Ask Him!

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[glow=red,2,300]DUA- The Essence Of Worship[/glow]


“You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help.” S.1

“And your Lord says: Call on Me; I will answer your (prayer). But those who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in Hell-in humiliation.” S 40: 60

“Say; O My servants who have transgressed against their souls; despair not of the Mercy of Allah: For Allah forgives all sins; for He is oft Forgiving, most Merciful.” S 39: 53

Say: “Call upon Allah, or call upon Rahman: By whatever name you call upon Him, (it is well): For to Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. S 17: 110

“And when My servants ask Thee (O’ Prophet) about Me, then verily I am near, I answer the prayer (Dua) of the supplicant when he beseeches unto Me. So let them hear My call, and believe in Me, so that they may be led aright.” S. 2: 186

“And those whom you call upon other than Him are not able to help you, nor can they help themselves.” S 7:197

Say: “Call on those, besides Him, whom you fancy. They have neither the power to remove your troubles nor to change them. Those whom they call upon (besides Allah) desire (themselves) means of access to their Lord; Even those who are nearest: ….” S 17: 56, 57

“Call you not (any one) besides Allah, that neither profits you nor harms you…” S 10: 106

“For Him (alone) is prayer in truth: Any others that they call upon besides Him hear them no more than if they were to stretch forth their hands for water to reach their mouths, but it reaches them not: ….” S. 13: 14

[younus]

[younus]

[younus]

YA – ALLAH


Jb jb “TU” apni rehmaton k drwaze khole
or pukare…!!
Hai koi rehmat mangny wala..?
Hai koi khshiyan mangny wala..?
Hai koi Shifa Mangny (panay)wala..?
Hai koi mere “NABI”(S.A.W.W)
ki chahat mangny wala..?
To meri dua hai k
“YA – ALLAH”Sari Khushian
Sari Rehmaten
Sari Kamyabiyan
Sari Barkaten
Sari Shifa’aten
Sari Mehrbaniyan
Sari Ataian
Sari Inayaten
Ata Frma de
MERE MOULA
Usko jo is waqt ye
‘DUA’ parh rha hai.
(AMEEN)

[sameen]

just a little snippet of information:)
in the time of Tahajud,right in the last 'pehr' of the night, Allah actually descends right uptill the seventh heaven and says something,the crux of which is"Is there somebody who aks from Me so that I may give to him?"

[younus]

[Ummati]

The Prophet ﷺ has told us, “Any Muslim who supplicates to Allah in a du`a’ which contains no sin [of] breaking of kinship, Allah will give him one of three things: either his du`a’ will be immediately answered, it will be saved for him in the hereafter, or it will turn away an equivalent amount of evil (from him)…” (Ahmad).

[Maria]

Customs and Manners of Making duas and the Causes for their Being Answered:

1. Faithfulness to Allah

2. To start with thanking Allah and praising Him and then giving salat on the Prophet (SAW) and ending the dua with the same.

3. To be serious in dua and certain that it will be answered

4. Persistence in the dua and not rushing it (Hadith says don't rush or be impatient. Don't say "I prayed for such and such a thing and Allah didn't answer my prayer. Allah dislikes that.)

5. To put your heart into the dua -- make it from your heart (even if you are reading the words, i.e., mean what you say)

6. Say dua in times of crises as well as times that are good -- don't just say dua in times of need only.

7. Ask Allah alone -- and no one else.

8. Do not make dua on someone's family or money or child or life -- that is, don't say I wish that that person's family be destroyed, or I pray that she loses all her money, or I wish his oldest son would fail or I wish that he would die.

9. Make dua in a moderately low voice -- not silent yet not completely out loud.

10. Know your sins (faults) and seek forgiveness for them and know and acknowledge the benefits and blessings you have been given and thank Allah for them.

11. The oppressor should make amends for what he has done and repent.

12. Turn to Allah with humility, desire and fear of Him.

13. Do not use rhymed prose when making dua.

14. The supplication is (said) three (times). [Hadith that states that the Messenger of Allah (SAW) when making dua, repeated it 3 times.]

