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Regarding
supplicating for parents in the salaah and passing the reward
of reading the Qur.aan or doing the tawaaf to them
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Question: They say that supplicating for the
parents in the obligatory prayers is not permissible and nor
is passing over to them the reward for completing the Qur.aan
or the tawaaf.
Response:
There
is no harm in supplicating in the prayer either for oneself
of for one's parents (or other than them), rather this is
legislated. The Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) said:
((The
closest a servant is to his Lord is when he is in sujood,
so increase in making the supplication (in it)))
- narrated by Muslim.
And
he (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) said:
((As
for the rukoo', then magnify the Lord (in it), and as for
the sujood then strive in making the supplication (in it),
for it is worthy of being responded to)) - also
narrated by Muslim.
And
in the two Saheehs' (of Imaam
al-Bukhaaree and Imaam
Muslim), on the authority of Ibn Mas'ood (radhi-yallaahu
'anhu), that when the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) taught him the tashahhud,
he said:
((...then
choose a supplication which pleases you and supplicate (with
it))).
And
in another narration:
((...then
choose from that which you desire)).
What
is implied here is before the tasleem,
so if he supplicates in the sujood
or at the end of the prayer, for himself, his parents or the
Muslims, there is no harm (in this) for what is mentioned
of the generalness of these ahaadeeth
and other than them. As for passing the reward for reciting
(the Qur.aan) or making tawaaf for one's parents or other
than them from the Muslims, then this is an issue where there
is a difference of opinion amongst the scholars. That which
is better, is to leave this since no evidence exists for its
permissibility. Acts of worship are permanently stipulated,
so nothing is to be practised unless legislated by the Sharee'ah,
for the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) said:
((Anyone
who introduces something into this matter of ours (i.e. Islaam),
that which is not from it, will have it rejected))
- this (narration) is agreed upon (by both Imaam
al-Bukhaaree and Imaam
Muslim).
And
in another narration:
((Anyone
who does an act which is not in agreement with us, then he
will have it rejected)) - narrated by Muslim.
And
Allaah is the Expounder of Success.
Shaykh
Ibn Baaz
al-Bid'u wal-Muhdathaat wa maa laa Asla lahu - Page 382;
Mujallah al-Buhooth al-Islaamiyyah - Volume 46, Page 198
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