by Asma bint Shameem
There’s a WhatsApp message going around saying that duaa made for our children, especially on the 7th to 10th of Dhul Hijjah is more likely to be accepted because ibraaheem Alayhis Salaam also made duaa at this time
Is that true?
ANSWER
Unfortunately, this is a very common bid’ah that has spread among the people, especially from the Subcontinent.
Surely we all want to make duaa for our children, their health, guidance, wellbeing etc.
But there’s NO PROOF from the Sharee’ah that duaa should be specifically made for children, especially on the 7th to 10th of dhul Hijjah, just because ibraaheem Alayhis Salaam made duaa for his children.
You see, all acts of ibaadah are “tawqeefi”.
What that means is that we MUST have “evidence” for that in order for us to practice it.
If there’s evidence for it, we do it.
And if there’s no evidence for it, we don’t do it.
🍃 Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala says:
“This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion”
[al-Maa’idah 5:3].
🍃 And the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam said:
“There is nothing by means of which one may draw close to Jannah and move far away from Hell but it has been explained to you.”
(at-Tabaraani in al-Kabeer 1647; saheeh by al-Albaani in as-Saheehah, 1803)
That means that Allaah has completed the religion for us; whatever is not prescribed in the Sharee’ah is NOT part of Islaam.
Our Deen is complete.
Nothing can be added to it.
Nothing can be deleted from it.
No one can come up with a “new” way of ibaadah.
Or do something that is different from what the Sharee’ah of the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam teaches us.
When we look at the practice of the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam, we will see that the Prophet ﷺ did NOT pick out these days of Dhul Hijjah to specifically make duaa for his children.
Nor did he tell the sahaabah to do it.
If making duaa for your children on these specific days was something good, or “special”, wouldn’t the Prophet ﷺ or the Sahaabah have made duaa for their children?
Weren’t they the keenest for their children’s guidance and Aakhirah?
Yes, these are blessed days, but they are the FIRST TEN days of Dhul Hijjah. From 1-10.
And not just from 7-10.
And yes we should make duaa.
ANY duaa.
On ANY of these days.
Regarding ANY thing.
For ANYbody.
Not just specifically for our children only.
There is no hadeeth that tells us that these days from 7-10 of Dhul Hijjah should be picked or that there’s any “special virtue” in these days for specifically making duaa for kids.
If it was good, surely the Prophet ﷺ would have told us about it.
But there’s no evidence of that.
🍃 Shaykh Sa’d Al-Humayd said:
“It is important to note that duaa’ is an act of worship, and every act of worship should only be done on the basis of evidence (daleel).”
Acts of ibaadah are not subject to anyone’s personal opinion and it is not permissible to do any acts of worship except those which are approved by the Sharee'ah.
If we do any such Ibaadah that’s not proven from the authentic practice or teachings of the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam, it would NOT be accepted by Allaah;
instead it would be rejected and thrown back at us and thus would be of no use.
🍃The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said:
"Whoever innovates anything in this matter of ours (i.e., Islaam), that is not part of it, will have it rejected."
(al-Bukhaari).
🔺 Bottom Line:
We don’t have to pick just these specific times or days for making duaa for our kids.
Rather we can and “should” make duaa for them any time and any place.
And we should choose times when duaa is most likely to be accepted such as
-the middle of the night
-in our salaah, during sujood and in tashahhud before Tasleem
-at the time of breaking the fast
-during laylatul qadr
-in between adhaan and iqaamah
-when it rains etc
-and even in the last ten days of Dhul Hijjah.
But to say that a specific time or day or place is good to specifically make duaa for children (or for “ANY” act of ibaadah) requires EVIDENCE from the practice/teachings of the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alayhi wa Sallam.
And regarding this matter, there is NONE.
Don’t just believe everything you read on WhatsApp or other social media.
VERIFY the authenticity before blindly believing it.
After all, this is a matter of our Deen.
And Allaah knows best.
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