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CHAPTER FOUR: THE MANNER OF DUA |
THINGS TO DO BEFORE DUA
THINGS TO DO ALONG WITH DUA
THINGS TO DO AFTER DUA
MUTUAL CURSING (MUBAHELAH)
EPILOG
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Things To Do Before Dua |
a- Purification
b- Application
of perfume
c- Being
in the direction of Qiblah
d- Giving
alms
God Almighty says:
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-”...Offer something in charity before your consultation.”
(Verse 12 of the Quranic Chapter, the Pleading One)
e- Belief
in God’s power to fulfill his desire as verse 186 of the Quranic Chapter, the
Cow, says:
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“and believe in Me.”
It has been reported on the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
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366. “Whoever
asks something from Me and is sure that gain and loss are in My hand, I will
fulfill his desire.”
f- Having
good opinion of God that He will answer his call.
Hope in God’s Mercy
God says:
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“....call on Him fearing and hoping....”
(Verse 56 of the Quranic Chapter, The Elevated Places)
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367. “My
opinion of My servant is his opinion of Me.
Therefore, he should have good opinion of Me.”
The Holy Prophet (SAW) has said:
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368. “Call
on God when you are sure of fulfillment of Dua.”
One of the revelations of God to prophet Moses (AS) was:
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369. “O
Moses! Should you call on Me hoping, I will soon forgive you.”
Soleyman Ibne Farrah has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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“Whenever you recite Dua, be sure that what you need is at the
door.”
In another Hadith, we read:
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370. “Turn
to Him wholeheartedly and be sure that what you need is at the door.”
Why shouldn’t man have good opinion of God when it is He is the
Most Generous One and the Most Merciful and it is He whose Mercy precedes His
wrath.
It has been reported that:
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371. “When
God blew in a man from His own spirit and man became human, he sat and sneezed.
He was inspired to say: Praise is due to the Lord of the worlds.
In response, God said: May God have mercy on you O Adam!”
Therefore, the first words of God to Adam was with mercy.
It has been related in a Hadith:
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372. “When
God sent prophet Moses (AS) to Pharaoh, He said to Moses: Tell him that I am
more speedy in Mercy and forgiveness than wrath and punishment.”
In another Hadith, we read:
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373. “When
Pharaoh was being drowned, instead of invoking God, he invoke Moses (AS).
God inspired him: O Moses! You did not help him since you had not created
him but if he had asked Me for help, I would have helped him.”
Mohammad Ibne Khaled has reported in his book on the authority of the Holy
Prophet (SAW):
374. “When
prophet Jonah (Yunus) reached the sea where Korah (Qarun) was, Korah said to his
guardian angel: What is this sound and fear I hear?
The angel said: This is Jonah whom God has imprisoned in the stomach of
fish and made him go round the seven seas and end up in here.
this sound and fear is for his sake.
Korah
said: do you permit me to speak to him?
The angel said: Yes.
Then Korah (Qarun) said to Jonah (AS): Why don’t you repent to your
Lord?
Jonah said: Why didn’t you yourself repent to your Lord?
Korah said: I repented to Moses (AS) but he did not accept it.
However, if you repent to God, you will receive His Mercy in the first
step you take.
Don’t you see how kindly He treats His servants and how He showers them
with His mercy?”
One of the signs of God’s mercy is that He has encouraged believers to
recite Dua for their brothers in faith saying: Call upon Me with a tongue you
have not committed sin and that is the tongue of others.”
One of the other signs of God’s mercy are those Hadiths which encourage
believers to offer the reward of prayers for the deceased.
God has sent manifold reward for it in a way that it has been reported on
the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
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375. “Whoever
enters a cemetery and recites the Quranic Chapter, Yaseen, God will reduce
punishment on the deceased buried in that cemetery on that day and good deeds
will be written for this person, as many as the number of the deceased.”
Imam Sadeq (AS) has said:
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376. “The
reward of prayer, fast, Hajj, alms, Dua, and charity after the death of a person
goes to him and its reward is written both for those who perform these deeds and
for the dead person.”
Imam Sadeq (AS) has also said:
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377. “Every
muslim who does a good deed on behalf of a dead person, God will give him a
double reward and benefit the dead person.”
The third sign of God’s bountiful mercy is His decree to the Holy
Prophet of Islam (SAW) when He said:
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know that there is no god but Allah, and, ask forgiveness for your fault and for
the believing men and the believing women.”
