To make Dua'a for my Christian or other (non-muslim) friends with anything other than choosing a righteous path? I read somewhere that prophet Mohammed (PBUH) wasn't able to make du'a for his own mother? Any truth to that?
not mother.......
actually prophet ibrahim A.S was forbidden to not pray for his father Azir.
and prophet muhammad SAW had forbidden to not pray for his uncle Abu-Talib
who was the father of hazrat Ali RA too.
but its only on one condition that do not pray for their forgivness.
but u must pray for nonmuslim's that O'Allah guide them to wards stright path.
As we know that prophet muhammad saw praied for hazrat umer when he was nonmuslim. that O'Allah one umer embaressed islam (umer bin hasam= abu jahil or umer bin kittab = umer-e-farooq)
so you can pray for your non muslim frnds for their guidence.
Making duah to Allah for hidyaah for this individual means...having this individual rever to Islam and giving him life in the everlasting paradise.
Is there a duah that you can possibly make that is better than this?
Why would you give up the best duah for a smaller duah?
smaller duahs are meaningless... if they don't become muslims.. because they will only be temporary... until death reaches them... vs. everlasting paradise.
I ask because my friend whom I loved very much died and wasn't muslim and it killed me. I used to pray for him, for forgivness and heaven, but was asked to stop.
thanks to all who replied
Subhan’Allah, they are correct. Islam isn’t so strict. You can make dua “O lord of the world, guide them on the straight path of the siraatal mustaqeen”.
This will also make you remain humble and make you more grateful towards Allah swt for choosing YOU as a muslim
I ask because my friend whom I loved very much died and wasn't muslim and it killed me. I used to pray for him, for forgivness and heaven, but was asked to stop.
thanks to all who replied
That's so sad!
I don't understand why Islam forbids to send prayers for non-believers ... after all it is for God to decide whether the prayers will be heard or not.
Who are we to decide who is deserving of God's mercy and who isn't???
Prayer is also a valid way to go through your grieving process, and to feel you are doing what you can for your loved ones ... even when, or perhaps especially when they are dead!
I have to disagree with my Muslim friends here.Being forbidden to pray for loved ones, whether believers or non-believers seems very harsh ...
Peace.
Peace glo
Here I stand.
I can do no other.
May God help me.
Amen.
Come, let us worship and bow down •
and kneel before the Lord our Maker
[Psalm 95]
Like we mentioned in the previous thread - praying for a person's guidance is much more important than anything in this life.
If a person was to die in the state of disbelief - they may be punished for eternity, so infact - we should say alhamdulillah (praise be to Allaah) who allowed us to pray for the guidance of the non muslims.
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