CHAPTER 1. For every Prophet there is one (special) invocation which is surely accepted by Allah.

8:317(A) Narrated Abü Huraira

Allah’s Messenger said, “For every Prophet there is one (special) invocation (that will not be rejected) with which he appeals (to Allah), and I want to keep such an invocation for interceding for my followers in the Hereafter.”

CHAPTER 2. The best way of asking for forgiveness from Allah.

8:318 Narrated Shaddâd bin:

The Prophet, said, “The most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allah is: ‘Alláhumma anta Rabbi lá iláha illa anta, khalaqtani wa ana ‘abduka, wa ana ala ‘ahdika wa wa ‘dika mastata ‘tu. A ‘udhu bika min sharri ma sana ‘tu, abu ‘u laka bini ‘matika ‘alaiya, wa abu ‘u bidhanbi faghfirli fa innahu lá yaghfiru ad-dhunuba illa anta.’ ” The Prophet added. “If somebody recites it during the day with firm faith in it, and dies on the same day before the evening, he will be from the people of Paradise; and if somebody recites it at night with firm faith in it, and dies before the morning, he will be from the people of Paradise.”

CHAPTER 3. The Prophet seeking of Allah’s Forgiveness by daytime and at night.

8:319 Narrated Abü Huraira

I heard Allah’s Messenger saying, “By Allah! I seek Allah’s Forgiveness and turn to Him in repentance for more than seventy times a day.”

CHAPTER 4. Tauba (turning to Allah in repentance).

8:320 Narrated ‘Abdullâh bin Mas’üd:

(He related to us two narrations): One from the Prophet and the other from himself, saying: A believer sees his sins as if he were sitting- under a mountain which, he is afraid, may fall on him; whereas a Fájir (wicked evil-doer) considers his sins as flies passing over his nose and he just drives them away like this.” [Abü Shihâb (the subnarrator) moved his hand over his nose in illustration]. (Ibn Mas’ud added:) Allah’s Messenger said, “Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His slave than a man who encamps at a place where his life is jeopardized, but he has his riding animal carrying his food and water. He then rests his head and sleeps for a short while and wakes to find his riding animal gone. (He starts looking for it) and suffers from severe heat and thirst or what Allah wished (him to suffer from). He then says, ‘I will go back to my place.’ He returns and sleeps again, and then (getting up), he raises his head to find his riding animal standing beside him.”

CHAPTER 5. What to say ongoing to bed.

8:324 Narrated Hudhaifa bin Al-Yamân:

When the Prophet went to bed at night, he would put his hand below his cheek and would say: “Bismika amutu wa ahya. ” And when he got up, he would say: “Al-hamdu lilláhil-ladhi ahyâna ba ‘da ma amátana wa ilaihin-nushur. “

CHAPTER 6. Sleeping on the right side.

8:327 Narrated Al-Barâ’ bin ‘Azib:

When Allah’s Messenger went to bed, he used to sleep on his right side and then say, “Alláhumma aslamtu nafsi ilaika, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilaika, wa fauwadtu amri ilaika, wa alja ‘tu zahri ilaika, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika. La malja’ wa Ia manja minka illá ilaika. Amantu bikitábika al-ladhi anzalta wa nabiyika al-ladhi arsalta! Allah’s Messenger: said, “Whoever recites these words (before going to bed) and dies the same night, he will die on Al-Fitrah [the Islamic religion (as a Muslim)].

CHAPTER 7. The invocation which may be said by one who wakes up at night.

8:328 Narrated Ibn ‘Abbâs:

One night I slept at the house of Maimuna. He then narrated the Hadith and added, “The Prophet used to say in his invocation, “Alláhumma ij’al fi qalbi nüran wa fi basari nüran, wa fi sam ‘i nuran, wa ‘an yamini nüran, wa ‘an yasári nüran, wa fawqi nuran, wa tahti nüran, wa amámi nuran, wa khalfi nuran, waj’al li nuran. “

CHAPTER 8.

8:332 Narrated Abü Huraira:

The Prophet said, “When anyone of you go to bed, he should shake out his bed with the inside of his waist sheet, for he does not know what has come on to it after him, and then he should say: ‘Bismika Rabbi wada ‘tu janbi, wa bika arfa ‘uhu, in amsakta nafsi farhamha, wa in arsaltaha fahfazha bima tahfazu bihi ‘ibâdakas-sálihIn.

CHAPTER 9. One should appeal to Allah with determination, for nobody can force Him against His Will.

8:351 Narrated (Abü Huraira):

Allah’s Messenger said, “None of you should say: ‘0 Allah, forgive me if You wish; 0 Allah, be Merciful to me if You wish,’ but he should always appeal to Allah with determination, for nobody can force Allah to do something against His Will.”

8:352 Narrated (Abü Huraira):

Allah’s Messenger said, “The invocation of anyone of you is granted (by Allah) if he does not show impatience (by saying, ‘I invoked Allah but my request has not been granted.’)”

8:357 Narrated Ibn ‘Abbâs:

The Prophet used to invoke Allah at the time of distress, saying, “La ilâha illalláhu al- ‘Azim al-Halim, La iláha illallâhu Rabbul- ‘arsh il- ‘Azim, La iláha illallahu Rabbus-samáwâti wa Rabbul-ardi wa Rabbul- ‘arshil Karim”

8:358 Narrated Abü Huraira:

Allah’s Messenger used to seek refuge with Allah from the difficult moments of a calamity and from being overtaken by Ash-Shaqa’ (wretchedness in the Hereafter or destruction etc.) and from being destined to an evil end, and from the malicious joy of enemies. Sufyân said, “This narration contained three items only, but I added one. I do not know which one that was.”