(Verse 19 of the Quranic Chapter, Muhammad)
Dear
reader ponder on this Quranic verse and see how God has put the decree of
seeking forgiveness alongside monotheism which is the basis of Islam and divine
commandments revolve round this axis.
Is this anything but His bountiful mercy?
God was not content with it either, for somewhere else He says:
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“I
am to be found wherever My servant thinks I am.”
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“....and
on Allah should you rely if you are believers.”
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“....and
they said: Allah is sufficient for us and most excellent is the protector.
So they returned with favor from Allah and (His) grace; no evil touched
them and they followed the pleasure of Allah.....”
(Verse 173-174 of the Quranic Chapter, The Family of Imran)
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“Surely
Allah loves those who rely on Him.”
Imam
Sadeq (AS) was asked about the degree of trust.
The Imam (AS) said:
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378.
“When he is with God, he no longer fears anything.”
It
has been reported on the authority of Imam Kazeem (AS):
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379.
“By God, the reward of this world and Hereafter was not given to any
believer save for:
-His
god opinion of God and his hope in Him
-His
good Temper
-Not
backbiting the believers
God
will punish a man after repentance and forgiveness save for:
-Having
suspicion and lacking hope in God
-Bad
temper
-Backbiting
the believers
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believer never has good opinion of God unless God treats him on the basis of
that good opinion, for, God is Generous and is ashamed of opposing His
servant’s opinion and hope.
Therefore, improve your opinion of God and show eagerness towards Him,
for God Himself in verse of the Quranic Chapter, Fatah, says:
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“....the
entertainers of evil thoughts about Allah.
On them is the evil turn, and Allah’s wrath is with them:”
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380.
“When God has reckoned the deeds of people, there remains one person
whose evil deeds surpass his good deeds.
Angels take him to throw into Fire.
While he is looking behind him, God tells the angels to send him back
saying: Why were you looking behind you?
Evidently God knows the reason.
The man says: O God! My good opinion of you was different from this.
At this time, God says: My angels, by My Glory! This man had no good
opinion of Me even for a single day.
Nevertheless take him to paradise, for he claims he has good opinion of
Me.”
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381.
“On the Day of Judgement, a man is held before God.
Then it is said to angels: Compare My blessings with his deeds.
But the blessings surpass the deeds, and overwhelm them.
Here God says: I granted all My blessings to him.
Compare his good and evil deeds.
At this time if they are equal, God removes evil deeds for the sake of
good deeds and make him enter paradise.
If his good deeds are greater, God forgives him but if his evil deeds are
more but he had been pious and had not set a partner for God, He will forgive
the man and make him one of those entitled to forgiveness and should He will, He
will make him enter paradise due to His forgiveness.”
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382.
“God gathers all people on the Day of Judgment while some of them have
rights on others and God has rights on them too.
At this time God says: O my servants! I remit My own rights.
You too remit your rights against one another and enter paradise all
through My mercy.”
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383.
“On the Day of Judgment, there is a call from God’s Throne saying; O
nation of Muhammad! I remit all the rights I had against you.
There remains your own rights.
Therefore, remit one another’s right and enter paradise through My
mercy.
384.
“There was a pious man among Bani Israel.
God inspired prophet David (AS) that the pious man was hypocritical.
After sometime the man passed away.
Prophet David did not attend his funeral service but forty men of Bani
Israel did so and said:
O
God! We know nothing but good about him.
Yet You are the All-knowing.
Forgive him his sins.
After bathing the corpse, forty others rose up saying: O God! We know
nothing but good about him.
Yet You are the All-knowing.
Forgive him his sins.
After having buried him, forty others came and said:
O
God! We know nothing but good about him.
Yet You are the All-knowing.
Forgive him his sins.
At
this time God said to David: Why didn’t you pray for him?
David said: You Yourself said he is hypocritical.
God said: Since a group of people testified that he was good, I accepted
their testimony, hence I forgave him for what I knew but they did not know.”
Fear
of God
Hope
should always be accompanied with fear.
In this relation Amiralmomenin (AS) has said:
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385.
“Try to have good opinion of God and fear Him at the same time, for
everyone’s good opinion of God is to the extent of his fear of Him.
Therefore Those who have a better opinion of Allah, have more fear of
Him.”
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386.
“A servant of Allah does not attain the position of belief unless he is
both hopeful and fearful.
