The ruling on saying (O Allah, we do not ask You to reverse the decree...)
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Question:
In the last of his questions, he says: What is the ruling on this supplication: (O Allah, we do not ask You to reverse the decree, but we ask You for gentleness in it)?
Answer:
This has no basis; this supplication has no basis, as far as we know, and it is not appropriate to supplicate with it. Rather, one should ask Allah for good and seek refuge in Him from evil, as in the supplication that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught al-Hasan:Sunan an-Nasa'i 1745Sahih (Darussalam).
So a person asks his Lord for well-being from all evil and asks his Lord for all good: O Allah, I ask You for all good, its immediate and its deferred, and he seeks refuge in Allah from all evil, its immediate and its deferred. As for saying: I do not ask You to reverse the decree, but I ask You for gentleness in the decree, this is a supplication for which I do not know a basis. What is prescribed is to ask Allah for good, or to seek refuge in Allah from evil. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah bless you.
In the last of his questions, he says: What is the ruling on this supplication: (O Allah, we do not ask You to reverse the decree, but we ask You for gentleness in it)?
Answer:
This has no basis; this supplication has no basis, as far as we know, and it is not appropriate to supplicate with it. Rather, one should ask Allah for good and seek refuge in Him from evil, as in the supplication that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught al-Hasan:
Allahumma ihdini fiman hadayta wa 'afini fiman afayta wa tawallani fiman tawallayta wa barik li fima a'tayta, wa qini sharra ma qadayta
اللهم اهدني فيمن هديت، وعافني فيمن عافيت، وتولني فيمن توليت، وبارك لنا فيما أعطيت، وقني شر ما قضيتSo a person asks his Lord for well-being from all evil and asks his Lord for all good: O Allah, I ask You for all good, its immediate and its deferred, and he seeks refuge in Allah from all evil, its immediate and its deferred. As for saying: I do not ask You to reverse the decree, but I ask You for gentleness in the decree, this is a supplication for which I do not know a basis. What is prescribed is to ask Allah for good, or to seek refuge in Allah from evil. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah bless you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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