1. While making duaa, one’s heart should be turned towards Allah Ta’ala alone. One should not place one’s hope on anything besides Allah Ta’ala.…
Sleeping on the Right
عن البراء بن عازب قال قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا أتيت مضجعك فتوضأ وضوءك للصلاة ثم اضطجع على شقك الأيمن (بخاري رقم 247)
Hadhrat Baraa bin Aazib (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) advised him: “When you are retiring to bed, then perform wudhu as you perform wudhu for salaah, then lie on your right side.” …
Read More »Sunnats and Aadaab of Duaa – Part 5
1. The du`aa should be short and comprehensive. e.g:
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِى الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
O my Rabb, grant us goodness in this world and goodness in the Hereafter, and save us from the fire of Jahannum.…
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One should dust his bed before going into bed and recite the following duaa:
بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّى وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِى وَبِكَ أَرْفَعُهُ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتَ نَفْسِى فَارْحَمْهَا وَإِنْ أَرْسَلْتَهَا فَاحْفَظْهَا بِمَا تَحْفَظُ بِهِ عِبَادَكَ الصَّالِحِينَ
O my Rabb, only with Your name have I placed my side down (i.e.…
Read More »Making Wudhu before Sleeping
One should make wudhu before going to sleep
عن البراء بن عازب رضي الله عنهما قال قال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا أتيت مضجعك فتوضأ وضوءك للصلاة (بخاري رقم 247)
Hadhrat Baraa bin Aazib (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) advised him: “When you are retiring to bed, then perform wudhu as you perform wudhu for salaah.” …
Read More »Sunnats and Aadaab of Duaa – Part 4
1. When making duaa one should beg Allah Ta’ala for his needs with complete hope that Allah Ta’ala will answer his duaa.…
Etiquettes of the Night
عن جابر رضي الله عنه، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، قال: إذا استجنح الليل، أو قال: جنح الليل، فكفوا صبيانكم فإن الشياطين تنتشر حينئذ، فإذا ذهب ساعة من العشاء فخلوهم، وأغلق بابك واذكر اسم الله، وأطفئ مصباحك واذكر اسم الله، وأوك سقاءك واذكر اسم الله، وخمر إناءك واذكر اسم الله، ولو تعرض عليه شيئا (بخاري رقم 3280)
Hazrat Jaabir (Radiyallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: When evening approaches (i.e.…
Read More »Sunnats and Aadaab of Duaa – Part 3
1. One should keep a slight gap between both the palms. [1]
2. When making duaa, one should express his total inability and weakness and beg Allah Ta’ala in a soft tone with complete humility.…
Read More »Taking the name of Allah Ta'ala when Entering the Home and Before Eating
عن جابر بن عبد الله أنه سمع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول إذا دخل الرجل بيته فذكر الله عند دخوله وعند طعامه قال الشيطان لا مبيت لكم ولا عشاء وإذا دخل فلم يذكر الله عند دخوله قال الشيطان أدركتم المبيت وإذا لم يذكر الله عند طعامه قال أدركتم المبيت والعشاء (مسلم رقم 2018)
Hadhrat Jaabir (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that he heard Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) saying: “When a person enters his home and takes the name of Allah Ta’ala (through salaam and reciting the duaa) at the time of entering and the time of eating, then Shaytaan says (to the other Shayaateen) ‘There is no place here for you to spend the night, nor any food.’…
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One should recite the following Duaa upon entering the home and thereafter make salaam:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّى أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ الْمَوْلِجِ وَخَيْرَ الْمَخْرَجِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَلَجْنَا وَبِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَرَجْنَا وَعَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا
O Allah I ask You for the blessings of entering the home and the blessings of leaving the home.…
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