Nor will he become hopeful and fearful unless he acts according to his
fear and hope.”
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387.
“They are lying.
They are never our friends.
These are persons whose desires have defeated them, for one who is
hopeful of something, will try to attain it and one who fears something escapes
from it.”
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In a Hadith, we read:
388.
The supplication of prophet Ibrahim could be heard from a mile so much so
that God described Ibrahim as follows:
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The same was true with the Holy Prophet of Islam (SAW).
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When Amiralmomenin began to perform ablution, he would look pale out of
fear of God.
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Hazrate Fatimah used to be excited while praying out of fear of Allah.
Asked
for reason, the Imam said:
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389.
“One who wishes to attend the presence of the Lord of the Throne,
should lose color.”
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Mafzal Ibne Omar has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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390.
“Quoting his father, my father has said: Imam Hassan Ibne Ali (AS) was
the most pious, the most devoted and the most learned man of his time.
Whenever he went on Hajj, he would go on foot and on many occasions
bare-footed.
Whenever
he remembered death, he would start crying.
When he remembered resurrection, he would start weeping.
Whenever he remembered Saraat, he would bitterly weep and when he
remembered offering his deeds to God, he would weep loudly and keep silent.
When he stood for praying before God, his two sides started trembling and
whenever he remembered paradise and Hell, he would become excited as a man
bitten by snake.
He wished for paradise and sought refuge with Him from Hell.”
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Ayesheh has reported:
The
Holy Prophet (SAW) used to speak to us and we spoke to him but when it was
prayer time, it was as if neither he knew us nor did we know him.
When
those who are close to God as well as His Messengers and the Imams are
overwhelmed with such a fear, what should we who are drowned in wrongdoings do?
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One should not ask God for something which is unlawful or severing the
ties of kinship.
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One should not ask for something which leads to indecency or impudence.
The
commentators in their interpretation of Verse 55 of the Quranic Chapter, Araf,
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“Call
on your Lord humbly and secretly; surely He does not love those who exceed
limits.” have said: Humbly and secretly means invoke God humbly.
Those who exceed the limits are persons who, for instance, ask for the
position of prophets.
Amiralmomenin
(AS) has said:
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391.
“O you who often recite Dua, never ask anything which is either
impossible or unlawful.”
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392.
“Whoever asks for something which is beyond his capacity deserves to be
deprived of it.”
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Purification of stomach through fasting and repentance again.
It
has been reported on the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
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393.
“Whoever eats lawful things for forty days, God will illuminate his
heart.”
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394.
“God has an angel who every night calls on Beitolmoghaddass: Whoever
eats unlawful things, neither obligatory nor recommended deeds are accepted from
him.”
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395.
“Should you perform prayer so much so that you will become like the rim
of a bow and fast as much as you will become like a bow, God will not accept it
unless you abstain from unlawful things.”
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396.
“Praying while eating unlawful things is as building a house on sands
or on water.”
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Things To Do Along with Dua |
a-
Make pause while reciting Dua:
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398.
“Don’t get bored by reciting Dua, for I will never get bored by
answering.”
Abdulaziz
Ibne Taweel has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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399.
“Should a man who is reciting Dua not haste, God will fulfill his
desire.”
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400.
If a man makes haste in reciting Dua and rises up, God will say:
Doesn’t My servant know that it is Me, Allah who fulfills the desires?
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401.
“Whenever a man performs his prayer hastily, God will say: My servant
made haste in his prayer, does he think that his needs are in the hands of
anyone but Me?”
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402.
“O seeker of knowledge! Perform prayer before you have no power to
perform prayer day or night.
The likeness of a worshipper is as a person who goes to a king’s court
and the king listens to him as long as he is speaking about his demands.
A muslim is like him too.
As long as he is in prayer, God will listen to him till he completes
it.”
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403.
“Whenever you perform an obligatory prayer, do it as a person who is
performing his last prayer before his death.
Then direct your eyes to your prostration site.
If you know that persons on your right and left side watch you, you will
perform a better prayer.
Yet know that you are in the presence of One Who sees you but you don’t
see Him.”
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404.
“O Abazar! As long as you are in prayer, you are knocking at the door
of the king of the world and whoever knocks at the door of such king, the door
will be opened to him.
