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www Muslim Central.com forward slash donate. May Allah forgive you insha

Allah. Actually no it's may Allah forgive you. You see when it comes to the things that

we intend to do we say say insh a la only if

Allah subhana-At al-A-L wills. But when you're making du-A-Tu-Tu al-Sibhana-A-Lah,

especially for something that you know is good, there are no ifs in sha allas. It's simply, oh Allah, give it to me and you

ask Allah's with full certainty. You're asking a Lord who told you that he loves to forgive, so don't say forgive me insha

Allah. You're asking Allah Subhana O'Alah who told you that he guides those who seek it. So don't

say guide me insha Allah, say oh Allah forgive me, say oh Allah, give me. Unlike Istichara there is no need to put a conditional if with something that you know you should be asking

Allah's out of for. In fact,

Allah, think about it. Seventeen times a day we say

Ih din al-Syrat al-Mustapin.

Guide us to the straight path, not please guide us to the straight path, if you will.

Guide us to the straight path, oh Allah, with a sense of dependence, but also a sense of insistence.

And the Prophet-Sala al-A-Iaslalm said in the Hadith of Abu-Rayra

Radi al-Aah al-Anhu, he said,

La-ya Kulahadukum, Allahhmmakfrile,

in shi-shita,

Irhami in-shita.a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a. give me if you wish or bestow your mercy upon me if you wish or provide for me if you wish but

instead he should be firm in his request and he said

soph in one narration,

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