Category: Supplications

𝗗𝘂'𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 .... The scholars say: ترك الأخذ بالأسباب معصية، والتوكل على الأسباب شرك 'Relying solely on the 'means' is Shirk, and abandoning the 'means' is a Sin.' It means: if a man sees that the roof is collapsing on his head, and he jus...

Al-Qur’an: ‎فَإِذَا رَكِبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ إِذَا هُمْ يُشْرِكُونَ ‎ ‘If they happen to be aboard a ship [caught in a storm] they call upon God alone in sincere d...

Do you actually believe that your Du'a will be answered? A man built a pub next to a mosque and the Imam of the mosque kept making Du'a to God to destroy the pub. An earthquake happened and the pub collapsed. The owner of the pub sued the Imam, sayi...

Look at the irrationality of those who exaggerate regarding their Imam [إمام] & saint [پیر]: - They seek healing from him, while he himself needed doctors and died from an illness like cancer or COVID [if they could heal the sick, why did they n...

A forgotten Sunnah … Do you know why the Imam sometimes holds his hands facing down when making Du'a (supplication)? It is reported in Sahih Muslim: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم اسْتَسْقَى فَأَشَارَ بِظَهْرِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ “Anas ...

Reliance on God (توكل على الله) does not mean abandoning 'the means' (أسباب): ومرَّ الشعبِي بإبِل قد فشا فيها الجَرَبُ ، فقال لصاحبها : أما تداوي إبلك ؟ فقال : إن لنا عجوزًا نتَّكِلُ على دعائِها . فقال : " اجعل مع دعَائِهَا شيئا مِنَ القَطِرَانِ " ....

Shaykh Sa'di was once fixing a drainage pipe of the mosque during a dry season. People were confused, so they asked why? The Shaykh replied: غداً سنصلي الإستسقاء "We are p...

A man wanted to go to a king, to beg for his needs. He asked scholar to come with him, but the scholar said we should ask God, saying: إني يا بُني لا أترك باباً مفتوحاً، وأذهب إلى باب مغلق "My son, I won’t forsake a door that is open, for a...

There was a drought in a region, and a linguist was making a rain-prayer, using posh words, asking God to grant us rain that is: pouring, gushing, torrential, heavy, abundant, showering, flooding etc. A Bedouin heard him and said: "O successor of No...

Wiping Face after Du'a - مسح الوجه باليدين بعد الدعاء Short Answer: This issue is disputed, because: - All the narrations on this topic contain weakness. - A group of scholars believe that together, their chains strengthen each other to legitimis...