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Is it permissible to supplicate using the meaning of Prophetic hadiths and supplications, with a slight change in their wording or by combining different supplications, without adhering literally to the text narrated from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him?

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It is best for a Muslim to adhere to the supplications (du'a) authentically narrated from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. However, it is permissible to supplicate with other words, provided they do not contain anything forbidden, such as saying: "O Allah, Lord of mankind, remove the affliction. Grant healing, for You are the Healer. There is no healing except Your healing, a healing that leaves no illness." After ablution (wudu'), it is permissible to say: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." It is also permissible to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, and from inability and laziness, and from debt and the subduing of men. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from disbelief and poverty. O Allah, there is no god but You." There is no harm in combining the best supplications from more than one hadith and making them into a single supplication, but it is better to adhere to the exact wording of the authentically narrated hadith.

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