The Ruling on Supplicating for a Long Life
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Question:
Supplicating for a long life?
Answer:
It is only narrated from 'Umar and a group of others that it is disliked, but if it is qualified by obedience to Allah and pleasing to Allah, it is permissible. The dislike is according to those who disliked it: for a long life may contain evil, it may contain good, so if it is in good, it is sought:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2329Hasan (Darussalam).
Supplicating for a long life?
Answer:
It is only narrated from 'Umar and a group of others that it is disliked, but if it is qualified by obedience to Allah and pleasing to Allah, it is permissible. The dislike is according to those who disliked it: for a long life may contain evil, it may contain good, so if it is in good, it is sought:
He whose life is long and his deeds are good.
خير الناس مَن طال عمره، وحسن عمله
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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