on the jurisprudence of supplication?
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The questioner : Does this contradict the comprehensiveness of supplication?
The Shaykh : No, I do not think so, because specification requires it to be mentioned. The Messenger sometimes elaborates in supplication, saying:Sunan Abi Dawud 878Sahih (Al-Albani) But he did not bring up anything other than the sin.
The questioner : The point is...
The Shaykh : The point is that one does not, for example, say, "O Allah, I ask You for Paradise, the houris, the palaces, the houses, the gold jewelry, the silver jewelry, the silk, and the pearl jewelry," which is what the Messenger leaves out.
The student : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, if a thing is unknown... like watermelon.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : One does not know whether it is the red kind or not.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And only experts know it. Is it permissible, for example, if a boy comes to buy, to sell it to him?
The Shaykh : And what do you say about this?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, I do not think so, because specification requires it to be mentioned. The Messenger sometimes elaborates in supplication, saying:
O Allah. Forgive me all my sins, small and great, first and last. “ the narrator Ibn al-sarh added: “open and secret.”
رب اغفر لي ذنبي كلّه دقّه وجلّه علانيّته وسرّهThe questioner : The point is...
The Shaykh : The point is that one does not, for example, say, "O Allah, I ask You for Paradise, the houris, the palaces, the houses, the gold jewelry, the silver jewelry, the silk, and the pearl jewelry," which is what the Messenger leaves out.
The student : Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Our Shaykh, if a thing is unknown... like watermelon.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : One does not know whether it is the red kind or not.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And only experts know it. Is it permissible, for example, if a boy comes to buy, to sell it to him?
The Shaykh : And what do you say about this?
The student: ...