Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
“If you want to ask Allah for someone’s well-being, say:
‘May Allah rectify your religion and your worldly life.’
Begin with the religion, because if the religion is sound, the worldly life will also be sound.”
Fath Dhee Al-Jalaal wa al-Ikraam bi Sharh Buloogh al-Maram v.6 pg.513
Ibn al-Qayyim — may Allah have mercy on him — said:
“If you reflect on the condition of most people, you will find them looking at what (they believe) is their right upon Allah, rather than looking at Allah’s right upon them.
From this perspective, they become cut off from Allah, and their hearts are veiled from truly knowing Him, loving Him, yearning to meet Him, and delighting in His remembrance.
This is the ultimate ignorance a person can have — of his Lord and of his own self.”
Ighaafata al-Lahfaan, 1/89
The remembrance of Allah is the life of the hearts; there is no life for them except through it. Al-Bukhari reports in his Saheeh from Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet ﷺ said:
“The example of the one who remembers his Lord and the one who does not remember his Lord is like that of the living and the dead.”
The hearts find no reassurance, no tranquility, no true delight, and no real happiness except through the remembrance of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic.
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَطۡمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِۗ أَلَا بِذِكۡرِ ٱللَّهِ تَطۡمَئِنُّ ٱلۡقُلُوبُ
Those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah – Islamic Monotheism), and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah, Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest. (Ar-Ra’d 13:28)
Khutbah of the Shaykh – سبق المفردون
Some of the pious predecessors used to supplicate:
اللهم اعزني بطاعتك ولا تذلني بمعصيتك
O Allaah! Grant me honour through obedience to you and do not humiliate me through disobedience to you.
Badaa’i At-Tafseer Al-Jaami Limaa Fassarahu Al-Imaam Ibnul Qayyim Vol 2. pgs. 347
Further reading:
من دعاء عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه :
”اللهم اجعل عملي كله صالحاً ،
واجعله لوجهك خالصاً ،
ولا تجعل لأحدٍ فيه شيئاً “
•┈•••••┈•••••┈•✍🏻 قال الشيخ محمد أمان الجامي رحمه الله :
هذا دعاء عظيم ، ينبغي أن يُحفظ ..
From the supplications of Umar ibnul Khattab (Allah be pleased with him),
“Oh Allah make all of my deeds righteous, make them sincerely for Your Face, and do not make anything of them for anyone else.”
Ash-Shaykh Muhammad Amaan al-Jaami (rahimahullah):
This is a tremendous supplication and it’s befitting that it is memorised.
Sharh al-Aqeedah al-Tadmuriyyah Tape 302
We encourage ourselves and encourage our Muslim brothers to rejoice [at the arrival of] this month and to praise Allah for reaching it and to ask Allah to allow them to reach the end of it, and that He aids them to take advantage of it by fasting its days and praying its nights.
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The advice is that you ask Allah, the Exalted, that He allows you to reach Ramadhaan, then ask Allah to aid you in taking advantage of it.
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Question: What is the ruling regarding responding to one that sneezes during the Friday sermon (khutbah)?
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Question: When should the supplication of Istikhara be performed?
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If a person is put to trial and a calamity befalls him, what is the thing which will remove it from him? And how does a person turn to Allaah – The Mighty and Majestic – for protection, deliverance, help – whilst he is in this situation in which he is put to trial through these illnesses?
Through supplication; Allah will remove it from him through supplication. He invokes Allah to remove from him that which has afflicted him and to relieve him of it. Allah is Near [to all by his knowledge] Responsive [to the supplication of the one who supplicates to Him]. [Al-Hūd:61]
Secondly, if this calamity or affliction is due to a sin, then verily he repents to Allāh from this sin – from those sins which is the reason behind this punishment that came upon him.
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