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Is it correct to say to the deceased, "May Allah have mercy on you, my father," or should we say, "O Allah, have mercy on my father"?

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There is no harm in supplicating for a father using the vocative form, for the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, supplicated for Fatimah bint Asad with, "May Allah have mercy on you, O my mother." And Ibn Umar supplicated for Abdullah ibn Al-Zubayr after his death with, "May Allah have mercy on you, O Abu Khubaib." And Aisha supplicated for her father with, "May Allah have mercy on you, O my father." And Umm Al-Alaa Al-Ansariyah said to Uthman ibn Maz'oon after his death, "May Allah's mercy be upon you, Abu Al-Sa'ib."

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