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Is it permissible to supplicate for an actor or actress, and does this supplication reach them, knowing that they do not know the supplicant?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Praying for guidance and for God's forgiveness is permissible for every living person, even a disbeliever. However, it is not permissible to pray for a deceased disbeliever. A deceased Muslim should be prayed for, asking for forgiveness. A Muslim benefits from the prayer of his Muslim brother in secret.

A Muslim should not be preoccupied with artists and actors, as most of them are people of wickedness and immorality. Rather, his loyalty should be to people of guidance and righteousness. It is permissible to pray for them in a general sense, like other Muslims, but singling them out for prayer indicates love and inclination towards them, which poses a risk to one's religion and the soundness of one's heart.

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