Dua /Supplication is definitely a way of achieving comfort in times of Crisis. We sometimes feel that Allah is not responding but he knows the future, so He doesn’t want to give it to us.
Do we have the correct relationship with Allah, did we pass the tests that Allah placed in our lives or did we seek the forgiveness of Allah before we called out to Him at least?
Don’t judge Allah by what He has given others, Allah Subhanahu wa’ta’ala, you should judge your own relationship with Him. If He has given you, it’s not a sign that He’s happy with you. He’s given the disbelievers and those who don’t recognize Him.
Allah is saying clearly that we should not be miserly when we are praying or supplicating to Allah, call out for everyone. When you ask Allah to bless someone who’s a disbeliever, the biggest blessing is the blessing of guidance and Faith
When we’re a supplicating to Allah make sure you’re on the right page, make sure you’re doing the right things. You cannot be a person who’s transgressing against Allah day and night and expect that when you call out to Allah he’s going to be excited about it without you having even developed your relationship with Allah.
You want the Comfort? well a way to get the comfort in the times of Crisis is actually by getting onto the right page in your relationship with Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala. Then call out to Him and when you call out, don’t call out for yourself alone.
Remember your parents your children your family members your teachers, all the others in the broader family, your town your city and the whole world the Believers as well as the disbelievers wow.
The prophet Muhammad peace be upon Him says whoever visits a magician to cast a spell has disbelieved in what Muhammad peace be upon him has brought. It is wrong for anyone to do that which is unacceptable like casting a spell or visiting a person who would cast a spell. Remember it is equally wrong for us to accuse the innocent of casting spells or being a witch or a wizard.
We stop accusations. We stop casting spells. We stopped visiting others who cast spells or claim to bring about goodness for you because they will never bring about goodness for you. Goodness lies in the hands of Allah.
Allah says we have favoured you Way Beyond any test that has come in your direction. During times of crisis when you concentrate on the positives, you will definitely make the negative that is right in front of you seem very small.
We were sent on to the Earth in order to be tested. From the moment we were born right up to the moment we shall return to Allah. We will be tested one after the other. So many things will happen for Allah to actually give us an opportunity to shine and to develop a better relationship with Him.
Nobody not a soul on Earth has had it the way they wanted it. We’ve all had it the way Allah wants it, wanted it and shall have it. So learn to develop a relationship with Allah and understand you will be tested. It doesn’t mean Allah hates you. It doesn’t mean He’s angry with you.
Allah is telling all of mankind worship your Lord the One Who made you, surely He who made you is the One you’re going to return to.
We would only be able to achieve comfort in times of Crisis if we developed the correct relationship with Allah. It is Allah who is showing us His power the helplessness of man And this is why if you take a look at mankind no matter what we have, it is always Nothing compared to what Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala Owns. He owns not only us but whatever we own is also owned by Allah. It’s amazing.
Allah forgives him for indeed Allah is At Tawwab and Ar-Rahim. These two qualities again bring about comfort in times of Crisis. Allah calls himself At Tawwab who it means one who keeps on forgiving; He forgives again and again and so on. So this is Allah has quality. He doesn’t just forgive one time. Never lose Hope in the mercy of Allah. You will feel the comfort.
He is the oft-forgiving, r-rahim the especially merciful. We are all searching for Comfort. These are difficult times, but we must know that when we turn to Allah in forgiveness, and we repent to Allah He will open the doors of Mercy for all of us.
To seek forgiveness is actually the key to the door of the goodness that Allah has kept for you. May we be from among those who can repent. For indeed, It is through repentance that we will achieve comfort.
Allah gives us comfort in that crisis by making it easy for us. People have been asking those on the front line, those in the front line who are serving at this particular time in our history. They are serving Humanity, saving lives, engaged in so much in order to serve communities.
if you are unable to fast Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala says don’t worry, we intend ease for you just like when you are travelling and your prayer becomes shortened in some cases or you may join it in some cases, We are giving you a leeway when it comes to fasting You can make it up sometime after Ramadan.
If you’re healthy, you must fast, you should attempt to fast at by all means but You’re really unable and if you cannot, don’t worry, you can always do it later Allah knows.
