Q&A (Fatwa)
#379: Ruling regarding a Muslim Praying for a Christian
QUESTION
” Assalamu alaikum @ Admin can one pray for his/her Christian friend jazakhumullah khairan”
ANSWER
Wa ‘Alaykum Salaam Warahmatullāhi Wabarakātuh.
Alhamdulillāh, the ‘Ulamaa have mentioned that it is permissible to pray for a Kaafir that is not at war with Islam that Allah blesses his dunya pursuits, that Allāh guides him and that Allāh assists him. But it is not permissible to pray that Allah grants him mercy, forgiveness or Paradise after his demise as a Christian after the Message of Islam reached him while he was alive.
Imaam An-Nawawi – rahimahullaah – mentions this in Al-Majmu’
Bārakallāhu Fīkum
Jazākumullāhu Khayran.
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