The Ruling on Adding a Condition in Supplication for Others
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What is the ruling on adding a condition in supplication for others?The Shaykh: For example?The questioner: For example: May Allah forgive you, if Allah wills, or May Allah guide you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh: Or you say: O Allah, forgive me, if Allah wills.
The questioner: And is that included in the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to the sick person: (It is purification, if Allah wills)?The Shaykh: As for the supplicant saying: O Allah, forgive me if You will, O Allah, have mercy on me if You will, this is forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it.And as for His saying: "If Allah wills" is of a lower rank, but it is not appropriate.And as for the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): (There is no harm, it is purification, if Allah wills) This is a matter of hope; because the sick person’s illness may be a purification for him, or it may not be. If this sick person did not have patience, and his heart was filled with dissatisfaction with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), it would not be a purification. So "if Allah wills" is a matter of hope.Meaning: I ask Allah that it be a purification for you if you have patience and seek reward from Allah.
The questioner: Meaning, supplication for others when it includes "if Allah wills."
The Shaykh: May Allah forgive you, if Allah wills?The questioner: Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh: Do not say this.For the thing whose benefit is known, do not say in it: "If Allah wills," because Allah does not do it except by His will. So if you condition it with His will, it implies that you are self-sufficient regarding your Lord (Mighty and Majestic).
The Shaykh: Or you say: O Allah, forgive me, if Allah wills.
The questioner: And is that included in the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to the sick person: (It is purification, if Allah wills)?The Shaykh: As for the supplicant saying: O Allah, forgive me if You will, O Allah, have mercy on me if You will, this is forbidden. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it.And as for His saying: "If Allah wills" is of a lower rank, but it is not appropriate.And as for the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): (There is no harm, it is purification, if Allah wills) This is a matter of hope; because the sick person’s illness may be a purification for him, or it may not be. If this sick person did not have patience, and his heart was filled with dissatisfaction with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), it would not be a purification. So "if Allah wills" is a matter of hope.Meaning: I ask Allah that it be a purification for you if you have patience and seek reward from Allah.
The questioner: Meaning, supplication for others when it includes "if Allah wills."
The Shaykh: May Allah forgive you, if Allah wills?The questioner: Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh: Do not say this.For the thing whose benefit is known, do not say in it: "If Allah wills," because Allah does not do it except by His will. So if you condition it with His will, it implies that you are self-sufficient regarding your Lord (Mighty and Majestic).