• 31 Supplication
  • 272 What to say in the morning
  • 273 Someone who uses other supplications
  • 274 Sincere supplication
  • 275 Be firm in supplication, for Allah cannot be forced
  • 276 Raising the hands in supplication
  • 277 The best way of asking for forgiveness
  • 278 The supplication for someone when he is absent
  • 279 Chapter
  • 280 The prayer on the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace
  • 281 Someone who hears the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, mentioned in his presence and does not bless him
  • 282 A man’s supplication for someone who has wronged him
  • 283 Someone who makes supplication for a long life
  • 284 Someone say says, “A person is given an answer as long as he does not seek to hasten it”
  • 285 Someone who seeks refuge in Allah from laziness
  • 286 Allah is angry with the person who does not ask Allah
  • 287 Supplication in the battle ranks in the Cause of Allah
  • 288 The supplications of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace
  • 289 Supplication in heavy rain and ordinary rain
  • 290 Supplication for death
  • 291 The supplications of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace
  • 292 Supplication in affliction
  • 293 Supplication in the Istikhara
  • 294 When one is in fear of the ruler
  • 295 The reward and wage stored up for a person who makes supplication
  • 296 The excellence of supplication
  • 297 Supplication when the breeze blows
  • 298 Do not curse the wind
  • 299 Supplication during lightning
  • 300 When one hears a thunder-clap
  • 301 He who asks Allah for security
  • 302 It is Makrooh to request involvement in trial
  • 303 He who requests refuge from severe trial
  • 304 Repeating others words when angry
  • 305 Chapter
  • 306 Backbiting And Allah’s words “And backbite not one another”
  • 307 Backbiting the Dead
  • 308 He who strokes the head of a boy with his father and invokes blessings on him

31. Supplication

 chapter 272. What to say in the morning

604. Abu Hurayra said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would say in the morning, ‘We have reached the morning and the kingdom belongs to Allah and all praise belongs to has no partner. There is no god but Allah and to Him is the gathering.’ In the evening he would say, ‘We have reached the evening and the kingdom belongs to Allah and all praise belongs to Allah who has no partner. There is no god but Allah and to Him is the return.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

chapter 273. Someone who uses other supplications

605. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The noble son of the noble son of the noble son of the noble son was Yusuf son of Ya’qub son of Ishaq son of Ibrahim, the Khalil (close friend) of the Merciful, the blessed and Exalted.” The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If I had remained in prison for as long as Yusuf remained in prison and then the man with the invitation had come to me, I would have accepted it. When the messenger came to him, he said, ‘Go back to your master and enquire of him what happened about the women who cut their hands. ‘ (12:50) Allah showed mercy to Lut when he sought refuge in a strong pillar when he said to his people, ‘If only I had the strength to combat you or could seek refuge in a some powerful support!’ (11:80) Allah did not send any Prophet after him but that he was one of the wealthy of his people.”
Grade: Hasan (Sound) and Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Yoosuf combined the nobility of messengership, knowledge, handsomeness, modesty, good character, fairness and leadership – peace be upon him –. Lut (alayhis-Salam) wished that he could seek refuge in some strong family background by way of seeking a means. Otherwise, he had his refuge with Allah the Mighty and Sublime; he – peace and blessings be upon him – had said: “My Lord, Give me victory of the people who are mischiefmakers”. (Q 29: 30). The point here is the supplication of the Prophetﷺ for his brother, Lut – peace be upon him.

chapter 274. Sincere supplication

606. ‘Abdu’r-Rahman ibn Yazid said, “Ar-Rabi’ used to go to ‘Alqama every Friday. When I was not there, they would send for me. Once he came when I was not there. ‘Alqama met me and told me, ‘Did you not see what ar-Rabi’ brought? He said, “Do you not see how frequently people make supplication and how rarely they are answered? That is because Allah Almighty only accepts the sincere supplication.”‘ I asked, ‘Didn’t ‘Abdullah say that?’ He asked, ‘What did he say?’ I said that ‘Abdullah said, ‘Allah does not listen to someone who wants other people to hear not someone who shows off nor who plays. He only listens to the one who makes a supplication firmly from his heart.’ He said, ‘Did he mention ‘Alqama?’ ‘Yes’ was the answer.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Allah the Mighty and Sublime only accepts righteous deeds done for His Sake including supplications. If the condition was as described in that generation in which many of the people were amongst the students of the companions, the situation is certainly worse today – and the one who is safe is he that is protected by Allah! Therefore, we must purify our righteous deeds from show-off and not seek popularity with the same actions with which we should seek only the Face of Allah the Mighty and Sublime.

chapter 275. Be firm in supplication, for Allah cannot be forced

607. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When one of you makes a supplication, he should not say, ‘If you wish.’ He should be firm in asking and he should have great hope. Allah does not think that anything that He gives is too great.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

608. Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When one of you makes a supplication, he should be firm in the supplication and not say, ‘O Allah, if you like, give to me.’ Allah cannot be forced against His will.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: We should be humble and hopeful of answer in our supplications, and not be arrogant and evasive, for Allah is Beneficent and Merciful Who loves to be asked and is Able to do what He Wills

chapter 276. Raising the hands in supplication

609. Abu Nu’aym, who is Wahb, said, “I saw Ibn ‘Umar and Ibn az-Zubayr making supplication, cupping their palms in front of their faces.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

610.’A’isha say that she saw the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, making supplication with his hands raised, saying, ‘I am a man, so do not punish me. If I harm any man of the believers or revile him, do not punish me for that.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: From the points of benefit in this hadeeth are: 1. One could offer his daughter or sister to a pious person to marry. 2. The Muslim should make efforts to reconcile between his brothers if he got aware of any disagreement between them. Nevertheless, he should confirm whatever he hears in that regard. 3. Muslims, the scholars and the students of knowledge especially, should always avoid to make statements that cause disaffection and polarize the community. 4. The companions had respect for one another; they would even alarm one another with a fellow companion during a disagreement. 5. The Prophetﷺ is a human being; so, he gets annoyed too as is from the nature of human beings to get annoyed. 6. The Prophetﷺ dearly loved his community; and so, he supplicated that his curse or abuse of the one who does not deserve it should be made blessings for such a person. 7. Bringing food items and other needs of one’s household even if it be in a sack on one’s shoulders and serving the household is from good character

611. Abu Hurayra said, “At-Tufayl ibn ‘Amr ad-Dawsi came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, Daws have rebelled and rejected, so ask Allah to curse them.’ The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, faced the qibla and raised his hands and the people thought that he was going to curse them. He said, ‘O Allah, guide Daws and lead them!'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

612. Anas said, “No rain fell for a year and so one of the Muslims went to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on Jumu’a (Friday). He said, ‘Messenger of Allah, there has been no rain and the ground is dry and people’s wealth has been destroyed.’ He raised his hand when there was not a cloud to be seen in the sky. He stretched out his arms until I could see the whiteness of his armpits and asked Allah for rain. As soon as we finished the prayer, (the rain was such that) the youth whose house was near was afraid to return to his family. It last past Friday, The following Friday, they said, ‘Messenger of Allah, the houses have fallen down and the paths are blocked.’ He smiled and observed how quickly the son of Adam becomes discontented. He said while making a gesture with his hand, ‘O Allah, around us and not on us.’ And the rain cleared away from Madina.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The hadeth highlights the following amongst others: 1. The excellence of supplications; and that by it Allah the Mighty and Sublime brings relief to the distressed. 2. The Prophetﷺ’s concern for the welfare of the people. 3. The permissibility seeking supplications from the pious. 4. It is recommended to raise our hands during supplications. 5. It forms evidence for Allah’s Existence and that He Hears and is above the heavens.

613.’Ikrima heard ‘A’isha, may Allah be pleased with her, say that she say the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, raise his hands in supplication, saying, ‘O Allah, I am a mortal, so do not punish me. If I harm or revile a Muslim man, do not punish me for it!'”
Commentary: As No. 610, with a different isnād.

614. Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah reported that at-Tufayl ibn ‘Amr asked the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “Do you want a fortress and a citadel? The fortress of Daws.” The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, refused it because of what Allah had stored up for the Ansar. At-Tufayl made hijra and a man of his people made hijra with him. The man fell ill and was in torment (or words to that effect) and he crawled over to a quiver, took out an arrow, sliced his veins and died. At-Tufayl saw him a dream and asked him, “What has been done to you?” He replied, “I was forgiven because of my hijra to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.” He asked, “What happened to your hands?” He replied, “It was said, ‘We will not put right in you that part of your hands which you destroyed.'” He said that at-Tufayl related that tot he Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the Prophet said, “O Allah, forgive his hands!” and he raised his hands when he said it.
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

615. Anas ibn Malik said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to seek refuge with Allah, saying, ‘O Allah, I seek refuge with you from laziness. I seek refuge with You from cowardice. I seek refuge with you from senility. I seek refuge with You from miserliness.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Laziness, to lack courage, mental and physical weakness due to old age and being stingy are traits, each of which affects the religious and mundane responsibilities of the servant. The victim is either only able to partially carryout the duties or completely abandons them! The hadeeth encourages towards fulfilling one’s duties by seeking protection from whatever hinders that.

616. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said that Allah Almighty said, “I am according to My slave’s opinion of Me, and I am with him when He calls on Me.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: When the slave raises up his hand in supplication out of humility, seeking his needs from the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, full of hope in Him to grant his requests, he finds that his supplications are granted, for Allah is Merciful, He Hears and Responds.

chapter 277. The best way of asking for forgiveness

617. Shaddad ibn Aws reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The best way of asking forgiveness is ‘O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your slave. I follow Your covenant and promise as much as I can. I acknowledge Your blessing and I confess to my wrong actions, so forgive me. Only You can forgive wrong actions. I seek refuge with You from the evil of what I have done.’ If he says it in the evening and then dies, he will enter the Garden or he said that he will be one of the people of the Garden. If he says it in the morning and dies that day it is the same.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The servant – in these wonderful expressions of the Prophetﷺ is taught to humble himself before Allah, affirm His Lordship and the fact that He alone deserves to be worshipped; to acknowledge and thank Allah for His favors on him, and seek His protection from the consequences of his sins before asking to be forgiven and pardoned. It follows with an affirmation that He alone forgives sins, and it encourages towards sincerely seeking forgiveness for sins.

618. Ibn ‘Umar said, “We used to say this a hundred times in the assembly of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ‘O Lord, forgive me and turn to me. You are the Ever-Turning, the Merciful.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Heﷺ had said, “Seek repentance from Allah for I seek repentance from Him a hundred times every day” and that, “By Allah, I seek forgiveness from Allah and repent unto Him more than seventy times in the day.” (Al-Bukhaaree). If the one who had been forgiven his past and future sins seek forgiveness and repent unto Allah this much, then it behoves us to sincerely hasten towards this righteous act. May Allah forgive us all; Amin.

619. ‘A’isha said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed the Duha prayer and then said, ‘O Lord, forgive me and turn to me. You are the Ever-Turning, the Merciful’ a hundred times.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

620. See 617.
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Same as hadeeth no. 617 with slight difference.

621. ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar said, “I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, ‘Turn in repentance to Allah. I turn to Him a hundred times every day.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

622. Ka’b ibn ‘Ujra said, “Those who repeat the supplications which follow the prayers will not be disappointed. They are: ‘Glory be to Allah’; ‘Praise be to Allah’; and ‘There is no god but Allah’ a hundred times.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: In the version in Saheeh Muslim of the same hadeeth, it says, “Those who repeat what is after every obligatory prayer…” showing that the appropriate time to read the formula is after the daily obligatory prayers. The direct ascription of the statement to the Prophetﷺ is also authentic. See Saheeh al-Adab al-Mufrad by Imam Al-Albaanee (الله رحمه ,(no. 486.

chapter 278. The supplication for someone when he is absent

623.’Abdullah ibn ‘Amr reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The swiftest supplication to be answered is the supplication of someone for another person who is not present.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

624. Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was heard to say, “The supplication of a brother in Allah is answered.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

625. Safwan ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Safwan, who was married to the daughter of Abu’d-Darda’, said, “I visited them in Syria and found Umm ad-Darda’ in the house, but not Abu’d-Darda’. She asked, ‘Are you intending to go on hajj this year?’ ‘Yes,’ I replied. She said, ‘Make supplication to Allah and ask for good for us. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The supplication of a Muslim man for his absent brother is answered. At his head there is a guardian angel. Whenever he asks Allah to give his brother good, the angel says, ‘Amen, and may you have the same.'”‘ I met Abu’d-Darda’ in the market and he said something similar which was related from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: It highlights the permissibility of requesting the person going on hajj or a journey to supplicate for one during the journey. The report of Abu Darda is collected in Saheeh Muslim.

626.’Abdullah ibn ‘Amr reported that a man said, “O Allah, forgive me and Muhammad alone!” The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “You have veiled it from many people.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The people of knowledge are to teach the people and guide them towards that which is more beneficial in whatever they do. The narration discourages restricting supplications to include only a few – and to mention a few in a supplication does not mean restriction. In another report of the same hadeeth, it says: the man said, “O Allah, show mercy unto me and Muhammad, and do not show mercy to anyone along with us!” during the Prayer. When the Prophetﷺ had finished the prayer he said, “You have restricted something broad.” (Al-Bukhaaree).

627. Ibn ‘Umar said, “I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asking Allah to forgive him a hundred times in this assembly with the words, ‘O Allah, forgive me and turn to me and show mercy to me. You are the Ever-Turning, Merciful.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Heﷺ had said, “Seek repentance from Allah for I seek repentance from Him a hundred times every day” and that, “By Allah, I seek forgiveness from Allah and repent unto Him more than seventy times in the day.” (Al-Bukhaaree). If the one who had been forgiven his past and future sins seek forgiveness and repent unto Allah this much, then it behoves us to sincerely hasten towards this righteous act. May Allah forgive us all; Amin.

chapter 279. Chapter

628. Ibn ‘Umar said, “I make supplication in everything I do even that Allah will make the stride of my animal long so that I find ease in that.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

629. It is reported that ‘Umar used to make supplication with his words, “) Allah, let me die with the pious and do not leave me among the evil. Join me to the good.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The pious predecessors – may Allah be pleased with them all – paid serious attention to piety. So, they supplicated a great deal to be blessed with righteous deeds that will out of Allah’s mercy join them with the pious.

630. It is related that ‘Abdullah used to use these supplications a lot: ‘Our Lord, make peace between us and guide us on the path of Islam. Save us from the darkness (and bring us) to the light. Remove acts of deviance from us, both open and hidden. Bless us in our ears, our eyes, our hearts, our wives and our children. Turn to us. You are the Ever-Turning, Most Merciful. Make us thankful for Your blessing and make us among those who give praise for it and proclaim it. Perfect it for us.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

631. When Anas made supplication for his brother, he said, “May Allah bless him with the blessing of those who are pious. They are neither unjust nor corrupt. They stand at night in prayer and fast in the day.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

632.’Amr ibn al-Harith said, “My mother took me to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and stroked my head and prayed for provision to be given to me.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: See hadeeth no. 88 and its comment.

633. Anas ibn Malik was told, “Your brothers have come to you from Basra (and that day he was at the zawiyya) wanting for you to make supplication to Allah for them.” He said, “O Allah, forgive them and show mercy to them. Give them good in this world and good in the Next World and protect them from the punishment of the Fire.” They asked him to say more and he said repeated the same thing. He said, “If you are given this, you have been given the good of this world and the Next.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: It encourages seeking supplications from a person whose religion is trusted even if that would require journeying, and that one should employ brief and encompassing words in prayers. Explaining the report of Anas bin Malik that: “Most of the supplications of the Prophetﷺ was: Rabbanaa ’ātinā fi’d-dunyā hasanatan wa fi’l-’ākirati hasanatan wa qinā ‘adh-āba’n-nār (Our Lord Give us good in this world and good in the World Hereafter and protect us from the punishment of the Fire)”, Qaadee Abu Musa, ‘Iyyaad bin Musa (الله رحمه (said, “He would mostly supplicate with this verse because it includes the imports of all supplications of the affairs of this world and the hereafter.”

634. Anas ibn Malik said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took a bough and shook it and not all the leaves fell off. Then he shook it again and not all the leaves fell off. Then he shook it a third time but not all the leaves fell off. He said, ‘Saying, “Glory be to Allah and praise be to Allah and there is no god but Allah” makes errors fall away as the leaves of a tree fall away.'”
Grade: Hasan (Sound)
Commentary: From the methods of teaching is illustration; the Prophetﷺ likened the dropping of the leaves to how sins fall-off when the formula is sincerely read. The hadeeth shows the virtue of the formula and encourages towards seeking means of shedding our sins. May Allah grant us His forgiveness; Amin.

635. Anas reported that a woman came to the Prophet, to complain to him of a need. He said, ‘Shall I show you something better than that? You should say, ‘There is no god but Allah’ 33 times when you go to sleep and say ‘Glory be to Allah’ 33 times and say ‘Praise be to Allah’ 34 times and then that hundred is better than his world and all that it contains.'”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)
Commentary: However, the narration is authentically reported through Alee in Saheeh al-Bukhaaree, Muslim and Sunan at-Tirmidhee. See hadeeth no. 1216.

636. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If someone says, ‘There is no god but Allah’ one hundred times, ‘Glory be to Allah’ one hundred times’ and ‘Allah is greater’ one hundred times, that is better than freeing ten slaves and slaughtering seven camels.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

637. A man came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, “Messenger of Allah, what is the best supplication?” He answered, “Asking Allah for forgiveness and well-being in this world and the Next world.” Then he came to him the following day and asked, “Prophet of Allah, what is the best supplication?” He answered, “Asking Allah for forgiveness and well-being in this world and the Next world. When you are given well-being in this world and the Next, then you have achieved success.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The word, al-‘Aafiyah (translated as ‘well-being’) means being protected from different forms of evil: trials and tribulations, sicknesses and other afflictions. It would also include protection from the difficulties of the grave and the Day of Recompense. As such, to seek forgives and ‘Aafiyah is from brief supplications with all-encompassing meanings.

638. Abu Dharr reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The words which Allah loves most are: ‘Glory be to Allah who has no partner. His is the Kingdomand praise is His and He has power over allthings. There is no power nor strength except by Allah. Glory be to Allah and by His praise.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: As joining partners with Allah the Exalted is the most hated sin to Allah, the most beloved words to Him – Glorious is He – are those that declare His Oneness, praise and glorify Him and rightly ascribe Power and Authority to Him.

