Hadeeth
On Ramadhan & Eid
Alharamain Foundation
The
Obligation Of Fasting In Ramadhan And Its Benefits
Allah’s
Messenger (saw) (saw) said: Islam is based on (the following) five
(principles): To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but
Allah and Muhammad is Allah’s Apostle. To offer the (compulsory
congregational) prayers dutifully and perfectly. To pay Zakat (i.e.
obligatory charity). To perform Hajj (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca). To
observe fasting during the month of Ramadhan.
[Al-Bukhaari]
A Bedouin came to the Prophet (saw) and said, “Tell me
of such a deed as will make me enter Paradise, if I do it.” The
Prophet (saw) said, “Worship Allah, and worship none along with
Him, offer the (five) prescribed compulsory prayers perfectly, pay
the compulsory Zakat, and fast the month of Ramadhan.” The
Bedouin said, “By Him, in Whose Hands my life is, I will not do
more than this.” When he (the Bedouin) left, the Prophet (saw)
(sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said, “Whoever likes to see
a man of Al-Jannah, then he may look at this man.”
[Al-Bukhaari]
I said to Allah’s Messenger
(saw) : Inform me about an act which would entitle me to get into
Al-Jannah, and remove me away from Hell-Fire. He (the Prophet (saw))
said: You have asked me about a matter (which ostensibly appears to
be) difficult but it is easy to those for whom Allah, the Exalted,
has made it easy. Worship Allah and do not associate anything with
him, establish prayer, pay the Zakat, observe the fast of Ramadhan
and perform Hajj to the (sacred) House (Ka’bah). He again said:
Should I not direct you to the gateways of good? Listen to me: The
fasting is a shield against evil, the charity extinguishes (the fire
of sin) just as water extinguishes fire, the prayer of a person
during the middle of the night. Then he recited: ‘Who forsake
their beds...(up to)....they used to do.’ Then he said: Should I
not direct you to the highest level of this matter, to the pillar on
which (it rests) and its top? I said: Allah’s Messenger (saw)
yes (do tell me). He said: The uppermost level of the matter is
Al-Islam. Its pillar is the prayer and its top is Jihaad. He then
said: Should I not inform you of the sheet anchor of all this? I
said: Allah’s Messenger (saw) (of course do it). He took hold of
his tongue and said: Exercise restraint on it. I said: Messenger
(saw) of Allah, would we be held responsible for what we say with it?
Thereupon he said: Mu’adh, may your mother be bereaved. Will
anything else besides (irresponsible) talk cause the people to be
thrown into the Hell-Fire upon their faces or on their
nostrils?
[Ahmad, At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Maajah]
The
Prophet (saw) said, “Whoever believes in Allah and His Apostle,
offers prayers perfectly and fasts (the month of) Ramadhan then it is
incumbent upon Allah to admit him into Al-Jannah, whether he
emigrates for Allah’s cause or stays in the land where he was
born.” They (the companions of the Prophet (saw)) said, “O
Messenger (saw) of Allah! Should we not inform the people of that?”
He said, “There are one-hundred degrees in Al-Jannah which Allah
has prepared for those who carry on Jihaad in His Cause. The distance
between every two degrees is like the distance between the sky and
the Earth, so if you ask Allah for anything, ask Him for the Firdaus,
for it is the last part of Al-Jannah and the highest part of
Al-Jannah, and at its top there is the Throne of The Most Beneficent,
and from it gush forth the rivers of Al-Jannah.”
[Al-Bukhaari]
Allah’s Messenger (saw) said: Observe your five
(daily) prayers, observe the fast during your month (Ramadhan), pay
zakaat on your properties, and obey when you are commanded (by one
who has the right to issue you a command); you will then enter
Al-Jannah.
[Ahmad and At-Tirmidhi]
A man came to
Allah’s Messenger (saw) asking him about Islam, Allah’s
Messenger (saw) said, “You have to offer five compulsory prayers
in a day and a night (24 hours).” The man asked, “Is there
any more compulsory prayers for me?” Allah’s Messenger
(saw) said, “No, unless you like to offer Nawafil (i.e. optional
prayers).” Allah’s Messenger (saw) then added, “You
have to observe fasts during the month of Ramadhan.” The man
said, “Am I to fast any other days?’ Allah’s Messenger
(saw) said, “No, unless you wish to observe the optional fast
voluntarily.” Then Allah’s Messenger (saw) told him about
the compulsory Zakaah. The man asked, “Do I have to give
anything besides?” Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “No,
unless you wish to give in charity voluntarily.” So, the man
departed saying, “By Allah, I will neither do more nor less than
that.” Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “If he has said
the truth he will be successful.”
