not permissible for you to supplicate against them, except if they openly confront with disbelief and oppose the Muslims. In that case, yes. But to supplicate against them with something that harms them in this world, not something that harms them in the Hereafter,She says: For example, saying "May Allah curse them," no. In this world, there is no harm; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated against Quraysh when they harmed him,So he said: (O Allah, make their years for them like the years of Yusuf) So they were afflicted with drought and famine.
For the disbeliever, you should supplicate to Allah for him, not supplicate to Allah against him.Say: Say, "O Allah, guide him." Because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to supplicate against specific groups of polytheists, but he was prohibited from doing so.Say: Say, "O Allah, guide him." Allah is able to guide them just as He is able to punish them. Their guidance is better for us than their lack of guidance. So, supplicate to Allah for their guidance. But do not supplicate to Allah for mercy for them if they die; because it is forbidden for a person to supplicate for a disbeliever with mercy or forgiveness if he dies. Indeed, whoever supplicates for a disbeliever who died upon disbelief with mercy or forgiveness has contradicted the path of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the believers in this matter.Because Allah said:
It is not for the Prophet and those who have believed to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they were relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of Hellfire.
مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا أُولِي قُرْبَى مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْجَحِيمِAnd the request of forgiveness of Abraham for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became apparent to Abraham that his father was an enemy to Allah, he disassociated himself from him. Indeed was Abraham compassionate and patient.
وَمَا كَانَ اسْتِغْفَارُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لِأبِيهِ إِلَّا عَنْ مَوْعِدَةٍ وَعَدَهَا إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ أَنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ لِلَّهِ تَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لَأَوَّاهٌ حَلِيمٌIt is not permissible for you to supplicate against them, except if they openly confront with disbelief and oppose the Muslims. In that case, yes. But to supplicate against them with something that harms them in this world, not something that harms them in the Hereafter,She says: For example, saying "May Allah curse them," no. In this world, there is no harm; because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated against Quraysh when they harmed him,So he said: (O Allah, make their years for them like the years of Yusuf) So they were afflicted with drought and famine.