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Is it permissible to supplicate to Allah seeking facial beauty, and can this be realized in this worldly life, taking into account Allah's absolute power?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Beauty is a blessing from Allah, divided into inner and outer. Inner beauty is beloved for its own sake, and it is the focus of Allah's regard and love, adorning the outer form. Outer beauty, on the other hand, is an adornment with which Allah has specifically graced some of His creation. Allah has fashioned mankind in the best of forms, and all of Allah's creation is good. If you perceive that you have not been blessed with a share of beauty, then remember that the affair of the believer is entirely good: if good befalls him, he is grateful; and if adversity befalls him, he is patient. A Muslim should look to those who are less fortunate than him in creation and wealth. As for supplicating to Allah to change the fundamental creation, this is an act of transgression in supplication, because it is a request to alter Allah's cosmic laws. The priority should be to improve one's inner self through faith and righteous deeds, for whoever Allah loves, He places acceptance for him on earth.

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