Some of the common people say, “May you be blessed.” What is the ruling on this phrase?
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The questioner : Some of the common people say: “May you be blessed”. What is the ruling on this phrase?
The Shaykh : Based on what they intend by it, when the common people say: “May you be blessed”, they mean that they are asking Allah the Exalted to send down blessing upon it. They do not intend by it the meaning that Allah has made specific to Himself in His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Furqan 25:61] [Al-Mulk 67:1] and the like. Rather, they intend by it asking Allah to send down blessing upon this. Yes.
The questioner : The questioner, A.M.K. from Tarhounah, Libya, says.
The Shaykh : Based on what they intend by it, when the common people say: “May you be blessed”, they mean that they are asking Allah the Exalted to send down blessing upon it. They do not intend by it the meaning that Allah has made specific to Himself in His saying, the Exalted:
Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars
تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي السَّمَاءِ بُرُوجًاBlessed is He in whose hand is dominion
تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُThe questioner : The questioner, A.M.K. from Tarhounah, Libya, says.