What is the authenticity of the supplications circulated via WhatsApp, including prophylactic supplications with phrases such as: "O Allah, I am in a city whose wall is 'there is no god but Allah,' and its door is 'Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah,' and its ground is 'Allah is sufficient for me, and how excellent a guardian He is'"; and "O Allah, make for us a dome of iron, its walls 'Tabarak' (Surah Al-Mulk), its roof 'Yasin' (Surah Yasin), its doors Your mercy, and its keys 'Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim' (In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful)"; and the supplication: "In the Name of Allah is our door, and Tabarak our walls, and Yasin our roof, and Kaf Ha Ya 'Ain Sad (referring to Surah Maryam) has sufficed us, and Ha Mim 'Ain Sin Qaf (referring to Surah Ash-Shura) has protected us. 'So Allah will suffice you against them. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.' (Quran 2:137) The veil of the Throne is spread over us, and the eye of Allah is watching over us. By the power of Allah, they cannot overpower us. 'But Allah encompasses them from behind. Rather, it is a glorious Quran, in a preserved Tablet.' (Quran 85:20-22) And Allah is the best of guardians, and He is the Most Merciful of those who show mercy. 'Indeed, my Protector is Allah, who revealed the Book, and He befriends the righteous.' (Quran 7:196) 'Allah is sufficient for me; there is no god except Him. On Him I have relied, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.' (Quran 9:129)"? Is it permissible to supplicate with them?
These supplications and protective incantations are invented and have no basis from the Prophet (peace be upon him) or from the righteous predecessors. It is not permissible to attribute them to him or to disseminate them. They may contain a form of transgression in supplication and an artificiality in specifying surahs of the Quran. The Prophet (peace be upon him) warned against transgression in supplication. The authentic, reported supplications suffice, which protect the Muslim by the permission of Allah, such as reciting the last two verses of Surat Al-Baqarah, and saying: "In the name of Allah, with whose Name nothing on earth or in the heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing" three times in the morning and evening, and saying: "I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created." Therefore, the legitimacy of these invented supplications, their circulation, and their dissemination should not be shown.
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