31. Duas (Supplications)
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 604No grade recorded
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ قَالَ: (أَصْبَحْنَا وَأَصْبَحَ الْحَمْدُ كُلُّهُ لِلَّهِ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ) وَإِذَا أَمْسَى قَالَ: (أَمْسَيْنَا وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ كُلُّهُ لِلَّهِ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَإِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ)
The Prophet ﷺ would say in the morning: aṣbaḥnā wa-aṣbaḥa al-ḥamdu kulluhu li-llāhi, lā sharīka lahu, lā ilāha illā Allāhu, wa-ilayhi al-nushūr "We have reached the morning and and all praise belongs to Allah who has no partner. There is no god but Allah and to Him is the gathering. In the evening he would say, amsaynā wa-amsā al-mulku li-llāhi, wa-al-ḥamdu kulluhu li-llāhi, lā sharīka lahu, lā ilāha illā Allāhu, wa-ilayhi al-maṣīr "We have reached the evening and the kingdom belongs to Allah and all praise belongs to Allah who has no partner. There is no god but Allah and to Him is the return."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 605Hasan or sahih
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إِنَّ الْكَرِيمَ ابْنَ الْكَرِيمِ ابْنِ الْكَرِيمِ ابْنِ الْكَرِيمِ، يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِ الرَّحْمَنِ تبارك وتعالى»، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «لَوْ لَبِثْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ مَا لَبِثَ يُوسُفُ، ثُمَّ جَاءَنِي الدَّاعِي لَأَجَبْتُ، إِذْ جَاءَهُ الرَّسُولُ فَقَالَ: ﴿ارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَاسْأَلْهُ مَا بَالُ النِّسْوَةِ اللَّاتِي قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ﴾ [يوسف: ٥٠]، وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى لُوطٍ، إِنْ كَانَ لَيَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ، إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ: ﴿لَوْ أَنَّ لِي بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ آوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ﴾ [هود: ٨٠]، فَمَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ بَعْدَهُ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا فِي ثَرْوَةٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ»
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The noble son of the noble son of the noble son of the noble son was Yusuf son of Yaqub son of Ishaq son of Ibrahim, the Khalil of the Merciful, the blessed and Exalted." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If I had remained in prison for as long as Yusuf remained in prison and then the man with the invitation had come to me, I would have accepted it. When the messenger came to him, he said, 'Go back to your master and enquire of him what happened about the women who cut their hands.' (Yusuf 12:50) May Allah show mercy to Lut when he sought to find refuge with strength when he said to his people, 'If only I had the strength to combat you or could seek refuge in a some powerful support!' (Hud 11:80) Allah did not send any Prophet after him but that he was one of the wealthy of his people."
كَانَ الرَّبِيعُ يَأْتِي عَلْقَمَةَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، فَإِذَا لَمْ أَكُنْ ثَمَّةَ أَرْسَلُوا إِلَيَّ فَجَاءَ مَرَّةً وَلَسْتُ ثَمَّةَ، فَلَقِيَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ وَقَالَ لِي: أَلَمْ تَرَ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ الرَّبِيعُ؟ قَالَ: أَلَمْ تَرَ أَكْثَرَ مَا يَدْعُو النَّاسَ وَمَا أَقَلَّ إِجَابَتَهُمْ؟ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لاَ يَقْبَلُ إِلاَّ النَّاخِلَةَ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ قُلْتُ: أَوَ لَيْسَ قَدْ قَالَ ذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: وَمَا قَالَ؟ قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ لاَ يَسْمَعُ اللَّهُ مِنْ مُسْمِعٍ وَلاَ مُرَاءٍ وَلا لاعِبٍ إِلا دَاعٍ دَعَا يَثْبُتُ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ، قَالَ: فَذَكَرَ عَلْقَمَةَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ
al-Rabi used to go to Alqama every Friday. When I was not there, they would send for me. Once he came when I was not there. Alqama met me and told me: Did you not see what al-Rabi brought? He said: Do you not see how frequently people make dua and how rarely they are answered? That is because Allah Almighty only accepts the nakhilah (sincere) dua. I asked: Didn't Abdullah say that? He asked: What did he say? I said that Abdullah said: Allah does not listen to someone who wants other people to hear not someone who shows off nor who plays. He only listens to the one who makes a dua firmly from his heart. He asked, 'Did he mention Alqama?' He said: Yes.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِذَا دَعَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلَا يَقُولُ: إِنْ شِئْتَ، وَلْيَعْزِمِ الْمَسْأَلَةَ، وَلْيُعَظِّمِ الرَّغْبَةَ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَعْظُمُ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ أَعْطَاهُ»
that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you makes a dua, he should not say, 'If you wish.' He should be firm in asking and he should have great hope. Allah does not think that anything that He gives is too great."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: «إِذَا دَعَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَعْزِمْ فِي الدُّعَاءِ وَلاَ يَقُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَأَعْطِنِي، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ مُسْتَكْرِهَ لَهُ»
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When one of you makes a dua, he should be firm in the dua and not say, 'O Allah, if you like, grant it to me.' Allah cannot be forced against His ˹will˺."
رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ وَابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يَدْعُوَانِ يُدِيرَانِ بِالرَّاحَتَيْنِ عَلَى الْوَجْهِ
Abu Nu'aym, who is Wahb, said, "I saw Ibn 'Umar and Ibn az-Zubayr making supplication, cupping their palms in front of their faces."
أَنَّهَا رَأَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَدْعُو رَافِعًا يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ فَلاَ تُعَاقِبْنِي أَيُّمَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ آذَيْتُهُ أَوْ شَتَمْتُهُ فَلاَ تُعَاقِبْنِي فِيهِ
'A'isha say that she saw the Prophet ﷺ making supplication with his hands raised, saying, 'I am a man, so do not punish me. If I harm any man of the believers or revile him, do not punish me for that.'"
قَدِمَ الطُّفَيْلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدَّوْسِيُّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ دَوْسًا قَدْ عَصَتْ وَأَبَتْ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهَا فَاسْتَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْقِبْلَةَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فَظَنَّ النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ يَدْعُو عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِ دَوْسًا وَائْتِ بِهِمْ
Abu Hurayra said, "At-Tufayl ibn 'Amr ad-Dawsi came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'Messenger of Allah, Daws have rebelled and rejected, so ask Allah to curse them.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ faced the qibla and raised his hands and the people thought that he was going to curse them. He said, 'O Allah, guide Daws and lead them.'"
قَحَطَ الْمَطَرُ عَامًا فَقَامَ بَعْضُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَحَطَ الْمَطَرُ وَأَجْدَبَتِ الأَرْضُ وَهَلَكَ الْمَالُ فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَمَا يُرَى فِي السَّمَاءِ مِنْ سَحَابَةٍ فَمَدَّ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ بَيَاضَ إِبْطَيْهِ يَسْتَسْقِي اللَّهَ فَمَا صَلَّيْنَا الْجُمُعَةَ حَتَّى أَهَمَّ الشَّابُّ الْقَرِيبُ الدَّارِ الرُّجُوعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ فَدَامَتْ جُمُعَةٌ فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ الْجُمُعَةُ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ تَهَدَّمَتِ الْبُيُوتُ وَاحْتَبَسَ الرُّكْبَانُ فَتَبَسَّمَ لِسُرْعَةِ مَلاَلِ ابْنِ آدَمَ وَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ اللَّهُمَّ حَوَالَيْنَا وَلاَ عَلَيْنَا فَتَكَشَّطَتْ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ
Anas said, "No rain fell for a year and so one of the Muslims went to the Prophet ﷺ on Jumu'a (Friday). He said, 'Messenger of Allah, there has been no rain and the ground is dry and people's wealth has been destroyed.' He raised his hand when there was not a cloud to be seen in the sky. He stretched out his arms until I could see the whiteness of his armpits and asked Allah for rain. As soon as we finished the prayer, (the rain was such that) the youth whose house was near was afraid to return to his family. It last past Friday, The following Friday, they said, 'Messenger of Allah, the houses have fallen down and the paths are blocked.' He smiled and observed how quickly the son of Adam becomes discontented. He said while making a gesture with his hand, 'O Allah, around us and not on us.' And the rain cleared away from Madina."
أَنَّهَا رَأَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَدْعُو رَافِعًا يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ فَلاَ تُعَاقِبْنِي أَيُّمَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ آذَيْتُهُ أَوْ شَتَمْتُهُ فَلا تُعَاقِبْنِي فِيهِ
'Ikrima heard 'A'isha, may Allah be pleased with her, say that she saw the Prophet ﷺ raise his hands in supplication, saying, 'O Allah, I am only a man, so do not punish me. If I harm or revile a Muslim man, do not punish me for it!'"
قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ هَلْ لَكَ فِي حِصْنٍ وَمَنَعَةٍ حِصْنِ دَوْسٍ؟ قَالَ فَأَبَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِمَا ذَخَرَ اللَّهُ لِلأَنْصَارِ فَهَاجَرَ الطُّفَيْلُ وَهَاجَرَ مَعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ فَمَرِضَ الرَّجُلُ فَضَجِرَ أَوْ كَلِمَةٌ شَبِيهَةٌ بِهَا فَحَبَا إِلَى قَرْنٍ فَأَخَذَ مِشْقَصًا فَقَطَعَ وَدَجَيْهِ فَمَاتَ فَرَآهُ الطُّفَيْلُ فِي الْمَنَامِ قَالَ مَا فُعِلَ بِكَ؟ قَالَ غُفِرَ لِي بِهِجْرَتِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا شَأْنُ يَدَيْكَ؟ قَالَ فَقِيلَ إِنَّا لاَ نُصْلِحُ مِنْكَ مَا أَفْسَدْتَ مِنْ يَدَيْكَ قَالَ فَقَصَّهَا الطُّفَيْلُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ وَلِيَدَيْهِ فَاغْفِرْ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ
✧ He said to the Prophet ﷺ, "Would you like a fortress and protection — the fortress of Daws?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ refused because of what Allah had reserved for the Anṣār. Then al-Ṭufayl emigrated, and with him emigrated a man from his people. The man fell ill and became fretful — or a word similar to that — and he crawled to a leather strap, took a broad-headed arrow, and cut his own wrist veins, and he died. Al-Ṭufayl saw him in a dream and asked, "What was done with you?" He replied, "I was forgiven because of my emigration to the Prophet ﷺ." He asked, "What is the matter with your hands?" He said, "It was said, 'We will not set right for you what you corrupted of your hands.'" So al-Ṭufayl related this to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, "O Allah, and for his hands, forgive," and he raised his hands.
