It is that it would imply...
It is that it would imply: When you want to pray for yourself, first of all you pray for all generally so that your Dua is sure to be accepted, that your Dua for all the believers in general is the cause of its acceptance and reaching your goal as mentioned in these words at the beginning of the verse: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَاغْسِلُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ “O you who believe!
when you rise up to prayer, wash your faces…” (Qur’an, Surah Maidah 5:6) (That is before the Prayer perform the ablution).
Also the verse: فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ “So when you recite the Qur’an, seek refuge with Allah…” (Qur’an, Surah Nahl 16:98) (That is when you want to recite the Qur’an) The implication of the statement of the Messenger of Allah (S) that: “When one of you supplicates one should make it general.” Is that: When you want to supplicate for yourself you must supplicate for all the believing men and women in general then supplicate for yourself as this method would make…
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