639. Umm Kulthum, the daughter of Abu Bakr, reported that ‘A’isha said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to me while I was praying when he needed something. I was taking a long time and he said, ”A’isha, you must make the comprehensive supplication.’ When I finished, I asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, what is the comprehensive supplication?’ He said, ‘Say: “O Allah, I ask You for all good, both sooner and later, what I know of it and what I do not know. I seek refuge with You from all evil, both sooner and later, what I know of it and what I do not know. I ask You for the Garden an d whatever words or actions bring one near to it. I seek refuge with You from the Fire and whatever words or actions bring one near to it. I ask You by what Muhammad asked You and I seek refuge from You by what Muhammad sought refuge from and whatever fate You have decreed for me, make its end right guidance.”‘”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The hadeeth exhorts towards being brief but encompassing in our supplications. In an authentic hadeeth collected by Imam Aboo Dawood in his Sunan, ‘A’aisha (عنها الله ريض (said, “The Prophetﷺ would prefer encompassing supplications, and he left other than that.” Good deeds and actions that lead to the Garden include seeking the knowledge of the rulings of the religion and acting according to it. Asking for whatever the Prophetﷺ asked for and seeking refuge from all what he sought refuge from further shows the comprehensiveness of this supplication.

chapter 280. The prayer on the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace

640. Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If any Muslim does not have anything to give as sadaqa, he should say in his supplication, ‘O Allah, bless Muhammad, Your slave and Your Messenger and bless the believers, both men and women, and the Muslims, both men and women.’ That will be sadaqa for him.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

641. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If anyone says, ‘O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You blessed Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. Shower blessings on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You showered blessings on Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. Show mercy to Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You showed mercy to Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim,’ I will testify for him on the Day of Rising and I will intercede for him.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

642. Malik ibn Aws ibn al-Hadathan said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went out to open ground to answer a call of nature and did not find anyone to follow him. ‘Umar went out and followed him with a clay pot or wudu’ vessel. He found him prostrating in a river bed. He fell back and sat behind him until the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, lifted his head. He said, ‘You have done well, ‘Umar. When you found me prostrating, you went behind me. Jibril came to me and said, ‘If someone says the prayer on you once, Allah will pray ten times on him and raise him ten degrees.'”
Grade: Hasan (Sound)
Commentary: The hadeeth contains the following benefits among others: 1. It is beneficial to be in the company the scholars. Umar t followed the Prophetﷺ and benefitted. 2. Teachers should acknowledge good things done by their students; more so, when such will lead them to doing more good things. 3. It exhorts towards saying Salaat and Salaam on the Prophetﷺ. Imam Al-Albaanee (الله رحمه (explained, “The best of what is said about the meaning of Salaat on the Prophetﷺ is that of Abu l-‘Aaliyah, that: Allah’s Salaat on His Prophet is His praising him and extolling him; and the Salaat of the angels and others on him is: asking (for more of) that from Allah the Exalted.” 4. Allah the Mighty and Sublime rewards the good deeds of His slaves in manifolds.

643. Anas ibn Malik reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If anyone says the prayer on me once, Allah prays on him ten times and removes ten errors from him.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

chapter 281. Someone who hears the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, mentioned in his presence and does not bless him

644. Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went up the minbar. When he reached the first step, he said, “Amen”. When he ascended to the second step, he said, “Amen,” and when he stepped onto the third step, he said, “Amen.” They said, “Messenger of Allah, we heard you say ‘Amen’ three times.” He said, “When I went up the first step, Jibril, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to me and said, ‘Wretched is the slave to whom Ramadan comes and when it passes from him is not forgiven.’ I said, ‘Amen.’ Then he said, ‘Wretched is the slave who has one or both of his parents alive and they do not let him enter the Garden.’ I said, ‘Amen.’ Then he said, ‘Wretched is a slave who does not bless you when you are mentioned in his presence,’ and I said, ‘Amen.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: See hadeeth no. 21. However, the point in this hadeeth vis-avis the chapter heading is that, it is obligatory that whenever the Prophet’s name is mentioned in our presence, we should send salutations to him – peace and blessings be upon him. From the benefits of saying salutation upon the Prophetﷺ is success and prosperity which in the parlance of the Sharee’ah really refers to entrance into the Garden.

645. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If anyone prays once on me, Allah will pray ten times on him.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

646.Similar to 644 except it has “Shame on” rather than “Wretched isÉ”
Grade: Hasan (Sound) and Saheeh (Authentic)

647. Juwayriyya, the daughter of al-Harith ibn Abi Dirar, (whose name had been Barra but the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had renamed her Juwayriyya) reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had left her and he did not want to go back in while her name was Barra. Then he went back to her while it was late in the day and found that she was still sitting. “Are you still sitting?” he asked, “After I left you I uttered four phrases three times. If they were to be weighed against all your words, they would outweigh them. They are: ‘Glory be to Allah and by His praise in number as great as His creation and in accordance with His own pleasure and the weight of His Throne and the extent of His words.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The hadeeth shows: 1. The virtues of these expressions. 2. It is even more beneficial to employ comprehensive formulas during supplications. 3. The excellence of Juwayriyyah (radiya Allahu anha). She would sit for such a long time giving remembrance of Allah 4. That it is allowed to change one’s name if it is from those names that are prohibited or discouraged in the Sharee’ah such as names that show disobedience to Allah, or that have roots with evil people or the like. 5. The benevolence of the Prophetﷺ; he would guide the people to the best and easiest form of attaining their lofty goals

648. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Seek refuge with Allah from Hellfire. Seek refuge with Allah from the punishment of the grave. Seek refuge with Allah from the sedition of the Dajjal. Seek refuge with Allah from the trials of life and death.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Seeking refuge from the tribulations that the Dajjal (Impostor) will bring about in the End times implies refuge from following him. As for the trials of life and death, Imam Ibn Daqeeq al-‘Eid (الله رحمه (said it is, “what one faces of trials with worldly things, desires and things we do not know – and the greatest of them – is the issue of (one’s) end at the point of death. As regards the trials of death, it could mean the trials while one is passing away and it (i.e. the trial) is joined with death because of its nearness to it. It could also mean the trial in the grave.

chapter 282. A man’s supplication for someone who has wronged him

649. Jabir reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “O Allah, let my hearing and sight be sound and make them remain sound until I die. Turn away from me the one who wrongs me and give me revenge on him.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Basically, this report is weak because it has in its chain, Layth bin Abee Sulaym, a weak reporter, and so, he reported, Allaahumma aslih lī (O Allah, let my…be sound) rather than, Allaahumma matti’nee (O Allah, let my …remain sound) as in the report of Imam al-Bazzaar (الله رحمه (also from Jabir which corresponds with other reports from the companions – may Allah be pleased with them all – from the Prophetﷺ about the same supplication. See Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth is-Saheehah (3170). Our sight and hearing are great blessings from Allah the Mighty and Sublime; and so, they should not be employed in disobedience to Allah so that He does not consequently withdraw this great favor!

650. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, “O Allah, let me enjoy my sight and hearing and make them remain sound until I die. Turn away my enemy and grant me revenge on him.”
Commentary: As No. 649, from Abū Hurayra, with a different isnād.

651. Tariq ibn Ashyam al-Ashja’i said, “We used to go and visit the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. On one occasion a man and woman came and the man asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, what should I say when I pray?’ He replied, ‘Say, “O Allah, forgive me, show mercy to me, guide me and provide for me.; They will combine this world and the Next world for you.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

chapter 283. Someone who makes supplication for a long life

652. Umm Qays reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to her, “What she said will make her life long. They said, “We do not know of any woman who was given the long life that she was given.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)
Commentary: It is part of a story transmitted by an-Nasaaee in which she said, “A son of mine died and I became very grieved. I said to the person who was bathing his body (before burial), ‘Don’t wash my son with cold water for it will kill him.’ ” ‘Ukkāsha went to the Prophetﷺ and informed him of what she had said. The Prophetﷺ smiled and said, “What did she say? May she live long.”

653. Anas said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to come to us, the people of his house. One day he came to us and made supplication for us. Umm Sulaym said, ‘Won’t you make supplication for your little servant?’ He said, ‘O Allah, give him a lot of wealth and children. Make him live long and forgive him.’ “He made supplication for me three times. I have so far buried 103 children (out of the many I have had). My fruits can be eaten twice in the year and I lived a long time until I was embarrassed in front of people, and I hope for forgiveness.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The hadeeth contains the following points of benefit: (1) The leader should visit his adherents as was the practice of the Prophetﷺ. (2) The Taabi’oon showed great interest in the matters of the religion especially the prayer. (3) The one who prays alone with the imam should stand on the right side of the imam and not on his left side, nor behind him. (4) One could request a person whose religion is trusted to supplicate for him; and such supplications could be made in the presence of the one who requested for it. (5) The parent should always seek and follow the means by which the child earns the blessings of this World and the Hereafter. Umm Sulaim had given her son, Anas to the service of the Prophetﷺ at the prophet’s arrival in Madeenah. So Anas was nurtured in the prophetic household; he was there until the Prophetﷺ died. (6) It is encouraged to ask Allah for abundant wealth and many children as they are both from the favors of Allah. Quite badly, many abort pregnancies today for the flimsiest reason and seek other means of reducing child birth! (7) It is legitimate also, to beseech Allah for long life as is contained in other wordings of the same hadeeth, just as one supplicates for wealth and children. This does not contradict preordainment. (8) The prophet’s supplication for Anas was granted; he lived for over a hundred years, he had over a hundred and twenty children and grand children, and was one of the richest among the Ansar.

chapter 284. Someone say says, “A person is given an answer as long as he does not seek to hasten it”

654. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The supplication of any of you is answered as long as he does not get impatient and say, ‘I made supplication and was not answered.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

655. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The supplication of any of you is answered as long as he does not make supplication for something which is a wrong action or cutting off ties of kinship or become impatient and say, ‘I made supplication and was not answered,’ and so he stops making supplication.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: After explaining the virtues of supplicating and stating the best forms of supplication, the author, Imam Al-Bukhaaree, pointed out in this chapter, some of the things that may hinder the acceptance of one’s supplications. We beg Allah to accept our supplications; Amin.

chapter 285. Someone who seeks refuge in Allah from laziness

656. ‘Amr ibn Shu’ayb reported that his grandfather said, “I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, ‘O Allah, I seek refuge with You from laziness and debt. I seek refuge with You from the trial of the Dajjal. I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the Fire.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: To seek refuge from debt means that death might not befall us while we owe people’s rights. See comment on hadeeth no. 648.

657. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to seek refuge with Allah from the evils of life and death and the punishment of the grave and the evil of the Dajjal.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

chapter 286. Allah is angry with the person who does not ask Allah

658. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Allah is angry with someone who does not ask of Him.”
Grade: Hasan (Sound)
Commentary: This is because such a person is either despairing of Allah’s mercy or an arrogant!

659. Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When you call on Allah, be definite in your supplication. None of you should say, ‘If You will, give it to me.’ No one can force Allah.”
Commentary: As No. 608, with a different isnād

660. ‘Uthman said that he heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, “A person will not be harmed by anything if he says every morning and evening 33 times, ‘In the Name of Allah by whose Name nothing in the earth or the heaven is harmed. He is the All-Hearing, the All- Knowing.'”
‘Uthman had been afflicted by partial paralysis and the man to whom he said this looked at him (with surprise). He understood that and said, “The hadith is as I have told you, but I did not say it that day and so the decree of Allah was carried out.”
Grade: Hasan (Sound) and Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: In another authentic report of the same hadeeth, it says, “No sudden trial will afflict him.” (Aboo Daawood).

chapter 287. Supplication in the battle ranks in the Cause of Allah

661. Sahl ibn Sa’d said, “There are two hours in which the gates of heaven are opened. At those times very rarely is the supplication of someone who makes supplication rejected: when the call to prayer has been given and when in battle ranks in the Cause of Allah.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The hadeeth is also authentically reported from the Messenger of Allahﷺ in Sunan Abee Daawood.

chapter 288. The supplications of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace

662. Abu Sirma reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, “O Allah, I ask You to make me wealthy and make my mawla wealthy!”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

663. Shakal ibn Humayd said, “Messenger of Allah, teach me a supplication that will benefit me.” He said, “Say: ‘O Allah, protect me from the evil of my sight and hearing, my tongue, my heart, and the evil of my desire.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The hadeeth highlights the following: 1. The companions’ love for supplications. 2. We should ask the scholars of the matters of the religion when such are unknown to us, or in order seek further benefits or just to benefit others from the answer of the scholar. 3. Apart from making sincere efforts to keep Allah’s limits, one should seek refuge with Allah against falling into sins. 4. The favours of Allah on us may also be sources of trials!

664.’Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, “O Allah, help me and do not help against me. Support me and do not support anyone against me. Make guidance easy for me.”

665. Ibn ‘Abbas said, “I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, making supplication with these words: ‘O Allah, help me and do not help anyone against me. Devise for me and do not devise against me. Make guidance easy for me. Avert from me the one who attacks me. O Lord, make me grateful to You, remember You, fearful of You, obedient to You and humble to You, supplicating, penitent. Accept my repentance. Wash away my wrong actions and answer my supplication. Establish my proof and guide my heart. Make my tongue correct and make resentment flow out of my heart.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The expression, wa’mkur lī wa lā tamkur ‘alayya, translated as, ‘devise for me and do not devise against me’ means, according to Imam Alee al-Qaaree (الله رحمه” ,(O Allah, guide me to the path of warding off my enemies from myself, and guide not my enemies to the path of warding me off himself.” As for ascribing Makr (plot) to Allah the Exalted, Shaykh Muhammad bin Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (الله رحمه (explained that, “Makr (plot) may be, in some situation, praise and disparagement in another situation: If it is to counter someone who is plotting, then it is praise because it implies that you are stronger than him. If not, then it is dispraise and is called deception. As such, Allah has not described Himself with it except by way of countering and with specification as He the Exalted said: “So they plotted a plot, and We plotted a plot, while they perceived not.” (Q 27: 50), and: “… they were plotting and Allah too was plotting” (Q 8: 30). Allah – Glorious is He and Most High – should not be generally described with it. So one should not say (for example), ‘Allah is a Maakir (Plotter)’! Not by way of informing or naming. Similarly, it should not be said, ‘Allah is a Kaaid (Schemer)’! Not by way of informing or naming. That is because, the meaning could be praise in one situation and dispraise in another. We should not describe Allah with it in a general sense.” Sharh al-‘Aqeedat al-Waasitiyyah (1/331-332).

666. Mu’awiya ibn Abi Sufyan said on the minbar, “None can withhold what You give nor give what Allah withholds. The effort of a person who makes an effort does not benefit him. When Allah desires good for a person, He gives him understanding in the deen.” He added, “I heard these words from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: This is clear-cut evidence that basically, the understanding of the religion is gained out of Allah’s favor on the servant. Therewith, He grants the servant steadfastness upon obedience to Him and abstinence from His prohibitions in this world leading the servant to the good of the hereafter. May Allah grant us the understanding of the religion; Amin.

667. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The firmest supplication is to say, ‘O Allah, you are my Lord and I am Your slave. I have wronged myself and I admit my wrong action. Only You forgive wrong actions, Lord, forgive me.'”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

668. Abu Hurayra reported, “The Messenger of , may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to use this supplication: ‘O Allah, make my deen correct it is the support of my affairs. Make my deen correct it contains my livelihood. Make death a mercy for me from every evil.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

669. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to seek refuge “from the trouble of affliction, meeting with wretchedness, an evil decree, and the gloating of enemies.” (Sufyan, one of the transmitters said, “There were three items in the hadith. I added one, but I do not know which one.”)
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Sufyan mentioned here, is Ibn ‘Uyaynah al-Hilaalee (رحمه الله (one of the great scholars of hadeeth. 2. The one he added here of the four things he mentioned was, ‘the gloating of enemies’. This became obvious, from the reports of the same narration authentically reported from Sufyan (الله رحمه (and collected by Ibn Abee ‘Aasim in his book, As-Sunnah and Imam Ismaa’eelee in his Mustakhraj. Both reports did not include the fourth item. 3. However, seeking refuge from ‘the gloating of the enemies’ is authentically reported from the Prophetﷺ in another hadeeth reported by Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin al-‘Aas collected in Musnad Ahmad and others. As such, the addition that Sufyan bin ‘Uyaynah (الله رحمه (mentioned here was not basically his own idea – may Allah shower blessings on him. 4. It shows the intellectual opulence of the scholars of hadeeth and their strictness in reporting and accepting ahaadeeth.

670.’Umar said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to seek refuge from five things: laziness, miserliness, bad pride, the trial of what is in the breast, and the punishment of the grave.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

671. Anas ibn Malik said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, ‘O Allah, I seek refuge with You from incapacity, laziness, cowardice and old age. I seek refuge with You from the trials of life and death. I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

672. Anas said, “I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, ‘O Allah, I seek refuge with You from concern, sorrow, incapacity, laziness, cowardice, miserliness, being deeply in debt and being overpowered by men.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

673. Abu Hurayra said, “One of the supplications of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was ‘O Allah, forgive me for my past and future wrong actions, what I conceal and what I divulge, and what You know of me. You are the One who puts ahead and delays. There is no god but You.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Allah the Mighty and Exalted is the One Who brings forward and places them in their right places and whatever requires been brought forward He brings it forward; and He holds back, and puts things in their right places. This supplication is from the brief and comprehensive supplications of the Prophetﷺ.

674. ‘Abdullah said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to make this supplication, ‘O Allah, I ask You for guidance, virtuousness and wealth.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The expression is brief and encompassing. Those who reported the hadeeth along with Imam Al-Bukhaaree (الله رحمه (from ‘Amr – Ibn Marzooq – have reported the increment, ‘and piety’. The increment is also authentically reported in Saheehs of Imam Muslim and Ibn Hibban (rahimahumallah).

675. Thumana ibn Huzn said, “I heard a shaykh call out in a loud voice, ‘O Allah, I seek refuge with You from unadulterated evil.’ I asked, ‘Who is this shaykh?’ I was told, ‘Abu’d-Darda’.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

676. ‘Abdullah ibn Abi ‘Awfa reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, “O Allah, purify me with ice, snow and cold water as the dirty garment is cleansed of dirt. O Allah, our Lord, praise is Yours in quantity as great as the sky and as great as the earth and as great as You wish from anything beyond that.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taimiyyah (الله رحمه (was asked, “How should sins be cleansed with cold water when hot water better cleanses?” He said, “Sins bring about heat, dirt and weakness in the heart; it is like the fuel that keeps the fire burning and lit. The more the sins, the more the fire in the heart glows and it (the fire) weakens it. But water cleanses the dirt and quenches the fire. So if it is cold it suits the body and strengthens it. When it is accompanied with ice and snow it brings more coldness and strength to the body. Thus, it better takes away the effects of sins.” See: Rashsh al-Barad Sharh al-Adab al-Mufrad (pg. 357) by Dr. Muhammad Luqman as-Salafee.

677. Anas reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to make supplication with this supplication, “O Allah, give us good in this world and good in the Next World and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Other reports of the same hadeeth collected by Imam AtTayaalisee and Ahmad show that Imam Qatadah only said, “Anas used to say this” without the above increment. This appears to be the right thing more so, that Qatadah in an authentic report had related the hadeeth from Anas from the Prophetﷺ. See hadeeth no. 682.

678. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, “O Allah, I seek refuge with You from poverty, need and abasement. I seek refuge with You from being unjust or wronged.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Qillah translated as ‘deprivation’ refers to the wretchedness due to lack of good deeds. Dhillah (Abasement) here refers to the humiliation that result from sinfulness, and the lowliness that is written on the face of the poor in front of the rich. We seek Allah’s refuge from all that His messengerﷺ has sought refuge; Amin.

679. Abu Umama said, “We were with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he made many supplications which we did not remember. We said, ‘You make supplications which we do not remember.’ He said, ‘I will inform you of something which will combine all of them for you: “O Allah, We ask You for what Your Prophet Muhammad asked You, and we seek refuge with You from what Your Prophet Muhammad sought refuge. O Allah, You are the One to whom one turns for help and You are the One who brings it about. There is no power nor strength except by Allah,” or words to that effect.'”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

680.’Amr ibn Shu’ayb reported that his grandfather said, “I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, ‘O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the trial of the Dajjal and I seek refuge with You from the trial of the Fire.'”
Grade: Hasan (Sound) and Saheeh (Authentic)

681. Ibn ‘Abbas used to say, “O Allah, make me content with the provision You have given me and bless me in it and appoint good for me in every thing which I do not have.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

682. Anas said, “The most frequent supplication of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was, ‘O Allah, give us good in this world and good in the Next World and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

683. Anas said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, most frequently said, “O Allah, O Overturner of hearts, make my heart firm in Your deen.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The hadeeth contains the following lessons: 1. The Prophet’s humility towards His Lord the Mighty and Sublime. 2. No one should feel completely secured from trials including that the heart is turned away from the religion. In an authentic narration in Sunan Abee Daawood, Umm Salamah (radiya Allahu anha) enquired why the Prophetﷺ frequently said this supplication; and he said, “There is not any of the children of Adam except that his heart is between two of the Fingers of Allah. Whomever He likes, He makes steadfast and He strays whomever He likes.”

684.’Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to use this supplication: ‘O Allah, praise is Yours in quantity as great as the heavens and in quantity as great as the earth and in quantity as great as You wish from anything else. O Allah, purify me with ice, snow and cold water. O Allah, purify me from wrong actions and clean me as the white garment is cleansed of dirt.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

685.’Abdullah ibn ‘Umar said, “One of the supplications of the Messenger of Allah was, ‘O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the disappearance of Your blessing and from the loss of good health and Your sudden vengeance and all of Your anger.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The supplications of the Prophetﷺ were brief but full of meanings; they seek the good of this World and the Hereafter and seek refuge from the evils of both Worlds.

chapter 289. Supplication in heavy rain and ordinary rain

686. ‘A’isha said, “When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw a cloud rising from the horizon, he would leave what he was doing, even if it was the prayer, and face towards it. If Allah dispersed it, he praised Allah, and if it rained, he said, ‘O Allah, make it a useful fall!'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: “If Allah dispersed it, he praised Allah” for it could be carrying Allah’s torment as was the case when ‘Ad was punished. Allah the Exalted said, “When they saw it as a dense cloud coming towards their valleys, they said, ‘This is a cloud bringing us rain!’ Nay, but it is that (torment) which you were asking to be hastened – a wind wherein is a painful torment…” (Q 46: 24). And when it rained, the Prophetﷺ prayed that it was beneficial and not destructive for the people of Nooh – peace and blessings be upon him – were destroyed with rains when: “We opened the gates of the heaven with water pouring forth.” (Q 54: 11). See hadeeth no. 717 and 718

chapter 290. Supplication for death

687. Isma’il ibn Qays said, “I came to Khabbab when he had been cauterised seven times. He said, ‘If it had not been that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had forbidden us to pray for death, I would have done so.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The Muslims who passed away earlier did not have as much wealth as these later ones, yet the early ones carried out their religious duties and were steadfast. Not having much wealth did not cause them loss of the things of the hereafter. When the Muslims were granted triumph over the lands and tremendous wealth came under their control, those who received charity became very few or practically unavailable such that the only things to do with excess wealth were building and things like it. Yet, in their expenditure, the later ones gave preference to the more important things over the important and so on. Nevertheless, for their knowledge and god-consciousness, these Muslims amongst the companions and their students – may Allah be pleased with them – recognized that the one who has more wealth has more things to account for before Allah; and as such, they disliked the condition. The companions – y – would not in the least disobey the Prophetﷺ.

chapter 291. The supplications of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace

688. Abu Musa reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to make this supplication, “O Allah, forgive my errors, my ignorance and my excess in all my affairs, and what You know better than me of these things. O Allah, forgive all my errors, what I do intentionally or out of my ignorance or in jest and in all that I do. O Allah, forgive me my past and future wrong actions, what I conceal of them and what I divulge. You are the One who puts things ahead and the One who delays them. You have power over all things.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

689. Abu Musa al-Ash’ari used to use this supplication, “O Allah, forgive my errors, my ignorance and my extravagance in my affairs and what You know better than I do. O Allah, forgive me what I do both in jest and seriousness, my errors and what I do intentionally and all that I do.”
Commentary: It is a part of the above hadīth, with a different isnād.

690. Mu’adh ibn Jabal said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took my hand and then said, “Mu’adh!’ ‘At your service!’ I said. He said, ‘I love you.’ I replied, ‘And, by Allah, I love you.’ He asked, ‘Shall I teach you some words to say at the end of your prayer?’ ‘Yes,’ I replied. He said, ‘Say: “O Allah, help me to remember You and thank You and help me to the best manner of worshipping You.”‘”
Commentary: The hadeeth highlights: 1. The virtues of Mu’adh bin Jabal : the Prophetﷺ loves him and he loves him too. 2. It encourages telling a Muslim brother that we love him if we really do. 3. One could swear by Allah even when he is not asked to do so in order to stress a point he seeks to make. 4. Teachers should guide their students to things that benefit them in this world and the hereafter. 5. The excellence of this supplication. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taimiyyah (الله رحمه (said, “I have considered which supplication is best and found that it is to ask Allah regarding what pleases Him. Then I saw it in al-Fatha: You Alone shall we worship; and from You Alone shall we seek for help.” See Tasheeh ad-Du’aa (pg. 35) by Shaykh Abu Zayd, Bakr bin .(رحمه الله)

691. Abu Ayyub al-Ansari said, “A man said in the presence of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ‘Praise belongs to Allah with blessed and abundant praise.; The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Who said that?’ The man was silent, thinking that it was a reprimand from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, for something he disliked. He asked again, ‘Who was it? He said nothing incorrect.’ The man said, ‘I did, and I hope for good by it.’ He said, ‘By the One in whose hand my soul is, I saw thirteen angels racing one another to see which of them would take it to Allah Almighty.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: After the companion made the statement hoping for good therewith, the Prophetﷺ approved it, showing that it is correct. Therefore, the hadeeth does not contain evidence that the one who intends good from a particular action could innovate such and count it as from the religion. The Prophetﷺ had warned that, “Whoever does a deed to which we have not given approval, it shall be rejected.” (Muslim).

692. Anas said, “When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wanted to enter the lavatory, he said, ‘O Allah, I seek refuge with You from foulness and foul things.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

693.’A’isha said, “When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, left the lavatory, he said, ‘Your forgiveness!'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

694. Ibn ‘Abbas said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to teach us this supplication as he taught us the suras of the Qur’an: ‘I seek refuge with You from the punishment of Hellfire, and I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave. I seek refuge with You from the trial of the Dajjal and the I seek refuge from the trials of life and death. I seek refuge with You from the trial of the grave.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

695. Ibn ‘Abbas said, “I spent the night at the house of my aunt. Maymuna. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, got up to answer a call of nature and then washed his hands and face and slept. Then he got up and took the water-skin and loosened its strap and then did a medium sort of wudu’ and no more but he did it adequately. Then he prayed. I stood up and went slowly, not wanting him to see that I was observing him. I did wudu’. Then he stood up to pray and I stood at his left. He took my hand and brought me around to his right. His complete night prayer consisted of twelve rak’ats. Then he lay down and went to sleep until he snored. When he slept, he would snore. Bilal gave the adhan for the morning prayer and he prayed without doing wudu’. One of his supplications was, ‘O Allah, put light in my heart and light in my hearing and light on my right and light on my left and a light above me and a light behind me and a light in front of me and a light behind him and make my light great.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The hadeeth highlights: 1. Ibn Abbass’ crave for knowledge despite his young age at the time. 2. It is allowed to make some slight movements during the prayer without turning away from the Qiblah. 3. A supererogatory prayer may be observed in congregation without specifically inviting the people to it as averred by Imam Ahmad and corroborated by Imam Al-Albaanee and others (rahimahumullah). 4. One may lead another person in congregation. In such cases, the follower will stand to the right hand of the leader. 5. It is allowed to correct a praying-person while one is also praying without making any speech. 6. One may lie down after the latenight prayer before the Fajr prayer. 7. Basically, deep sleep negates ablution based on the authentic report from the Prophetﷺ that, “The eye is the drawstring of the anus. So whoever sleeps should perform ablution.” (Aboo Daawood and others). Thus, Hafidh Ibn Hajar (الله رحمه (explained, “It proves that sleep is not an impurity although it may lead to impurity. But for him, his eyes sleep while his heart does not.” 8. He supplicated for light upon his limbs; so, the light of the heart brings about love of Allah and His Messengerﷺ, good deeds, the righteous and dislike for evil and its people. The light of the hearing will aid only listening to things that are allowed, and so on.