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَعَوَّذُ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَرَمِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ
✧ From Anas b. Mālik, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to seek refuge, saying, "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness, and I seek refuge in You from cowardice, and I seek refuge in You from senility, and I seek refuge in You from miserliness."
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا دَعَانِي
✧ From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said, "I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him when he calls upon Me."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ سَيِّدُ الاسْتِغْفَارِ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ إِذَا قَالَ حِينَ يُمْسِي فَمَاتَ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ أَوْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَإِذَا قَالَ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ فَمَاتَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ مِثْلَهُ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, who said: The master of seeking forgiveness is: "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me, and I am Your servant, and I am faithful to my covenant and promise to You as much as I am able. I acknowledge to You Your favor upon me, and I acknowledge to You my sin, so forgive me, for none forgives sins except You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done." If he says this in the evening and then dies, he will enter Paradise — or he will be among the people of Paradise — and if he says it in the morning and dies that day, the same applies.
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَعُدُّ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ مِئَةَ مَرَّةٍ
✧ From Ibn ʿUmar, who said: We used to count for the Prophet ﷺ in a single gathering one hundred times: "O Lord, forgive me and turn to me, for You are the Ever-Relenting, the Most Merciful."
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الضُّحَى ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ حَتَّى قَالَهَا مِئَةَ مَرَّةٍ
'A'isha said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed the Duha prayer and then said, 'O Lord, forgive me and turn to me. You are the Ever-Turning back (to his slaves), the Merciful' a hundred times."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ سَيِّدُ الاسْتِغْفَارِ أَنْ يَقُولَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ قَالَ مَنْ قَالَهَا مِنَ النَّهَارِ مُوقِنًا بِهَا فَمَاتَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُمْسِيَ فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَنْ قَالَهَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَهُوَ مُوقِنٌ بِهَا فَمَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصْبِحَ فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, who said: The master of seeking forgiveness is that one says: "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me, and I am Your servant, and I am faithful to my covenant and promise to You as much as I am able. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge to You Your favor upon me, and I acknowledge to You my sin, so forgive me, for none forgives sins except You." He said: Whoever says it during the day with certainty in it and dies that day before evening, he is among the people of Paradise. And whoever says it at night with certainty in it and dies before morning, he is among the people of Paradise.
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ تُوبُوا إِلَى اللهِ فَإِنِّي أَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مِئَةَ مَرَّةٍ
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "Turn to Allah in repentance, for I turn to Him in repentance one hundred times every day."
عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ قَالَ مُعَقِّبَاتٌ لاَ يَخِيبُ قَائِلُهُنَّ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ مِئَةَ مَرَّةٍ رَفَعَهُ ابْنُ أَبِي أُنَيْسَةَ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ قَيْسٍ
✧ From Kaʿb b. ʿUjrah, who said: There are phrases that follow the prayers; the one who says them will not be disappointed: "Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest" — one hundred times. Ibn Abī Unaysah and ʿAmr b. Qays raised it.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «أَسْرَعُ الدُّعَاءِ إِجَابَةً دُعَاءُ غَائِبٍ لِغَائِبٍ»
the Prophet ﷺ said, "The swiftest supplication to be answered is the dua of someone for another person who is not present."
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ ؓ: إِنَّ دَعْوَةَ الأَخِ فِي اللهِ تُسْتَجَابُ
Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq was heard to say, "The dua of a brother in Allah is answered."
قَالَ قَدِمْتُ عَلَيْهِمُ الشَّامَ فَوَجَدْتُ أُمَّ الدَّرْدَاءِ فِي الْبَيْتِ وَلَمْ أَجِدْ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَتْ: أَتُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ الْعَامَ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَتْ: فَادْعُ اللَّهَ لَنَا بِخَيْرٍ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ دَعْوَةَ الْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ مُسْتَجَابَةٌ لأَخِيهِ بِظَهْرِ الْغَيْبِ، عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ مَلَكٌ مُوَكَّلٌ: كُلَّمَا دَعَا لأَخِيهِ بِخَيْرٍ، قَالَ آمِينَ، وَلَكَ بِمِثْلٍ.» قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ فِي السُّوقِ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ يَأْثُرُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ
Safwan b. Abdullah b. Safwan, who was married to the daughter of Abu al-Darda, said: I visited them in Syria and found Umm al-Darda in the house, but not Abu al-Darda. She asked: Are you intending to go on hajj this year? Yes, I replied. She said: Make dua to Allah and ask for good for us. The Prophet ﷺ said: "The dua of a Muslim man for his absent brother is answered. At his head there is a guardian angel: whenever he asks Allah to give his brother good, the angel says: Amin, and may you have the same." I met Abu al-Darda in the market and he said something similar which was related from the Prophet ﷺ.
قَالَ رَجُلٌ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِمُحَمَّدٍ وَحْدَنَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «لَقَدْ حَجَبْتَهَا عَنْ نَاسٍ كَثِيرٍ»
a man said: O Allah, forgive me and Muhammad alone! The Prophet ﷺ said: "You have veiled it from many people."
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ مِئَةَ مَرَّةٍ: «رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ وَارْحَمْنِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ.»
Ibn Umar said: I heard the Prophet ﷺ asking Allah to forgive him a hundred times in this assembly with the words, rabbi ighfir lī wa-tub ʿalayya wa-irḥamnī, innaka anta al-tawwābu al-raḥīm. "My Lord, forgive me, accept my repentance, and have mercy on me. Indeed, You are the Accepter of repentance, the Most Merciful."
إِنِّي لَأَدْعُو فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِي حَتَّى أَنْ يُفْسِحَ اللَّهُ فِي مَشْيِ دَابَّتِي حَتَّى أَرَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا يَسُرُّنِي
Ibn 'Umar said: I make supplication in everything I do: even that Allah will make the stride of my mount long so that I find ease in that.
أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِيمَا يَدْعُو: (اللَّهُمَّ تَوَفَّنِي مَعَ الأَبْرَارِ، وَلاَ تُخَلِّفْنِي فِي الأَشْرَارِ، وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالأخْيَارِ)
that he (Umar) used to make dua with his words: allāhumma tawaffanī maʿa al-abrār, wa-lā tukhallifnī fī al-ashrār, wa-alḥiqnī bi-al-akhyār. Allah, let me die with the pious and do not leave me among the evil. Join me to the doers of good."
كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِهَؤُلاَءِ الدَّعَوَاتِ: (رَبَّنَا أَصْلِحْ بَيْنَنَا وَاهْدِنَا سَبِيلَ الإِسْلاَمِ، وَنَجِّنَا مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ، وَاصْرِفْ عَنَّا الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهْرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ، وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي أَسْمَاعِنَا وَأَبْصَارِنَا وَقُلُوبِنَا وَأَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا، وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ، وَاجْعَلْنَا شَاكِرِينَ لِنِعْمَتِكَ، مُثْنِينَ بِهَا، قَائِلِينَ بِهَا، وَأَتْمِمْهَا عَلَيْنَا.)
Abdullah ˹b. Masud˺ used to use these duas a lot: Our Lord, make peace between us and guide us on the path of Islam. Save us from the darkness to the light. Remove acts of deviance from us, both open and hidden. Bless us in our hearing, our eyes, our hearts, our spouses and our children and turn to us for You are the Oft-Returning, Most Merciful. Make us grateful for Your blessings and make us among those who praise it and speak of it and complete it upon us.
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كَانَ أَنَسٌ إِذَا دَعَا لأَخِيهِ يَقُولُ: (جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةَ قَوْمٍ أَبْرَارٍ لَيْسُوا بِظَلَمَةٍ وَلاَ فُجَّارٍ يَقُومُونَ اللَّيْلَ وَيَصُومُونَ النَّهَارَ۔)
When Anas made dua for his brother, he said: May Allah bless him with the blessing of those who are pious. They are neither unjust nor corrupt. They stand at night in prayer and fast in the day.
ذَهَبَتْ بِي أُمِّي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَمَسَحَ عَلَى رَأْسِي وَدَعَا لِي بِالرِّزْقِ
My mother took me to the Prophet ﷺ and he stroked my head and prayed for provision to be given to me.
قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ إِخْوَانَكَ أَتَوْكَ مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ وَهُوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِالزَّاوِيَةِ لِتَدْعُوَ اللَّهَ لَهُمْ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَآتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ فَاسْتَزَادُوهُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَهَا فَقَالَ إِنْ أُوتِيتُمْ هَذَا فَقَدْ أُوتِيتُمْ خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ
Anas b. Malik was told that your brothers have come to you from Basra –and that day he was at the zawiyyah– wanting for you to make dua to Allah for them. He said: O Allah, forgive them and show mercy to them. Give them good in this world and good in the Next World and protect them from the punishment of the Fire. They asked him to say more and he said repeated the same thing. He said: If you are given this, you have been given the good of this world and the next.
أَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ غُصْنًا فَ نَفَضَهُ فَلَمْ يَنْتَفِضْ ثُمَّ نَفَضَهُ فَلَمْ يَنْتَفِضْ ثُمَّ نَفَضَهُ فَانْتَفَضَ قَالَ: «إِنَّ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ يَنْفُضْنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا تَنْفُضُ الشَّجَرَةُ وَرَقَهَا»
The Prophet ﷺ took a bough and shook it and not all the leaves fell off. Then he shook it again and not all the leaves fell off. Then he shook it a third time but not all the leaves fell off. He said: "Saying Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, shake off sins as the leaves of a tree fall away."
أَتَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَشْكُو إِلَيْهِ الْحَاجَةَ أَوْ بَعْضَ الْحَاجَةِ فَقَالَ: «أَلاَ أَدُلُّكِ عَلَى خَيْرٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ؟ تُهَلِّلِينَ اللَّهَ ثَلاَثِينَ عِنْدَ مَنَامِكِ وَتُسَبِّحِينَ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَتَحْمَدِينَ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلاَثِينَ فَتِلْكَ مِئَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا»
a woman came to the Prophet ﷺ to complain to him of a need. He said: "Shall I show you something better than that? You should say, lā ilāha illa Allāh (There is no god but Allah) 33 times when you go to sleep and say subḥān Allāh (Glory be to Allah) 33 times, and say al-ḥamdu lillāh (Praise be to Allah) 34 times, and then that hundred is better than his world and all that it contains."
وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «مَنْ هَلَّلَ مِئَةً وَسَبَّحَ مِئَةً وَكَبَّرَ مِئَةً خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ عَشْرِ رِقَابٍ يُعْتِقُهَا وَسَبْعِ بَدَنَاتٍ يَنْحَرُهَا»
The Prophet ﷺ said: "If someone says, lā ilāha illa Allāh (There is no god but Allah) one hundred times, subḥān Allāh (Glory be to Allah) one hundred times, and Allāhu Akbar (Allah is Greater) one hundred times, that is better than freeing ten slaves and slaughtering seven camels."
فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ الدُّعَاءِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: «سَلِ اللَّهَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ» ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ الْغَدَ فَقَالَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ أَيُّ الدُّعَاءِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: «سَلِ اللَّهَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، فَإِذَا أُعْطِيتَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ فَقَدْ أَفْلَحْتَ»
A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Messenger of Allah, what is the best supplication? He answered: "Asking Allah for ʿāfiyah (well-being and forgiveness) in this world and the Hereafter." Then he came to him the following day and asked: Prophet of Allah, what is the best supplication? He answered: "Asking Allah for ʿāfiyah (forgiveness and well-being) in this world and the Hereafter. When you are given well-being in this world and the next, then you have achieved success."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «أَحَبُّ الْكَلاَمِ إِلَى اللهِ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ۔»
from the Prophet ﷺ who said, "The words which Allah loves the most are: subḥān Allāh, lā sharīka lahu, lahu al-mulku wa-lahu al-ḥamdu, wa-huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr, lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata illā bi-Allāh, subḥān Allāhi wa-bi-ḥamdihi Glory be to Allah who has no partner. His is the Kingdom and praise is His and He has power over all things. There is no power nor strength except by Allah. Glory be to Allah and by His praise."
دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَنَا أُصَلِّي وَلَهُ حَاجَةٌ فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ: «يَا عَائِشَةُ، عَلَيْكِ بِجُمَلِ الدُّعَاءِ وَجَوَامِعِهِ» فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفْتُ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا جُمَلُ الدُّعَاءِ وَجَوَامِعُهُ؟ قَالَ: قُولِي اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِمَّا سَأَلَكَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِمَّا تَعَوَّذَ مِنْهُ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ وَمَا قَضَيْتَ لِي مِنْ قَضَاءٍ فَاجْعَلْ عَاقِبَتَهُ رُشْدًا»
The Prophet ﷺ came to me while I was praying when he needed something. I was taking a long time and he said: ''Aishah, you must make concise and comprehensive duas." When I finished, I asked: Messenger of Allah, what are the concise and comprehensive duas?' He said, "Say: allāhumma innī asʾaluka min al-khayri kullihī, ʿājilihi wa-ājilihī, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa-mā lam aʿlam. wa-aʿūdhu bika min al-sharri kullihī, ʿājilihi wa-ājilihī, mā ʿalimtu minhu wa-mā lam aʿlam. wa-asʾaluka al-jannata wa-mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamal, wa-aʿūdhu bika min al-nāri wa-mā qarraba ilayhā min qawlin aw ʿamal. wa-asʾaluka mimmā saʾalaka bihī Muḥammadun ﷺ, wa-aʿūdhu bika mimmā taʿawwadhā minhu Muḥammadun ﷺ. wa-mā qaḍayta lī min qaḍāʾin fa-ijʿal ʿāqibatahu rushdā. O Allah, I ask You for all good, ˹in this world and the Hereafter˺, what I know of it and what I do not know. I seek refuge with You from all evil, ˹in this world and the Hereafter˺ what I know of it and what I do not know. I ask You for the Jannah and whatever words or actions bring one near to it. I seek refuge with You from the Hellfire and whatever words or actions bring one near to it. I ask You by what Muhammad ﷺ asked You and I seek refuge from You by what Muhammad ﷺ sought refuge from. And whatever fate You have decreed for me, make its end right guidance ˹for me˺."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «أَيُّمَا رَجُلٌ مُسْلِمٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ صَدَقَةٌ فَلْيَقُلْ فِي دُعَائِهِ: اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ وَصَلِّ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ فَإِنَّهَا لَهُ زَكَاةٌ»
Abu Said al-Khudri reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: "If any Muslim does not have anything to give as sadaqah, he should say in his dua: O Allah, bless Muhammad, Your slave and Your Messenger and bless the believers, both men and women, and the Muslims, both men and women. That will be sadaqah for him."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «مَنْ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَتَرَحَّمْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا تَرَحَّمْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ شَهِدْتُ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِالشَّهَادَةِ وَشَفَعْتُ لَهُ»
from the Prophet ﷺ who said, "If anyone says: O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You blessed Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. Shower blessings on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You showered blessings on Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. Show mercy to Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You showed mercy to Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. I will testify for him on the Day of Rising and I will intercede for him."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ يَتَبَرَّزُ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ أَحَدًا يَتْبَعُهُ فَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ فَاتَّبَعَهُ بِفَخَّارَةٍ أَوْ مِطْهَرَةٍ فَوَجَدَهُ سَاجِدًا فِي مِسْرَبٍ فَتَنَحَّى فَجَلَسَ وَرَاءَهُ حَتَّى رَفَعَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ: «أَحْسَنْتَ يَا عُمَرُ، حِينَ وَجَدْتَنِي سَاجِدًا فَتَنَحَّيْتَ عَنِّي، إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ جَاءَنِي فَقَالَ: مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْكَ وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَشْرًا وَرَفَعَ لَهُ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ»
The Prophet ﷺ went out to open ground to answer a call of nature and did not find anyone to follow him. Umar went out and followed him with a clay pot or wudu vessel. He found him prostrating in a river bed. He fell back and sat behind him until the Prophet ﷺ lifted his head. He said: “You have done well, Umar. When you found me prostrating, you went behind me. Jibril came to me and said: If someone sends the salawat on you once, Allah will send blessings upon ten times on him and raise him ten degrees.”
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَشْرًا وَحَطَّ عَنْهُ عَشْرَ خَطِيئَاتٍ»
from the Prophet ﷺ who said: "If anyone sends salawat on me once, Allah sends blessings upon him ten times and removes ten sins from him."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَقَى الْمِنْبَرَ فَلَمَّا رَقَى الدَّرَجَةَ الأُولَى قَالَ: «آمِينَ» ثُمَّ رَقَى الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ: «آمِينَ» ثُمَّ رَقَى الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ: «آمِينَ» فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ سَمِعْنَاكَ تَقُولُ آمِينَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ؟ قَالَ: «لَمَّا رَقِيتُ الدَّرَجَةَ الأُولَى جَاءَنِي جِبْرِيلُ ﷺ فَقَالَ شَقِيَ عَبْدٌ أَدْرَكَ رَمَضَانَ فَانْسَلَخَ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يُغْفَرْ لَهُ فَقُلْتُ آمِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ شَقِيَ عَبْدٌ أَدْرَكَ وَالِدَيْهِ أَوْ أَحَدَهُمَا فَلَمْ يُدْخِلاَهُ الْجَنَّةَ فَقُلْتُ آمِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ شَقِيَ عَبْدٌ ذُكِرْتَ عِنْدَهُ وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْكَ فَقُلْتُ آمِينَ»
that the Prophet ﷺ went up the minbar. When he reached the first step, he said, "Amen". When he ascended to the second step, he said, "Amen," and when he stepped onto the third step, he said, "Amen." They asked: Messenger of Allah, we heard you say Amen three times? He said: "When I went up the first step, Jibril ﷺ came to me and said, 'Wretched is the slave to whom Ramadan comes and when it passes from him is not forgiven.' I said, 'Amen.' Then he said, 'Wretched is the slave who has one or both of his parents alive and they do not let him enter Jannah.' I said, 'Amen.' Then he said, 'Wretched is a slave who does not send salawat upon you when you are mentioned in his presence,' and I said, 'Amen.'"
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: «مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ وَاحِدَةً صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيهِ عَشْرًا»
that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If anyone sends salawat once upon me, Allah will send blessings ten times upon him.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 646Hasan or sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَقَى الْمِنْبَرَ فَقَالَ: «آمِينَ، آمِينَ، آمِينَ»، قِيلَ لَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَا كُنْتَ تَصْنَعُ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ: «قَالَ لِي جِبْرِيلُ: رَغِمَ أَنْفُ عَبْدٍ أَدْرَكَ أَبَوَيْهِ أَوْ أَحَدَهُمَا لَمْ يُدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ، قُلْتُ: آمِينَ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَغِمَ أَنْفُ عَبْدٍ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَمَضَانُ لَمْ يُغْفَرْ لَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: آمِينَ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: رَغِمَ أَنْفُ امْرِئٍ ذُكِرْتَ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْكَ، فَقُلْتُ: آمِينَ»
that the Prophet ﷺ ascended the pulpit and said: “Amin, Amin, Amin.” He was asked: O Messenger of Allah, you did not used to do this? He said: “Jibril said to me: ‘May the nose of a servant be rubbed in the dust who ˹lives to see˺ his parents, or one of them, yet they do not cause him to enter Jannah.’ So I said: ‘Amin.’ Then he said: ‘May the nose of a servant be rubbed in the dust who has Ramadan come upon him and is not forgiven.’ So I said: ‘Amin.’ Then he said: ‘May the nose of a man be rubbed in the dust in whose presence you are mentioned and he does not send blessings upon you.’ So I said: ‘Amin.’”
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهَا، وَكَانَ اسْمُهَا بَرَّةَ، فَحَوَّلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اسْمَهَا، فَسَمَّاهَا جُوَيْرِيَةَ، فَخَرَجَ وَكَرِهَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ وَاسْمُهَا بَرَّةُ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهَا بَعْدَمَا تَعَالَى النَّهَارُ، وَهِيَ فِي مَجْلِسِهَا، فَقَالَ: «مَا زِلْتِ فِي مَجْلِسِكِ؟ لَقَدْ قُلْتُ بَعْدَكِ أَرْبَعَ كَلِمَاتٍ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، لَوْ وُزِنَتْ بِكَلِمَاتِكِ وَزَنَتْهُنَّ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ، وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ، وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ، وَمِدَادَ - أَوْ مَدَدَ - كَلِمَاتِهِ
that the Prophet ﷺ went out from her (Juwayriyah) presence. Her name was Barrah, so the Prophet ﷺ changed her name and called her Juwayriyah. He went out, disliking that he should enter while her name was Barrah. Then he returned to her after the day had risen high, while she was in her place of sitting, and he said: “Have you remained in your place of sitting? After leaving you I have said four phrases three times; if they were weighed against what you have said, they would outweigh them: subḥān Allāhi wa-bi-ḥamdihi ʿadada khalqihi, wa-riḍā nafsihi, wa-zinata ʿarshihi, wa-midāda / wa-madada kalimātihi ‘Glory be to Allah and with His praise, as many times as the number of His creation, and according to His own pleasure, and the weight of His Throne, and the ink—or the extent—of His words.’”
