Is it forbidden to supplicate for someone you love, given that there is no relationship between you two?
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Supplicating to Allah Almighty is one of the greatest acts of worship, provided it does not involve sin or severance of kinship ties. Supplicating for a Muslim in their absence carries immense virtue, and the angel says to the supplicant: "And to you the like of it." However, if the intended person is a foreigner, Islamic law does not condone a relationship between a man and a woman except through marriage.
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