and Allah does not love transgressors in any matter, whether supplication or anything else, as Allah Most High says: ‘Do not transgress. Indeed, Allah does not love transgressors.’ 1” 2 End quote.
Accordingly, this noble verse indicates two things:
The first is beloved to Allah and encouraged: supplicating to Allah, Glorious and Exalted, humbly and privately.
The second is abhorrent to Him, an object of His displeasure, and most emphatically warned against: transgression. Thus, He commanded what He loves, urged people toward it, and encouraged it; and He warned against what He hates and deterred people from it in the most emphatic manner—by informing them, Glorious is He, that He does not love the one who commits it. If Allah does not love someone, what good can he attain and what bounty can he hope for?3
Therefore, it is especially incumbent upon every Muslim to exercise the utmost caution and vigilance against transgressing in supplication by exceeding the limits of the Sharia and departing from its well-known guidelines and principles. Iʿtidāʾ (transgression) is derived from ʿudwān (aggression), and means exceeding the known bounds and guidelines of the Sharia within which one ought to remain. Allah Most High says: “These are the limits of Allah, so do not transgress them.” 4 That is, the religious laws and rulings Allah, Glorious is He, has set out in detail for His servants must be adhered to and observed without being overstepped. “Whoever transgresses the limits of Allah has certainly wronged himself.” 5 And what injustice