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «اسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ، اسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، اسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ، اسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ»
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Seek refuge with Allah from Hellfire. Seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave. Seek refuge with Allah from the sedition of the Dajjal. Seek refuge with Allah from the trials of life and death."
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي سَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَاجْعَلْهُمَا الْوَارِثَيْنِ مِنِّي، وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ ظَلَمَنِي وَأَرِنِي مِنْهُ ثَأْرِي»
that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Allah, let my hearing and sight be sound and make them remain sound until I die. Turn away from me the one who wrongs me and give me revenge on him."
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «اللَّهُمَّ مَتِّعْنِي بِسَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَاجْعَلْهُمَا الْوَارِثَ مِنِّي وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى عَدُوِّي وَأَرِنِي مِنْهُ ثَأْرِي»
the Prophetً ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, let me enjoy my sight and hearing and make them remain sound until I die. Turn away my enemy and grant me revenge on him."
كُنَّا نَغْدُو إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَيَجِيءُ الرَّجُلُ وَتَجِيءُ الْمَرْأَةُ فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، كَيْفَ أَقُولُ إِذَا صَلَّيْتُ؟ فَيَقُولُ: «قُلِ: (اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي، وَارْحَمْنِي، وَاهْدِنِي، وَارْزُقْنِي) فَقَدْ جَمَعَتْ لَكَ دُنْيَاكَ وَآخِرَتَكَ»
We used to go and visit the Prophet ﷺ. On one occasion a man and woman came and the man asked, 'Messenger of Allah, what should I say when I pray?' He replied, “Say: O Allah, forgive me, show mercy to me, guide me and provide for me These will combine this world and the Next world for you.”
عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مَوْلَى أُمِّ قَيْسِ ابْنَةِ مِحْصَنٍ عَنْ أُمِّ قَيْسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهَا مَا قَالَتْ طَالَ عُمْرُهَا؟ وَلاَ نَعْلَمُ امْرَأَةً عُمِّرَتْ مَا عُمِّرَتْ
✧ From Abū al-Ḥasan, the freed slave of Umm Qays bt. Miḥṣan, from Umm Qays, that the Prophet ﷺ said to her, "What did she say — may she live long?" And we do not know of any woman who was given as long a life as she was given.
حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسٌ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ فَدَخَلَ يَوْمًا فَدَعَا لَنَا فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ خُوَيْدِمُكَ أَلاَ تَدْعُو لَهُ؟ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ مَالَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ وَأَطِلْ حَيَاتَهُ وَاغْفِرْ لَهُ
✧ Anas narrated to us, saying: The Prophet ﷺ used to visit us, the people of the household. One day he entered and made supplication for us. Umm Sulaym said, "Your little servant — will you not supplicate for him?" He said, "O Allah, increase his wealth and his children, lengthen his life, and forgive him."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يُسْتَجَابُ لأَحَدِكُمْ مَا لَمْ يَعْجَلْ يَقُولُ دَعَوْتُ فَلَمْ يُسْتَجَبْ لِي
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A person's supplication is answered as long as he is not hasty, saying, 'I supplicated and I was not answered.'"
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ يُسْتَجَابُ لأَحَدِكُمْ مَا لَمْ يَدْعُ بِإِثْمٍ أَوْ قَطِيعَةِ رَحِمٍ أَوْ يَسْتَعْجِلَ فَيَقُولُ دَعَوْتُ فَلاَ أَرَى يَسْتَجِيبُ لِي فَيَدَعُ الدُّعَاءَ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "The supplication of any one of you is answered as long as he does not supplicate for sin or severing ties of kinship, and as long as he does not become impatient and say, 'I have supplicated but I do not see that He responds to me,' and thus abandon supplication."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 656Hasan or sahih
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness and debt, and I seek refuge in You from the trial of the false messiah, the Dajjal, and I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the Fire."
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَعَوَّذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَشَرِّ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet ﷺ used to seek refuge with Allah from the evils of life and death and the punishment of the grave and the evil of the Dajjal."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ لَمْ يَسْأَلِ اللَّهَ غَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah is angry with someone who does not ask of Him."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَعَوْتُمُ اللَّهَ فَاعْزِمُوا فِي الدُّعَاءِ وَلاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَأَعْطِنِي فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ مُسْتَكْرِهَ لَهُ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When you supplicate to Allah, be firm in supplication, and let none of you say, 'If You will, then give me,' for Allah cannot be coerced by anyone."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 660Hasan or sahih
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ قَالَ صَبَاحَ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَمَسَاءَ كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ ثَلاَثًا ثَلاَثًا بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ شَيْءٌ
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "Whoever says every morning and every evening three times: 'In the name of Allah, with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can cause harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing,' nothing will harm him."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 661No grade recorded
عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ سَاعَتَانِ تُفْتَحُ لَهُمَا أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَقَلَّ دَاعٍ تُرَدُّ عَلَيْهِ دَعْوَتُهُ حِينَ يَحْضُرُ النِّدَاءُ وَالصَّفُّ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ
✧ From Sahl b. Saʿd, he said: "There are two hours during which the gates of heaven are opened, and rarely is a supplicant turned away from his supplication: when the call to prayer is present, and when in the battle ranks in the cause of Allah."
عَنْ أَبِي صِرْمَةَ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ غِنَايَ وَغِنَى مَوْلايَ
✧ From Abū Ṣirmah, he said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: 'O Allah, I ask You for my self-sufficiency and the self-sufficiency of my master.'"
عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً أَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ قَالَ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي مِنْ شَرِّ سَمْعِي وَبَصَرِي وَلِسَانِي وَقَلْبِي وَشَرِّ مَنِيِّي
✧ From his father, he said: "I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, teach me a supplication that I can benefit from.' He said, 'Say: O Allah, grant me well-being from the evil of my hearing, my sight, my tongue, my heart, and the evil of my semen.'"
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي وَلاَ تُعِنْ عَلَيَّ وَانْصُرْنِي وَلاَ تَنْصُرْ عَلَيَّ وَيَسِّرِ الْهُدَى لِي
✧ From ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās, he said: "The Prophet ﷺ used to say: 'O Allah, help me and do not help against me, support me and do not support against me, and make guidance easy for me.'"
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَدْعُو بِهَذَا رَبِّ أَعِنِّي وَلاَ تُعِنْ عَلَيَّ وَانْصُرْنِي وَلاَ تَنْصُرْ عَلَيَّ وَامْكُرْ لِي وَلاَ تَمْكُرْ عَلَيَّ وَيَسِّرْ لِيَ الْهُدَى وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ بَغَى عَلَيَّ رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي شَكَّارًا لَكَ ذَكَّارًا لَكَ رَاهِبًا لَكَ مِطْوَاعًا لَكَ مُخْبِتًا لَكَ أَوَّاهًا مُنِيبًا تَقَبَّلْ تَوْبَتِي وَاغْسِلْ حَوْبَتِي وَأَجِبْ دَعْوَتِي وَثَبِّتْ حُجَّتِي وَاهْدِ قَلْبِي وَسَدِّدْ لِسَانِي وَاسْلُلْ سَخِيمَةَ قَلْبِي
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ supplicating with this: "My Lord, help me and do not help against me, support me and do not support against me, devise for me and do not devise against me, make guidance easy for me, and support me against those who wrong me. My Lord, make me greatly thankful to You, greatly remembering of You, fearful of You, obedient to You, humble before You, turning to You in repentance. Accept my repentance, wash away my sin, answer my supplication, make firm my proof, guide my heart, make my tongue correct, and remove the malice from my heart."
إِنَّهُ لاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلاَ مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعَ اللَّهُ وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْهُ الْجَدُّ وَمَنْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ بِهِ خَيْرًا يُفَقِّهْهُ فِي الدِّينِ سَمِعْتُ هَؤُلاَءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى هَذِهِ الأعْوَادِ
Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan said on the minbar, "None can withhold what You give nor give what Allah withholds. The effort of a person who makes an effort does not benefit him. When Allah desires good for a person, He gives him understanding in the deen." He added, "I heard these words from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قال: «إِنَّ أَوْثَقَ الدُّعَاءِ أَنْ تَقُولَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي، وَاعْتَرَفْتُ بِذَنْبِي، لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي».
for the Prophet ﷺ who said: "The most dependable dua is that you say: allāhumma anta rabbī wa-anā ʿabduk, ẓalamtu nafsī wa-iʿtaraftu bi-dhanbī, lā yaghfiru al-dhunūba illā anta, rabbi ighfir lī (O Allah, You are my Lord, and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself and confessed my sin. None forgives sins except You. My Lord, forgive me.)
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدْعُو اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِي الَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي وَأَصْلِحْ لِي دُنْيَايَ الَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَاشِي وَاجْعَلِ الْمَوْتَ رَحْمَةً لِي مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ
✧ From Abū Hurayrah, he said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to supplicate: 'O Allah, set right for me my religion which is the safeguard of my affairs, and set right for me my worldly life in which is my livelihood, and make death a mercy for me from every evil,' or as he said."
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلاَءِ وَدَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ وَسُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ وَشَمَاتَةِ الأعداء
✧ From Abū Hurayrah, he said: "The Prophet ﷺ used to seek refuge from the hardship of affliction, the overtaking of misery, an evil decree, and the gloating of enemies."
عَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنَ الْخَمْسِ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَسُوءِ الْكِبَرِ وَفِتْنَةِ الصَّدْرِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
✧ From ʿUmar, he said: "The Prophet ﷺ used to seek refuge from five things: from laziness, miserliness, the evils of old age, the trial of the chest, and the punishment of the grave."
سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
✧ I heard Anas b. Malik say: The Prophet ﷺ used to say, 'O Allah, I seek refuge with You from incapacity, laziness, cowardice, and senility, and I seek refuge with You from the trial of life and death, and I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave.'
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, 'O Allah, I seek refuge with You from anxiety, grief, incapacity, laziness, cowardice, miserliness, the burden of debt, and the domination of men.'
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْمُقَدَّمُ وَالْمُؤَخِّرُ لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ
✧ On the authority of Abu Hurayrah who said: One of the supplications of the Prophet ﷺ was, 'O Allah, forgive me for what I have sent ahead and what I have left behind, what I have concealed and what I have declared, and what You know better of than I. You are the One who brings forward and the One who puts back. There is no deity but You.'
