Your Second Question: May the phrase “May Allah be pleased with him” be used for anyone other than the Companions?
YOUR SECOND QUESTION
Since the phrase, May Allah be pleased with him, is used for the Companions of the Prophet (PBUH), is it appropriate to use it for others with the same meaning?
T h e A n s w e r : Yes, it may be used, because unlike Upon whom be blessings and peace, which is a mark of Allah’s Messenger (PBUH), the epithet, May Allah be pleased with him, is not a mark particular to the Companions, but should be used for persons like the four Imams, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir Gilani, Imam-i Rabbani (Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi), and Imam Ghazali, who attained to the ‘greater sainthood’ known as the ‘legacy of prophethood,’ reaching the station of Allah’s pleasure. But generally among religious scholars, May Allah be pleased with him has been used for the Companions; May Allah have mercy on him, for the next two generations succeeding them; May Allah forgive him, for subsequent generations; and May his mystery be sanctified, for the great saints.
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