Is it permissible to make supplication in prostration with other than what is transmitted?

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Question:
... the addition in supplication in prostration (other than what is transmitted)?

Answer:
He supplicates with whatever good supplications he loves. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

The nearest a servant come to his Lord is when he is prostrating himself, so make supplication often.

أقرب ما يكون العبد من ربه وهو ساجد، فأكثروا الدعاء

Sunan Abi Dawud 875Sahih (Al-Albani)

And in the other wording:

So strive in supplication

فاجتهدوا في الدعاء

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Q: ... is it better to supplicate with what is transmitted?
The Shaykh: It is not obligatory; whether he supplicates with the best or with other than that, as long as it does not contradict; because people have needs, and needs appear to them; so if he supplicates with the best, he supplicates with what is transmitted and with other than that, praise be to Allah.
Q: Does it not contradict the Sunnah?
The Shaykh: No, it does not contradict; he supplicates with what Allah has made easy for him.
Q: Has it not been transmitted that he chooses from the supplications whatever he loves?
The Shaykh: That is at the end of the prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught the Companions after the tashahhud, saying:

Then select the invocation you like best and recite it.

ثم يتخير من الدعاء أعجبه إليه

Sahih al-Bukhari 835

And in the other wording:

Then he may choose any supplication which pleases him.

ثم ليتخير من المسألة ما شاء

Sahih Muslim 402b

at the end of the prayer, and the supplication in prostration is likewise; the ruling is the same.

Source binbaz.org.sa

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