O Abazar! Whenever a believer stands in prayer, he will be showered with
good as much as his distance to God’s throne, and God will assign him an angel
saying: O son of Adam! Should you know what lies in your prayer and whom you are
invoking, you will never get tired nor will you turn to anything else.”
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405.
“O Moses! Choose repentance and renounce sin.
When you are standing in prayer in My presence, be careful.
Don’t be fond of anyone but Me.
Take Me as a shield of ease against hardships and a fort against the army
of events.”
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Persistence in Dua
The
Holy Prophet (SAW) has said:
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406.
“God loves one who calls upon Him persistently.”
Walid
Ibne Aqabeh Hejri has reported on the authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
407.
“By God! No believer has ever persisted in expressing his needs which
God has not fulfilled.”
Abossabah
has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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408.
God does not love people to persist in asking something from one another
but loves it about Himself.
God loves people to ask for what He has with Him.”
c- Name your desires
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409.
“God does know what His servant desires in his Dua but loves him to say
them before Him.”
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“O
Moses! Whoever loves Me, will not forget Me and whoever hopes in My virtues,
persist in his invocation.
O Moses! I am not ignorant of My creatures but I love My angels to hear
the supplication of My servants and My attendants to see how the children of
Adam seek nearness to Me for the things the means and power of which are in My
hand.”
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Hide your Dua
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“Call
on your Lord humbly and secretly.”
(Verse 55 of the Quranic Chapter, Araf)
And
thirdly there are many Hadiths in this connection:
Ismaeel
Ibne Homam has reported on the authority of Imam Reza (AS):
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412.
“God is proud of three persons before angels:
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One who rises up to perform prayer by himself goes into prostration and
is overtaken by sleep.
Herem God says: Look at My servant.
His spirit is with Me, but his body is in prostration before Me.
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One who is at war; his friends escape but he is steadfast, and fights on
till he is killed.”
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Include others in your Dua
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413.
“The Holy Prophet (SAW) has said: Whenever you recite Dua, include
others in your Dua, for it is highly recommended.”
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Gather together for Dua
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withhold yourself with those who call on their Lord.”
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414.
“It has never happened that forty people assemble in a place and invoke
God for something whose call has not been answered by God.
If they are not forty, let four people assemble and call on God ten times
so that their call will be answered, and if they are not four, even a single
person may call on God forty times, and recite Dua so that God will answer.”
415.
“It has never happened that four persons assemble for invoking God, who
have not been disperse with their desires fulfilled.”
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Saying
Amen in Dua |
One
who says “ameen” shares the Dua.
In verse 89 of the Quranic Chapter, Yunus, addressing Moses and Haroon,
God says:
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“The
prayer of you both has indeed been accepted.”
Infact,
Moses had recited Dua and Haroon had said: “ameen” but God attributes it to
both.
Ali
Ibne Aqabah has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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416.
“Whenever my father was sad about something, he would gather women and
children for reciting Dua and they would say: “ameen”.
Sokooni
has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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417.
“One who recites Dua and one who says ameen shares the Dua.”
g- Be humble
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“Call
on you Lord humbly and secretly.”
418.
“Only revelations made to Moses is as follows:
“O
Moses! When you are calling on Me, be humble, broken-hearted, and fearful.
Rub your face against earth, and prostrate before Me with your best body
members. Raise
your hands in begging before Me in Qunut (communion with God) and invoke Me
fearfully in your supplications.”
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419.
“O Jesus! Call on Me as a person who is being drowned and oppressed man
who has no helper.
O Jesus! Humble your heart before Me and remember Me privately most of
the time. Know
that My happiness is when you come to Me with fear and hope.
Don’t ever come to Me with a dead heart but with a living and happy
heart. Let
Me hear a sad voice.”
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420.
“When God sent Moses and Haroon to Pharaoh, He said to them: Let not
their elegant garments frighten you, for his reins of affairs are in My hand.
Do not ever be surprised by his enjoying of the worldly wealth and its
ornaments, for if I wished, I could give you such ornaments that whenever
Pharaoh sees you, he would find himself incapable before it.”
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I prefer you two to him.
Therefore I alienated the world from you, for this is the way I treat My
friends. I
will give them that amount of worldly blessings which a shepherd gives to his
sheep from the herbs of destruction.
I keep My friends from compromise with world in the same way that a kind
camel driver keeps his camels from precipices.
Therefore, keeping My friends from the world is not because they have no
value for Me but it is because I wish to give them a perfect share of safety and
honor.”
