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How can one reconcile the Hadith: "The supplication of any one of you will be answered as long as he does not supplicate for a sin or for the severance of kinship ties," with the Hadith: "Do not supplicate against yourselves, or against your children, or against your servants, lest you coincide with a moment when Allah grants [something], and your supplication is answered"?

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Excluded from the prohibition of supplicating against oneself and one's child is supplicating against wealth, such as saying, "O Allah, curse it," as in the hadith of Abu Barzah Al-Aslami. Also excluded is a parent's supplication against their child, as in the story of Jurayj with his mother, where Allah answered her supplication, which indicates the immense importance of honoring parents and the responsiveness of their prayers. Indeed, a parent's supplication against their child is among the answered prayers. It is disliked to supplicate against oneself, one's child, one's wealth, or one's servants, because such a supplication might coincide with a time when prayers are answered.

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