This will definitely be a unique Ramadan one to be remembered.
We do know that Allah is the most merciful, the most kind, the most generous, the most compassionate, the most forgiving the most beneficent, Allah is the Healer, he is the curer, he is the sustainer, He is the provider, he is the protector, he Is the curer, may Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala grant us all cure.
Every time there is something that happens that brings us closer to Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala. It is indeed a blessing of Allah. It is indeed a sign of the mercy of Allah and His love for us. May Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala Love us.
We have to have hope, we have to instil hope, we have to believe in the mercy of Allah. It’s a unique Ramadan, Ramadan wherein we will be able to participate online more than ever before.
So start selecting what you’d like to do in the month of Ramadan, start setting your timetable, the lessons that you will engage in, the online correction of your recitation, the online learning expanding of your knowledge of the Quran the tafseer, the rulings the regulations that of the Sunnah, the Hadith of the Prophet (saw), the rules and regulations of your religion.
let’s not waste our time engaging in that which is futile and at times even destructive.
There are numerous narrations about simple people in society that had very simple duas that People might have mocked or found to be very rudimentary, but they were actually very special, right, and they spoke to the beauty of the hearts of those whose tongues would Express those simple forms of dua .
Islam is not an elitist religion. Islam is accessible to the Bedouin and it’s accessible to the king. It’s accessible to people across their socioeconomic status, because we all supplicate the same God, we all have the same mechanism for supplicating that one God.
No one has a shorter ladder to him, right? It’s just there, Allahumma oh Allah! and once you say oh Allah then all of us are in the same plane when we say o Allah O My Lord, right, and just call upon him in that way.
The Easiest & Simplest Adhkar (Remembrance of Allah Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala) :
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La illa illa allah-bearing witness that there’s only one God
Astaghfirullah- I seek forgiveness from him
Alhamdulillah-all praises and thanks are due to HIm
Allahu Akabar- He is greater than Than all else
SubhanAllah- how perfect is He
La Hawla Wala Quwwata Illa Billah-There is no power nor might except for that which is with Him
Transliteration: Subhaanal-laahi wa bihamdih Subhaanal-laahil-‘Adheem Translation: Glorified is God and praised is He, Glorified is God the Most Greatest
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صلى الله عليه وسلم “ لأَنْ أَقُولَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ ”
Abu Hurairah Radi Allahu Anhu se rivayat hai ki Rasool-Allah Sal-Allahu alaihi wasallam ne farmaya mujhe SubhanAllahi wa Alhamdulillahi wa la ilaha illallahu wallahu Akbar kahna un tamam cheezo se zyada pasand hai jin par aaftab (suraj) nikalta hai. Note : Ye wahi azkar hai jo Salat Al-tasbeeh mein padha jata hai
Sahih Muslim, Jild 6, 6847
Syed Ul Istighfar / the chief of seeking forgiveness
A lot of people don’t know about which is that the prophet (saw) had sent the people home for Taraweeh in a very interesting Hadith, two narrations in fact.
This Ramadan in particular while there are some Fatwahs that are coming out about praying Taraweeh behind a screen, the vast majority of scholars would not approve of such a thing and I would caution and very …in particular to say that when we are in a temporary time of need we should not do things that could alter our trajectory permanently.
When there is a desperate need for the Charities, do not delay that charity to the month of Ramadan, especially when the Month of Ramadan is a month away few weeks away. And the desperation is current; Allah will reward you for having given that charity as though it was given in the month of Ramadan.
o son of Adam o human being spend and it shall be spent on you, help others and you will be helped, be merciful upon others and the Lord will be merciful on you and so on.
We need to think before we speak if we would like contentment. Whatever you want to say, think of the best way of saying it and then say it.
And tell My servants to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan induces [dissension] among them. Indeed Satan is ever, to mankind, a clear enemy.(17:53)
Shaitan wants to seize any opportunity, to split people, to cause friction, to cause problems. if you are careful of what you say and how you say it you will definitely be able to be much more content than you are.