[Al-Bukhaari]
The
Prophet (saw) said, “Whoever believes in Allah and His Messenger
(saw), offers prayer perfectly and fasts the month of Ramadhan, will
rightfully be granted Al-Jannah by Allah, no matter whether he fights
in Allah’s cause or remains in the land where he is born.”
The people said, “O Messenger (saw) of Allah! Shall we acquaint
the people with this good news?” He said, “Al-Jannah has
one-hundred grades which Allah has reserved for the mujaahideen who
fight in His cause, and the distance between each of two grades is
like the distance between the Heaven and the earth. So, when you ask
Allah (for something), ask for Al-Firdaus which is the best and
highest part of Al-Jannah.” (i.e., The sub-narrator added, “I
think the Prophet (saw) also said, ‘Above it (i.e. Al-Firdaus)
is the Throne of The Most Beneficent (i.e. Allah), and from it
originate the rivers of Al-Jannah.”)
[Al-Bukhaari]
Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “Whoever died and he
ought to have fasted (the missed days of Ramadhan) then his guardians
must fast on his behalf.”
[Al-Bukhaari]
Allah’s
Messenger (saw) said, “Ramadhan, a blessed month, has come to
you during which Allah has made it obligatory for you to fast. In it
the gates of Heaven are opened, the gates of Al-Jaheem are locked,
and the rebellious devils are chained. In it Allah has a night which
is better than a thousand months. He who is deprived of its good has
indeed suffered deprivation.”
[At-Tirmidhi]
Allah’s
Messenger (saw) said, “When the first night of Ramadhan comes,
the devils and the rebellious jinn are chained, the gates of Hell are
locked and not one of them is opened; the gates of Al-Jannah are
opened and not one of them is locked; and a crier calls, ‘You
who desire what is good, come forward, and you who desire evil,
refrain.’ Some are freed from Hell by Allah, and that happens
every night.”
[At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Maajah, and Ahmad
transmitted it. Tirmidhi said this is a ghareeb hadeeth]
Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “When a woman
observes the five times of prayer, fasts during Ramadhan, preserves
her chastity and obeys her husband, she may enter by any of the gates
of Al-Jannah she wishes.”
[Al-Tirmidhi, Abu Nu’aym
transmitted it in al-Hilyah]
The Prophet (saw) said,
“Whoever established prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere
faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins
will be forgiven; and whoever fasts in the month of Ramadhan out of
sincere faith, and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his
previous sins will be forgiven.”
[Al-Bukhaari]
The
people used to fast on ‘Ashura (the tenth day of the month of
Muharram) before the fasting of Ramadhan was made obligatory. And on
that day the Ka’ba used to be covered with a cover. When Allah
made the fasting of the month of Ramadhan compulsory, Allah’s
Messenger (saw) said, “Whoever wishes to fast (on the day of
‘Ashura’) may do so; and whoever wishes to leave it can do
so.”
[Al-Bukhaari]
The
Fidya (Compensation) of a Man who Breaks the Fast in Ramadhan from
Weakness
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman
Ibn al-Qasim that his father used to say, “If someone has to
make up for days not fasted in Ramadhan and does not do them before
the next Ramadhan comes although he is strong enough to do so, he
should feed a poor man with a mudd of wheat for every day that he has
missed, and he has to fast the days he owes as well.”
[Al-Muwatta].
Sighting
the New Moon for Beginning and Ending the Fast of Ramadhan
Yahya
related to me from Malik from Thawr Ibn Zayd ad-Dili from Abdullah
Ibn Abbaas that the Messenger (saw) of Allah (sallallahu ‘alaihi
wa sallam), once mentioned Ramadhan and said, “Do not start the
fast or break it until you see the new moon. If the new moon is
obscured from you, then complete a full thirty days.”
[Al-Muwatta]
I heard Allah’s Messenger (saw)
saying, “When you see the crescent (of the month of Ramadhan),
start fasting, and when you see the crescent (of the month of
Shawwal), stop fasting; and if the sky is overcast (and you can’t
see it) then regard the month of Ramadhan as of 30 days.”
[Al-Bukhaari]
The
Reward Of Making 'Umrah In Ramadhan
I heard Ibn ‘Abbaas
saying, “Allah’s Messenger (saw) asked an Ansari woman (Ibn
‘Abbaas named her but ‘Ata’ forgot her name), ‘What
prevented you from performing Hajj with us?’ She replied, ‘We
have a camel and the father of so-and-so and his son (i.e. her
husband and her son) rode it and left one camel for us to use for
irrigation.’ He said (to her), ‘Perform ‘Umra when
Ramadhan comes, for ‘Umra in Ramadhan is equal to Hajj (in
reward),’ or said something similar.”
[Al-Bukhaari]
Increase
Generosity In Ramadhan
Allah’s Messenger (saw) was
the most generous of all the people, and he used to be more generous
in the month of Ramadhan when Jibreel (Gabriel) used to meet him.
Jibreel used to meet him every night in Ramadhan to study the Holy
Qur’aan carefully together. Allah’s Messenger (saw) used to
become more generous than the fast wind when he met Jibreel.
[Al-Bukhaari]
The
Basis For Making Taraweeh In Congregation
One night
Allah’s Messenger (saw) offered the prayer in the mosque and the
people followed him. The next night he also offered the prayer and
too many people gathered. On the third and the fourth nights more
people gathered, but Allah’s Messenger (saw) did not come out to
them. In the morning he said, “I saw what you were doing and
nothing but the fear that it (i.e. the prayer) might be enjoined on
you, stopped me from coming to you.” And that happened in the
month of Ramadhan.
[Al-Bukhaari]
Yahya related to
me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa Ibn Az-Zubayr from A’isha,
the wife of the Prophet (saw) that the Messenger (saw) of Allah
prayed in the mosque one night and people prayed behind him. Then he
prayed the next night and there were more people. Then they gathered
on the third or fourth night and the Messenger (saw) of Allah
(sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) did not come out to them. In the
morning, he said, “I saw what you were doing and the only thing
that prevented me from coming out to you was that I feared that it
would become obligatory (fardh) for you.” This happened in
Ramadhan.
[Al-Muwatta]
Yahya related to me from
Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Salama Ibn Abd ar-Rahman Ibn Awf from
Abu Hurayra (radiallahu ‘anhum) that the Messenger (saw) of
Allah used to exhort people to watch the night in prayer in Ramadhan
but never ordered it definitely. He used to say, “Whoever
watches the night in prayer in Ramadhan with faith and expectancy,
will be forgiven all his previous wrong actions.” Ibn Shihab
said, “The Messenger (saw) of Allah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa
sallam), died while that was still the custom, and it continued to be
the custom in the khilaafah of Abu Bakr and at the beginning of the
khilaafah of Umar Ibn al-Khattab.”
[Al-Muwatta, Ahmad,
Nisaa'i’]
The
Qiyaam Of The Prophet (saw) (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) In
Ramadhan
That he asked ‘Aisha “How was the
prayer of Allah’s Messenger (saw) in the month of Ramadhan?”
She replied, “He used not to pray more than eleven Rakat whether
in Ramadhan or in any other month. He used to offer four Rakaat, let
alone their beauty and length, and then four Rakaat, let alone their
beauty and length. Afterwards he would offer three Rakaat. I said, ‘O
Messenger (saw) of Allah, do you go to bed before offering the Witr
prayer?’ He said, ‘My eyes sleep, but my heart does not
sleep.’
[Al-Bukhaari]
I heard Allah’s
Messenger (saw) saying regarding Ramadhan, “Whoever prayed at
night in it (the month of Ramadhan) out of sincere faith and hoping
for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be
forgiven.”
[Al-Bukhaari]
Laylatul-Qadr
Anas
told of Allah’s Messenger (saw) saying when Ramadhan began,
“This month has come to you, and it contains a night which is
better than a thousand months. He who is deprived of it is deprived
of all good, but only those who are denied prosperity are deprived of
it.”
[Al-Tirmidhi]
Ziyad related to me from Malik
from Humayd at-Tawil that ‘Anas Ibn Malik said, “The
Messenger (saw) of Allah,
,
came out to us in Ramadhan and said, ‘I was shown a certain
night in Ramadhan and then two men abused each other and it was taken
away. Look for it on the ninth and the seventh and the fifth.’"
[Al-Muwatta]
The Prophet (saw) said, “Look for
the Night of Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadhan” on the
night when nine or seven or five nights remain out of the last ten
nights of Ramadhan (i.e. 21, 23, 25, respectively).
[Al-Bukhaari]
Ibn ‘Umar said, “In the lifetime of the Prophet
(saw) I dreamt that a piece of silk cloth was in my hand and it flew
with me to whichever part of Al-Jannah I wanted. I also saw as if two
persons (i.e. angels) came to me and wanted to take me to Hell. Then
an angel met us and told me not to be afraid. He then told them to
leave me. Hafsa narrated one of my dreams to the Prophet (saw) and
the Prophet (saw) said, ‘Abdullah is a good man. Would that he
offer the night prayer (Tahajjud)!’ So after that day ‘Abdullah
(bin ‘Umar) started offering Tahajjud. The companions of the
Prophet (saw) used to tell him their dreams that (Lailat-ul-Qadr) was
on the 27th of the month of Ramadhan. The Prophet (saw) said, “I
see that your dreams agree on the last ten nights of Ramadhan and so
whoever is in search of it should seek it in the last ten nights of
Ramadhan.”
[Al-Bukhaari]
The Prophet (saw)
said, “Abusing a Muslim is Fusuq (an evil doing) and killing him
is Kufr (disbelief).” Narrated ‘Ubada bin As-Samit:
“Allah’s Messenger (saw) went out to inform the people
about the (date of the) night of decree (Al-Qadr) but there happened
a quarrel between two Muslim men. The Prophet (saw) (sallallahu
‘alaihi wa sallam) said, “I came out to inform you about
(the date of) the night of Al-Qadr, but as so and so and so and so
quarreled, its knowledge was taken away (I forgot it) and maybe it
was better for you. Now look for it in the 7th, the 9th and the 5th
(of the last 10 nights of the month of Ramadhan).”
[Al-Bukhaari]
Fasting
while Traveling
Yahya related to me from Malik that Hisham
Ibn Urwa said, “My father, Urwa, used to travel in Ramadhan, and
we would travel with him, and he used to fast while we would break
the fast, and he would not tell us to fast.” [Al-Muwatta]
Yahya
related to me from Malik from Humayd at-Tawil that Anas Ibn Malik
said, “We once traveled with the Messenger (saw) of Allah
(sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) in Ramadhan, and those who were
fasting did not find fault with those who were not, and those who
were not fasting did not find fault with those who were.”
[Al-Muwatta]
Ibn Abbaas said, “Allah’s Messenger
(saw) traveled in the month of Ramadhan and he fasted till he reached
(a place called) ‘Usfan, then he asked for a tumbler of water
and drank it by the daytime so that the people might see him. He
broke his fast till he reached Mecca.” Ibn Abbaas used to say,
“Allah’s Messenger (saw) fasted and sometimes did not fast
while traveling, so one may fast or may not (on journeys)”
[Al-Bukhaari]
Allah’s Messenger (saw) said,
“One who fasts in Ramadhan while travelling is like one who
breaks his fast when not traveling.”
[At-Tirmidhi, Ibn
Maajah]
‘Itikaaf
(Seclusion In The Masjid)
Safiya (radiallahu ‘anhaa),
the wife of the Prophet (saw) (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam)
told me that she went to Allah’s Messenger (saw) to visit him in
the mosque while he was in ‘Itikaaf in the last ten days of
Ramadhan. She had a talk with him for a while, then she got up in
order to return home. The Prophet (saw) accompanied her. When they
reached the gate of the mosque, opposite the door of Um-Salama, two
Ansari men were passing by and they greeted Allah’s Messenger
(saw) . He told them: Do not run away! And said, “She is (my
wife) Safiya bint Huyai.” Both of them said, “Subhaan
Allah, (How dare we think of any evil) O Messenger (saw) of Allah!”
And they felt it. The Prophet (saw) said (to them), “Satan
reaches everywhere in the human body as blood reaches in it,
(everywhere in one’s body). I was afraid lest Satan might insert
an evil thought in your minds.”
[Al-Bukhaari]
Jibreel
(‘alaihi salaam) used to repeat the recitation of the Qur’an
with the Prophet (saw) once a year, but he repeated it twice with him
in the year he died. The Prophet (saw) (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa
sallam) used to stay in I’tikaaf for ten days every year (in the
month of Ramadhan), but in the year of his death, he stayed in
I’tikaaf for twenty days.
[Al-Bukhaari]
Who
Pays the Zakat al-Fitr
Yahya related to me from Malik from
Nafi from Abdullah Ibn Umar that the Messenger (saw) of Allah , made
the Zakat of breaking the fast at the end of Ramadhan obligatory on
every Muslim, whether freeman or slave, male or female, and
stipulated it as a sa’ of dates or a sa’ (approximately the
volume of two handfuls) of barley.
[Al-Muwatta]
Eating
Suhoor Close to Fajr
Yahya related to me from Malik that
Abdullah Ibn Abi Bakr said, “I heard my father say, ‘We
finished praying in Ramadhan and the servants hurried with the food,
fearing the approach of dawn.’
[Al-Muwatta]
The
Messenger (saw) of Allah invited me to a meal shortly before dawn in
Ramadhan saying: Come to the blessed morning meal.
[Abu-Dawood]
Protection
From The Shaitan In And Out Of Ramadhan
Narrated Abu
Hurairah (radiallahu ‘anhu): Allah’s Messenger (saw)
(sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) ordered me to guard the Zakaat
revenue of Ramadhan. Then somebody came to me and started stealing of
the foodstuff. I caught him and said, “I will take you to
Allah’s Messenger (saw).” Then Abu Hurairah described the
whole narration and said:) That person said to me, “Please don’t
take me to Allah’s Messenger (saw) and I will tell you a few
words by which Allah will benefit you. When you go to your bed,
recite Aayat-al-Kursi, (2.255) for then there will be a guard from
Allah who will protect you all night long, and Satan will not be able
to come near you till dawn.” When the Prophet (saw) heard the
story he said to me, “He who came to you at night told you the
truth although he is a liar; and it was Satan.
Fasting
Six Days Of Shawwaal
Allah’s Messenger (saw) said: He
who observed the fast of Ramadhan and then followed it with six
(fasts) of Shawwaal, it would be as if he fasted perpetually.
[Al-Muwatta]
'Eid
Ul-Fitr
Eating Dates Before Going To the
Prayer
Allah’s Messenger (saw) never proceeded (for
the prayer) on the Day of ‘Id-ul-Fitr unless he had eaten some
dates. Anas (radiallahu ‘anhu) also narrated: The Prophet (saw)
(sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) used to eat odd number of dates.
[Al-Bukhaari]
'Eid
Khutbah Is Given After The Prayer
Narrated Abu Sai’d
Al-Khudri (radiallahu ‘anhu): The Prophet (saw) (sallallahu
‘alaihi wa sallam) used to proceed to the musalla on the days of
Id-ul-Fitr and Id-ul-Adha; the first thing to begin with was the
prayer and after that he would stand in front of the people and the
people would keep sitting in their rows. Then he would preach to
them, advise them and give them orders, (i.e. Khutba). And after that
if he wished to send an army for an expedition, he would do so; or if
he wanted to give an order, he would do so, and then depart. The
people followed this tradition till I went out with Marwan, the
Governor of Medina, for the prayer of Id-ul-Adha or Id-ul-Fitr.
[Al-Bukhaari]
When we reached the musalla, there was a
pulpit made by Kathir bin As-Salt. Marwan wanted to get up on that
pulpit before the prayer. I got hold of his clothes but he pulled
them and ascended the pulpit and delivered the Khutba before the
prayer. I said to him, “By Allah, you have changed (the Prophet
(saw)’s tradition).” He replied, “O Abu Sa’id!
Gone is that which you know.” I said, “By Allah! What I
know is better than what I do not know.” Marwan said, “People
do not sit to listen to our khutba after the prayer, so I delivered
the khutbah before the prayer.”