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدْعُو اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى وَقَالَ أَصْحَابُنَا عَنْ عَمْرٍو وَالتُّقَى
✧ On the authority of ʿAbdullah who said: The Prophet ﷺ used to supplicate, 'O Allah, I ask You for guidance, chastity, and self-sufficiency.' And our companions said on the authority of ʿAmr: 'and piety.'
سَمِعْتُ شَيْخًا يُنَادِي بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ لاَ يَخْلِطُهُ شَيْءٌ قُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا الشَّيْخُ؟ قِيلَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ
✧ I heard an old man calling out at the top of his voice, 'O Allah, I seek refuge with You from evil that is unmixed with anything.' I said, 'Who is this old man?' It was said, 'Abu al-Dardaʾ.'
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِي بِالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَالْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ كَمَا يُطَهَّرُ الثَّوْبُ الدَّنِسُ مِنَ الْوَسَخِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَاءِ وَمِلْءَ الأَرْضِ وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدُ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to say, 'O Allah, purify me with snow, hail, and cold water, just as a filthy garment is purified of dirt.' Then he would say, 'O Allah, our Lord, to You belongs all praise, filling the heavens, filling the earth, and filling whatever else You will.'
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ اللَّهُمَّ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to frequently make this supplication: 'O Allah, grant us good in this world, and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.'
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَالْقِلَّةِ وَالذِّلَّةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ
✧ On the authority of Abu Hurayrah: The Prophet ﷺ used to say, 'O Allah, I seek refuge with You from poverty, scarcity, and humiliation, and I seek refuge with You from wronging or being wronged.'
عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَدَعَا بِدُعَاءٍ كَثِيرٍ لاَ نَحْفَظُهُ فَقُلْنَا دَعَوْتَ بِدُعَاءٍ لاَ نَحْفَظُهُ؟ فَقَالَ سَأُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ يَجْمَعُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ لَكُمْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ مِمَّا سَأَلَكَ نَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ وَنَسْتَعِيذُكَ مِمَّا اسْتَعَاذَكَ مِنْهُ نَبِيُّكَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمُسْتَعَانُ وَعَلَيْكَ الْبَلاَغُ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ
✧ On the authority of Abu Umamah who said: We were with the Prophet ﷺ and he made a long supplication that we did not memorize. We said, 'You made a supplication that we do not memorize?' He said, 'I will tell you something that will encompass all of that for you: O Allah, we ask You of what Your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ asked You, and we seek refuge with You from what Your Prophet Muhammad ﷺ sought refuge with You from. O Allah, You are the One whose help is sought, and upon You is the deliverance, and there is no might nor power except with Allah,' or as he said.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 680Hasan or sahih
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ النَّارِ
✧ I heard the Prophet ﷺ say, 'O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the trial of the false Messiah, and I seek refuge with You from the trial of the Fire.'
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 681No grade recorded
عَنْ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ قَنَّعْنِي بِمَا رَزَقْتَنِي وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ وَاخْلُفْ عَلَيَّ كُلَّ غَائِبَةٍ بِخَيْرٍ
✧ On the authority of Saʿid who said: Ibn ʿAbbas used to say, 'O Allah, make me content with what You have provided me, bless it for me, and replace every absent thing for me with something better.'
عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كَانَ أَكْثَرُ دُعَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
✧ On the authority of Anas who said: The most frequent supplication of the Prophet ﷺ was, 'O Allah, grant us good in this world, and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.'
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقُولَ: «اللَّهُمَّ يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ».
The Prophet ﷺ would often say: (O Allah, Turner of the hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.)
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَدْعُو اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمِلْءَ الأَرْضِ وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدُ اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِي بِالْبَرْدِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ اللَّهُمَّ طَهِّرْنِي مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ وَنَقِّنِي كَمَا يُنَقَّى الثَّوْبُ الأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ that he used to supplicate: O Allah, to You belongs praise, filling the heavens, filling the earth, and filling whatever else You will beyond that. O Allah, purify me with snow, hail, and cold water. O Allah, purify me from sins and cleanse me as a white garment is cleansed from dirt.
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ وَتَحَوُّلِ عَافِيَتِكَ وَفُجَأَةِ نِقْمَتِكَ وَجَمِيعِ سَخَطِكَ
✧ From ʿAbdullah b. ʿUmar who said: Among the supplications of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was: O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the removal of Your blessings, the change of Your well-being, the suddenness of Your vengeance, and all of Your wrath.
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا رَأَى نَاشِئًا فِي أُفُقٍ مِنْ آفَاقِ السَّمَاءِ تَرَكَ عَمَلَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ فِي صَلاَةٍ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنْ كَشَفَهُ اللَّهُ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَإِنْ مَطَرَتْ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا
'A'isha said, "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a cloud rising from the horizon, he would leave what he was doing, even if it was the prayer, and face towards it. If Allah dispersed it, he praised Allah, and if it rained, he said, 'O Allah, make it a useful fall!'"
حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ خَبَّابًا وَقَدِ اكْتَوَى سَبْعًا وَقَالَ لَوْلاَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْعُوَ بِالْمَوْتِ لَدَعَوْتُ بِهِ
✧ Qays narrated to me: I came to Khabbāb, and he had cauterized himself seven times, and he said: Had the Messenger of Allah ﷺ not forbidden us to pray for death, I would have prayed for it.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي كُلِّهِ وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطَئِي كُلَّهُ وَعَمْدِي وَجَهْلِي وَهَزْلِي وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ وَأَنْتَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ that he used to make this supplication: My Lord, forgive me my errors, my ignorance, and my extravagance in all my affairs, and what You know better than I. O Allah, forgive me all my mistakes, my deliberate acts, my ignorance, and my jesting, and all of that is in me. O Allah, forgive me what I have sent ahead and what I have left behind, what I have concealed and what I have proclaimed. You are the One who brings forward and You are the One who delays, and You have power over all things.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَدْعُو اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي هَزْلِي وَجَدِّي وَخَطَئِي وَعَمْدِي وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ عِنْدِي
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ that he used to supplicate: O Allah, forgive me my errors, my ignorance, and my extravagance in my affairs, and what You know better than I. O Allah, forgive me my jesting and my seriousness, my mistakes and my deliberate acts, and all of that is in me.
عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا مُعَاذُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّكَ قُلْتُ وَأَنَا وَاللَّهِ أُحِبُّكَ قَالَ أَلاَ أُعَلِّمُكَ كَلِمَاتٍ تَقُولُهَا فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلاَتِكَ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ
✧ From Muʿādh b. Jabal who said: The Prophet ﷺ took hold of my hand and said: O Muʿādh. I said: At your service. He said: I love you. I said: And I, by Allah, love you. He said: Shall I not teach you words to say at the end of each of your prayers? I said: Yes. He said: Say: O Allah, help me to remember You, to thank You, and to worship You well.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 691No grade recorded
قَالَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ حَمْدًا كَثِيرًا طَيِّبًا مُبَارَكًا فِيهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ صَاحِبُ الْكَلِمَةِ؟ فَسَكَتَ وَرَأَى أَنَّهُ هَجَمَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى شَيْءٍ كَرِهَهُ فَقَالَ مَنْ هُوَ؟ فَلَمْ يَقُلْ إِلاَّ صَوَابًا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَنَا أَرْجُو بِهَا الْخَيْرَ فَقَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ رَأَيْتُ ثَلاَثَةَ عَشَرَ مَلَكًا يَبْتَدِرُونَ أَيُّهُمْ يَرْفَعُهَا إِلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
✧ A man said in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ: Praise be to Allah, abundant, good, blessed praise. The Prophet ﷺ said: Who is the speaker of these words? The man remained silent, thinking that he had intruded upon the Prophet ﷺ with something he disliked. He said: Who is he? He only said what was right. A man said: I am the one, hoping for good through them. He said: By the One in whose hand is my soul, I saw thirteen angels rushing to see which of them would raise it to Allah, Mighty and Majestic.
حَدَّثَنِي أَنَسٌ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْخَلاَءَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبْثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ
✧ Anas narrated to me: When the Prophet ﷺ wanted to enter the toilet, he said: O Allah, I seek refuge with You from male and female devils.
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنَ الْخَلاَءِ قَالَ غُفْرَانَكَ
'A'isha said, "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left the lavatory, he said, 'Your forgiveness!'"
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُعَلِّمُنَا هَذَا الدُّعَاءَ كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنَا السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ
✧ Ibn ʿAbbās narrated to us: The Prophet ﷺ used to teach us this supplication as he taught us a surah from the Quran: I seek refuge with You from the punishment of Hell, and I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge with You from the trial of the False Messiah, and I seek refuge with You from the trial of life and death, and I seek refuge with You from the trial of the grave.
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ بِتُّ عِنْدَ مَيْمُونَةَ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَتَى حَاجَتَهُ فَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ وَيَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ نَامَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَأَتَى الْقِرْبَةَ فَأَطْلَقَ شِنَاقَهَا ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ وُضُوءًا بَيْنَ وُضُوءَيْنِ لَمْ يُكْثِرْ وَقَدْ أَبْلَغَ فَصَلَّى فَقُمْتُ فَتَمَطَّيْتُ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَرَى أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَبْقِيهِ فَتَوَضَّأْتُ فَقَامَ يُصَلِّي فَقُمْتُ عِنْدَ يَسَارِهِ فَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِي فَأَدَارَنِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ فَتَتَامَّتْ صَلاَتُهُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ اضْطَجَعَ فَنَامَ حَتَّى نَفَخَ وَكَانَ إِذَا نَامَ نَفَخَ فَآذَنَهُ بِلاَلٌ بِالصَّلاَةِ فَصَلَّى وَلَمْ يَتَوَضَّأْ وَكَانَ فِي دُعَائِهِ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُورًا وَفِي سَمْعِي نُورًا وَعَنْ يَمِينِي نُورًا وَعَنْ يَسَارِي نُورًا وَفَوْقِي نُورًا وَتَحْتِي نُورًا وَأَمَامِي نُورًا وَخَلْفِي نُورًا وَأَعْظِمْ لِي نُورًا
✧ From Ibn ʿAbbās who said: I spent the night at Maymūnah's. The Prophet ﷺ got up, relieved himself, washed his face and hands, then slept. Then he got up, went to the water skin, untied its strap, then performed ablution, a moderate ablution, not excessive but complete, then prayed. I got up and stretched, disliking that he should see that I had been observing him. I performed ablution. He stood to pray, and I stood at his left. He took hold of my ear and turned me to his right. His night prayer was completed as thirteen rakʿahs. Then he lay down and slept until he snored, for when he slept he snored. Then Bilāl called him to prayer, and he prayed without performing ablution again. In his supplication he said: O Allah, place light in my heart, light in my hearing, light on my right, light on my left, light above me, light below me, light in front of me, light behind me, and make the light great for me.