CHAPTER 13. The statement of the Prophet (0 Allah!) If I should hurt somebody, let that be a means of purification and mercy for him.’

8:372 Narrated (Abü Huraira)

that He heard the Prophet saying, “0 Allah! If I should ever abuse a believer, please let that be a means of bringing him near to You on the Day of Resurrection.”

8:376 Narrated Sa’d bin Abi Waqqâs:

Allah’s Messenger ordered for the following statements: “0 Allah! I seek refuge with You from miserliness; and I seek refuge with You from cowardice; and I seek refuge with You from being sent back to geriatric old age; and I seek refuge with You from the Fitnah (trial and affliction etc.) of this world [i.e., the Fitnah (trial and affliction etc.) of Ad-Dajjál etc.]; and I seek refuge with You from the punishment in the grave.”

8:379 Narrated ‘Aisha:

The Prophet used to say, “0 Allah! I seek refuge with You from laziness and from geriatric old age, from all kinds of sins and from being in debt; from the Fitnah (trial and affliction etc.) of the grave and from the punishment in the grave; from the Fitnah (trial and affliction etc.) of the Fire and from the punishment in the Fire and from the evil of the Fitnah (trial and affliction etc.) of wealth; and I seek refuge with You from the Fitnah (trial and affliction etc.) of poverty, and I seek refuge with You from the Fitnah (trial and affliction etc.) of Al-MasIh Ad-Dajjal. 0 Allah! Wash away my sins with the water of snow and hail, and cleanse my heart from all the sins as a white garment is cleansed from the filth, and let there be a long distance between me and my sins, as You made east and west far from each other.”

8:398 Narrated Anas:

The most frequent invocation of the Prophet was: “0 Allah! Give us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the torment of the Fire.” (V.2:201)

8:408 Narrated Abü Müsa:

The Prophet used to invoke Allah (with the following invocation): “Alláhumma ighfirli khati’ati wa jahli wa israfi fi amri wa ma anta a ‘lamu bihi minni. Alláhumma ighfirli hazli wa jiddi wa khata’i wa ‘amdi wa kullu-dhâlika ‘indi”.

8:412 Narrated Abü Huraira: Allah’s Messenger said,” Whoever says: “La iláha ill-Allâhu wahdahu Ia sharika lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu wa Huwa ‘ala kulli shai’in Qadir, one hundred times a day will get the same reward as given for manumitting ten slaves; and one hundred good deeds will be written in his accounts, and one hundred sins will be deducted from his accounts, and it (his saying) will be a shield for him from Satan on that day till night, and nobody will be able to do a better deed except the one who does more than he.”

8:413(B) Narrated Abü Ayüb Al-Ansari and Ibn Mas’üd, as the above Hadith (No. 2086) and added that the Prophet said, “(Whoever recites it ten times) will be as if he had manumitted one of Isma’il’s descendants.”

8:414 Narrated Abu Huraira.

Allah’s Messenger said, “Whoever says, ‘Subhán Allâhi wa bihamdihi, one hundred times a day, will be forgiven all his sins even if they were as much as the foam of the sea”.

CHAPTER 20. The superiority of Dhikr Allah (remembering Allah i.e., glorifying and praising Him etc.).

8:416 Narrated Abü Müsa:

The Prophet said, “The example of the one who remembers (glorifies the Praises of) his Lord (Allah) in comparison to the one who does not remember (glorify the Praises of) his Lord, is that of living creature compared to a dead one.”

8:417 Narrated Abü Huraira:

Allah’s Messenger said, “Allah has some angels who look for those who remember (glorify the Praises of) Allah on the roads and paths. And when they find some people remembering (glorifying the Praises of) Allah, they call each other, saying, ‘Come to the object of your pursuit.'” (He added) “Then the angels encircle them with their wings up to the nearest heaven to us (sky of the world).” (He added) “[After those people remembered (glorified the Praises of) Allah, and the angels go back], their Lord asks them (those angels) — though He knows better than them — ‘What do My slaves say?’ The angels reply, ‘They say: Subhán Allah, Alláhu Akbar, Alhamdu-lilláh’ and they glorify you, Allah then says, ‘Did they see Me?’ The angels reply, ‘No! By Allah, they didn’t see You.’ Allah says, ‘How it would have been if they saw Me?’ The angels reply, ‘If they saw You, they would worship You more devoutly and remember You (glorify Your Praises) more deeply, and declare Your freedom from any resemblance to anything more often.’ Allah says (to the angels) ‘What do they ask Me for?’ The angels reply, ‘They ask You for Paradise.’ Allah says (to the angels), ‘Did they see it?’ The angels say, ‘No! By Allah, 0 Lord! They did not see it.’ Allah says: ‘How it would have been if they saw it?’ The angels say, ‘If they saw it, they would have greater covetousness for it and would seek it with greater zeal and would have greater desire for it.’ Allah says, ‘From what do they seek refuge?’ The angels reply, ‘They seek refuge from the (Hell) Fire.’ Allah says, ‘Did they see it?’ The angels say, ‘No By Allah, 0 Lord! They did not see it.’ Allah says, ‘How it would have been if they saw it?’ The angels say, ‘If they saw it they would flee from it with the extreme fleeing and would have extreme fear from it.’ Then Allah says, ‘I make you witnesses that I have forgiven them.” (Allah’s Messenger, added) “One of the angels would say, ‘There was so-and-so amongst them, and he was not one of them, but he had just come for some need.’ Allah would say, ‘These are those people whose companions will not be reduced to misery.’ “