15. Face the Qiblah when making dua.

16. Raise the hands during dua [sunnah, not wajib]

17. Make wudu before making dua when possible.

18. Don't pray for injurious or harmful things to happen to people
(like praying someone has an unfortunate mishap, or falls down, or chokes or breaks his leg, etc.) Also remember, that the Angels say "Ameen" and the same for you," after your dua.

19. The person making dua should start with himself if he is going to pray for someone else.

20. That the food and drink and clothing is halal and of a halal source

21. Do not make dua for a sin or cutting off of family ties.

22. To order that which is good and forbid that which is forbidden

23. Distancing one's self from all types of sin.

[Maria]

THE PREFERRED TIMES, CONDITIONS AND PLACES SUPPLICATIONS ARE ANSWERED: (bearing in mind that one can make dua at any time and in any place; however, the following are the most preferable times, conditions and places.)


1. Lailatul Qadr

2. Deep in the last third of the night

3. Immediately after the mandatory prayers

4. Between the adhan and iqamah

5. An hour during every night -- [hadith states that Allah comes
down to the sky of the earth during the last 3rd of the night and hears the duas of the believers]

6. At the time of the call to the mandatory prayers

7. At the time of rain

8. During jihad when the ranks of fighters (mujahidoun) advance in the path of Allah

9. An hour every Friday -- the soundest opinion regarding this hour is the last hour between the hours of Asr on the day of Juma, and it could be the hour of the khutba and salat.

10. At the time of drinking Zamzam water with true intentions

11. During sajda

12. At the time of waking up at night and there are hadith regarding what the Prophet r said in these duas

13. If you sleep after having made wudu then wake up at night and then make supplication

14. After you say dua Yunus, make your personal dua or one from Qur'an or sunnah and it is La illah ila Allah subhannaka inni kuntu min al thaalimeen.

15. Dua of people after the death of a person (e.g. the dua of a person who is praying for someone who has just died)

16. Dua after praising Allah and giving salat on the Prophet (SAW) in the tashah-hud at the end of salat. Make your dua before the 2 tasleems.

17. At the time of dua, call upon Allah by the greatest of His names that, if called by them, He answers, and if asked by them, He gives (e.g. Ya Rahman, Ya Raheem, Ya Thal Jalaali wal Ikraam, Ya Al Ahad As Samad, lam yalid wa lam yulad wa lam yakum kuf wan ahad)

18. The dua of a Muslim for his brother or sister Muslim stemming from the heart.

19. Dua on the Day of Arafat

20. Dua during the month of Ramadan

21. Dua at the time of a Muslim gathering for the purpose of remembering Allah.

22. Dua at the time of a crisis by saying Inna lilahi wa inna ilaihi raje'oon, Allahuma ajurni fi museebati, wa akhlif li khairun minha. Verily, we belong to Allah, and verily, to Him is our return. O Allah, Bless me in my problem and replace it for me with something better than it.

23. Dua when the heart reaches out to Allah and is ready to be totally sincere

24. Dua of the oppressed against the one who is oppressing him

25. Dua of the father or mother for or against the son

26. Dua of the traveler

27. Dua of the one fasting until he breaks his fast.

28. Dua of the one fasting at the time of breaking fast

29. Dua of a desperate person

30. Dua of a just Imam

31. Dua of a son or daughter obedient to his or her parents

32. Dua immediately after wudu saying what has been mentioned in the hadith that is directly related to it (ablution)

33. Dua after stoning the small Shaitan (jamrat sugra) during Hajj

34. Dua after stoning the middle Shaitan (jamrat wusta) during Hajj.

35. Dua made inside the Ka'aba and the dua of one who prays inside the hijr as it is part of the house (bait Allah). [This is the semicircle to the right of the Ka'aba if you face the door.]

36. Dua on the mount of Safa during Umrah or Hajj

37. Dua on the mount of Marwa during Umrah or Hajj

38. Dua at any of the holy sites.

Note: The believer can call to his Lord at any time, wherever he is but these times and conditions and places are special and more care should be taken.

Note: All of these circumstances are substantiated by hadith.

