Ibrahim عليه السلام Forgiveness For Parents (2)
It is also a possibility, I agree! But Ghamidi Sahab is of opinion ( what I’ve understood from his explanation in Al-Bayan ) that prohibition came later after prayer made at 14:39-41 . But at the same time, the question arises that why Prophet Muhammad (sws) was not prohibited explicitly from praying for the Hypocrites? It is the presence and absence of ‘Decision of Azaab’ from what I’ve gathered so far: وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ عَاهَدَ اللّهَ لَئِنْ آتَانَا مِنْ فَضْلِهِ لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ وَلَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الصَّالِحِيْنَ. فَلَمَّا آتَاهُمْ مِّنْ فَضْلِهِ بَخِلُوْا بِهِ وَتَوَلَّوْا وَّهُمْ مُّعْرِضُوْنَ. فَأَعْقَبَهُمْ نِفَاقًا فِيْ قُلُوْبِهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ يَلْقَوْنَهُ بِمَا أَخْلَفُوْا اللّهَ مَا وَعَدُوْهُ وَبِمَا كَانُوْا يَكْذِبُوْنَ. أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوْا أَنَّ اللّهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَاهُمْ وَأَنَّ اللّهَ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوْبِ. الَّذِيْنَ يَلْمِزُوْنَ الْمُطَّوِّعِيْنَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ فِي الصَّدَقَاتِ وَالَّذِيْنَ لَا يَجِدُوْنَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُوْنَ مِنْهُمْ سَخِرَ اللّهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيْمٌ. اِسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لَا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ إِنْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَلَن يَغْفِرَ اللّهُ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوْا بِاللّهِ وَرَسُوْلِهِ وَاللّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِيْنَ. There are also those among them who promised God: “If He blesses us with His bounty, we will surely spend in charity and will be among those who do very virtuous deeds.” But when God gave them out of His bounty, they started to show stinginess in it and turned their faces while walking away. So, as a consequence, God lodged hypocrisy in their hearts till the day they will meet Him because they went back on their promise with God and because they continued to lie. Do they not know that God is aware of their secrets and their whisperings and God knows very well everything that is hidden? They who censure Muslims regarding charity who spend it willingly and whatever they spend they earn from their hard work; so, they make fun of them. God makes fun of these who make fun and for them is a painful torment. Whether you ask forgiveness for them or not. Even if you ask seventy times for their forgiveness, God will not forgive them. This is because they committed disbelief with God and His Messenger and God does not guide such people who breach promises . (9: 75-80)