Part 10

VY, Supplication said upon seeing someone in trial or tribulation This supplication is to be said to one ’s self, not directly to the one in trial or tribulation .

Due GIB Gee LIB le iTeiy c4y DLE Lae cille (gM) afi ST Alhamdu lill ahil-lathee AAafanee mimmab -talaka bih, wafaddalanee AAal a katheerin mimman khalaqa taf deela.

“All praise is for All ah Who saved me from that which He tested you with and Who most certainly favoured me over much of His creation .”

VA, Remembrance said at a sitting or gathering...etc (\Ae) Ibn AAumar 2s said: It would be counted that the Messenger of Allah # would say one hundred times at any one sitting before getting up:

v4. Supplication for the expiation of sins said at the conclusion of a sitting or

ty Gl, GBI CA Yay Gf Agth haces 24 GLa Subhanakal-lahumma wabihamdik, ashhadu an | a ilaha illa ant, astaghfiruka wa - atoobu ilayk . “How perfect You are O All ah, and I praise You. I bear witness that None has the right to be worshipped except You . I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance .”

Cont.’ 4. Supplication for concluding dl sittings (Ay)

AAaishah (gic au) ¢s+Usaid: Whenever The Messenger of Allah ##would betake a seat, read Quran or pray, he would always conclude it with certain words, I (i.e. AAaishah) said: O Messenger of Allah # I have noticed that whenever you betake a seat, read Quran or pray, you always conclude it with these words. He said: Yes, whoever speaks good, it (i.e. the supplication) will be a seal for that goodness and whoever speaks ill, it will be an atonement. as him.’

Sh) Gl, aul Gay! a Y dada, UL

Subhanaka wabi hamdik, la ilaha illa anta astaghfiruka wa -atoobu ilayk . “How perfect You are and I praise You . None has the right to be worshipped except You, I seek Your forgiveness and turn in repentance to You .”

‘+, Returning a supplication of forgiveness

‘AAabdullah Ibn Sarjis 2 said: ‘I went to see the Prophet # and ate from his food and then said to him:

Ghafaral -lahu laka y a rasoolal-lah.

“May Allah forgive you, O Messenger of All ah.”

alls wa-lak ‘and you.’ \\, Supplication said to one who does you a favour (4) “If someone does you a favour and you say:

Jazakal-lahu khayran . “May Allah reward you with goodness . ...then you have indeed excelled in praising him.”

AY, Protection from the Dajjal

Dajjal: among the great signs of the last hour and the greatest trials to befall mankind, which every Prophet has warned about . Most of mankind will folow him . He will appear from A sbahan, Iran at the time w hen Muslims will conquer Constantinople . He will be given special powers and will make the truth seem false and vice versa. He will claim to be righteous and then he will claim prophet -hood and finally, divinity . From his features is that he will be blind in his right eye which is a definite proof that contradicts his claim to be All ah as it is a sign of imperfection . The word Kafir will be written between his eyes which every believer, literate or illiterate will recognise

‘Whoever memorises the first ten verses of soorat Al-Kahf will be protected from Dajjal.’

AY. Supplication said to one who pronounceshis love for you, for Alhh’s sake

Al SUB (gill Gil

Ahabbakal -lathee ahbabtanee lah . “May He, for whom you have loved me, love you

A’, Supplication said to one who has offered you some of his wealth wellle’y Ullal (8 Gl il GL Barakal-lahu laka fee ahlika wam alik. “May Allah bless for you, your family and wealth .

lV y Sea atl e155 Lo) celle’ Ullal (8 Gl il GL Barakal-lahu laka fee ahlika wam alik, innama jaza-os-salafil-hamdu wal -ada/. “May Allah bless for you, your family and wealth . Surely commendation and payment are the reward for a loan .”

A“, Supplication for fear of shirk

shirk: to associate others with All ah in those things wh ich are specific to Him . This can occur in (‘) belief, e.g. to believe that other than All ah has the power to benefit or harm, (¥) speech, e.g. to swear by other than All ah and (*) action, e.g. to bow or prostrate to other than All ah.

valel Y Ud oN, Slel uly Gh at yf Gd geh 9) S4tl Allahumma innee aAAoo thu bika an oshrika bika wa -ana aAAlam, wa -astaghfiruka lima la aAAlam. “O Allah, I take refuge in You lest I should commit shirk with You knowingly and I seek Your forgiveness for what I do unknowingly .”

AY, Returning a supplication after having bestowed a gift or charity upon someone

AAaishah (gic au) ¢s+Ureported that the Messenger of Allah #was given a sheep and he ordered for it’s distribution. When the servant would come back (from distributing it), AAaishah would ask: ‘What did they say?’, he replied: They would supplicate:

Barakal-lahu feekum. “May Allah bless you all .” ...A4Aaishah would then say: ail 5b meats

Wafeehim b arakal-lah. ‘and may All ah bless them.’ ...we return their supplication in a similar way and our reward remains with us .

NA, Forbiddance of ascribing things to omens

This supplication is used whenever one initially thinks a ca__ sual event or occurrence to foretell good or evil, using it as a basis to determine which action he should undertake, but he then denounces such a link, relies on All ah and then says this supplication as an expiation for this act, since it falls under the category of shirk.

Allahumma la tayra illa tayruk, wala khayra illa khayruk, wal a ilaha ghayruk .

“O Allah, there is no omen but there is reliance on You, there is no good except Your good and none has the right to be worshipped except You.”

‘4, Supplication said when mounting an animal or any means of transport (8y) Sy Goll Wy cya pe AD US Ley Nae a Gg GL cath SUI, atl py Las aS) iad AST i ST 2d cals A cals A cad SAN cy geld

OY) Gib Sy AM 1b a TE CS) Bll

Bismil-lah, walhamdu lillah, subhanal-lathee sakhk hara lana hatha wama kunna lahu mugrineen, wainn a ila rabbina lamungaliboon, al hamdu lillah, alhamdu lill ah, alhamdu lillah, Allahu akbar, All ahu akbar, All ahu akbar, sub hanakal-lahumma innee thalamtu nafsee faghfir lee fainnahu | a yaghfiru th-thunooba ill a ant.

“In the name of All ah and all praise is for All ah. How perfect He is, the One Who has placed this (transport ) at our service and we ourselves would not have been capable of that, and to our Lord is our final destiny . All praise is for All ah, All praise is for All ah, All praise is for All ah, Allah is the greatest, All ah is the greatest, All ah is the greatest . How perfect You are, O All ah, verily I have wronged my soul, so forgive me, for surely none can forgive sins except You .”

You are The Companion on the journey and The Successor over the family, O All ah, I take refuge with You from the difficulties of travel, from ha ving a change of hearts and being in a bad predicament, and I take refuge in You from an ill fated outcome with wealth and family .” birr and taqwa: two comprehensive terms which individually, refer to all good actions and obedience i.e. performing the comm anded actions and avoiding the prohibited actions. When combined together, birr refers to doing those actions which have been commanded and taqwa refers to avoiding those actions which have been prohibited A successor : one who succeeds another due to the _latter’s absence or death . This is the correct meaning of the word khaleefah; thus, it is incorrect to believe that Adam is the khaleefah (vicegerent, as is commonly translated ) of Allah on earth because All ah is never absent, and will never die . This supplication proves the correct understanding of this term and shows that All ah succeeds us and guards whom we leave behind when we die or are absent . ...upon returning the same supplication is recited with the following addition : /Ostals Lado saile O56 O sal Ayiboona, t a-iboona, AA abidoona, lirabbin a hamidoon. “We return, repent, worship and praise our Lord .”