What is the ruling on supplicating in the past tense for future matters, such as "O Allah, make me among those who were given their book in their right hand," or "O Allah, make me among those who saw Your Noble Face"?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
There is no objection to supplicating with the aforementioned wording, as if the supplicant is saying: "O Allah, make me among those whom You have inscribed in Your knowledge as being among the people of Paradise," or "among those whom You have inscribed as receiving their record in their right hand."
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/128627
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 128627
- 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