696.’Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas said, “When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed the night prayer, and finished his prayer, glorifying Allah as he deserves, he said at the end of it, ‘O Allah, give me a light in my heart and give me a light in my hearing and give me a light in my sight. Give me a light on my right and a light on my left and give me a light in front of me and a light behind me and increase me in light. Increase me in light, and increase me in light.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

697.’Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas said “When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, rose to pray in the middle of the night, he would say, ‘O Allah, Yours is the praise. You are the light of the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them. Yours is the praise. You are the Lord of the heavens and the earth and whoever is in them. You are the Truth and Your promise is true and the meeting with You is true. The Garden is true and the Fire is true and the Hour is true. O Allah, I have surrendered to You and I have believed in You. I have trusted in You and I repent to You. I argue by You and I have come to You for judgement. Forgive me my past and future wrong actions, what I conceal and what I show. You are My God. There is no god but You.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

698. Ibn ‘Umar said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to make this supplication: ‘O Allah, I ask You for pardon and good health in this world and the Next. O Allah, I ask You for good health in my deen and my family. Veil my faults and assuage my terror. Guard me before me, behind me, on my right and my left and above me. I seek refuge with You from unexpected destruction from beneath me.'”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)
Commentary: This report with this numbering (i.e. 698) was not found in Saheeh or Da’eef al-Adab al-Mufrad. However, in the checking and editing of Shaykh Sameer bin Ameen az-Zuhayree and Dr. Muhammad Luqman asSalafee (hafizahumallah), it occurs as a report from Ibn ‘Abbass .( However, while Shaykh Sameer graded the chain weak, as cited above and referred to a similar but authentic report from Ibn Umar on no. 1200 – which is the correct thing -, Dr. Muhammad Luqman appended the reference and ruling given by Imam al-Albaanee for hadeeth 1200 to this hadeeth and repeated it on hadeeth 1200 despite the fact that the chains of narrations for both narrations (698 and 1200) are different! The wordings are also slightly different, and the references cited by Imam Al-Albaanee only have the chain for hadeeth no. 1200. See hadeeth no. 1200.

699. Rifa’a az-Zurqi said, “In the Battle of Uhud when the idolaters retreated, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Form straight ranks so that I can praise my Almighty Lord.’ They formed in ranks behind him. He said, ‘O Allah, all praise is due to You. O Allah, none can contract what You expand nor bring near what you put far away. None can put far away what You bring near. None can give what You withhold nor withhold what You give. O Allah, expand to us some of Your blessings, mercy and favour and give us provision! O Allah, I ask You for the abiding blessing which is neither changed nor removed. O Allah, I ask You for blessing on the Day of Utter Poverty and security on the Day of Fear. O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the evil of what You give us. O Allah, make us love belief and adorn our hearts with it. Make us hate disbelief, deviance and rebellion. Place us among the rightly-guided. O Allah, make us die Muslims and make us live as Muslims and join us to the rightly, acting, who are neither disappointed nor afflicted. O Allah, fight the unbelievers who bar your path and who deny Your Messengers. Place You abasement and punishment over them. O Allah, fight the unbelievers who were given the Book, O Lord of Truth!'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

chapter 292. Supplication in affliction

700. Ibn ‘Abbas said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, made the following supplication during affliction: ‘There is no god but Allah, the Immense, the Forbearing. There is no god but Prophet, the Lord of the heavens and the earth and the Lord of the Immense Throne.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Imam An-Nawawee (الله رحمه (said, “If it is said, ‘this is a formula of remembrance of Allah (rather than a supplication)’ its reply that: this formula of remembrance is used to commence the supplication after which he asks whatever he desires.”

701. ‘Abdu’r-Rahman ibn Abi Bakra reported that he said to his father, “I heard you making this supplication every morning: ‘O Allah, make me healthy in my body. O Allah, make me healthy in my hearing. O Allah, make me healthy in my sight. There is no god but You.’ and repeat it three times in the evening and three times in the morning. You say, ‘O Allah, I seek refuge with You from disbelief and poverty. O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave. There is no god but You,’ and you repeat it three times in the evening and three times in the morning.” He replied, :Yes, my son. I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say them and I like to follow his sunna.”
He reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The supplications of the person in distress are: ‘O Allah, I hope for our mercy! Do not leave me to myself for the blink of an eye. Put all of my affair in order. There is no god but You.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The hadeeth shows how the companions love and stick to the Sunnah. 2. Parents and guardians should be pious in their actions and statements; for their children will follow them upon what they are – except as Allah wills! 3. The formula is from the brief and comprehensive supplications of the Prophetﷺ.

702. Ibn ‘Abbas said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, made the following supplication during affliction: ‘There is no god but Allah, the Immense, the Forbearing. There is no god but Prophet, the Lord of the heavens and the earth and the Lord of the Immense Throne.’ O Allah, avert its evil.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Imam An-Nawawee (الله رحمه (said, “If it is said, ‘this is a formula of remembrance of Allah (rather than a supplication)’ its reply that: this formula of remembrance is used to commence the supplication after which he asks whatever he desires.”

chapter 293. Supplication in the Istikhara

703. Jabir said, “The Prophet. may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to teach us the istikhara in matters just as if it was a sura of the Qur’an. He said, ‘When someone is concerned about something, he should pray two rak’ats and then say, ‘O Allah, I ask You for the good by Your knowledge and I ask You for strength by Your power and I ask You for some of Your immense abundant favour, You have the power and I do not. You know and I do not know. You are the Knower of the Unseen Worlds. O Allah, if You know that this affair is good for me in my deen, my livelihood and the end of my affair (or he said ‘in the beginning of my affair’) and its conclusion, then avert it from me and avert me from it. Decree for me the good wherever it is and then make me content.” Then he should state what he needs.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The Istikhaarah prayer is not supplication to know the Unseen; it is rather a servant’s humble of himself before Allah the Exalted, praising Him and asking Him for guidance and success in this world and the hereafter about the matter and protection from failure in both worlds. Thus, Imam Zamlakaanee (الله رحمه (explained, “After one has performed the prayer he should go ahead afterwards with what he likes whether his mind is settled upon it or not for the good is in it even though his mind is not settled upon it. The hadeeth does not contain a condition of the mind been settled upon it (if it is good).” Fadlullaahi as-Samad (2/482). Similarly, it does not contain a condition that the correct thing will be seen in a vision or dream as is widely opined, albeit wrongly, by many. 2. Hafidh Ibn Hajar cited Ibn Abee Jamrah to have said, “A person does not basically need to make Istikhaarah on whether to perform a Waajib (Obligatory) or Mustahabb (Supererogatory) act. Likewise, Istikhaarah is not performed about abstinence from a Haraam (Prohibited) or Makrooh (Disliked) matter. Therefore, the prayer is restricted to things that are Mubah (Permissible) and Mustahabb (Supererogatory) when there is conflict, in order to determine which to start with or limit oneself to.”

704. Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, made supplication in this mosque, the Mosque of Victory, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and it was answered for him between the two prayers on Wednesday,” Jabir said, “Whenever anything severe and serious happened to me and I singled out that time and made supplication to Allah concerning it between the two prayers on Wednesday, I found the answer.'”
Grade: Hasan (Sound)
Commentary: That was on the occasion of the Battle of the Trench. The hadeeth encourages continuance and persistence in our supplications. See narrations under Chapter 284.

705. Anas said, “I was with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when a man made supplication, saying, ‘O Originator of the heavens! O Living, Self-Subsistent! I ask of You.’ He said, ‘Do you know by what he has made supplication? By the One in whose hand my soul is, he has asked Allah by the Name that He answers when He is asked by it.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: “The scholars have differed regarding what exactly is the AlIsm Al-A’zam (Allah’s Greatest Name). About forty views (have been mentioned). Imam as-Suyootee has authored a separate book on the subject. Al-Hafidh (Ibn Hajar) said, ‘the most correct of them from the angle of its chain is: Allahu Laailaaha illa Huwa al-Ahad as-Samad al-Ladhee lam yalid walam yoolad walam yakun lahu kufwan ahad (Allah, there is no deity worthy of worship except Him, the One the Self-Sufficient Master, Who begets not nor was He begotten, and there is none comparable to Him). Al-‘Allaamah Ash-Shawkaanee said, ‘In my opinion, the Greatest Name is Laa ilaaha illa Huwa al-Hayyu al-Qayyoom (There is no deity worthy of worship except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all).’ ” Shaykh al-Albaanee (الله رحمه ( averred that the Name mentioned in the above hadeeth is Allahu. See Sharh al-Adab al-Mufrad (2/382).

706. ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr was heard to say, “Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, said to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ‘Teach me a supplication which I can use in my prayer.’ He said, ‘Say, “O Allah, I have wronged myself greatly. Only You forgive wrong actions. Forgive me with forgiveness directly from you. You are the Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”‘”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

chapter 294. When one is in fear of the ruler

707. ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ud said, “When there is a ruler in charge of you whose arrogance or injustice is feared, you should say, ‘O Allah, Lord of the Seven Heavens and Lord of the Immense Throne, be my Protector against so-and-so, the son of so-and-so, and his followers among Your creatures so that none of them exceeds the bounds towards me or oppresses me. Your protection is mighty and Your praise is great. There is no god but You.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

708. Ibn ‘Abbas said, “When you go to an awesome ruler and fear that he will attack you, say, ‘Allah is greater. Allah is mightier than all His creation and Allah is greater than all that is feared and all that you are wary of. I seek refuge with Allah. There is no god but Him, the One who keeps the seven heavens from falling onto the earth by nothing except His permission, from the evil of your slave so- and-so and his armies and followers and supporters, both among jinn and men. O Allah, be my protector against their evil. Your praise is great and Your protection is immense, Blessed is Your Name. There is no god but You’ three times.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

709. Ibn ‘Abbas said, “Whoever has a worry, sorrow or grief or fears a ruler, should use this supplication and he will be answered. It is: ‘I ask You by (the words) “There is no god but You, the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the Immense Throne” and I ask You by (the words) “There is no god but You, the Lord of the seven heavens and the Lord of the Immense Throne” and I ask You by (the words) “There is no god but You, the Lord of the seven heavens and the seven earths and what is in them. You have power over all things.'” Then he should ask for what he needs.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

chapter 295. The reward and wage stored up for a person who makes supplication

710. Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “No Muslim makes supplication unless he is someone who has cut off his relatives but that he is given one of three things: either his supplication is answered quickly, or it is stored up for him in the Next World, or an evil equal to it is averted from him.” It was said, “Then many supplications will be made.” He replied, “Allah has more still to give.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

711. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “No believer turns his face to Allah and asks Him for something but that He gives it to him, either by giving it to him sooner in this world or storing it up for him in the Next World, as long as he does not try to make it come quickly.” They asked, “Messenger of Allah, what does ‘making it come quickly’ mean?” He said, “He says, ‘I asked and asked and do not think that I will be answered.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: It shows the superiority of some good deeds over others, and the virtue of being of good character. The one who combines between both is certainly better in the sight of Allah the Mighty and Exalted.

chapter 296. The excellence of supplication

712. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Nothing is dearer to Allah than supplication.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The significance of Dua and its status before Allah is pointed to in this hadeeth. It is itself worship and Allah the Exalted has created man and Jin for His worship. So, Dua is very dear to Him and He is angry with whomever does not supplicate to Him. See hadeeth no. 658.

713. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The noblest act of worship is supplication.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

714. An-Nu’man ibn Bashir reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Supplication is worship.’ Then he recited, ‘Call on Me and I will answer you.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

715. ‘A’isha said, “The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked, ‘Which type of worship is best?’ He replied, ‘A man’s supplication for himself.'”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

716. Maqil bin Yasar (ra) said that he came to the Prophet (ﷺ) with Abu Bakr (ra). He said, “O Abu Bakr, polytheism enters your people more quietly (secretly) than the movement of ants.” Abu Bakr asked, “Is there a kind of polytheism besides associating anything with Allah?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said,” By him who has my life in his power, polytheism is more concealed than the movement of ants. Shall I not teach you something which if you say will eliminate minor or major (polytheism)?” He then said, “Say `O Allah! I seek refuge in you lest I associate anything with you while I know it, and I seek your forgiveness for what I do not know.’”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Shirk, referred to here is show-off, fame-seeking and pride. They are so named because they involve the servant’s joining partners with Allah in worship which should be for Allah Alone. So he does them for the sake of Allah and to be seen by the people or just to gain popularity and acceptance! The hadeeth is evidence that despite a person’s knowledge and piety, he may still be affected by these subtle and destructive traits. The hadeeth also teaches the manner of preventing one’s deeds from the lethal ailment of Shirk.

chapter 297. Supplication when the breeze blows

717. Anas (ra) said that when a strong wind blew the Prophet (ﷺ) made this supplication: “O Allah, I ask you from the good with which it is sent and I seek your protection from the evil with which it is sent”.
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: “If Allah dispersed it, he praised Allah” for it could be carrying Allah’s torment as was the case when ‘Ad was punished. Allah the Exalted said, “When they saw it as a dense cloud coming towards their valleys, they said, ‘This is a cloud bringing us rain!’ Nay, but it is that (torment) which you were asking to be hastened – a wind wherein is a painful torment…” (Q 46: 24). And when it rained, the Prophetﷺ prayed that it was beneficial and not destructive for the people of Nooh – peace and blessings be upon him – were destroyed with rains when: “We opened the gates of the heaven with water pouring forth.” (Q 54: 11). See hadeeth no. 717 and 718.

718. It is reported by Yazeed that when the wind was very strong Salamah (ra) made this supplication: ” O Allah cause this wind to bring rain and let it not be without benefit”.
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

chapter 298. Do not curse the wind

719. Ubayy bin Kab (ra) said,” Do not denounce wind. When you behold in it something that you dislike make this supplication: (O Allah! We ask you the good of this wind and the good of what is therein and the good with which it is sent.)
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The wind, when it blows, does so by the command of its Lord. So it does not deserve to be cursed. See hadeeth no. 720, below. Imam atTirmidhee has, in his Sunan, collected this supplication with an authentic 473 chain from the Prophetﷺ.

720. It is stated by sayidina Abu Hurayrah (ra) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said “Wind is the mercy of Allah. It brings mercy or punishment. Do not denounce it but ask Allah, the exalted, for the good of it and seek the protection of Allah from its evil.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

chapter 299. Supplication during lightning

721. It is reported by Salim bin Abdullah on the authority of his father (Abdullah bin Umar (ra)) that when the prophet (ﷺ) heard a thunder-clap or a thunder-bolt, he would make this supplication: “O Allah, slay us not with your lightening and destroy us not with your punishment. But, preserve us before that.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

chapter 300. When one hears a thunder-clap

722. Ibn Abbas (ra) made this supplication when he heard a cloud burst: “Glory be to him whom you glorified.” He said that the thunderclap is an angel who yells at the rainclouds as a shepherd yells at his sheep/goats.
Grade: Hasan (Sound)
Commentary: In a similar hadeeth, authentically collected by at-Tirmidhee in his Sunan and others the Prophetﷺ said, “The thunder is one of the angels put in-charge of the cloud. He has swords of fire with which he drives the cloud. The sound that is heard from it is his hurling of the clouds when he drives it until it stops wherever he orders.”

723. Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (ra) stopped speaking when he heard a thunder-clap and said: “Glory be to him whose praise the thunderclap sings and the angels glorify in awe of him”. He used to say, then, that the thunder-clap is a stern warning for the dwellers of earth.
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

chapter 301. He who asks Allah for security

724. Awsat bin Ismail has narrated that he heard Abu Bakr (ra) say after the death of the Prophet (ﷺ) “This is the very place where the Prophet (ﷺ), had stood in the first year of Hijrah”. Saying that, he began to weep and added, “Hold on to truth because that is piety and both these things will carry a man to paradise. And, keep away from falsehood because it is a very grave sin and both of them will carry one to hell. And ask Allah for security because nothing greater than it is given to anyone apart from belief, and do not sever ties among yourselves. Do not turn your backs to one another nor be jealous of one another. And do not harbor mutual hatred. And, live as slaves of Allah, brothers of one another.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The companions were seriously disturbed by the death of the messenger of Allahﷺ. They would shed tears when they remember the best of companionship with the best man to step the earth’s surface – peace and blessings be upon him. Anas bin Malik said, “On the day the messenger of Allahﷺ arrived Madeenah, everything in it beamed light. But on the day that he died everywhere was gloomy. As we dusted off our hands from the (burial of the) Messenger of Allahﷺ we were sickened.” (At-Tirmidhee 476 Al-Adab Al-Mufrad and others). From his counsels they never forgot was seeking well-being. See hadeeth no. 637

725. Muaz (ra) said that the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by a man who was saying: “O Allah, I ask you for all of the blessing.” He asked the man whether he knew what all the blessing meant and he said that it meant admittance to paradise and safety from Hell. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by another man who was saying: “O Allah! I ask you for patience”. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “You have asked your lord for trial and difficulty over yourself. So, now ask him also for safety (aafiyah)”. The Prophet (ﷺ) then came across a third man who said: “O owner of majesty and splendor!”. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “Make a request!” (because you have called Allah by this great attribute).
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

chapter 302. It is Makrooh to request involvement in trial

726. Abbas bin Abdul Mmuttalib (ra) said that he requested the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to teach him a supplication whereby he May request Allah for his needs. The Prophet (ﷺ) said,”0 Abbas, ask Allah for aafiyah (security). After some days, he again met the Prophet (ﷺ) and asked,” Teach me a supplication to beseech Allah for my want.” He said, “O Abbas! O uncle of the messenger of Allah! Ask Allah for aafiyah (security) in this world and the next.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Shaykh Abdul-Haadee bin Hasan Wahbee explained, “The messenger of Allahﷺ would place his uncle, al-‘Abbass, in the position of his father and render to him, the rights a child would give to the parent. Thus, his specifying this supplication and restricting him to just supplicating for well-being should agitate the zeal of devoted worshippers towards sticking to it, and that they should make it from the greatest of what they seek nearness to their Lord and protection from their anxieties with.” Al-Waseelat al-Kaafiyah fee Tahseel Al-‘Aafiyah (pg. 17-18). See hadeeth no. 737.

