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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on saying "if Allah wills" in response to questions about acts of worship

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Another question: I have heard some people say: If you perform an act, such as prayer or fasting, or any other act in religion or in this world, and you are asked: Did you pray? Or did you fast, or did you do such and such? Do not say: "If Allah wills." Rather, say: "Yes." Because you actually did it. What is your opinion on this?
Answer: This requires a detailed explanation. As for acts of worship, there is no harm in saying: "If Allah wills," "I prayed, if Allah wills," "I fasted, if Allah wills"; because one does not know whether it was completed and accepted from him or not. The believers used to qualify their statements regarding their faith, their fasting, and the like; considering that one does not know whether it was completed or not. So he says: "If Allah wills," meaning: If Allah wills that I fasted a good, sound fast. And he says: "I am a believer, if Allah wills." Meaning: A correct faith, and a faith upon which I will die.
As for a matter that does not vary, if he says: "I sold this," he says: "I sold it, if Allah wills." It does not need "if Allah wills." "I sold this, if Allah wills," or "I had lunch or dinner, if Allah wills." It does not need "if Allah wills" in this; because these are matters that do not require qualification by the will of Allah in the report, but rather they are ordinary matters that he has done and finished with. Unlike matters of worship, where one does not know whether he fulfilled its right or shortchanged its right. So if he says: "If Allah wills," it is for seeking blessing by His name (Glorified and Exalted is He) and for guarding against claiming something that he may not have completed or fulfilled its right. Yes.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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