Chapter on the virtue of supplicating for a brother in his absence: Allah the Exalted said
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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
He said, may Allah have mercy on him: "Chapter on the virtue of supplicating for a brother in his absence. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Hashr 59:10] And He said: [Muhammad 47:19] And He said, reporting about Ibrahim (peace be upon him): [Ibrahim 14:41] It was narrated from Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) Muslim narrated it. And it was narrated from him that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: Sahih Muslim 2733, 2732c Muslim narrated it".
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author al-Nawawi, may Allah have mercy on him, said in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: "Chapter on the virtue of supplicating for a brother in his absence", meaning: supplicating for his brother in his absence, i.e., while he is not present. This is because supplicating for a brother in his absence clearly indicates the sincerity of one's faith, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 13 So if you supplicate for your brother in his absence without his asking you to, this is proof of your love for him and that you love for him the good that you love for yourself. Then the author, may Allah have mercy on him, cited three verses from the Book of Allah as evidence, among which is His saying to the Prophet (peace be upon him): How numerous are the hadiths in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) seeks forgiveness for his sin, and we know that he also seeks forgiveness for the believers, because he was commanded to do so. The meaning of "seek forgiveness for your sin" is: ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic, to forgive your sin. Forgiveness is covering the sin and passing over it, because this is what the derivation indicates; it is derived from *mighfar*, which is the protection of the head by the known helmet placed on the head in battle, which protects it from arrows and covers it. And from that also is the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Hashr 59:10] And these are the third category of the three categories about whom Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Hashr 59:8] So Allah described them with emigration and support. The second category: [Al-Hashr 59:9] And these are the Ansar, the supporters of Madinah. The third category: [Al-Hashr 59:10] And this is a supplication for their brothers in their absence. As for the third verse, Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said: [Ibrahim 14:41] So his saying: is a supplication for the believers in their absence. Thus, supplicating for the believers in their absence is from the ways of the Messengers (peace be upon them) and from the path of the Messengers. And among that is that we, in our prayer, supplicate for our brothers in their absence. Everyone says: "Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah" And this is a supplication. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:235 So when you say "Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah," it is a supplication for your brothers in their absence. Then the author mentioned the hadith of Abu al-Darda in its two wordings, that when a person supplicates for his brother in his absence, the angel says: meaning, for you the like of that. So the angel says "Ameen" to your supplication when you supplicate for your brother in his absence and says to you the like of it. This indicates the virtue of this, but this is for the one who did not ask you to supplicate for him. As for the one who asked you to supplicate for him and you did so, it is as if he is a witness, as if he is hearing your words, because he is the one who asked you. But if you supplicate for him in his absence without him informing you, without him asking you, then that is where the reward and the virtue lie. And success is from Allah.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
He said, may Allah have mercy on him: "Chapter on the virtue of supplicating for a brother in his absence. Allah the Exalted said:
And [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith
والذين جاؤوا من بعدهم يقولون ربنا اغفر لنا ولإخواننا الذين سبقونا بالإيمانand ask forgiveness for your sin and for the believing men and believing women
واستغفر لذنبك وللمؤمنين والمؤمناتOur Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account is established."
ربنا اغفر لي ولوالدي وللمؤمنين يوم يقوم الحسابThat he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: There is no Muslim servant who supplicates for his brother in his absence but that the angel says, "And for you the like"
أنه سمع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: ما من عبد مسلم يدعو لأخيه بظهر الغيب إلا قال الملك ولك بمثلThe supplication of a Muslim for his brother at his back (in his absence) is responded so long as he makes a supplica- tion for blessings for his brother and the commissioned Angel says: Amen, and says: May it be for you too
دعوة المرء المسلم لأخيه بظهر الغيب مستجابة عند رأسه ملك موكل كلما دعا لأخيه بخير قال الملك الموكل به آمين ولك بمثلThe Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author al-Nawawi, may Allah have mercy on him, said in his book *Riyad al-Salihin*: "Chapter on the virtue of supplicating for a brother in his absence", meaning: supplicating for his brother in his absence, i.e., while he is not present. This is because supplicating for a brother in his absence clearly indicates the sincerity of one's faith, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: