A Comprehensive Supplication (Dua) of Muhammad (PBUH)

`Abdullah bin Mas`ud (RadhiAllahu 'anhu) reported:

The Prophet (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) used to supplicate:

"Allahumma inni as'alukal-huda, wat-tuqa, wal-`afafa, wal-ghina
(O Allah! I beseech You for guidance, piety, chastity and contentment).''

[Muslim]


Commentary:
"Guidance'' means guidance towards virtue which one needs at every step. The ability to do good and steadfastness on the Right Path is also covered by the term guidance. To comply with the Orders of Allah and to prevent oneself from what He has forbidden is "Taqwa" (fear of Allah), the importance of which needs no elaboration. `Affaf is prevention from sins. It also means evasion from seeking help from others. Ghina means riches which makes one independent of others so much so that all one's hopes are centered on Allah Alone. The prayer quoted in this Hadith is very comprehensive indeed.

Riyad-us-Saliheen – Hadith No. 1468

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Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Liked Comprehensive Supplications

`Aishah (RadiAllahu 'anha) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) liked comprehensive supplications or (Al-Jawami` - i.e., supplications (Dua) with very few words but comprehensive in meanings), and discarded others.

[Abu Dawud]

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Du`a (Supplication) is Worship

An-Nu`man bin Bashir (RadhiAllahu 'anhuma) reported:

The Prophet (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) said,

"Du`a (supplication) is worship.''

[Abu Dawud]

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Abu Sufyan's true admission about Prophet (PBUH) to Roman emperor Heraclius

Abu Sufyan (RadhiAllahu 'anhu) reported:

In course of his detailed narration about Heraclius when the latter questioned him about the teachings of the Prophet (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam), he said that: He (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) told (us):

"Worship Allah alone and do not associate a thing with Him; and give up all that your ancestors said. "He (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) also commands us to perform Salat (prayers), to speak the truth, to observe modesty and to strengthen the ties of kinship.

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Commentary:
The Prophet (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) sent letter to the then Roman emperor Heraclius calling him to the true faith Islam, so that he and his followers will be saved. Upon receipt of the Prophet's (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) letter, he rushed a courier to bring forward any man familiar with the Prophet (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam).

Abu Sufyan an enemy of the Prophet (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) was in the area and was brought forward to the Roman emperor Heraclius.

In above Hadith an enemy of the Prophet (Sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) acknowledges the veracity of the Prophet's teaching, because Abu Sufyan  (RadhiAllahu 'anhu) made this admission when he was a pagan.

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