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ornaments of My friends before Me are humility, modesty and the fear that have
dwelt in their hearts and are manifest in their bodies such a state is their
inner and outer form and will lead to their prosperity so that they will attain
the positions they desire.
Their victory lies in the same humility upon which they pride themselves.
This is the feature by which they are known.”
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“O
Moses! Whenever you meet them, lower your wing for them, treat them saftly and
humble your heart and tongue for them and know that whoever frightens My
friends, has risen to fight Me and I will be wrathful to him on the Day of
Judgment.”
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Praise God before Dua
Hareth
Ibne Moghayreh has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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422.
“A person entered a mosque, performed two Rak’at of prayer and asked
something from God.
The Holy Prophet (SAW) said: This man has been in a hurry in the presence
of God. Another
man came, performed
a two-Rak’at prayer, then praised God and sent greetings to the
Messenger of God.
The Holy Prophet (SAW) said: Express your desire and it will be
fulfilled.”
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423.
“In the book of Amiralmomenin, it has been pointed out: The place of
expressing is after praising God.
Therefore, whenever you wish to recite Dua, first praise God.”
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“O
the One who are nearer to me than my Jagular vein! O the One who go between man
and his heart! O the One who are superior in the eyes! O the One who have no
likeness!”
Moavieh
Ibne Ammar has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
424.
“Praise God first, then confess your wrongdoings, then express your
desire. By
God! No one’s sin is forgiven except through confession.”
Issa
Ibne Abilghassem has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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425.
“Whenever one of you wishes to express his desires to God, he should
first praise God, for when a person wishes to ask something from a king, he will
use good words as much as possible.
Therefore, when you need something first praise God in this way.”
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“O
you who are the Most Generous among the generous ones! O You who are the Best
one whom one can beg! O You who are the Most Merciful among the merciful ones! O
the One! O the Unique! O You on whom all depend! O You who beget not nor are You
begotton! O You the like of whom does not exist.
O You who have not chosen any wife nor child! O You who
will do whatever you wish! O You
who will decree whatever You will!
O you who will destine (determine) whatever you wish!
O You who go between man and his heart! O You who are supreme in outlook!
O You who are like nothing! O the All-hearing, O the All-seeing....”
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“Pronounce
the Attributes of Allah as much as you can, for He has many attributes and then
send greetings to Mohammad and his progeny and then say:”
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“O
God! Extend Your lawful sustenance to me; the amount by which I can save face;
pay my debts; observe the ties of kinship; and let it be an assistance by which
I can perform major and minor hajj.”
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Recite salawat (greeting) to the Holy Prophet and his progeny (AS)
Abu
Basir has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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426.
“The Holy Prophet said: Whoever forgets to recite salawat when my name
is mentioned before him, God will lead him to a wrong path through paradise.”
Ibnolghaddah
has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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427.
“”My father heard from a man who had hung himself to Kaba saying: O
God send greetings upon Muhammad.
He said to him: Don’t shorten that formula of blessing nor be unjust to
us, rather say: O God! Send Your greetings upon Mohammad and his household.”
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428.
“No one has done better than what you did.”
Jaber
has reported on the authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
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429.
“A man being in the Fire of Hell was calling a hundred and forty Kharif,
every Kharif having a hundred and forty years.
Then he invoke God through Mohammad and his household saying: Have mercy
on me. Here
God inspired Gabriel with a revelation saying: Descend towards my servant, bring
him to Me from Hell.
Gabriel said: O Lord! How can I go into Fire? Gabriel said: O Lord! How
can I go into Fire?
God said: I ordered the Fire to become cold and safe for you.
Gabriel said: O Lord! I do not know where he is.
God said: He is imprisoned in ditch.
Going to him and seeing that man’s feet were tied and hung by face,
Gabriel said to him: How long have you been in Fire?
He said: I do not know how long I have been left here?
Gabriel took him to God.
Then God said to him:
O
my servant! How long have you been calling on Me in Fire?
He
said: I do not know My Lord! God said: By My Glory! If you had not uttered these
words, I would have kept you in Hell, for I have made it My duty to forgive any
man who invokes Me through Muhammad and his household.
It is for this reason that I have forgive you to day.”
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430.
