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Will God accept a prayer for something that might be bad in the future?

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This question is unclear, but if it is about supplicating for something that would harm oneself or others without a legitimate Shar'i reason, then supplicating against oneself is forbidden, and some scholars have explicitly stated that such a supplication will not be answered. As for supplicating against others unjustly, it may or may not be answered.

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