[Al-Bukhaari]
Allah’s
Messenger (saw) used to offer the prayer of ‘Id-ul-Adha and
‘Id-ul-Fitr and then deliver the Khutba after the prayer.
[Al-Bukhaari]
‘Ata (radiallahu ‘anhu) said, “Jabir
bin ‘Abdullah said, ‘The Prophet (saw) went out on the Day
of ‘Id-ul-Fitr and offered the prayer before delivering the
khutba. ‘Ata told me that during the early days of Ibn
Az-Zubair, Ibn Abbas had sent a message to him telling him that the
Adhan for the ‘Id Prayer was never pronounced (in the life time
of Allah’s Messenger (saw)) and the khutbah used to be delivered
after the prayer. ‘Ata told me that Ibn Abbas and Jabir bin
‘Abdullah, had said there was no Adhan for the prayer of
‘Id-ul-Fitr and ‘Id-ul-Aqha.’ ‘Ata said, “I
heard Jabir bin ‘Abdullah saying, ‘The Prophet (saw) stood
up and started with the prayer, and after it he delivered the
khutbah. When the Prophet (saw) of Allah finished (the khutbah), he
went to the women and preached to them, while he was leaning on
Bilal’s hand. Bilal was spreading his garment and the ladies
were putting alms in it.’” I said to Ata, “Do you
think it incumbent upon an Imam to go to the women and preach to them
after finishing the prayer and Khutba?” ‘Ata’ said,
“No doubt it is incumbent on Imaams to do so, and why should
they not do so?”
[Al-Bukhaari]
No
Sunnah Rak'aats At The 'Eid Ground Before Or After The 'Eid
Prayer
The Prophet (saw) sallallahu ‘alaihi wa
sallam)went out and offered a two Rak’aat prayer on the Day of
‘Id ul Fitr and did not offer any other prayer before or after
it and at that time Bilal radiallahu ‘anhu) was accompanying
him.
[Al-Bukhaari]
Taking
A Different Path Of Return
On the Day of ‘Id the
Prophet (saw) used to return (after offering the ‘Id prayer)
through a way different from that by which he went.
[Al-Bukhaari]
1.
Oh Allah, please forgive me for all of the bad that
I've done, and
I continue to do. You are so Merciful
and kind, please forgive me,
and help me stay away
from all that's wrong. It's so hard for me,
and I'm so
weak but You are the Strong. Please increase me
in
sincerity.
2. Oh Allah, I beg You, please guide my
parents and my
sister toward You. Do not let them die
without
realizing who their Lord is. Let them see the truth
and
help them resist the pressure of friends who try
to turn them away
from You.
3. Oh Allah, bless those fine human beings with
your
bounties whose kind heart reaches out to their
Christian
neighbors in Pakistan and Muslim neighbors
in America.
4.
Oh Allah, please guide my neighbors, Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis, toward
You. They are such decent, good people,
and they are so good to
us. They have never opposed us
in our Deen, and You have seen how
they have been so
open to us. Please guide them to the right
path.
5. Oh Allah, make every single aspect of my life be
for
You and in service of Your Creation. Please remove
all false
intentions that I have.
6. Oh Allah, save humanity from being
its own enemy.
Protect Your creation from oppression. Save the
people
of Afghanistan, Palestine, Kashmir, Chechnya and Iraq
from
internal and external oppressors and give them
justice. Protect us
all from violence, fear and
danger, You are our Protector.
7.
Ya Allah, let me love You as You deserved to be
loved, and let me
fear You as You deserve to be
feared, and let me leave this world
serving Your
creation for Your sake.
8. Oh Allah, increase
me in knowledge, but let this
knowledge be with sincerity, not
seeking fame, glory,
status, material wealth. Let this knowledge
serve Your
cause in a way that You accept, and let it
benefit
humanity.
9. Oh Allah, please guide my children and
all
children. They are surrounded by so much temptation
and
Haram, protect them my Lord from all of the evil
influences that
are around them. Give them friends who
will strengthen their faith
and help them stay on the
Straight Path.
