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Is it permissible to supplicate to Allah to shorten one's excessive height if one suffers from a psychological complex that prevents them from facing people, believing that Allah is Most Capable of all things and that this is a tribulation?

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Praying for a reduction in height is an act of transgression because Allah has ordained the affairs of creation according to fixed cosmic laws. It is not befitting for a person to ask Allah for something contrary to these laws. A person is not measured by their height or shortness, but rather by their religion, intellect, and deeds. Allah Almighty says: "Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you." A person must be content with Allah's decree and know that Allah's choice is better than a servant's choice for themselves. Belief in divine decree and destiny instills tranquility in the soul. Allah Almighty says: "No disaster strikes upon the earth or among yourselves except that it is in a register before We create it."

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