Supplicating while reading from a supplication book

25/07/2010| IslamWeb

Question

Assalamualikum.. While making dua is it allowed to have a dua book n look from that and ask dua because i have not by hearted allthe duas..

Fatwa

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

It is permissible for you to supplicate while reading from any book of supplications; however, you should choose a book which contains authentic supplications taken from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet . Furthermore, you should avoid books which contain impermissible supplications, like books that, instead of supplicating to Allah, supplicate to the Prophets, pious people and other forms of transgressing in supplications.

Allah Knows best.