---
layout: post
title: "Ruling on invoking Allah for the Kafir"
publisher: "alsalafiyyah@icloud.com"
source: "Fatawa Al-Lajnah Al-Da'imah of KSA, Fatwa no. 16437"
category: [fatwas,walabara]
hijri: Dhul-Hijjah 6, 1441
lang: en
locale: en
note: true
excerpt: "You should not use such phrases with a Kafir (non-Muslim), but rather ask Allah to guide him to Islam."
muftis:
  chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Ibn Baz
      url: /biography/binbaz/
  deputy_chairman: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdul-Aziz Aal Al-Shaykh
      url: /biography/abdulaziz/
  members: 
    - name: Shaykh Abdullah Ibn Ghudayyan
      url: /biography/ghudayyan/
    - name: Shaykh Salih Fawzan
      url: /biography/fawzan/
    - name: Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd
      url: /biography/bakr/
---

### Question: 

I am a government employee. My direct supervisor is Christian. What is the ruling on using phrases such as: "May Allah bless you", "May Allah honor you" or "May Allah protect you" to my Christian boss? Do these phrases go against Allah's statement in Surah Al-Tawbah: 113, "**It is not (proper) for the Prophet and those who believe to ask Allâh’s Forgiveness for the Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh), even though they be of kin, after it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the Fire (because they died in a state of disbelief).**" ?

### Answer:

You should not use such phrases with a Kafir (non-Muslim), but rather ask Allah to guide him to Islam. If he does you a favor, you may show thanks by saying "I am grateful to you" or the like. Regarding this Ayah, it addresses one who dies in a state of Kufr.