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The answer to this quiz is debatable because there's more than one possible answer depending on your argument and supporting evidences.

3 April 2023 • 1.2K views
For example, if you selected "myself", it's possible to argue that Islām commands us to focus on rectifying ourselves before others, just as Allāh ﷻ said: { یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قُوۤا۟ أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَأَهۡلِیكُمۡ نَارࣰا وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلۡحِجَارَةُ} “O believers! Protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones...” [Sūrah At-Taḥrīm: 6] { یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ عَلَیۡكُمۡ أَنفُسَكُمۡ} “O believers! You are accountable only for yourselves...” [Sūrah Al-Mâ'idah: 105] Likewise, if someone embraces Islām while his wife, mother, or kids are yet to do the same, it makes sense to dedicate this du'a to them; that Allāh guides them to Islām. With that said, I would argue that this du’a should be dedicated to "the rulers" because: Al-Fuḍayl ibn ʿIyyāḍh (D. 187H) raḥimahullāh said: ((لو أن لي دعوةً مستجابةً ما صيرتها إلا في الإمامِ)) “If I had a du’ā that was going to be answered, I would dedicate it solely for the ruler.” It was said to him, “O Abū ʿAlī, explain that to us.” He replied: ((متى ما صيرتها في نفسي لم تحزني ، ومتى صيرتها في الإمامِ فصلاحُ الإمامِ صلاحٌ العبادِ والبلادِ)) “If I supplicate for myself, it would not go beyond me (i.e. it's effect is limited to myself), whereas supplicating for the ruler will not only rectify him, but it will rectify the people and the land at large.” [Reported by Abū Nu‘aim in Al-Ḥilyah (8/91)] What's more, wishing good for the Muslim rulers and supplicating for them is from the distinguishing traits of Ahlus-Sunnah wal Jamā’ah. Imām Al-Barbahāri said: “If you see someone supplicating AGAINST the ruler, know that he is a person of desire (صاحب هوى), and if you see someone supplicating FOR the ruler, know that he is person of Sunnah – in-shā-Allāh.” [Sharḥ As-Sunnah (2/193)] He also said (same reference as above): “We have been commanded to supplicate for their (the rulers) rectification, and we have not been commanded to supplicate against them - EVEN IF THEY COMMIT TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION; since their tyranny and oppression will only harm them, but their rectification benefits them and the rest of the Muslims.” So, don't forget to make du’ā for the Muslim rulers.