Supplication is required of both the Muslim and the disbeliever
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Question:
The questioner (F. A.) from Makkah al-Mukarramah says: Your Eminence! Is this supplication specific to the Muslim only, or does it also apply to the disbeliever if he supplicates with it, will it be answered? “O Allah, reward me in my affliction and replace it with something better.”
Answer:
Both the Muslim and the disbeliever make this supplication, and supplication is required from both the Muslim and the disbeliever. The Muslim is entitled to have his supplication answered, while the disbeliever may be answered or may not be answered; Allah may answer him or may not answer him . This is because his disbelief may be one of the reasons he is deprived of an answer. He may be answered, and Allah may grant him a righteous child, or a righteous relative who calls him to Allah, treats him well, teaches him the religion, and through whom Allah guides him. This is a good supplication that both the Muslim and the disbeliever make. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. In her second part, this questioner says: Your Eminence! Are the supplications and remembrances that address the servants with the term of servitude for both the Muslim and the disbeliever, or are they specific only to the believers?
The Shaykh: Rather, they are general for all people, Muslims and non-Muslims alike. They are general for them. So they should supplicate. The Muslim supplicates and is likely to be answered, and the disbeliever may supplicate and be answered. If he says, “O Allah, forgive me,” or “Turn to me in mercy,” or “O Allah, have mercy on me,” Allah may turn to him in mercy, have mercy on him, and guide him to Islam. And if he says, “O Allah, grant me well-being,” or “O Allah, grant me a righteous child,” or “O Allah, reward me for such-and-such,” or “Have mercy on me from such-and-such,” the door is open. Supplication is for everyone. Allah says: : [Surat al-Baqarah: 186].
The disbeliever is a servant among the servants of Allah. And He, Glorified and Exalted is He, says: [Surat Ghafir: 60]. How many disbelievers have been answered and guided by Allah to Islam, or granted a child, or saved from distress... and so on. Our Lord, Blessed and Exalted is He, is Generous and Bountiful. He says, Blessed and Exalted is He: [Surat al-Naml: 62]. This encompasses both the Muslim and the disbeliever.
Answering the supplication of the disbeliever is part of establishing the proof against him. If Allah answers his supplication, that is part of establishing the proof against him. So it is obligatory for him to seek refuge in Allah and to repent to the One who answered his supplication and had mercy on him. He must repent to Allah and hasten to repentance, sincerity, and entering Islam, and he must beware of shirk (associating partners with Allah). And whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner (F. A.) from Makkah al-Mukarramah says: Your Eminence! Is this supplication specific to the Muslim only, or does it also apply to the disbeliever if he supplicates with it, will it be answered? “O Allah, reward me in my affliction and replace it with something better.”
Answer:
Both the Muslim and the disbeliever make this supplication, and supplication is required from both the Muslim and the disbeliever. The Muslim is entitled to have his supplication answered, while the disbeliever may be answered or may not be answered; Allah may answer him or may not answer him . This is because his disbelief may be one of the reasons he is deprived of an answer. He may be answered, and Allah may grant him a righteous child, or a righteous relative who calls him to Allah, treats him well, teaches him the religion, and through whom Allah guides him. This is a good supplication that both the Muslim and the disbeliever make. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. In her second part, this questioner says: Your Eminence! Are the supplications and remembrances that address the servants with the term of servitude for both the Muslim and the disbeliever, or are they specific only to the believers?
The Shaykh: Rather, they are general for all people, Muslims and non-Muslims alike. They are general for them. So they should supplicate. The Muslim supplicates and is likely to be answered, and the disbeliever may supplicate and be answered. If he says, “O Allah, forgive me,” or “Turn to me in mercy,” or “O Allah, have mercy on me,” Allah may turn to him in mercy, have mercy on him, and guide him to Islam. And if he says, “O Allah, grant me well-being,” or “O Allah, grant me a righteous child,” or “O Allah, reward me for such-and-such,” or “Have mercy on me from such-and-such,” the door is open. Supplication is for everyone. Allah says: :
And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near.
وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌThe disbeliever is a servant among the servants of Allah. And He, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:
Call upon Me; I will respond to you.
ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْIs He [not best] who responds to the desperate one when he calls upon Him and removes evil
أَمَّنْ يُجِيبُ الْمُضطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ السُّوءَAnswering the supplication of the disbeliever is part of establishing the proof against him. If Allah answers his supplication, that is part of establishing the proof against him. So it is obligatory for him to seek refuge in Allah and to repent to the One who answered his supplication and had mercy on him. He must repent to Allah and hasten to repentance, sincerity, and entering Islam, and he must beware of shirk (associating partners with Allah). And whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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