Some people cite the honorable Shaykh with certain verses and hadiths in their worldly affairs, for example, “Mention me to your Lord.”
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The questioner : Some people cite the honorable Shaykh with certain verses and hadiths in their worldly affairs, for example: [Yusuf 12:42] [Maryam 19:4] and and the like. We ask for a ruling on such matters?
The Shaykh : “We go around it” is not from the Qur'an.
The questioner : No, I mean from the hadiths.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible for a person to cite the Qur'an regarding an event, but not to make the Qur'an a substitute for speech. For example, if he is playing with his children or trading in his wealth, he says:[Al-Anfal 8:28] There is no harm in that, because he is citing the verse regarding what it was revealed for. However, if he makes it a substitute for speech, such that he expresses the meaning he intends using the Qur'an, then this is not permissible. Like this man who said: [Yusuf 12:42] The verse was not revealed for this, and it is not permissible for him to make it a substitute for his speech. Rather, he should say: “Mention me to so-and-so” or “Alert him to me,” or the like.
This is the detail in this issue: If he makes the Qur'an a substitute for speech, meaning he intended something he intended to speak about and made the Qur'an a substitute for it, then this is forbidden. But if he cites the Qur'an regarding an event that occurred, as it came in the Qur'an, then there is no harm in it. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
Mention me before your master
اذْكُرْنِي عِنْدَ رَبِّكَand my head has filled with white
وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًاWe go around it
حولها نددنThe Shaykh : “We go around it” is not from the Qur'an.
The questioner : No, I mean from the hadiths.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is permissible for a person to cite the Qur'an regarding an event, but not to make the Qur'an a substitute for speech. For example, if he is playing with his children or trading in his wealth, he says:
your properties and your children are but a trial
إنمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَأَوْلادُكُمْ فِتْنَةٌMention me before your master
اذْكُرْنِي عِنْدَ رَبِّكَThis is the detail in this issue: If he makes the Qur'an a substitute for speech, meaning he intended something he intended to speak about and made the Qur'an a substitute for it, then this is forbidden. But if he cites the Qur'an regarding an event that occurred, as it came in the Qur'an, then there is no harm in it. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.