Is a supplication that includes a detailed mention of sins and transgressions considered an act of transgression in supplication, which is forbidden in Islamic law?
The supplication mentioned involves excessive elaboration, lengthiness, and artificiality in its phrases and details, which goes against the guidance of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. The Companions also forbade such practices, and it was narrated from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said: "There will be people who transgress in supplication." The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, loved comprehensive supplications; those whose wording is short but whose meaning is vast, such as the verse: "Our Lord, grant us in this world good and in the Hereafter good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire." Transgression in supplication includes artificiality and rhymed prose, so the aforementioned supplication should be abandoned.
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