[iLoveAllah]

All night, a man called “Allah”
Until his lips were bleeding.
Then the Devil said, “Hey! Mr Gullible!
How comes you’ve been calling all night
And never once heard Allah say, “Here, I am”?
You call out so earnestly and, in reply, what?
I’ll tell you what. Nothing!”

The man suddenly felt empty and abandoned.
Depressed, he threw himself on the ground
And fell into a deep sleep.
In a dream, he met Abraham, who asked,
“Why are you regretting praising Allah?”

The man said, “I called and called
But Allah never replied, “Here I am.”
Abraham explained, “Allah has said,
“Your calling my name is My reply.
Your longing for Me is My message to you.
All your attempts to reach Me
Are in reality My attempts to reach you.
Your fear and love are a noose to catch Me.
In the silence surrounding every call of “Allah”
Waits a thousand replies of “Here I am.”

[Ummati]

[abd]

[iloveislam]

A Special Du‘ā’

The Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) taught us to say within our prayer:

Allāhumma inni ẓalamtu nafsi ẓulman kathīra wa la yaghfiru dhunūba illa anta fāghfirli maghfiratan min ‘indika warḥamni innaka anta Al-Ghafūr Al-Raḥīm.

"O Allāh, most definitely I have wronged myself excessively and none can forgive sin except You, so forgive me a forgiveness from Yourself and have mercy upon me. Surely, You are The Most-Forgiving, The Most-Merciful"

The word that is used in “I have wronged myself” is from the same root as the word ẓulm. Ẓulm typically means oppression.

Zulm in classical Arabic means to misappropriate something and put something where it does not belong. That is why shirk is referred to as ẓulmun aẓeem because you misappropriate Allāh’s right to be worshipped. Oppression is called ẓulm because you misplace or abuse people’s rights. Sinning or doing wrong is also referred to as ẓulm because we misappropriate the blessings Allāh has given us of time, energy, and resources which were meant to be used in the obedience and worship of Allāh but are used for the disobedience of Allāh.

O Allāh, most definitely I have wronged myself. The word repeats itself. ẓulman kathīran. This is a grammatical function in the Arabic language. It is basically the classical Arabic equivalent of the exclamation mark. When we want to emphasize the meaning by putting an exclamation mark, in classical Arabic in verbal sentences you would use this.

– I not only wronged myself but I have done horrible things. – an abundance of ẒulmanKathīran them, repeatedly, I am a repeat offender. The first part of the supplication is admitting the fact that I have done lots of wrong things. It is a very severe admission of guilt. If you think about that conceptually, the first step in the process of rehabilitation is accepting first and foremost that the person has a problem.

In the first part of the supplication, we accept the fact that we have a problem, and the problem is that we continuously keep doing wrong and keep messing up and wronging against ourselves.

Wa la yaghfiru dhunūba illa anta The next part of the supplication says that: There is absolutely no : one who can forgive sins except for You. I want to explain a couple of things here. The word dhunūb in the Arabic language is the plural of the word dhanb and comes from the root meaning tail. What does a tail have to do with sins? When people habitually commit a sin, the often conveniently create a dual reality for themselves and that is that they commit the sin and when they are done, they walk away and go back to normal life and disassociate from whatever activity they were engaging in previously. That type of convenient reality or delusion is created by the sinner to make it easier to go on and live life the way they are living it.

Think about the tail of a cat or a mouse. Wherever the cat or mouse runs, what follows it everywhere it goes? The tail. The only way to stop the tail from following the animal is to cut it off. Similarly, when we commit a sin, the sin follows us everywhere we go, and the only way to make it stop following us is to cut it off or sever it, which is what we call repentance. The word is being used here very powerfully and teaches us a very valuable lesson.

Think about this conceptually: no one can forgive sins except for You. I will give you an analogy and example. If you get a knock at your door at 1 am and open the door and a friend or relative is standing at the doorstep and you ask him what is going on and if everything is ok, and they say that they have nowhere else to go but here. The question is this: the person is obviously coming because they want you to let them in, but why didn’t they start by saying that they need a place to stay or some money? Why did they start by saying, “I have nowhere else to go”? To show their desperation. They are saying, “Don’t turn me away.”

In the supplication, when we say “Wa la yaghfiru dhunūba illa anta,” we are showing our desperation to Allāh that we have no one else to turn to. We first admitted guilt, and then we are saying “Oh Allāh, there is no one else I can go to or talk to, who can forgive my sins. Oh Allāh, please do not turn me away.”

Fāghfirli Forgive me. :

Maghfiratan This is a bigger form of the word ghafarah. It is a more sophisticated form of the : word. There is a very simple rule in Arabic morphology and studying the Arabic language, and that is: when you have a bigger word, when the number of letters increase, the meaning also increases. Maghfiratan doesn’t just mean forgiveness. It means complete and total forgiveness and wiping the slate clean and starting anew.

Fāghfirli maghfiratan is forgive me a complete and total forgiveness. We don’t ask Allāh based on who we are or our sins, but we ask Allāh based on who He is and His ability to forgive.

Min ‘indika This is an expression in classical Arabic meaning ‘as a special favor from You.’ Here : we also state that we are not entitled to this forgiveness and don’t think that we deserve this forgiveness, rather, “Oh Allāh, grant us this forgiveness and wipe our slate clean as a special favor from You.” We are not deserving and not entitled to this.

Warḥamni And have mercy on me. Throughout the Qur’ān, and supplications when the : Attributes of Allāh are mentioned in the Qur’ān, there is a very deep-rooted connection between forgiveness and mercy. That is why the two Attributes of Allāh mentioned together more often are maghfirah (forgiveness) and raḥīm (mercy). The reason why these are often mentioned together is a beautiful reason. When you are wronged by me and then I apologize and try to make it up to you, even if and you forgive me, nevertheless, the next time you are around me, you will have your guard up a little bit more and you will be a little bit more cautious around me because I have wronged you in the past.

Once we betray someone, there is a certain trust that goes away and a certain precaution taken after that point. When we sin, we betray Allāh. He has created us and given us everything that we have and continues to provide for us and nourish us and maintain us, and He has given us literally every blessing that we have. When we sin, we betray and disobey Allāh. SubḥānAllāh, when we disobey Allāh, we not only ask for forgiveness but for mercy.

Mercy in the Arabic language is symbolic of bringing two things closer together. The womb of the mother in classical Arabic is called raḥim. It is a means of establishing the closest and most merciful relationship that any two human beings in the world share, which is a mother with her child.

When we disobey Allāh, we not only ask for forgiveness but for mercy. “O Allāh forgive me and bring me closer to You by Your Mercy.” SubḥānAllāh, Allāh is the only One capable of this. This is one of the unique things about Allāh that when we disobey Allāh, He not only forgives us, but we become closer to Him through the process of tawbah and repentance and forgiveness, than we were before we committed the sin. Allāh loves us more after we sin and ask for forgiveness. This is the Mercy and Benevolence and Kindness and Generosity of our Lord. We ask for Allāh’s Mercy.

innaka anta Al-Ghafūr Al-Raḥīm“Most definitely You, and only You are constantly forgiving and : constantly merciful.” Notice the repetition. At the beginning of the supplication, we said, “I have wronged myself excessively and repeatedly.” We need Allāh’s constant forgiveness.

This is a very powerful and beautiful supplication. Try to make an effort to learn this supplication in preparation for the month of Ramaḍān, and read this in your prayer. This supplication is read when you are in the final sitting of the prayer after the salutations on the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam), the darūd Ibrahimiyy. Make an effort to learn this supplication now that you know the in-depth meaning of it and can read it with the proper reflection and understanding inshā’Allāh.

The last food for thought that I want to give you on this supplication is that the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) taught this supplication to Abu Bakr (raḍyAllāhu ‘anhu) and told him that he needed to read this supplication in his prayer every time he prayed. SubḥānAllāh, look at the level of forgiveness being asked for and the level of admission of guilt and desperation being shown within this supplication. Abu Bakr was prescribed and recommended by the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) to read this in his prayer. If Abu Bakr (raḍyAllāhu ‘anhu) was being told by the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) to read this in his prayer, then where do you and I stand?

[Ummati]

[Ummati]

Supplication is the provision of the believer, solace of the worshipper, refuge for the one afraid, shelter for the distressed, and a weapon for the fighter.