10. Oh Allah,
guide me to seek my knowledge of You and
this blessed Deen
(religion) from those who are
sincere, who possess the correct
Islamic knowledge,
who are moderate and gentle, who are not harsh
or
impatient with me, and who understand where I'm coming
from,
my situation as a Muslim in this country, living
in this world
today.
11. Oh Allah, please help me stay away from Haram
in
achieving the best of this world.
12. Oh Allah, don't
let me ever turn away from You, no
matter how many trials and
difficulties You test me
with. Let these difficulties serve to
make me a
stronger Muslim and more sincere to You.
13. Oh
Allah, bless our scholars and leaders who are
striving to
establish Islam in this world on the
balanced path of Your beloved
Prophet (saw).
14. Oh Allah, bless all of those who have
taught me
about You and Islam, from little Marya at the
Islamic
school, who taught me the importance of being patient
with
little kids, to Shaykh Ikram, who, despite his
harshness, taught
me the importance of speaking the
Truth, no matter how much others
dislike it.
15. Oh Allah, give me the ability to forgive all
those
who have hurt me in word and deed, especially my
brother
......, who has ignored every attempt I have
made to reconcile
with him. And please Oh Allah, join
our hearts.
16. Oh
Allah, please get me out of this horrible debt
that is burdening
me. Please give me means that are
Halal to get out of this as soon
as possible, so that
I can face You on the Day of Judgment free of
all
debts.
17. Oh Allah, open a way for my son to marry as
soon
as possible. Let him marry a sister who is sincere
and
devoted to You and who is compatible with him.
18.
Oh Allah, open a way for my daughter Salma to
marry as soon as
possible. Let her marry a brother who
is sincere and devoted to
You and who is compatible
with her.
19. Oh Allah, please
grant my friend Ali and his wife
Shaheen healthy children. They so
badly want children
and they Insha Allah would make such great
Muslim
parents. Please grant them children who will grow up
to
be a source of Mercy for them.
20. Oh Allah, help orphans and
poor wherever they are,
but especially right now in Afghanistan.
Give me the
means and ability to do whatever I can for them.
21.
Oh Allah, guide and protect our teenagers who need
Your Help and
Guidance from all of the temptations of
sex, drugs, alcohol and
all of the other Harams in our
society.
22.
Oh Allah, cleanse my heart of the sicknesses of
arrogance and
pride and let me die as one of the
sincere, humble Muslims.
23.
Oh Allah, all of my brothers and sisters who are
suffering for
Your sake through torture, violence, in
jails, etc., around the
world please forgive their
sins and grant them paradise.
24.
Oh Allah, I have been so impatient and angry in my
behavior,
please give me patience and help me control
my anger for Your
sake.
25. Oh Allah, open a way for me to make Hajj as soon
as
possible, so that I can fulfill my obligation to
You.
26.
Oh Allah, give my sister Lisa patience with her
cancer. She is in
so much pain because of her
treatments. Please give her patience
and let her
sickness be a way for her sins to be forgiven.
27.
Oh Allah, bless brothers Ali, Mike and Manzoor,
who are always at
our Masjid working on repairs,
cleaning bathrooms or keeping the
place clean after
everyone else has left a mess.
28. Oh
Allah, lift the veils from the eyes of those
who have been
deceived into seeing Islam as something
bad because of ignorance
and media stereotypes.
29. Oh Allah, bring all humans closer
to You and each
other. Please do not make us Muslims a test for
them
with our misrepresentation of Islam because of our
bad
behavior.
30. Oh Allah, help me stop my bad habits of
eating and
talking too much.
31. Oh Allah, please help me
give up smoking this
year. It's so hard to give up smoking after
all of
these years, but only You can make it easy.
These
duas are being written just as guidelines. No
names are real.
Please adopt, modify, and write your
own duas. If you like share
those with others in our
forums. The point is to get into talking
to our Lord
directly, in our style, in our language. While
talking
to Him while our forehead on His earth, some time we
may
reach the level in which our words and mind may
give way to the
reflective heart which may help us
talk to our Lord. It is sajdah
where a servants talks
to his Lord.
Please don't say that
Allah knows what you need. Yes.
He does. But He also loves to hear
from you. Consider
this Hadith: Abu Huraira related that the
Prophet (saw)
said: Allah is angry with those who do not ask Him
for
anything (Tirmidhi).
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