Supplication

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It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever does not supplicate Allah, Glorified is He, incurs His anger.’

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It was narrated from al-Nu‘man ibn Bashir that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Supplication is worship.’ Then he recited: ‘Your Lord has said, “Call upon Me; I will answer you.”’

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It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Nothing is more noble in the sight of Allah, Glorified is He, than supplication.’

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It was narrated by ‘Ali ibn Muhammad—who reported from Waki‘ in the year 231 AH—that Waki‘ said: In the year 195 AH, Sufyan narrated to us at a gathering of al-A‘mash, fifty years earlier. ‘Amr ibn Murrah al-Jamali narrated to us during Khalid’s time, from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Harith al-Mukattib, from Taliq ibn Qays al-Hanafi, from Ibn ‘Abbas, that the Prophet ﷺ would say in his supplication: ‘My Lord, help me and do not help anyone against me; support me and do not support anyone against me; plan for me and do not plan against me; guide me and make guidance easy for me; and grant me victory over those who transgress against me. My Lord, make me abundantly grateful to You, constantly mindful of You, in awe of You, obedient to You, humbly devoted to You, fervently turning to You, and returning to You. My Lord, accept my repentance, cleanse my sin, answer my supplication, guide my heart, make my tongue speak rightly, make my proof firm, and remove the rancor from my heart.’ Abu al-Hasan al-Tanafisi said: I asked Waki‘, ‘Should I say this in the witr qunut?’ He replied, ‘Yes.’

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It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that Fatimah came to the Prophet ﷺ asking him for a servant. He said to her, ‘I do not have anything to give you.’ She returned home. Later, he came to her and said, ‘Is what you asked for dearer to you, or something better than it?’ ‘Ali said to her, ‘Say, “No, rather something better than it.”’ She said that, and he said, ‘Say: “O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Mighty Throne, our Lord and Lord of all things, Revealer of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Mighty Qur’an. You are the First, and nothing precedes You; You are the Last, and nothing comes after You; You are the Manifest, and nothing is above You; You are the Hidden, and nothing is beyond You. Settle our debts for us and free us from poverty.”’

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It was narrated from ‘Abdullah that the Prophet ﷺ would say: ‘O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity, and sufficiency.’

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It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say: ‘O Allah, make beneficial for me what You have taught me, teach me what will benefit me, and increase me in knowledge. Praise belongs to Allah in every circumstance, and I seek refuge in Allah from the punishment of the Fire.’

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It was narrated from Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would often say: ‘O Allah, make my heart steadfast upon Your religion.’ A man said, ‘Messenger of Allah, do you fear for us, when we have believed in you and affirmed what you brought?’ He replied, ‘Indeed, hearts are between two of the fingers of the Most Merciful, Mighty and Sublime; He turns them as He wills.’ Al-A‘mash gestured with his two fingers.

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It was narrated that Abu Bakr al-Siddiq said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: ‘Teach me a supplication to say in my prayer.’ He said, ‘Say: “O Allah, I have greatly wronged myself, and no one forgives sins except You. So grant me forgiveness from Your own grace and have mercy on me. You are indeed the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.”’

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It was narrated that Abu Umamah al-Bahili said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us leaning on a staff. When we saw him, we stood up, and he said, ‘Do not do as the Persians do for their leaders.’ We said, ‘Messenger of Allah, would that you supplicate to Allah for us.’ He said, ‘O Allah, forgive us, have mercy on us, be pleased with us, accept from us, admit us to Paradise, save us from the Fire, and set all our affairs right for us.’ It seemed as though we wanted him to add more, so he said, ‘Have I not gathered everything for you?’

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It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say: ‘O Allah, I seek refuge in You from four things: knowledge that does not benefit, a heart that is not humble, a soul that is never satisfied, and a supplication that is not heard.’

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It was narrated from ‘A’ishah that the Prophet ﷺ would supplicate with these words: ‘O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the trial of the Fire and its punishment, from the trial of the grave and its punishment, from the evil of the trial of wealth and the evil of the trial of poverty, and from the evil of the trial of the False Messiah. O Allah, wash away my sins with water from snow and hail, cleanse my heart of sins as a white garment is cleansed of filth, and put between me and my sins a distance as great as the distance You placed between the East and the West. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness, senility, sin, and debt.’

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It was narrated that Farwah ibn Nawfal said: I asked ‘A’ishah about a supplication that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say. She said that he would say: ‘O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done and from the evil of what I have not done.’

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It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would teach us this supplication just as he taught us a surah from the Qur’an: ‘O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hell, from the punishment of the grave, from the trial of the False Messiah, and from the trials of life and death.’

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It was narrated that ‘A’ishah said: One night, I noticed that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was missing from his bed, so I went looking for him. My hand touched the soles of both his feet while he was in the mosque, with them upright, and he was saying: ‘O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your anger, and in Your pardon from Your punishment. I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot encompass praise of You; You are as You have praised Yourself.’

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It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Seek refuge in Allah from poverty, scarcity, and humiliation, and from committing injustice or being treated unjustly.’

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It was narrated from Jabir that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Ask Allah for beneficial knowledge, and seek refuge in Allah from knowledge that does not benefit.’

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It was narrated from ‘Umar that the Prophet ﷺ would seek refuge from cowardice, miserliness, the most decrepit age, the punishment of the grave, and the trial of the heart. Waki‘ explained: This means a man dying while caught up in a trial, without seeking Allah’s forgiveness for it.

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It was narrated from his father that a man came to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, what should I say when I ask my Lord?’ He said, ‘Say: “O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, grant me well-being, and provide for me.”’ He brought together his four fingers, leaving out the thumb, and said, ‘These gather for you your religious and worldly affairs.’

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It was narrated from ‘A’ishah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught her this supplication: ‘O Allah, I ask You for every good, immediate and eventual, that which I know and that which I do not know. I seek refuge in You from every evil, immediate and eventual, that which I know and that which I do not know. O Allah, I ask You for the good that Your servant and Prophet asked You for, and I seek refuge in You from the evil from which Your servant and Prophet sought refuge. O Allah, I ask You for Paradise and for every word or deed that brings one nearer to it. I seek refuge in You from the Fire and from every word or deed that brings one nearer to it. And I ask You to make every decree You ordain for me good.’