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Is the use of the supplication attributed to Al-Hasan Al-Basri, "O Allah, O refuge of my blessing," which has spread among women for dispelling distress and confronting enemies, considered an innovation and a violation of the Sunnah?

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Al-Tanukhi reported this supplication in a story involving Al-Hasan Al-Basri and Al-Hajjaj, but he did not rule on its authenticity or weakness. However, it contained objectionable phrases such as: "O Lord of Kaf-Ha-Ya-Ain-Sad, and Ta-Ha, and Ta-Seen, and Ya-Seen, and O Lord of the Wise Quran," because the Quran is an attribute of Allah, not something created, and it is unlikely that Al-Hasan Al-Basri would have said it. If it were free of these phrases, there would be no harm in supplicating with it. Sheikh Ibn Baz permitted the supplication of Muhammad ibn Wasi' for seeking refuge from Satan, emphasizing that seeking refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan is sufficient. Furthermore, authentic Sunnah contains supplications for the distressed that are ample and sufficient.

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