Supplication for a Long Life
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from: A. H. - Abha: Is it permissible to supplicate for a long life? Or is life span predetermined, so there is no benefit in supplicating for its length?
A: There is no harm in that, and the best is to qualify it with what benefits the one for whom the supplication is made, such as saying: May Allah prolong your life in obedience to Allah, or in goodness, or in what pleases Allah. It is known that supplication does not contradict divine decree, but rather it is part of the divine decree; just as medicines, ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), and the like are.
And all means that do not contradict the Shari'ah of Allah are all part of the divine decree. The decree of Allah passes in the case of the sick and the healthy, and for the one for whom supplication is made and the one for whom it is not, but Allah the Exalted commanded the prescribed and permissible means, and He attached to them what He wills, and all of that is from the decree of Allah. And success is from Allah.
A: There is no harm in that, and the best is to qualify it with what benefits the one for whom the supplication is made, such as saying: May Allah prolong your life in obedience to Allah, or in goodness, or in what pleases Allah. It is known that supplication does not contradict divine decree, but rather it is part of the divine decree; just as medicines, ruqyah (healing by Qur'anic recitation), and the like are.
And all means that do not contradict the Shari'ah of Allah are all part of the divine decree. The decree of Allah passes in the case of the sick and the healthy, and for the one for whom supplication is made and the one for whom it is not, but Allah the Exalted commanded the prescribed and permissible means, and He attached to them what He wills, and all of that is from the decree of Allah. And success is from Allah.
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