قَالَ الله تَعَالىٰ: {وَٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو مِن بَعدِهِم يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱغفِر لَنَا وَلِإِخوَٰنِنَا ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِٱلإِيمَٰنِ} [الحشر: 10]، وقال تعالىٰ: {وَٱستَغفِر لِذَنبِكَ وَلِلمُؤمِنِينَ وَٱلمُؤمِنَٰتِۗ} [محمد: 19]، وقال تعالىٰ إخباراً عن إبراهيم –عليه السلام_: {رَبَّنَا ٱغفِر لِي وَلِوَٰلِدَيَّ وَلِلمُؤمِنِينَ يَومَ يَقُومُ ٱلحِسَابُ} [إبراهيم: 41].
Allah Almighty says: {And those who came after them say, “Our Lord, forgive us and our brethren who preceded us in faith} [Surat al-Hashr: 10] And He says: {and seek forgiveness for your sins and for the [the sins of] the believing men and women} [Surat Muhammad: 19] Allah Almighty also says that Ibrāhīm (peace be upon him) said: {Our Lord, forgive me, my parents, and the believers on the Day when the reckoning will take place.} [Surat Ibrāhīm: 41]
1 ــ فضل الدعاء للمؤمنين بظهر الغيب، فهو من طرق إجابة الدعوات.
1) The verses highlight the virtue of supplication for the believers in their absence, as it is one of the ways for having one’s supplications answered.
2 ــ الدعاء لعامة المؤمنين حق واجب للمؤمن علىٰ أخيه المؤمن.
2) Supplicating for the believers is a right which a believer owes his fellow believers.
1/1494ــ وعن أبي الدرداء رضي الله عنه أنَّهُ سمعَ رَسُول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: «مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مسلمٍ يدعُو لأخيهِ بظهرِ الغيبِ إلَّا قَالَ الملكُ: ولكَ بِمثْلٍ». رواه مسلم.
1494/1- Abu ad-Dardā’ (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that he heard the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) say: “There is no Muslim slave who supplicates for his brother in his absence except that an angel says to him: ‘May the same be for you.’” [Narrated by Muslim]
2/1495ــ وعنه أنَّ رَسُولَ الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كَان يقول: «دعْوَةُ المرءِ المُسلمِ لأخيهِ بظهرِ الغَيْب مُسْتجابَةٌ، عندَ رأسِهِ ملكٌ مُوَكَّلٌ كلَّما دعا لأخيه بخير قَالَ الملك المُوَكَّلُ به: آمينَ، ولكَ بِمثْلٍ». رواه مسلم.
1495/2- He also reported that the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: “The supplication of a Muslim for a fellow Muslim in his absence is answered. There is an entrusted angel At his head; whenever he invokes good for his brother, the entrusted angel says, “Āmīn (Amen), and likewise to you.” [Narrated by Muslim]
1) استحباب أن يدعو المسلم لنفسه ولأخيه بخيرَي الدنيا والآخرة.
1) It is recommended for a Muslim to supplicate for himself and for his Muslim brothers to obtain what is good in the worldly life and in the Hereafter.
2) الدعاء بظهر الغيب من الأدعية المستجابة.
2) Supplication for others in their absence is one of the readily answered supplications.
3) الدعاء بظهر الغيب بين المسلمين دليل علىٰ صدق الإيمان، ودوام المحبة بينهم، ورعاية حق الأخوة.
3) Supplication for other Muslims in their absence indicates the truthfulness of faith, the continuity of their mutual love, and guarding the right of brotherhood.