What is the ruling on saying, "O Allah, indeed he is closer to me than the jugular vein" in supplication (Du'a), and is it permissible to say: "O Allah, help him in his affliction and increase him in faith, certainty, and piety, and grant him patience, strength of resolve, and complete well-being. O Allah, indeed he is closer to me than the jugular vein, I ask You, O Allah, to bless him and in him and make him among Your obedient servants, and grant him success and make him among the patient. O Lord, answer his supplication, for indeed I love him for Your sake"?
The nearness of Allah Almighty mentioned in His saying: "And We are nearer to him than [his] jugular vein" refers to nearness by knowledge, or by His angels. It is feared that using these verses out of their original context may be a forbidden quotation, and it is better to avoid using such words in glorification and preservation of the Quran.
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