Is it permissible to supplicate with the following formula: "O Allah, make what I will in accordance with what You will, so that what I will does not become contrary to what You will, for who am I to will other than what You will? If a servant strives and wills, it will only be what You will, so be gentle with us in what You will"?

It is preferable for a Muslim to supplicate to Allah with comprehensive supplications that encompass the good of this world and the Hereafter, especially those authentically narrated in the Quran and Sunnah (definition), and to abandon newly invented and overly elaborate supplications. The mentioned supplication, "O Allah, I do not ask You to avert the decree, but I ask You for gentleness within it," has no basis in the Quran, Sunnah, or the sayings of the righteous predecessors. If understood in its absolute sense, it implies a corrupt meaning: supplicating to align absolutely with Allah's universal, predetermined will, some of which is religiously beloved (such as faith and righteous deeds) and some of which is religiously disliked (such as disbelief).