727. Anas (ra) said that a man made this supplication in the presence of the Prophet (ﷺ) “O Allah, you have not bestowed upon me wealth so I cannot give Sadaqah, hence involve me in anxiety so that I may earn reward against that. The prophet said,” Subhan Allah! You cannot endure difficulty. Why did you not make this supplication?: (O Allah, let us have the good of this world and the good of the hereafter and save us from the torment of the fire).
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: It shows, as we have seen in many narrations previously, the companions’ strong desire for righteous deeds and good rewards. 2. In another version of the same hadeeth it said that the man had been so affected by illness that he had become like a chick. See the next hadeeth.

728. Anas said that the Prophet (ﷺ) visited a sick man who had withered from sickness to such an extent that he could be compared to a bridling whose feathers had been plucked out. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “Make supplication for health.” So, he began to supplicate Allah, ” O Allah whatever punishment you intend to give me in the hereafter, give it to me here, in this life”. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Subhan Allah! You are not able to bear that. Why did you not make this supplication?: O Allah, grant us what is good in this world and what is good in the hereafter, and save us from the chastisement of the fire.” Then the Prophet (ﷺ) made a supplication for him and Allah, the Mighty, the Gracious, gave him cure from sickness.
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

chapter 303. He who requests refuge from severe trial

729. Abdullah bin Amir (ra) said that a man says: (O Allah, I seek refuge in you from the distress of trial and then stops. When he makes this supplication he should also say (except a trial that produces elevation of ranks)
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary:See narrations under Chapter 228

730. Abu Hurayrah (ra) has narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) sought refuge in Allah from the distress of trial, being overtaken by a tribulation, malicious rejoicing of enemies, and perversity of fate.
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Sufyan mentioned here, is Ibn ‘Uyaynah al-Hilaalee (رحمه الله (one of the great scholars of hadeeth. 2. The one he added here of the four things he mentioned was, ‘the gloating of enemies’. This became obvious, from the reports of the same narration authentically reported from Sufyan (الله رحمه (and collected by Ibn Abee ‘Aasim in his book, As-Sunnah and Imam Ismaa’eelee in his Mustakhraj. Both reports did not include the fourth item. 3. However, seeking refuge from ‘the gloating of the enemies’ is authentically reported from the Prophetﷺ in another hadeeth reported by Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin al-‘Aas collected in Musnad Ahmad and others. As such, the addition that Sufyan bin ‘Uyaynah (الله رحمه (mentioned here was not basically his own idea – may Allah shower blessings on him. 4. It shows the intellectual opulence of the scholars of hadeeth and their strictness in reporting and accepting ahaadeeth.

chapter 304. Repeating others words when angry

731. Abu Naufal bin Abu Aqrab has narrated on the authority of his father that he asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about (voluntary) fasts. He said,”observe one fast every month.” He submitted, “May my father and mother be ransomed to you, permit me to keep more. “The Prophet (ﷺ) repeated (in anger) what he had said, “permit me to keep more, permit me to keep more.” He then added,” keep two fasts every month”. But, Abu Nawafal’s father again requested, “May my parents be ransomed to you, allow me to keep more because I find myself able (to observe more), I find myself able, I find myself able.” He then maintained silence and it seemed that he would not give permission any more until he said,” keep three fasts every month.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The point of reference in this hadeeth in relation to the chapter heading is the Prophet’s repetition of the companion’s words as he gently reproved him.

chapter 305. Chapter

732. Jabir bin Abdullah (ra) said that they were with the Prophet (ﷺ) when a very stinking gush of wind blew over there. The Prophet (ﷺ) they asked his companions (ra) if they knew what that was. He added, “It is the (stinking) air of those people who backbite the believers.”
Grade: Hasan (Sound)
Commentary: To say something unpleasant of one’s brother when he is not present is an unequivocally detestable thing in Islam. Here, it was made to be sensed so offensively, and perhaps, as unpleasant as the act itself! While strongly berating the action in the Qur’an Allah asked: “Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother? You will hate it!” (Q 49: 13). Backbiting is extremely an unpleasant thing! See narration no. 736.

733. Jabir (ra) said that (once) a bad smelling wind blew in the times of the prophet Ig. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said,” The hypocrites are backbiting the Muslims. That is why this wind blows”
Grade: Hasan (Sound)

734. It is reported by Qasim bin Abdur Rahman as-Shami that he heard Ibn Unm Abd say, “If a believer is backbitten before someone and he helps the believer (by refuting backbiting) then Allah will reward him well in this world and the next. And, if a believer is backbitten before someone and he does not help him (by not refuting the backbiting) then Allah will give him a bad return for that in this world and the next. Further, if anyone does not take a morsel more than backbiting in his mouth and says that which he knows about him then he has backbitten him but if he says what he does not know about him then he has slandered him.
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: In a related authentic hadeeth collected by Imam Ahmad and others, the Prophetﷺ said, “Whoever defends the honour of his brother in this world; Allah will remove his face from the Fire on the Day of Rising.” See Chapter 150.

chapter 306. Backbiting And Allah’s words “And backbite not one another”

735. It is reported by Jabir bin Abdullah (ra) that they had accompanied the messenger of Allah when they came to two graves. Both the inmate of the graves were being punished. He said,” They are being punished not for committing a grave sin. But, yes! (They are grave sins though on the face of it they are ordinary and it is easy to avoid them but their punishment is severe.) One of them was given to backbite other people while the other was not. Careful to clean himself of urine drops (over his body)”. He then asked for one or two branches of fresh date palm and split them and dug them on each grave. He said afterwards,” Soon their punishment will be softened as long as the branches are green.” Or he said, “Until they dry up.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Apart from the Qur’an, the Prophetﷺ received revelation from Allah, and was shown some of the matters of the Unseen. Allah the Exalted says: “(He Alone is) All-Knower of the unseen, and he reveals to none, his Unseen. Except to a messenger whom He has chosen…” (Q 72: 26- 27). 2. Abstinence from backbiting and turning to Allah in repentance from backbiting are some of the ways of seeking protection from the punishment of the graves. We seek Allah’s refuge from the punishment of the grave. 3. The narration expresses the kind-heartedness of the Prophetﷺ

736. It is reported by Qays that Amr bin al-Aas (ra) was going somewhere with his friends. They saw a dead mule whose belly had swollen up. Amr (ra)said,” By Allah, it is better for one to eat to his full from this (dead mule) than to eat the flesh of a Muslim” (He meant to say that to backbite anyone is worse than eating the meat of a dead animal).
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

chapter 307. Backbiting the Dead

737. It is reported by Abu Hurayrah (ra) that Maiz bin Maalik al-Aslami (ra) came to the Prophet (ﷺ) repeatedly (so that he may be given the prescribed punishment for the sin he had committed). When he came the fourth time, the Prophet (ﷺ) gave orders for Rajam and he was stoned to death. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and a few of his companions afterwards passed by him. One of the companions remarked,” How many times this perished man came to the Prophet, and each time he turned him away until he was stoned like a dog.” The Prophet (ﷺ) did not say anything and walked ahead till they came to the corpse of a donkey with its legs in the air. He said,”Eat some of this (corpse).” They asked “Messenger of Allah, from this dead donkey?” He said to them.” That you have just backbited your brother is more serious than eating some of it (the donkey’s corpse). By him in whose hand the soul of Muhammad is, he (Mariz bin Maalik) is now among the rivers of paradise plunging into it”.
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

chapter 308. He who strokes the head of a boy with his father and invokes blessings on him

738. Ubadah bin Walid said that he came out with his father Ubadah bin al-Samit and he was a young man at that time. They met an elderly Shaikh who had a mantle over him and Maafi garments. His slave too had a mantle and Maafai. The narrator (Ubadah bin Walid) said,” My uncle! In this way, you would have had a pair of good quality garments and he would have had one striped mantle”. The man turned to Ubadah bin al-Samit and asked,” Is he your son?” He said,” yes” Ubadah bin Walid said that the Shaikh stroked his head and said,” May Allah bless you! I bear testimony that I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say that we must feed the slaves the same thing that we eat and clothe them that which we wear. O son of my brother! It is more dear to me that I lose the possessions of this world than I lose anything of the hereafter”. Ubadah bin Walid asked his father who the Shaikh was and he said.” He is Abu al-Yasr Kab bin Amr”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The hadeeth contains a great deal of benefits; including: the companions’ love for knowledge, and the humility of the father to learn along with his child. The companions (RA)gave serious consideration to the words of the Messengerﷺ; and so, they memorized it, acted upon it and feared the evil consequences of contradicting his orders. One should kindly treat his dependants and servants; providing them from he eats and wears.