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A Man Should Not Say: "O Allāh, Forgive Me If You Will".

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Darussalam · Volume 5

34. The Chapters On Supplication

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الحديث: 3854 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1267

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3854. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "No one among you should say: 'O Allāh, forgive me if You will.' Let him be definite in his asking, and no one can compel Allāh." (Sahih)

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3854 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي إِنْ شِئْتَ، وَلْيَعْزِمْ فِي الْمَسْأَلَةِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا مُكْرِهَ لَهُ "

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One should supplicate hoping that Allāh will surely satisfy his needs. Saying that 'if you will' is useless, since supplications are responded to only by His will. Such expressions show a kind of desperation. Supplicating that if so-and-so matter is good for me then grant it to me; otherwise, grant me the matter that is better for me. The same supplication is made in Istikhārah.