Is it permissible to pray for worldly things in Paradise, such as sea worlds, swimming, or wrestling? Is this considered an aggression in supplication, or should the request be left to what a person desires in Paradise? And will Allah make the servant forget what he wished for from this world upon entering Paradise?
It is sufficient for a Muslim to ask Allah for Paradise and to seek refuge in Him from Hellfire, striving to fulfill the means of entering Paradise. For in it is everything that souls desire and eyes delight in, and what no mind can conceive. The Salaf (pious predecessors) forbade exaggeration in asking for specific types of blessings in Paradise, considering it an transgression in supplication. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas and Ibn Mughaffal reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "There will be people who transgress in supplication and purification." Such a supplication is not prescribed, whether inside or outside of prayer. The desirable supplication is that which conforms to the Sharia, and what Allah has not prescribed is not desirable. There is no evidence to suggest that a Muslim in Paradise will forget what they desired in the world.
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