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Supplications From Allah’s Quran

[1] “Thee alone we worship and to Thee alone we pray for help; Guide us (O Lord) to the path that is straight; The path of those You have blessed; not of those who have incurred Your wrath, nor of those who have gone astray.” [1:5-7]
[2] “And there are some among them who say: Our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the torment of the Fire.” [2:201]
[3] “Our Lord! Bestow on us endurance, make our foothold sure, and give us help against the disbelieving folk.” [2:250]
[4] “We hear and we obey. Grant us THY forgiveness, Our Lord; to THEE we shall all return.” [2:285]
[5] “O our LORD! Take us not to task if we forget or unwittingly do wrong! “Our LORD! Lay not upon us a burden such as THOU didst lay upon those who lived before us! Our LORD! Make us not bear burdens which we have no strength to bear! “Efface THOU our sins, and grant us Forgiveness, and Bestow THY Mercy upon us! THOU art our LORD Supreme: Support us, against disbelieving folk” [2:286]
[6] “Our LORD! Cause our hearts to deviate after Thou hast guided us. And bestow on us mercy from that which proceeds from Thy Presence. Truly, Thou, Thou alone art The Giver.” [3:8]
[7] “Our Lord, we believe; forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire,” [3:16]
[8] “Our Lord! Forgive us our sins and anything we may have done that transgressed our duty: Establish our feet firmly, and help us against those that resist Faith.” [3:147]
[9] “‘Our Lord! THOU have not created all this without purpose- THOU are far above that!- protect us from the torment of the Fire.” [3:191]
[10] “we have believed. Our Lord! Forgive us our sins, efface our bad deeds, and collect us up [at death] with the virtuous” [3:193]
[11] “Our Lord! Grant us what You have promised us through Your Messengers. Disgrace us not on the Day of Resurrection; indeed, You never break Your promise.” [3:194]
[12] “Our Lord! We believe, so write us down with the witnesses (of truth).” [5:83]
[13] “O, our Sustainer! Place us not among the people who have been guilty of evildoing!” [7:47]
[14] “Enough for me is Allah. There is no god but He. In Him, I have placed my trust, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne.” [9:129]
[15] “And they said, `In ALLAH do we put our trust. Our Lord, make us not a trial for the wrongdoing people; And deliver us by Thy mercy from the tyranny of the disbelieving people.” [10:85-86]
[16] ” ‘Glory to our Lord! Truly, the Promise of our Lord has been fulfilled!'” [17:108]
[17] “Our Lord! Bestow on us Mercy from Thyself, and dispose of our affairs for us in the right way!” [18:10]
[18] “My Lord! Then place me not among the wrong-doing people.” [23:94]
[19] “Our Lord! We believe, so forgive us, and have mercy upon us, for Thou art the best of the merciful ones.” [23:109]
[20] “O my Lord! Grant Thou forgiveness and mercy, for Thou art the Best of those who show mercy!” [23:118]
[21] “Our Lord! Avert from us the Wrath of Hell, for its Wrath is indeed an affliction grievous, [25:65]
[22] “Our Lord, grant us in our wives and our offspring the joy of our eyes, and make us leaders for those who guard against evil.” [25:74]
[23] “My Lord, save me from these wrongdoing, oppressive people!” [28:21]
[24] “My Lord, help me against these people given to spreading corruption.” [29:30]
[25] “Limitless in His glory is He who has made [all] this subservient to our use – since [but for Him, ] we would not have been able to attain to it.” [43:13]
[26] “Help me, O Lord, I have been overcome!” [54:10]
[27] “And all those who come after them (and follow in their footsteps) pray: “O our Lord! Forgive us and our brothers (and sisters) in Religion who have preceded us in faith, and let not our hearts entertain any ill-feeling against any of the believers. O, our Lord! You are All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate (especially toward Your believing servants).” [59:10]
[28] ” Our Lord, make us not [objects of] torment for the disbelievers and forgive us, our Lord. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.” [60:5]
[29] “O our Sustainer! Cause this our light to shine for us forever, and forgive us our sins: for, verily, Thou hast the power to will anything!” [66:8]
[30] “I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn; From the mischief of created things; From the mischief of Darkness as it overspreads; From the mischief of those who practice secret arts; And from the mischief of the envious one as he practices envy.” [113:1-5]

Life Of This World, A Test For The Believers

[ALLAH’S Quran – 18:7] “We have caused the material world on earth to be of the nature of an embellishment and ornamentation in order to test the peoples’ reaction to the grace of Allah and distinguish those of them who will imprint their deeds with wisdom and piety.”

The Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) has said :
[Muslim, Book #007, Hadith #3183] “Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) as saying: For one among my Ummah who shows endurance against the hardships and rigors of Medina, I would be an intercessor or a witness on his behalf on the Day of Resurrection.”

[Sunan Abudawud, Book #35, Hadith #4250] “Narrated Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad: I swear by Allah, I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: The happy man is he who avoids dissensions: happy is the man who avoids dissensions; happy is the man who avoids dissensions: but how fine is the man who is afflicted and shows endurance.”

Allah, The Exalted, Commands Endurance

[ALLAH’S Quran – 3:200] “O believers! Patiently endure, persevere, stand on guard, and be mindful of Allah, so you may be successful.”

The Prophet (peace be upon him) has said:
[Muslim, Book #007, Hadith #3181] “Yuhannis, the freed slave of Zubair, narrated that when he was sitting with Abdullah b. ‘Umar (Allah be pleased with him) during the days of turmoil, his freed slave-girl came to him. After saluting him she said: Abu Abd al-Rahmin, I have decided to leave (Medina) for the time is hard for us, whereupon Abdullah said to her: Stay here, foolish lady, for I have heard Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: For one who shows endurance on the hardships and rigor of it (of Medina) I would be an intercessor or a witness on his behalf on the Day of Resurrection.”

Sickness According to Qur’an and Sunnah

Ever wonder why a Muslim is allowed
by Allah, Subhanuhu wa-Taala, to get sick?

Hadith – Bukhari 7:564
I visited Allah’s Apostle (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) while he was suffering from a high fever. I touched him with my hand and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! You have a high fever.” Allah’s Apostle (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “Yes, I have as much fever as two men of you have.” I said, “Is it because you will get a double reward?” Allah’s Apostle (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “Yes, no Muslim is afflicted with harm because of sickness or some other inconvenience, but Allah will remove his sins for him as a tree sheds its leaves.”

Hadith – Muslim & Bukhari
Abu Sa’id al-Khudri r.a. reported that the Prophet (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said: Whenever a Muslim is afflicted with a hardship, sickness, sadness, worry, harm, or depression –even a thorn’s prick, Allah expiates his sins because of it.

Recorded by Bukhari in al-Adab ul-Mufrad (no. 493), verified authentic by al-Albani
“Expect good, because Allah (s.w.t.) makes a believer’s sickness an expiation (for his sins) and a period of repose. As for a disbeliever falling sick, he is like a camel whose owner ties it and then lets it loose –it does not understand why it was tied, nor why it was freed.”

The cure
Hadith – Sahih Bukhari, Book 25, Number 5466, Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah May Allah be pleased with him
Allah’s Messenger (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said: There is a remedy for every malady, and when the remedy is applied to the disease it is cured with the permission of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
Hadith – Muwatta 50:12

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that a man received a wound in the time of the Messenger of Allah (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam). The blood clotted in the wound and the man called two men from the Banu Ammar tribe. They looked at it and claimed that the Messenger of Allah (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said to them, “Which of you is the better doctor?” They said, “Is there any good in medicine, Messenger of Allah?” Zayd claimed that the Messenger of Allah (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “The one who sent down the disease sent down the remedy.”
Narration – Ahmad
“Worshippers of Allah, use medical treatments.”
Hadith – Al-Tirmidhi #2170, Narrated Abdul Malik ibn Umayr May Allah be pleased with him
Allah’s Messenger (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “Fatihat al-Kitab contains healing for every disease.”
[Darimi and Bayhaqi, in Shu’ab al-Iman, transmitted it.]

Severe Trials for those Firms in their Religion

Hadith – Al-Tirmidhi 1562, Narrated Sa’d May Allah be pleased with him

When the Prophet (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) was asked which people suffered the greatest affliction, he replied, “The prophets, then those who come next to them, then those who come next to them. A man is afflicted in keeping his religion. If he is firm in his religion his trial is severe, but if there is weakness in his religion it is made light for him, and it continues like that till he walks on the earth having no sin.”
[Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, and Darimi transmitted it, and Tirmidhi said this is a Hasan sahih tradition.]

Rewards for those Afflicted
Hadith – Al-Tirmidhi #1570, Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah May Allah be pleased with him

Allah’s Messenger (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “On the Day of Resurrection when people who have suffered affliction are given their reward, those who are healthy will wish their skins had been cut to pieces with scissors when they were in the world.”
[Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying that this is a gharib tradition.]

Recorded by Ahmad May Allah be pleased with him, verified authentic by al-Hakim, ath-Thahabi, and al-Albani
The ailment is intensified for the righteous. Whenever a believer is afflicted with a hardship, be it a thorn or more, a sin is taken off him because of it, and he is elevated on level (in Jannah [Paradise]).

 

Hadith – Al-Bukhari
A traveler’s or sick person’s deeds are recorded in accordance with what he used to do when he was a resident or well.

Endurance
Hadith – Al-Tirmidhi, Narrated AbuUmamah May Allah be pleased with him [Ibn Majah transmitted it.]

The Prophet (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) stated that Allah, The Blessed and Exalted, says,
“Son of Adam, if you show endurance and seek your reward from me in the first affliction, I shall be pleased with no lesser reward than Paradise for you.”

Hadith – Sahih Bukhari, Muslim, and Nasa’i, Narrated ‘A’ishah may Allah be pleased with her The Prophet of Allah, upon him be peace, said, “Do not say, ‘I feel rotten*.’ Instead, say, ‘I do not feel well.”
*or any expression that involves corruption of any type.

Kindness to the sick
Hadith – Mishkat, Narrated Abu Sa’id May Allah be pleased with him

Allah’s Messenger (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “When you go in to visit an invalid, express a hope that he will live long. That will not avert anything, but it will comfort him.”

Hadith – Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 73, Number 40, Narrated An-Nu’man bin Bashir May Allah be pleased with him

Allah’s Apostle (Sall’Allahu alaihi wasallam) said, “You see the believers as regards their being merciful among themselves and showing love among themselves and being kind, resembling one body, so that, if any part of the body is not well then the whole body shares the sleeplessness (insomnia) and fever with it.”
Visit the sick

Hadith – Qudsi 18

O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I visit You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so had fallen ill and you visited him not? Did you not know that had you visited him you would have found Me with him? O son of Adam, I asked you for food and you fed Me not. He will say: O Lord, and how should I feed You when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My servant So-and-so asked you for food and you fed him not? Did you not know that had you fed him you would surely have found that (the reward for doing so) with Me? O son of Adam, I asked you to give Me to drink and you gave Me not to drink. He will say: O Lord, how should I give You to drink when You are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: My servant So-and-so asked you to give him to drink and you gave him not to drink. Had you given him to drink you would have surely found that with Me.

Faith In Religion

When Ali bin Abu Talib RA was asked about Faith in Religion, he replied that the structure of faith is supported by four pillars: endurance, conviction, justice, and jihad.

Endurance is composed of four attributes: eagerness, fear, piety, and anticipation (of death). so whoever is eager for Paradise will ignore temptations; whoever fears the fire of Hell will abstain from sins; whoever practices piety will easily bear the difficulties of life and whoever anticipates death will hasten towards good deeds.

Conviction has also four aspects to guard oneself against infatuations of sin; to search for an explanation of truth through knowledge; to gain lessons from instructive things and to follow the precedent of the past people, because whoever wants to guard himself against vices and sins will have to search for the true causes of infatuation and the true ways of combating them out and to find those true ways one has to search them with the help of knowledge, whoever gets fully acquainted with various branches of knowledge will take lessons from life and whoever tries to take lessons from life is actually engaged in the study of the causes of rising and fall of previous civilizations.

Justice also has four aspects depth of understanding, the profoundness of knowledge, fairness of judgment, and dearness of mind; because whoever tries his best to under- stand a problem will have to study it, and whoever has the practice of studying the subject is to deal with, will develop a clear mind and will always come to correct decisions, whoever tries to achieve all this will have to develop ample patience and forbearance and whoever does this has done justice to the cause of religion and has led a life of good repute and fame.

Jihad is divided into four branches: to persuade people to be obedient to Allah; to prohibit them from sin and vice; to struggle (in the cause of Allah) sincerely and firmly on all occasions and to detest the vicious. Whoever persuades people to obey the orders of Allah provides strength to the believers; whoever dissuades them from vices and sins humiliates the unbelievers; whoever struggles on all occasions discharges all his obligations and whoever detests the vicious only for the sake of Allah, then Allah will take revenge on his enemies and will be pleased with Him on the Day of Judgment.
[Nahj ul Balagha]