Is it permissible to say in supplication: "And I ask You for bliss that does not perish" (نعيماً لا يبيد) instead of "And I ask You for bliss that does not run out" (نعيماً لا ينفد), given that "يَنفَد" (yanfad) is anomalous and "يَبيد" (yabīd) is the narration of the majority?
It is narrated from Ammar ibn Yasir a supplication he heard from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, which includes asking to live as long as life is good, and to die when death is better, and to fear Allah in the unseen and in public, and to speak the truth in anger and pleasure, and to be moderate in poverty and wealth, and to have everlasting bliss that does not perish and a never-ending delight, and contentment after decree, and a comfortable life after death, and the pleasure of gazing upon the Face of Allah, and the longing to meet Him, and to be adorned with faith and guidance. This supplication has been narrated with the wording "everlasting bliss that does not perish" (na'eeman la yabeed) and "everlasting bliss that does not run out" (na'eeman la yanfad). Both are correct and have the same meaning, and the wording "does not run out" (la yanfad) has support in the Qur'an.
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