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَصَلَّى، فَقَضَى صَلَاتَهُ، يُثْنِي عَلَى اللهِ بِمَا هُوَ أَهْلُهُ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مِنْ آخِرِ كَلَامِهِ: «اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا فِي قَلْبِي، وَاجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا فِي سَمْعِي، وَاجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا فِي بَصَرِي، وَاجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا عَنْ يَمِينِي، وَنُورًا عَنْ شِمَالِي، وَاجْعَلْ لِي نُورًا مِنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ، وَنُورًا مِنْ خَلْفِي، وَزِدْنِي نُورًا، وَزِدْنِي نُورًا، وَزِدْنِي نُورًا».
When the Prophet ﷺ would stand at night and pray, and when he had finished his prayer, he would praise Allah as He deserves, then among the last of his words would be: allāhumma ijʿal lī nūrā fī qalbī, wa-ijʿal lī nūrā fī samʿī, wa-ijʿal lī nūran fī baṣarī, wa-ijʿal lī nūran ʿan yamīnī, wa-nūran ʿan shimālī, wa-ijʿal lī nūran min bayna yadayya, wa-nūran min khalfī, wa-zidnī nūran, wa-zidnī nūran, wa-zidnī nūran. “O Allah, place for me light in my heart; and place for me light in my hearing; and place for me light in my sight; and place for me light on my right, and light on my left; and place for me light in front of me, and light behind me; and increase me in light, and increase me in light, and increase me in light.”
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ مِنْ جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ قَيَّامُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ أَنْتَ الْحَقُّ وَوَعْدُكَ الْحَقُّ وَلِقَاؤُكَ الْحَقُّ وَالْجَنَّةُ حَقٌّ وَالنَّارُ حَقٌّ وَالسَّاعَةُ حَقٌّ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْتُ وَبِكَ خَاصَمْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ حَاكَمْتُ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ أَنْتَ إِلَهِي لا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ
✧ From ʿAbdullah b. ʿAbbās: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ got up to pray in the middle of the night, he said: O Allah, to You belongs praise. You are the Light of the heavens and the earth and all within them. To You belongs praise. You are the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth. To You belongs praise. You are the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all within them. You are the Truth, Your promise is true, meeting You is true, Paradise is true, Hell is true, and the Hour is true. O Allah, to You I have submitted, in You I have believed, upon You I have relied, to You I have turned, with You I have argued, and to You I have appealed for judgment. So forgive me what I have sent ahead and what I have left behind, what I have concealed and what I have proclaimed. You are my God; there is no god but You.
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدْعُو اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَأَهْلِي وَاسْتُرْ عَوْرَتِي وَآمِنْ رَوْعَتِي وَاحْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ وَمِنْ خَلْفِي وَعَنْ يَمِينِي وَعَنْ يَسَارِي وَمِنْ فَوْقِي وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي
✧ From Ibn ʿAbbās who said: The Prophet ﷺ used to supplicate: O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in this world and the Hereafter. O Allah, I ask You for well-being in my religion and my family. Cover my faults, calm my fears, guard me from before me, from behind me, on my right, on my left, and from above me, and I seek refuge with You from being swallowed up from beneath me.
عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ وَانْكَفَأَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اسْتَوُوا حَتَّى أُثْنِيَ عَلَى رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَصَارُوا خَلْفَهُ صُفُوفًا فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كُلُّهُ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ قَابِضَ لِمَا بَسَطْتَ وَلاَ مُقَرِّبَ لِمَا بَاعَدْتَ وَلاَ مُبَاعِدَ لِمَا قَرَّبْتَ وَلاَ مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ وَلاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ اللَّهُمَّ ابْسُطْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ بَرَكَاتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ وَرِزْقِكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ النَّعِيمَ الْمُقِيمَ الَّذِي لاَ يَحُولُ وَلاَ يَزُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ النَّعِيمَ يَوْمَ الْعَيْلَةِ وَالأَمْنَ يَوْمَ الْحَرْبِ اللَّهُمَّ عَائِذًا بِكَ مِنْ سُوءِ مَا أَعْطَيْتَنَا وَشَرِّ مَا مَنَعْتَ مِنَّا اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الإِيمَانَ وَزَيِّنْهُ فِي قُلُوبِنَا وَكَرِّهْ إِلَيْنَا الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَانَ وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الرَّاشِدِينَ اللَّهُمَّ تَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ وَأَحْيِنَا مُسْلِمِينَ وَأَلْحِقْنَا بِالصَّالِحِينَ غَيْرَ خَزَايَا وَلاَ مَفْتُونِينَ اللَّهُمَّ قَاتِلِ الْكَفَرَةَ الَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَبِيلِكَ وَيُكَذِّبُونَ رُسُلَكَ وَاجْعَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزَكَ وَعَذَابَكَ اللَّهُمَّ قَاتِلِ الْكَفَرَةَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ إِلَهَ الْحَقِّ
✧ From his father, he said: On the day of Uhud, when the polytheists withdrew, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Form rows so that I may praise my Lord, Mighty and Majestic.' They formed rows behind him, and he said: 'O Allah, to You belongs all praise. O Allah, there is none who can withhold what You extend, and none who can draw near what You keep distant, and none who can keep distant what You draw near, and none who can give what You withhold, and none who can withhold what You give. O Allah, spread upon us from Your blessings, Your mercy, Your favor, and Your provision. O Allah, I ask You for the enduring bliss that does not change or pass away. O Allah, I ask You for bliss on the day of poverty and security on the day of war. O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the evil of what You have given us and the evil of what You have withheld from us. O Allah, make faith beloved to us and beautify it in our hearts, and make disbelief, wickedness, and disobedience hateful to us, and make us among the rightly guided. O Allah, cause us to die as Muslims and give us life as Muslims, and join us with the righteous without disgrace and without trial. O Allah, fight the disbelievers who block Your path and deny Your messengers, and place upon them Your wrath and Your punishment. O Allah, fight the disbelievers who were given the Book, O God of Truth.'
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدْعُو عِنْدَ الْكَرْبِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَرَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
✧ From Ibn ʿAbbās, he said: The Prophet ﷺ used to supplicate at the time of distress: 'There is no god but Allah, the Magnificent, the Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens and the earth and Lord of the Mighty Throne.'
أَنَّهُ قَالَ لأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي أَسْمَعُكَ تَدْعُو كُلَّ غَدَاةٍ اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَدَنِي اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي سَمْعِي اللَّهُمَّ عَافِنِي فِي بَصَرِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ تُعِيدُهَا ثَلاَثًا حِينَ تُمْسِي وَحِينَ تُصْبِحُ ثَلاَثًا وَتَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالْفَقْرِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ تُعِيدُهَا ثَلاَثًا حِينَ تُمْسِي وَحِينَ تُصْبِحُ ثَلاَثًا فَقَالَ نَعَمْ يَا بُنَيَّ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ بِهِنَّ وَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْتَنَّ بِسُنَّتِهِ
✧ He said to his father: 'O my father, I hear you supplicating every morning: O Allah, grant me well-being in my body; O Allah, grant me well-being in my hearing; O Allah, grant me well-being in my sight; there is no god but You. You repeat it three times in the evening and three times in the morning. And you say: O Allah, I seek refuge with You from disbelief and poverty; O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave; there is no god but You. You repeat it three times in the evening and three times in the morning.' He said: 'Yes, O my son, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say them, and I love to follow his Sunnah.'
سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَقُولُ عِنْدَ الْكَرْبِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الأَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ اللَّهُمَّ اصْرِفْ شَرَّهُ
✧ I heard Ibn ʿAbbās say: The Prophet ﷺ used to say at the time of distress: 'There is no god but Allah, the Magnificent, the Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth and Lord of the Noble Throne. O Allah, avert its evil.'
عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُعَلِّمُنَا الِاسْتِخَارَةَ فِي الأُمُورِ كَالسُّورَةِ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ إِذَا هَمَّ بِالأَمْرِ فَلْيَرْكَعْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلاَ أَقْدِرُ وَتَعْلَمُ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ وَأَنْتَ عَلاَّمُ الْغُيُوبِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أمري أَوْ قَالَ فِي عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ شَرٌّ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَوْ قَالَ عَاجِلِ أَمْرِي وَآجِلِهِ فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ثُمَّ رَضِّنِي وَيُسَمِّي حَاجَتَهُ
✧ From Jābir, he said: The Prophet ﷺ used to teach us Istikhara in matters just as he taught us a surah from the Qur'an. When one of us intended a matter, he should pray two rak'ahs and then say: 'O Allah, I seek Your guidance by Your knowledge, and I seek Your power by Your might, and I ask You of Your great bounty. For You have power and I have no power, and You know and I do not know, and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if You know that this matter is good for me in my religion, my livelihood, and the outcome of my affair' – or he said: 'in the immediate and the later' – 'then decree it for me. And if You know that this matter is bad for me in my religion, my livelihood, and the outcome' – or he said: 'in the immediate and the later' – 'then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, and decree for me the good wherever it may be, and then make me pleased with it.' And he names his need.
سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ دَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ مَسْجِدِ الْفَتْحِ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَيَوْمَ الثُّلاَثَاءِ وَيَوْمَ الأَرْبِعَاءِ فَاسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَتَيْنِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الأَرْبِعَاءِ قَالَ جَابِرٌ وَلَمْ يَنْزِلْ بِي أَمْرٌ مُهِمٌّ غائِظٌ إِلاَّ تَوَخَّيْتُ تِلْكَ السَّاعَةَ فَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ فِيهِ بَيْنَ الصَّلاَتَيْنِ يَوْمَ الأَرْبِعَاءِ فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ إِلا عَرَفْتُ الإجَابَةَ
✧ I heard Jābir b. ʿAbdullah say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ supplicated in this mosque, the Mosque of Victory, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and it was answered for him between the two prayers on Wednesday. Jābir said: 'No important or distressing matter ever befell me except that I sought that hour and supplicated to Allah in it between the two prayers on Wednesday at that hour, and I recognized the answer.'
عَنْ أَنَسٍ كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَدَعَا رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا بَدِيعَ السَّمَاوَاتِ يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فَقَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ بِمَا دَعَا؟ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ دَعَا اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ
✧ From Anas: I was with the Prophet ﷺ when a man supplicated and said: 'O Originator of the heavens, O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, I ask You.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Do you know what he has supplicated with? By the One in whose hand is my soul, he has called upon Allah by His name, which when He is called upon by it, He answers.'
قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً أَدْعُو بِهِ فِي صَلاَتِي قَالَ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا وَلاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ فَاغْفِرْ لِي مِنْ عِنْدِكَ مَغْفِرَةً إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
'Abdullah ibn 'Amr was heard to say, "Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said to the Prophet ﷺ 'Teach me a supplication which I can use in my prayer.' He said, 'Say, "O Allah, I have wronged myself greatly. Only You forgive wrong actions. Forgive me with forgiveness directly from you. You are the Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful."'"
أَنْ يَفْرُطَ عَلَيَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ أَوْ يَطْغَى عَزَّ جَارُكَ وَجَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ وَلا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ
✧ That one of them may act hastily against me or transgress. Mighty is Your protection and glorified is Your praise, and there is no god but You.
أَنْ يَسْطُوَ بِكَ فَقُلِ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَعَزُّ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ جَمِيعًا اللَّهُ أَعَزُّ مِمَّا أَخَافُ وَأَحْذَرُ وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْمُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعَ أَنْ يَقَعْنَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ عَبْدِكَ فُلاَنٍ وَجُنُودِهِ وَأَتْبَاعِهِ وَأَشْيَاعِهِ مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالإِنْسِ اللَّهُمَّ كُنْ لِي جَارًا مِنْ شَرِّهِمْ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ وَعَزَّ جَارُكَ وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ
✧ That he may assault you, then say: 'Allah is Most Great; Allah is mightier than all His creation; Allah is mightier than what I fear and dread. I seek refuge in Allah, besides whom there is no god, the One who holds the seven heavens lest they fall upon the earth except by His permission, from the evil of Your servant so-and-so, and his armies, followers, and partisans from among the jinn and mankind. O Allah, be my protector from their evil. Glorified is Your praise, mighty is Your protection, blessed is Your name, and there is no god other than You.' Three times.
حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ مَنْ نَزَلَ بِهِ هَمٌّ أَوْ غَمٌّ أَوْ كَرْبٌ أَوْ خَافَ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ فَدَعَا بِهَؤُلاَءِ اسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ أَسْأَلُكَ بِلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ بِلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَالأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ وَمَا فِيهِنَّ إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ثُمَّ سَلِ اللَّهَ حَاجَتَكَ
✧ He narrated to him, he said: 'Whoever is afflicted by anxiety, grief, distress, or fears a ruler, and supplicates with these, will be answered: I ask You by the fact that there is no god but You, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Mighty Throne. And I ask You by the fact that there is no god but You, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Noble Throne. And I ask You by the fact that there is no god but You, Lord of the seven heavens and the seven earths and what is in them. Indeed, You have power over all things. Then ask Allah for your need.'
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَدْعُو لَيْسَ بِإِثْمٍ وَلاَ بِقَطِيعَةِ رَحِمٍ إِلاَّ أَعْطَاهُ إِحْدَى ثَلاَثٍ إِمَّا أَنْ يُعَجِّلَ لَهُ دَعْوَتَهُ وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَدَّخِرَهَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَدْفَعَ عَنْهُ مِنَ السُّوءِ مِثْلَهَا قَالَ إِذًا نُكْثِرُ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْثَرُ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: 'No Muslim supplicates with a supplication that is not sinful or severing kinship except that Allah gives him one of three things: either He hastens his supplication for him, or He stores it for him in the Hereafter, or He averts from him an evil equal to it.' They said: 'Then we will increase.' He said: 'Allah is more.'
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يَنْصُبُ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى اللهِ يَسْأَلُهُ مَسْأَلَةً إِلاَّ أَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهَا إِمَّا عَجَّلَهَا لَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَإِمَّا ذَخَرَهَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مَا لَمْ يَعْجَلْ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا عَجَلَتُهُ؟ قَالَ يَقُولُ دَعَوْتُ وَدَعَوْتُ وَلاَ أُرَاهُ يُسْتَجَابُ لِي
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: 'No believer turns his face to Allah asking Him for a request except that He gives it to him, either He hastens it for him in this world or stores it for him in the Hereafter, as long as he does not become impatient.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is his impatience?' He said: 'He says: I supplicated and supplicated, and I do not see it being answered for me.'
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَكْرَمَ عَلَى اللهِ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: “There is nothing nobler to Allah than supplication.”
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَشْرَفُ الْعِبَادَةِ الدُّعَاءُ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: “The most honorable act of worship is supplication.”
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الدُّعَاءَ هُوَ الْعِبَادَةُ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ}
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: “Supplication is the worship itself.” Then he recited: “Call upon Me; I will answer you.”
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَيُّ الْعِبَادَةِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ دُعَاءُ الْمَرْءِ لِنَفْسِهِ
'A'isha said, "The Prophet ﷺ was asked, 'Which type of worship is best?' He replied, 'A man's supplication for himself.'"
سَمِعْتُ مَعْقِلَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ يَقُولُ انْطَلَقْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ ؓ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ لَلشِّرْكُ فِيكُمْ أَخْفَى مِنْ دَبِيبِ النَّمْلِ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهَلِ الشِّرْكُ إِلاَّ مَنْ جَعَلَ مَعَ اللهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَلشِّرْكُ أَخْفَى مِنْ دَبِيبِ النَّمْلِ أَلاَ أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِذَا قُلْتَهُ ذَهَبَ عَنْكَ قَلِيلُهُ وَكَثِيرُهُ؟ قَالَ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُشْرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لا أَعْلَمُ
Maqil bin Yasar (ra) said that he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) with Abu Bakr (ra). He said, "O Abu Bakr, polytheism enters your people more quietly (secretly) than the movement of ants." Abu Bakr asked, "Is there a kind of polytheism besides associating anything with Allah?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said," By him who has my life in his power, polytheism is more concealed than the movement of ants. Shall I not teach you something which if you say will eliminate minor or major (polytheism)?" He then said, "Say `O Allah! I seek refuge in you lest I associate anything with you while I know it, and I seek your forgiveness for what I do not know.’"
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 717No grade recorded
عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا هَاجَتْ رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةٌ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ
✧ From Anas: When a strong wind blew, the Prophet ﷺ would say: “O Allah, I ask You for the good of what it has been sent with, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of what it has been sent with.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 718No grade recorded
عَنْ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ كَانَ إِذَا اشْتَدَّتِ الرِّيحُ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ لاَقِحًا لاَ عَقِيمًا
✧ From Salama: When the wind blew strongly, he would say: “O Allah, make it a fertilizing wind, not a barren one.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 719No grade recorded
عَنْ أَبِي قَالَ لاَ تَسُبُّوا الرِّيحَ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ مِنْهَا مَا تَكْرَهُونَ فَقُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذِهِ الرِّيحِ وَخَيْرَ مَا فِيهَا وَخَيْرَ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذِهِ الرِّيحِ وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا وَشَرِّ مَا أُرْسِلَتْ بِهِ
✧ From Abī: “Do not curse the wind. If you see something in it you dislike, say: ‘O Allah, we ask You for the good of this wind, the good of what is in it, and the good of what it has been sent with. We seek refuge in You from the evil of this wind, the evil of what is in it, and the evil of what it has been sent with.’”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 720No grade recorded
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الرِّيحُ مِنْ رَوْحِ اللهِ تَأْتِي بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَالْعَذَابِ فَلاَ تَسُبُّوهَا وَلَكِنْ سَلُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ خَيْرِهَا وَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّهَا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The wind is from the mercy of Allah. It brings mercy and punishment. Do not curse it, but ask Allah for its good and seek refuge in Allah from its evil.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 721No grade recorded
عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا سَمِعَ الرَّعْدَ وَالصَّوَاعِقَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَقْتُلْنَا بِصَعْقِكَ وَلاَ تُهْلِكْنَا بِعَذَابِكَ وَعَافِنَا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ
✧ From his father: When the Prophet ﷺ heard thunder and thunderbolts, he would say: “O Allah, do not kill us with Your thunderbolt, do not destroy us with Your punishment, and grant us well-being before that.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 722No grade recorded
سَمِعَ صَوْتَ الرَّعْدِ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَبَّحْتَ لَهُ قَالَ إِنَّ الرَّعْدَ مَلَكٌ يَنْعِقُ بِالْغَيْثِ كَمَا يَنْعِقُ الرَّاعِي بِغَنَمِهِ
✧ When he heard the sound of thunder, he said: “Glory be to the One whom you glorify.” He said: “Thunder is an angel who drives the rain clouds with a shout, just as a shepherd drives his sheep with a shout.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 723No grade recorded
سَمِعَ الرَّعْدَ تَرَكَ الْحَدِيثَ وَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي {يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَالْمَلاَئِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ} ثُمَّ يَقُولُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَوَعِيدٌ شَدِيدٌ لأهْلِ الأرْضِ
✧ When he heard thunder, he stopped speaking and said: “Glory be to the One whom the thunder glorifies with His praise, and the angels from fear of Him.” Then he would say: “This is a severe warning to the people of the earth.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 724No grade recorded
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ ؓ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ قَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَامَ أَوَّلَ مَقَامِي هَذَا ثُمَّ بَكَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّهُ مَعَ الْبِرِّ وَهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ فَإِنَّهُ مَعَ الْفُجُورِ وَهُمَا فِي النَّارِ وَسَلُوا اللَّهَ الْمُعَافَاةَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُؤْتَ بَعْدَ الْيَقِينِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمُعَافَاةِ وَلاَ تَقَاطَعُوا وَلاَ تَدَابَرُوا وَلاَ تَحَاسَدُوا وَلاَ تَبَاغَضُوا وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللهِ إِخْوَانًا
Awsat bin Ismail has narrated that he heard Abu Bakr (ra) say after the death of the Prophet (ﷺ) “This is the very place where the Prophet (ﷺ), had stood in the first year of Hijrah”. Saying that, he began to weep and added, "Hold on to truth because that is piety and both these things will carry a man to paradise. And, keep away from falsehood because it is a very grave sin and both of them will carry one to hell. And ask Allah for security because nothing greater than it is given to anyone apart from belief, and do not sever ties among yourselves. Do not turn your backs to one another nor be jealous of one another. And do not harbor mutual hatred. And, live as slaves of Allah, brothers of one another."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 725No grade recorded
عَنْ مُعَاذٍ قَالَ مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَلَى رَجُلٍ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ تَمَامَ النِّعْمَةِ قَالَ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا تَمَامُ النِّعْمَةِ؟ قَالَ تَمَامُ النِّعْمَةِ دُخُولُ الْجَنَّةِ وَالْفَوْزُ مِنَ النَّارِ ثُمَّ مَرَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الصَّبْرَ قَالَ قَدْ سَأَلْتَ رَبَّكَ الْبَلاَءَ فَسَلْهُ الْعَافِيَةَ وَمَرَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ يَقُولُ يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ قَالَ سَلْ
✧ From Muʿādh: The Prophet ﷺ passed by a man saying: “O Allah, I ask You for the completion of blessing.” He said: “Do you know what the completion of blessing is?” He said: “The completion of blessing is entering Paradise and being saved from the Fire.” Then he passed by a man saying: “O Allah, I ask You for patience.” He said: “You have asked your Lord for trial, so ask Him for well-being.” Then he passed by a man saying: “O Possessor of majesty and honor.” He said: “Ask.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 726No grade recorded
عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ بِهِ فَقَالَ يَا عَبَّاسُ سَلِ اللَّهَ الْعَافِيَةَ ثُمَّ مَكَثْتُ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ جِئْتُ فَقُلْتُ عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ بِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ يَا عَبَّاسُ يَا عَمَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ سَلِ اللَّهَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ
✧ From al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, teach me something I can ask Allah by.” He said, “O ʿAbbās, ask Allah for well-being.” I waited three days, then came and said, “Teach me something I can ask Allah by, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “O ʿAbbās, O uncle of the Messenger of Allah, ask Allah for well-being in this world and the Hereafter.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 727No grade recorded
قَالَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ اللَّهُمَّ لَمْ تُعْطِنِي مَالاً فَأَتَصَدَّقَ بِهِ فَابْتَلِنِي بِبَلاَءٍ يَكُونُ أَوْ قَالَ فِيهِ أَجْرٌ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ لاَ تُطِيقُهُ أَلاَ قُلْتَ اللَّهُمَّ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
✧ A man said in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, "O Allah, You have not given me wealth so that I may give charity from it, so afflict me with a trial that will be, or he said, in which there is reward." He said, "Glory be to Allah! You are not able to bear it. Why did you not say: O Allah, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter and protect us from the punishment of the Fire?"
