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The Most Excellent Manner of Seeking Forgiveness

Posted in du'aa, tazkiyah, tagged , on July 12, 2009 | 8 Comments »

“So from Shaddaad ibn Aws from the Prophet sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, that he said, “The noblest and most excellent manner of seeking forgiveness is that the servant says:
`O Allaah, You are my Lord. None has the right to be worshipped except You. You created me, and I am Your slave/worshipper. And I am [...]

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Inscribed in Gold

Posted in du'aa, tazkiyah, tagged , on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Asma’i said that Abdul-Malik once delivered a very profound sermon, during which he began to weep while begging Allah:
“O Lord, my sins are great, but a small amount of Your forgiveness is greater than them. O Allah, forgive the greatness of my sins with a little of Your mercy.”
Asma’i said that when these words reached [...]

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The Best of Both Worlds

Posted in du'aa, tazkiyah on September 9, 2008 | 6 Comments »

`Abdullaah ibn Mas`ood radiallaahu `anhu relates that the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam would supplicate:
“O Allaah! I ask You for guidance, piety, safety and well-being, and contentment and sufficiency.” (Allaahummaa innee as’alukal-hudaa wat-tuqaa wal-`afaafa wal-ghinaa). [Related by Muslim, no 2721]
Imaam as-Sa`dee (d. 1376 AH) – rahimahullaah – said in [Bahjatul Quloobul-Abraar (p.198)]:
“This du`aa [...]

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‘How Can The Answer Not Be Delayed?’

Posted in du'aa, gems on March 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Wahb bin Munabbih (rahimahullaah) also said, “He who supplicates without good deeds is like one who shoots an arrow without a bow.”
Some of the Pious Predecessors said, “How can the answer not be delayed when you have blocked its path with sins.”
A poet reiterated the same meaning saying: 
“We pray to God in every [...]

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Du’aa For Anxiety and Sorrow

Posted in du'aa on August 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

‘O Allaah, I take refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, weakness and laziness, miserliness and cowardice, the burden of debts and from being over powered by men.’

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You Know Allaah, Yet You Do Not Obey Him

Posted in akhirah, death, du'aa, gems, naseeha, quraan on July 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Ibraheem ibn Adham, may Allaah have Mercy upon him, was a third century scholar, a teacher and a companion of Sufyaan ath-Thawree, and he was asked about the saying of Allaah – The Most High:
“And your Lord says: ‘Call on Me, I will answer your prayer.. “ [Soorah Ghaafir, 40:60]
“We supplicate and we are [...]

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