What is the meaning of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him), "Beware of rhyming in supplication"?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, what is the meaning of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): We ask for clarification, may Allah preserve you?
The Shaykh : I do not know this hadith in this wording. However, a person should supplicate to Allah, the Exalted, with a beneficial and comprehensive supplication. The best with which a servant supplicates is what came in the Sunnah, or rather, what came in the Qur'an. In the Qur'an, there are many supplications:[Ali 'Imran 3:147] [Al-A'raf 7:23].
And there are many verses in this regard, and the Sunnah also came with this, meaning: with many supplications. So adhering to the supplications that came in the Book and the Sunnah is the best. But a person may have a need that is not mentioned in the Qur'an or the Sunnah, in which case he supplicates to Allah, the Exalted, and seeks nearness to Him through His names and attributes, as He, the Exalted, said:[Al-A'raf 7:180].
And if rhyming comes naturally and by instinct without effort, it is among the things that beautify and refine the wording. This is why the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) sometimes used rhyming, such as his saying (peace and blessings be upon him and his family):Sahih al-Bukhari 2729 So if rhyming comes without effort, it is among the beautifiers of wording. But with effort, as found in some of the long and broad rhyming that some people use when concluding the recitation of the Qur'an, and there may be transgression in the supplication such that they seek nearness to Allah, the Exalted, by means that were not a means, or they supplicate to Allah, the Exalted, with what cannot be for them, that is an error. Yes.
Beware of rhyming in supplication
إياكم والسجع في الدعاءThe Shaykh : I do not know this hadith in this wording. However, a person should supplicate to Allah, the Exalted, with a beneficial and comprehensive supplication. The best with which a servant supplicates is what came in the Sunnah, or rather, what came in the Qur'an. In the Qur'an, there are many supplications:
Our Lord, forgive us our sins and the excess [committed] in our affairs and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people."
رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِي أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَThey said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among the losers."
قَالا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنْفُسَنَا وَإِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَAnd there are many verses in this regard, and the Sunnah also came with this, meaning: with many supplications. So adhering to the supplications that came in the Book and the Sunnah is the best. But a person may have a need that is not mentioned in the Qur'an or the Sunnah, in which case he supplicates to Allah, the Exalted, and seeks nearness to Him through His names and attributes, as He, the Exalted, said:
And to Allah belong the best names, so invoke Him by them
وَلِلَّهِ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى فَادْعُوهُ بِهَاAnd if rhyming comes naturally and by instinct without effort, it is among the things that beautify and refine the wording. This is why the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) sometimes used rhyming, such as his saying (peace and blessings be upon him and his family):