I was asked whether it is permissible to supplicate, “O Allah, make me among the patient ones,” and I mentioned that the correct thing is to say, “O Allah, help me to be patient.” What is the difference between the two?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. — Come on, Mudathir, yes. My question to your Eminence was two days ago: Is it permissible to supplicate, “O Allah, make me among the patient ones”? You mentioned that the correct thing is to say, “O Allah, help me to be patient.” What is the difference between these two phrases? Was it not in the lesson while we were going to the house?
The Shaykh : I do not remember it as if you misunderstood. Either you asked a question and I answered it, and you understood that.
O Allah, make me among the patient ones, the hopeful ones, those who enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. “Be patient, for Allah is with the patient.”
The questioner : .....
The Shaykh : No, Mudathir, we understood the answer on the first day.
The Shaykh : I do not remember it as if you misunderstood. Either you asked a question and I answered it, and you understood that.
O Allah, make me among the patient ones, the hopeful ones, those who enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. “Be patient, for Allah is with the patient.”
The questioner : .....
The Shaykh : No, Mudathir, we understood the answer on the first day.