What is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding praying behind an imam who supplicates with the following du'a'
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The questioner : The questioner is your brother in Allah, Abu Firas from Aleppo, who inquires and says: What is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your view, O honorable Shaykh, regarding praying behind an imam who says or supplicates with the following du'a' “O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad, the healer of hearts and their medicine, the health of bodies and their cure, and the light of eyes and their clarity”? Some of the brothers have said that this is not permissible, so please guide us in light of this, may you be rewarded?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. First, is he supplicating with this du'a' during the prayer itself or outside of it? If he supplicates with it during the prayer itself, then his prayer is invalid, as it appears to me, because this is a du'a' that is close to being shirk (associating partners with Allah). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not the healer of hearts and their medicine in a physical sense, meaning that if the heart is physically ill, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not its doctor, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has passed away, and no one can benefit from him physically.
As for if he intends that faith in him is the healer of hearts and the medicine of hearts, this is true, without doubt. Faith in the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) heals the hearts from their diseases, the religious diseases, and is a medicine for them.
The same is said regarding the health of bodies. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not the health of bodies; rather, he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicates for the sick that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) heal them. It is not he who heals them, but rather Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is the one who heals them. And he himself (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) supplicates for health, saying So how can he be the health? This is also an invalid du'a' that is not correct.
Likewise, the light of eyes and their clarity is also an error. The light of eyes is an attribute of the body that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) created. The light of eyes is from the creation of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and it is not the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), nor is he the one who created the light of eyes.
So my advice to this imam and to others who supplicate with this du'a' is to repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and to know that the best du'a's are those that came in the Qur'an and the Sunnah, because they came from the Wise, the All-Aware. Would that these people would gather the du'a's of the Qur'an that came in the Qur'an, as well as the du'a's that came in the Sunnah, and supplicate to Allah with them; that would be better for them than these rhymed phrases which may be from disbelief, and they are unaware of it.
My advice to this one who supplicates with this du'a' and others is to repent to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) and to return to the du'a' in the Book and the Sunnah, for it is the most comprehensive of du'a's, the best of them, and the most beneficial for the hearts.
The questioner : Yes. May Allah reward you, O Shaykh Muhammad.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. First, is he supplicating with this du'a' during the prayer itself or outside of it? If he supplicates with it during the prayer itself, then his prayer is invalid, as it appears to me, because this is a du'a' that is close to being shirk (associating partners with Allah). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not the healer of hearts and their medicine in a physical sense, meaning that if the heart is physically ill, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not its doctor, for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has passed away, and no one can benefit from him physically.
As for if he intends that faith in him is the healer of hearts and the medicine of hearts, this is true, without doubt. Faith in the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) heals the hearts from their diseases, the religious diseases, and is a medicine for them.
The same is said regarding the health of bodies. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is not the health of bodies; rather, he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicates for the sick that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) heal them. It is not he who heals them, but rather Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is the one who heals them. And he himself (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) supplicates for health, saying
O Allah, grant me health
اللهم عافنيLikewise, the light of eyes and their clarity is also an error. The light of eyes is an attribute of the body that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) created. The light of eyes is from the creation of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and it is not the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), nor is he the one who created the light of eyes.
So my advice to this imam and to others who supplicate with this du'a' is to repent to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and to know that the best du'a's are those that came in the Qur'an and the Sunnah, because they came from the Wise, the All-Aware. Would that these people would gather the du'a's of the Qur'an that came in the Qur'an, as well as the du'a's that came in the Sunnah, and supplicate to Allah with them; that would be better for them than these rhymed phrases which may be from disbelief, and they are unaware of it.
My advice to this one who supplicates with this du'a' and others is to repent to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) and to return to the du'a' in the Book and the Sunnah, for it is the most comprehensive of du'a's, the best of them, and the most beneficial for the hearts.
The questioner : Yes. May Allah reward you, O Shaykh Muhammad.