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 728No grade recorded
عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ دَخَلَ قُلْتُ لِحُمَيْدٍ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ قَدْ جَهِدَ مِنَ الْمَرَضِ فَكَأَنَّهُ فَرْخٌ مَنْتُوفٌ قَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ بِشَيْءٍ أَوْ سَلْهُ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ مَا أَنْتَ مُعَذِّبِي بِهِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ فَعَجِّلْهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُهُ أَوَ قَالَ لاَ تَسْتَطِيعُوا أَلاَ قُلْتَ اللَّهُمَّ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ؟ وَدَعَا لَهُ فَشَفَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
✧ From Anas, who said: He entered—I said to Humayd: The Prophet ﷺ? He said: Yes—he entered upon a man who had become weak from illness, and it was as if he were a plucked chick. He said, "Supplicate to Allah for something or ask Him." He began saying, "O Allah, whatever You would punish me with in the Hereafter, hasten it for me in this world." He said, "Glory be to Allah! You are not able to bear it," or he said, "You are not able to bear it. Why did you not say: O Allah, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter and protect us from the punishment of the Fire?" And he supplicated for him, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, healed him.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 729No grade recorded
قَالَ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَقُلْ إِلاَّ بَلاَءً فِيهِ عَلاءٌ
✧ He said that, so let him say it, except for a trial in which there is elevation.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 730No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلاَءِ وَدَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ وَشَمَاتَةِ الأعداء وَسُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to seek refuge from the hardship of trial, the overtaking of misery, the gloating of enemies, and an evil decree.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 731No grade recorded
أَنَّ أَبَاهُ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ الصَّوْمِ فَقَالَ صُمْ يَوْمًا مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ قُلْتُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي زِدْنِي قَالَ زِدْنِي زِدْنِي صُمْ يَوْمَيْنِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ قُلْتُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي زِدْنِي فَإِنِّي أَجِدُنِي قَوِيًّا فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَجِدُنِي قَوِيًّا إِنِّي أَجِدُنِي قَوِيًّا فَأَفْحَمَ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَنْ يَزِيدَنِي ثُمَّ قَالَ صُمْ ثَلاَثًا مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ
✧ His father asked the Prophet ﷺ about fasting. He said, "Fast one day of every month." I said, "May my father and mother be ransom for you, increase me." He said, "Increase me, increase me: fast two days of every month." I said, "May my father and mother be ransom for you, increase me, for I find myself strong." He said, "I find myself strong, I find myself strong," and he fell silent until I thought he would not increase me. Then he said, "Fast three days of every month."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 732No grade recorded
عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَارْتَفَعَتْ رِيحٌ خَبِيثَةٌ مُنْتِنَةٌ فَقَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا هَذِهِ؟ هَذِهِ رِيحُ الَّذِينَ يَغْتَابُونَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
✧ From Jabir b. ʿAbdullah, who said: We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a foul, stinking wind rose. He said, "Do you know what this is? This is the wind of those who backbite the believers."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 733No grade recorded
عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ هَاجَتْ رِيحٌ مُنْتِنَةٌ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ نَاسًا مِنَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ اغْتَابُوا أُنَاسًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَبُعِثَتْ هَذِهِ الرِّيحُ لِذَلِكَ
✧ From Jabir, who said: A stinking wind blew during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Some people among the hypocrites backbit some people among the Muslims, so this wind was sent for that."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 734No grade recorded
قَالَ فِيهِ مَا يَعْلَمُ فَقَدِ اغْتَابَهُ وَإِنْ قَالَ فِيهِ بِمَا لاَ يَعْلَمُ فَقَدْ بَهَتَهُ
✧ He said: If he says about him what he knows, then he has backbitten him, and if he says about him what he does not know, then he has slandered him.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 735No grade recorded
كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَتَى عَلَى قَبْرَيْنِ يُعَذَّبُ صَاحِبَاهُمَا فَقَالَ إِنَّهُمَا لاَ يُعَذَّبَانِ فِي كَبِيرٍ وَبَلَى أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَكَانَ يَغْتَابُ النَّاسَ وَأَمَّا الْآخَرُ فَكَانَ لاَ يَتَأَذَّى مِنَ الْبَوْلِ فَدَعَا بِجَرِيدَةٍ رَطْبَةٍ أَوْ بِجَرِيدَتَيْنِ فَكَسَرَهُمَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِكُلِّ كِسْرَةٍ فَغُرِسَتْ عَلَى قَبْرٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا إِنَّهُ سَيُهَوَّنُ مِنْ عَذَابِهِمَا مَا كَانَتَا رَطْبَتَيْنِ أَوْ لَمْ تَيْبَسَا
It is reported by Jabir bin Abdullah (ra) that they had accompanied the messenger of Allah when they came to two graves. Both the inmate of the graves were being punished. He said," They are being punished not for committing a grave sin. But, yes! (They are grave sins though on the face of it they are ordinary and it is easy to avoid them but their punishment is severe.) One of them was given to backbite other people while the other was not. Careful to clean himself of urine drops (over his body)". He then asked for one or two branches of fresh date palm and split them and dug them on each grave. He said afterwards," Soon their punishment will be softened as long as the branches are green." Or he said, “Until they dry up.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 736No grade recorded
لَأَنْ يَأْكُلَ أَحَدُكُمْ هَذَا حَتَّى يَمْلَأَ بَطْنَهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ مُسْلِمٍ
✧ For one of you to eat this until he fills his belly is better than eating the flesh of a Muslim.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 737No grade recorded
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ جَاءَ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ الأَسْلَمِيُّ فَرَجَمَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عِنْدَ الرَّابِعَةِ فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ رَجُلاَنِ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّ هَذَا الْخَائِنَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مِرَارًا كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يَرُدُّهُ حَتَّى قُتِلَ كَمَا يُقْتَلُ الْكَلْبُ فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُمُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى مَرَّ بِجِيفَةِ حِمَارٍ شَائِلَةٌ رِجْلُهُ فَقَالَ كُلاَ مِنْ هَذَا قَالاَ مِنْ جِيفَةِ حِمَارٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ فَالَّذِي نِلْتُمَا مِنْ عِرْضِ أَخِيكُمَا آنِفًا أَكْثَرُ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ فَإِنَّهُ فِي نَهْرٍ مِنْ أَنْهَارِ الْجَنَّةِ يَتَغَمَّسُ
✧ From Abu Hurayrah, who said: Maʿiz b. Malik al-Aslami came, and the Prophet ﷺ stoned him on the fourth [confession]. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by him with a group of his companions. Two men among them said, "This traitor came to the Prophet ﷺ time after time, each time he sent him back, until he was killed like a dog is killed." The Prophet ﷺ remained silent about them until he passed by the carcass of a donkey with its leg raised. He said, "Eat from this." They said, "From the carcass of a donkey, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "That which you took from the honor of your brother just now is more. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, he is in a river among the rivers of Paradise, plunging in."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 738No grade recorded
خَرَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ شَابٌّ، فَنَلْقَى شَيْخًا، قُلْتُ: أَيْ عَمِّ، مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تُعْطِيَ غُلَامَكَ هَذِهِ النَّمِرَةَ، وَتَأْخُذَ الْبُرْدَةَ، فَتَكُونُ عَلَيْكَ بُرْدَتَانِ، وَعَلَيْهِ نَمِرَةٌ؟ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى أَبِي، فَقَالَ: ابْنُكَ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَمَسَحَ عَلَى رَأْسِي، وَقَالَ: بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيكَ، أَشْهَدُ لَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «أَطْعِمُوهُمْ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ، وَاكْسُوهُمْ مِمَّا تَكْتَسُونَ». يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، ذَهَابُ مَتَاعِ الدُّنْيَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنْ مَتَاعِ الْآخِرَةِ. قُلْتُ: أَيْ أَبَتَاهُ، مَنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ؟ قَالَ: أَبُو الْيَسَرِ كَعْبِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو.
I went out with my father (Ubadah b. Samit) when I was a young boy, and we met an old man. I said, “Uncle, what kept you from giving your servant this long striped cloak and taking the mantle, so that you would have two mantles and he would have a striped cloak ˹so that he will be fully covered˺?” He turned to my father and said, “Is this your son?” He said, “Yes.” So he stroked my head and said, “May Allah bless you. I bear witness that I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘Feed them from what you eat, and clothe them from what you wear.’ O son of my brother, losing the goods of this world is dearer to me than that he should take from the goods of the Hereafter.” I said, “Father, who is this man?” He said, “Abu al-Yusr Ka‘b b. Amr.”