The Ruling on Saying Amen to a Supplication Heard on the Radio or a Tape

Question:
In the last of this questioner's questions, she says: Your Eminence, the Shaykh, on many occasions I listen to a Shaykh or a scholar making a supplication, whether on the radio or on a recorded tape. Is it sufficient for me to say amen to his supplication in order to receive the blessing of that supplication, or what is required of me?

Answer:
This has a great benefit: listening to good things from sermons or from tapes and advice. If there is a supplication in them and you say amen to it, there is no harm, if Allah wills. This falls under the category of supplication and seeking a response from the Lord, Glorified and Exalted. You say: "O Allah, respond to his supplication. O Allah, grant him what he asks for." All of this is good and there is no harm. Even if the supplication is from someone other than you, such as the orator or the person on the recording, the person on the tape, you say: "O Allah, respond to his supplication," provided his supplication is good, and there is no harm.

The presenter: May Allah reward you.