What is the Sharia ruling regarding an Imam who supplicates in the morning Qunut with "O Allah, make us the best of Your sincere, believing servants, and make us better than those You have created among Your righteous, monotheistic servants"? And is he permitted to supplicate with this wording?
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The supplication mentioned contains a kind of transgression, because the supplicant is asking to be better than the prophets, messengers, and masters of the Companions, and this is asking for the impossible. One should adhere to the prescribed legal wordings for the Qunut supplication.
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