Part 8

¢+, Supplication for one whose affairs have become difficult

bg CALEY GAT ORES GH, SL A Ls YY eee Y ell Allahumma la sahla illa ma jaAAaltahu sahl a, wa-anta tajAAalul - hazana in shi/ta sahla. ‘O Allah, there is no ease except in that which You have made easy, and You make the difficulty, if You wish, easy .”

£\, Upon committing a sin

‘Any servant who commits a sin and as a result, performs ablution, prays two units of prayer (i.e. two rakAAas) and then seeks Allah's forgiveness, Allah would forgive him.’

£¥, Supplication for expelling the devil and his whisperings ary Seeking refuge from him.

The adhan (call to prayer).

£¥, Supplication when stricken with a mishap or overtaken by an affair

( yen ) ‘The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah, than the weak believer and there is goodness in both. Strive for that which will benefit you ,seek help from All ah and do not despair. If a mishap should happen to befall you then do not say ‘If only I had acted...such and such would have happened ’. Rather, say :

| ak GLB Ley Sil 8 Qaddaral-lah, wama shaa faAAal . “Allah has decreed and what He wills, He does .” .. for verily ‘Tf’ lets in the work of the devil.’

ary Indeed Allah abi rebukes due to negligence and slackness, but take to determination and caution, and if a matter should overtake you then say :

Hasbiyal -lah, waniAAmal -wakeel . “Allah is sufficient for me, and how fine a trustee (He is).’

¢¢, Placing childen under Albh’s protection

(A) Ibn AAabbas related that the Messenger of Allah 2% used to commend Al-Hasan and Al-Husayn to Allah’s protection, saying:

REY pe KS Gye'y AaLa’g US US Gye FEL ail LE LKine! OAAcethukuma bikalimatil-lahit-tammah, min kulli shay tanin wahammah, wamin kulli AAaynin | ammah.

‘I commend you two to the protection of All ah’s perfect words from every devil, vermin, and every evileye .”

When the Prophet #would enter upon a sick person, he would say:

LEY Seeh Ob Y La ba/sa tahoorun in sh aal-lah. “Never mind, may it (the sickness ) be a purification, if All ah wills.’

“Any Muslim servant who visits a sick person whose prescribed moment of death has

not arrived and supplicates seven times: OF egal Gall Ory caged ai) ULL

(As aes), catty Asalul-lahal-AAa theem rabbal -AAarshil -AAatheem an yashfeek (Ytimes).

‘Task Allah The Supreme, Lord of the magnificent throne to cure you ..he (the sick person) will be cured.’

£4, Excellence of visiting the sick

‘Ali Ibn Abee Talib -# related that he heard the Messenger of All ah # say: ‘If aman calls on his sick Muslim brother, it is as if he walks reaping the fruits of Paradise until he sits, and when he sits he is showered in mercy, and if this was in the morning, seventy thousand angles send prayers upon him until the evening, and if this was in the evening, seventy thousand angles send prayers upon him until the morning .”

£¥, Supplication of the sick who have renounced all hope of life

AAaishah ic au/ ¢s+Urelated that the Prophet # (during his illness in which he passed away) would dip his hands in water and then he would wipe his face and say :

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La ilaha illal-lah, inna lilma wti lasakar at. “None has the right to be worshipped except All ah, death does indeed contain agony .

(£8) fa) LAU Y) PY AY GL Yaa, Al Y) ay SXT au ay) aly wile VI BB Vy pS Vy AM YI ANY cell Al, La ilaha illal-lah, wallahu akbar, 1a ilaha illal-lahu wahdah, la shareeka lah, | a ilaha illal-lahu lahul-mulku walahul -hamd, la ilaha illal-lah, wala hawla wala quwwata illa billah. “None has the right to be worshipped except Allah and Allah is the greatest .None has the right to be worshipped except All ah, alone.None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone, without partner .None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, to Him belongs all sovereignty and pra ise. None has the right to be worshipped except All ah and there is no might and no power except with All ah.’

£A, Instruction for the one nearing death i.e. those around the sick should instruct and encourage him to say the shah — adah.

(£9) “He whose last words are: aly) ayy La ilaha illal-lah. “None has the right to be worshipped except All ah.’ ...will enter Paradise.’

£4, Supplication for one afflicted by a calamity Qty

Mpdel BR DUN pines A pS! Salle opal A OG a Inna lillahi wa-inna ilayhi rajiAAoon, all ahumma/- jurnee fee mu seebatee wakhluf lee khayran minh a. ‘To Allah we belong and unto Him is our return .O Allah, recompense me for my affliction and replace it for me with something better.”

ABAD pT yo BA ll’ Cell Gy AT, LD pal’ coy pal Allahummagh -fir li-name the dead - warfaAA darajatahu fil -mahdiyyeen, wakhlufhu fee AAaqibihi fil -ghabireen, waghfir lan a walahu ya rabbal-AAalameen wafsa h lahu fee qabrih, wanawwir lahu feeh .

‘O Allah, forgive -here the name of the deceased is mentioned - and raise his rank among the rightly guided, and be a successor to whom he has left behind, and forgive us and him O Lord of the worlds . Make spacious his grave and illuminate it for him

the khaleefah (vicegerent, as is commonly translated ) of Allah on earth because All ah is never absent, and will never die . This supplication proves t he correct understanding of this term and shows that All ah succeeds us and guards whom we leave behind when we die or are absent (also refer to supplication #1 4A).

Allahumma inna -name the deadfee thimmatik, wa habli jiwarik, faqihi min fitnatil -

qabr waAAa thabin-nar, wa-anta ahlul-wafa/, walhaq, faghfir lahu war hamh, innaka

‘O Allah, so-and-so is under Your care and protection so protect him from the trial of

the grave and torment of the Fire . Indeed You are faithful and truthful . Forgive and

have mercy upon him, surely You are The Oft -Forgiving, The Most -Merciful.’

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Allahumma AAabduka wabnu amatik, i htaja ila rahmatik, wa-anta ghaniyyun AAa n

AAathabih, in kana muhsinan fazid fee hasanatih, wa-in kana museean fataj awaz

“O Allah, Your servant and the son of Your maidservant is in need of Your mercy and

You are without need of his punishment . If he was righteous then increase his reward

and if he was wicked then look over his sins.”

reached the age of puberty ).

After seeking forgiveness for the deceased, one can say:

Lagi jl pa de UES Sell) clade Laity casa gl TRS, Laie Ata! All

Allahummaj-AAalhu faratan, wathukhran liwalidayh, washafeeAAan muj aban.

Allahumma thaqqil bihi maw azeenahuma wa-aAAthim bihi ojoorahum a, wa-alhiqhu

bisalihil-mu/mineen, wajAAalhu fee kaf alati Ibraheem, waqihi bira hmatika

“‘O Allah, make him a preceding reward and a stored treasure for his parents, and an

answered intercessor . O Allah, through him, make heavy their scales and magnify

their reward. Unite him with the righteous believers, place him un der the care of