The supplication from surah kahf
[Mention] when the youths retreated to the cave and said, “Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance.” (18:10)
so the point to learn here is if we would like contentment from Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala make sure you’re in a good environment, have good friends have decent people around you, worship allah in a beautiful way.
And never say of anything, “Indeed, I will do that tomorrow,”
Except [when adding], “If Allah wills.” And remember your Lord when you forget [it] and say, “Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct.” [18:23 & 24]
Whenever you are planning to do something tomorrow or a little bit later on or sometime in the future, remember it is all only possible if Allah wants it to happen. Therefore you must say insha’Allah. This is why we say when you plan something and it happens your way you say alhamdulillah, all praise is due to Allah when it does not happen your way I usually say Alhamdulillah twice thank Allah even more because now it’s happening exactly the way He wanted it and He knows what is better for you. There is another term that we need to actually add to the praise of Allah Subhanahu WA learn to relate it to Allah, you make dua for Baraka and you related to Allah Masha Allah, tabarak Allah or la quwata illa billah. So if if you know that they’re only going to happen if Allah wants it to happen then you will not be depressed, you will not be sad.
And why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, ‘What Allah willed [has occurred]; there is no power except in Allah ‘? Although you see me less than you in wealth and children, (18:39)
At the end of surah al-Kahf there is a beautiful verse number 110 Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’ala speaks about what to do: you will achieve contentment.
Ith awa alfityatu ila alkahfi faqaloo rabbanaatina min ladunka rahmatan wahayyi/ lana min amrina rashadan
Say, “I am only a man like you, to whom has been revealed that your god is one God. So whoever would hope for the meeting with his Lord – let him do righteous work and not associate in the worship of his Lord anyone.” (18:110)
So if you want happiness and contentment in this world success in the next you need to make sure you do two things. Don’t associate partners with Allah and any act of worship make sure that it was taught by the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. You will never go wrong. may Allah Subhanahu WA Ta’ala grant us success.
Surat maryam regarding those who left their prayer and Salah Allah
But there came after them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil – (19:59)
The idea is to be encouraged to say that we must fulfil our Salah and don’t just follow your desires whims and fancies in transgression of Allah subhanahu wata’ala.
Allah subhanahu wa’ta’ala has indeed instructed us to be just. if you are just you will achieve contentment, you will be happy when you are a person who’s unjust and you engage in injustice you can never achieve true contentment.
Indeed, Allah orders justice and good conduct and giving to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded. (16:90)
So, Allah is telling you be just, be kind, be good and reach out to your family members and to stay away from the immorality, the evil and transgression.
Allah says if you do good, if you believe and do good we will improve the condition of your living, first on earth and thereafter we will grant you paradise.
Whoever does righteousness, whether male or female, while he is a believer – We will surely cause him to live a good life, and We will surely give them their reward [in the Hereafter] according to the best of what they used to do. (16:97)
When we are calling out towards Allah’s path, you call them with utmost respect not just respect but with wisdom with tact, with the best of words, with the most beautiful of arguments.
Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided.(16:125)
Allah makes mention of the Night Journey that the prophet (saw) Allah made from his house in Makkah to Bayt al-Maqdis in Surat Al-Isra.
Indeed, this Qur’an guides to that which is most suitable and gives good tidings to the believers who do righteous deeds that they will have a great reward. (17:09)
This Quran is a guide. Do you take it as a guide? If you do, good news to you. Do you give it its importance? If you do good news to you. In the month of the Quran how much of the Quran have you learned, how much time do you spend with the Quran on a daily basis? It is the manual that Allah sent you and I, the manuscript through which you will achieve the success of this world and the next.
Allah (swt) Subhanahu WA Ta’ala speaks about those who want only this world and they have forgotten about the hereafter.
Whoever should desire the immediate – We hasten for him from it what We will to whom We intend. Then We have made for him Hell, which he will [enter to] burn, censured and banished. (17:18) But whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the effort due to it while he is a believer – it is those whose effort is ever appreciated [by Allah ]. (17:19)
Remember when Allah has given you it’s not a sign that he’s happy with you. When I lost taken away from you it’s not a sign that he’s upset with you. It is all to do with the heart your connection with Allah and your contentment either way. – Mufti Menk
The All-Loving 