One of the goals I have for this blog is to start a small series of posts aimed at reviving Sunnah’s that are insha’Allah easy to implement – but easily overlooked. It is my hope that these serve first and foremost as a reminder to myself to practice them, but also a quick reminder to everyone else to try to practice them. They are things that are easy to do, and insha’Allah will bring us closer to Allah(swt) and make our lives start becoming more in accordance to the Sunnah of His Messenger (sal-Allahu ‘alayhi was-Sallam).
Shaddad bin Aus (ra) narrated that the Prophet (saw) said,
“The most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allah is:
‘O Allaah, You are my Lord, none has the right to be worshipped except You, You created me and I am You servant and I abide to Your covenant and promise as best I can, I take refuge in You from the evil of which I committed. I acknowledge Your favour upon me and I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me, for verily none can forgive sin except You.’
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The Prophet (saw) 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.” [Bukhari]
I pray that Allah (swt) makes it easy for us to memorize this du’a, and to be of those who recite it in the morning and evening, and earn the reward mentioned in the hadith.
We all want to be of those who follow the Sunnah, so let’s start using some of the easier ones to build up :)
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Omar Usman is a founding member of MuslimMatters and Qalam Institute. He teaches Islamic seminars across the US including Khateeb Workshop and Fiqh of Social Media. He has served in varying administrative capacities for multiple national and local Islamic organizations. You can follow his work at ibnabeeomar.com.
O Allaah, You are our Lord, none has the right to be worshipped except You, You created us and we are Your servants and I abide to Your covenant and promise as best I can, We take refuge in You from the evil of which we committed. We acknowledge Your favour upon us and we acknowledge our sins, so forgive us, for verily none can forgive sin except You.’
Alhamdulilah, great idea. I always love lectures and books that encourage action, and give methods of implementing what you learn. I look forward to reading future posts.
i’d also like to get some feedback from the readers to see if they find these types of posts beneficial or not? do you actually take it and try to implement this? did this post motivate you to memorize this dua (and by motivate i mean you have memorized it or started trying to since reading this post)
or is it just another “thats nice…” and then gets put on the backburner?
Asalaamu alaikum. Definitely, please continue this. This particular dua came at the right time for me because I had been thinking a lot about things I’ve done wrong and how to ask for forgiveness.
JazakaAllah khair…I wanted to memorize this duaa the moment i read the hadeeth about a year ago, and now I taught it to about 30 girls at my masjid and alhamdulilah theyve all memorized it… It is indeed an essential duaa for everyone to know.
Salam u Aleikum,
I love this idea. I had forgotten this dua but this post encouraged me to memorize it again. Alhamdu lillah. Please make more posts like this,.. I’m a student and a dua recommendation like this is a beautiful breath of fresh air from regular studies.
Assalamu Alaikum,
Mashallah!! When I first saw this duaa, I memorized it a couple of years ago!! Its so beautiful, alhamdullilah!! I taught it to my kids and we say it all the time, subhanallah!! May Allah forgive us, ameen!! Ramadan Mubarak!!
abdelrahman
July 19, 2007 at 4:20 PM
Very useful dua, I thank you for shareing it with us, and I like your idea of makeing us know the sunnah.
www.dua4me.com
July 19, 2007 at 5:20 PM
O Allaah, You are our Lord, none has the right to be worshipped except You, You created us and we are Your servants and I abide to Your covenant and promise as best I can, We take refuge in You from the evil of which we committed. We acknowledge Your favour upon us and we acknowledge our sins, so forgive us, for verily none can forgive sin except You.’
Ameen, http://www.dua4me.com/story.php?title=Revive_a_SunnahLife_Saving_Dursquoa_Muslim_Matters
Shahrzad
July 19, 2007 at 5:54 PM
یا من ارجوه Ù„Ú©Ù„ خیر… You are the one i have hope on him for everything.. And by your support i am safe against any badness and sin.. You give me countless for my little act.. and you give to who ignores you and who doesnt know you..
Bless us with your mercy in the world and hereafter.. and keep far away us any disaster.. and increase your generosity and munificence to us..
AMEEN.. YA RABBAL ALAMIN.. :)
IslAM MUSLIM
July 20, 2007 at 1:53 AM
Alhamdulilah, great idea. I always love lectures and books that encourage action, and give methods of implementing what you learn. I look forward to reading future posts.
ibnabeeomar
July 20, 2007 at 10:40 AM
i’d also like to get some feedback from the readers to see if they find these types of posts beneficial or not? do you actually take it and try to implement this? did this post motivate you to memorize this dua (and by motivate i mean you have memorized it or started trying to since reading this post)
or is it just another “thats nice…” and then gets put on the backburner?
Hassan
July 20, 2007 at 10:53 AM
Brother Omar, I like it, infact I am reading this post daily to memorize it. Jazak-Allah khyran.
ruth nasrullah
July 20, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Asalaamu alaikum. Definitely, please continue this. This particular dua came at the right time for me because I had been thinking a lot about things I’ve done wrong and how to ask for forgiveness.
BintMuhammed
July 20, 2007 at 4:01 PM
JazakaAllah khair…I wanted to memorize this duaa the moment i read the hadeeth about a year ago, and now I taught it to about 30 girls at my masjid and alhamdulilah theyve all memorized it… It is indeed an essential duaa for everyone to know.
forzikr
July 20, 2007 at 7:19 PM
Salam u Aleikum,
I love this idea. I had forgotten this dua but this post encouraged me to memorize it again. Alhamdu lillah. Please make more posts like this,.. I’m a student and a dua recommendation like this is a beautiful breath of fresh air from regular studies.
Faiez
July 21, 2007 at 2:23 AM
This dua’ is awesome, I didn’t know it until now. JazakAllahu khair.
Bint Amina
July 21, 2007 at 3:33 PM
Such posts are very beneficial.
BarakAllahu Feek
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Medinah
September 14, 2007 at 4:33 PM
Assalamu Alaikum,
Mashallah!! When I first saw this duaa, I memorized it a couple of years ago!! Its so beautiful, alhamdullilah!! I taught it to my kids and we say it all the time, subhanallah!! May Allah forgive us, ameen!! Ramadan Mubarak!!