
A supplication of Abu Ad-Darda
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Ibn Abee Shaybah, may Allah have mercy upon him, reported in Kitab Al-Iman and also in Al-Musannaf (6/164) that Abu Ad-Darda, may Allah be pleased with him, always use to supplicate, saying:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إيمَانًا دَائِمًا وَعِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَهَدْيًا قَيِّمًا
“O Allah! I ask you for abiding Iman, beneficial knowledge and upright guidance”.
Mu’aawiyyah Ibn Qurra, may Allah have mercy upon him, transmitted this narration from Abu Darda and then said: “This is because there is Imaan that is not abiding, knowledge that is not beneficial and guidance that is not upright”.
Al-Madkhal Li-diraasaat Al-Aqeedah Al-Islaamiy yah. Lesson 2