Du’as

27 Rajab 14375 May 2016

Du’a When Ones Gaze Falls on the Full Moon

Question What is the reference and authenticity of the following du’a which is to be recited when seeing the full moon?:    أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّ هَذَا الغاسقِ إِذا وَقَب

26 Rajab 14374 May 2016

How Should One Begin Du’a?

Question Please provide the translation and reference of this narration إِذَا صَلَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بِتَحْمِيدِ اللهِ وَالثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ لِيُصَلِّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثُمَّ لِيَدْعُ بَعْدُ بِمَا شَاءَ

26 Rajab 14374 May 2016

Imam Shafi’i’s Visits to the Grave of Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimahumallah)

Question I want to know the authenticity of this incident and the reliability of the narrators of this story. Imam Shafi’i (rahimahullah) used to visit the grave of Imam Abu Hanifah (rahimahullah), pray two rakats and ask du’a to Allah, he found these du’as to be effective.

25 Rajab 14373 May 2016

Hadith on the Virtue of Offering the Four Sunnah of ‘Asr

Question Please confirm the authenticity of this narration. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “A person who continues to perform four units of [Sunnah] Salah before ‘Asr will walk on the earth in the condition that he is certainly forgiven”

25 Rajab 14373 May 2016

Du’a When a Fire Breaks Out

Question What is the reference for the following du’a to be recited when a fire breaks out? الله اكبر، الله اكبر، الله اكبر Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar

20 Rajab 143728 April 2016

Du’a Seeking Protection From the Evils of the Limbs

Question Can you please provide the reference of the following du’a? اللهم طهر قلبي من النفاق و عملي من الرياء و لساني من الكذب و عيني من الخيانة فانك تعلم خائنة الأعين و ما تخفي الصدور

19 Rajab 143727 April 2016

A Du’a Asking for Good Inner and Outer Qualities

Question Can you please provide the reference for the following du’a?  اللهم اجعل سريرتي خيرا من علانيتي و اجعل علانيتي صالحة. اللهم إني أسألك من صالح ما تؤتي الناس من المال و الاهل و الولد غير الضال و لا المضل

19 Rajab 143727 April 2016

The Famous Du’a Taught to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (radiyallahu ‘anhu)

Question What is the source of this Hadith, and is it sahih? Narrated Abu Bakr (radiyallahu ‘anhu) “I asked Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) to teach me an invocation so that I may invoke Allah with it in my Salah. He told me to say, ‘Allahumma inni zalamtu nafsi zulman kathira…

18 Rajab 143726 April 2016

Cure Sickness by Giving Sadaqah

Question What is status of following Hadith? And can it be quoted? حَصِّنُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ بِالزَّكَاةِ وَدَاوُوا مَرْضَاكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَأَعِدُّوا لِلْبَلَاءِ الدُّعَاءَ Especially this part:  وَدَاوُوا مَرْضَاكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ And of the last portion: وَأَعِدُّوا لِلْبَلَاءِ الدُّعَاءَ In other narrations it is like وَاسْتَقْبِلُوا أَمْوَاجَ الْبَلَاءِ بِالدُّعَاءِ and  وَرُدُّوا نائبَةَ الْبَلَاءِ بِالدُّعَاءِ…

18 Rajab 143726 April 2016

Du’a When Entering a Shopping Centre

Question Please provide the reference for the following du’a:  بسم الله، اللهم إني أسألك خير هذه السوق و خير ما فيها و أعوذبك من شرها و شر ما فيها، اللهم إني أعوذ بك أن أصيب فيها صفقة خاسرة Bismillah, allahuma ini asaluka khayra hadhihis suqi wa khayra ma fiha wa a’adhubika…

15 Rajab 143723 April 2016

A Du’a for Protection Against Blindness, Leprosy and Paralysis

Question I wanted to know if the follow du’a being a means of protection from leprosy, blindness and paralysis is established from any authentic Hadith? سبحان الله العظيم وبحمده ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله