Is it permissible to supplicate for guidance for disbelieving groups in general, or to specify a particular group (such as Jews, Christians, and secularists), and is it permissible to supplicate for a specific disbelieving individual to be guided?
It is permissible for a Muslim to supplicate for a disbeliever's guidance, and to say "Ameen" to a disbeliever's supplication for his own guidance or for victory for the believers, and so forth. It is also permissible to supplicate for a Dhimmi disbeliever for healing and good health. What is forbidden is supplicating for his forgiveness, based on the Almighty's saying: "It is not for the Prophet and those who have believed to ask forgiveness for the polytheists, even if they were relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are companions of Hellfire" [At-:113]. However, if by supplicating for his forgiveness one intends the attainment of its cause, which is Islam, then there is no harm in that.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/46181
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 46181
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy