Supplication for children

19-3-2016 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Kindly let me know whether the following supplication is authentic or fabricated via my e-mail ID. "Allaahumma baarik lee fee awlaadi, wa laa tadhurruhum, wa waffiqqhum li thaa'athik, wa arzuqni birrahum." (O Allah bless us through our children, and keep them out of Danger, and help them to obey you, and bless us with their good deeds.)
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

We have not come across what suggests that this supplication is attributed to the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) but it is acceptable to supplicate with it. However, your saying "Wa laa tadhurrahum" literally means, "and do not harm them," which is an inappropriate expression as this is attributing harm by itself to Allaah while He both harms and benefits. If you say, "Wa 'aafihim (Keep them safe)," or "Wa ihfathhum (protect them)," or "Isrif 'anhum as-soo' (keep evil away from them)," then this would be more appropriate. Ibraaheem (Abraham) may Allaah exalt his mention said: {And it is He Who feeds me and gives me drink. And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me, and Who will cause me to die and then bring me to life, and Who I aspire that He will forgive me my sin on the Day of Recompense.} [Quran 26:78-82]

Prophet Ibraaheem may Allaah exalt his mention did not say, "Who made me sick;" rather, he attributed sickness to himself as a way of having good manners with Allaah even though all matters are in the Hands of Allaah.

Also, ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib may Allaah be pleased with him narrated that when the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) stood for the prayer, he used to say, “I turn my face in complete devotion to the One Who is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and I am not of the polytheists. Verily my prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allaah, the Lord of the worlds; there is no partner with Him … Here I am at Your Service and Grace, and the whole of good is in Your hands, and evil is not attributed to You.”

So, it is part of good etiquette that evil is not attributed to Allaah.

Allaah knows best.

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