“God says: O My servant! Has it not happened that someone asks a big
thing from you but you are not willing to fulfill it unless he brings the most
believed person to persuade you to fulfill those desires for the sake of that
intercessor? Let
it be known to you that the most honorable and supreme creature with Me is
Muhammad and his brother Ali and the Imams who are the medium of nearness to Me.
Be aware that whoever has a great desire and wishes for a benefit or
removal of a harm, if he calls on Me through Muhammad and his pure progeny, I
will fulfill his desires far better than fulfilling the desire of one who has
taken the most believed creature of God as an intercessor.”
Salman
said: I called on God and requested Him to give me something which is superior
to and more profitable than ruling over the whole world.
I invoked God through these honorable persons to give me a tongue which
praises God, a heart which thanks His blessing, a body which can forbear all
hardships. God
too fulfilled all my desires.
What I asked God is a thousand times better than ruling over the whole
world.
Muhammad
Ibne Ali Babvieh has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
431. “Zoleikha
said: Praise is due to God who makes kings slave because of their sins and kings
slaves as a result of their devotion.
Yusuf (AS) said: O Zoleikha! What prompted you to do so?
Zoleikha said: The beauty of your face, O Yusuf!
Yusuf said: So what will you do if you see the last prophet, whose name
is Muhammad (SAW) and he is more beautiful, more good tempered and more generous
than I am? Zoleikha
said: You are right, Yusuf said: how do you know that I am telling the truth?
Zoleikha said: As soon as you mentioned his name, his love was placed in
my heart. Here
God inspired Yusuf that Zoleikha tells the truth and since he loves Muhammad I
love her too. Then
God ordered Yusuf to marry Zoleikha.
Jaber has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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432. “One
of angels asked God to give him the power of hearing God’s servant.
God too fulfilled his desire, hence whenever a believer recites Salawat,
the angel will firstly say peace be upon you and secondly he will say to the
Holy Prophet (SAW): O Messenger of Allah! Such and such a person sends greetings
upon you and the Holy Prophet too will say: Peace be upon him.”
Amiralmomenin (AS) has said:
*
*
433. “Four
persons were given special hearing power: The Holy Prophet (SAW), paradise, Hell
and Houri (nymph of paradise).
Whenever a servant of God, completes his prayer, he should recite
Salawaat, long for paradise, take refuge to Him from Hell and wish to marry a
Houri, for whoever recites Salawaat for the Holy Prophet (SAW), his Dua will go
up to heavens.
Whoever asks God for paradise, paradise will say: O God! Give your
servant whatever he wishes.
O whoever seek refuge to God from Hell, the Hell will say: O God! Give
refuge to Your servant from what he has sought refuge.
And whoever desires Houri, the Houri will say: O God! Grant the desire of
Your servant.”
Muhammad Ibne Moslem has reported on the authority of Imam Baqer or
Imam Sadeq (AS):
*
*
434. “There
is nothing more heavy in the scales of deeds than Salawaat.
On the Day of Judgement, a man’s deeds are brought and put in the
scales. They
see they are light but the Holy Prophet (SAW) brings Salwaats and put then in
the scales making them heavy.”
Hesham Ibne Saalem has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
435. “Dua
is hidden from God (not answered) unless the supplicant recites Salawaat.”
Imam Sadeq (AS) has also said:
*
*
436. “Whoever
recites Dua without mentioning the name of the Holy Prophet (SAW), that Dua will
hover above him till he mentions the Holy Prophet’s name in which case his Dua
will go up to heavens.”
*
*
437. “Whoever
has a desire, should recite Salawaat first, then he should ask for his desire
and bring his Dua to an end with Salawaat, for God is too generous to answer two
sides of Dua but abandon the middle of it since Salawaat is not hidden to
Him.”
j- Weep
while you are reciting Dua
Weeping is the sign of humility and supreme position for the
following reasons:
Firstly-
Weeping suggests tender-heartedness and tender-heartedness suggests devotion and
devotion entails fulfillment of Dua.
Imam Sadeq (AS) has said:
*
*
438. “Whenever
you trembled to the skin, your eyes were replete with tears, and your heart
became apprehensive, keep that state well, for you have attained your
objective.”
On the contrary, dry eyes and no tears are the sign of
hardheartedness which indicate:
1- Being
away from God.
Addressing Moses (AS) God said:
* *
“O Moses! Let not your desires be too far, for it hardens your heart and a
hard heart is distant from Me.”
2- The
Dua recited by such a person is not answered, for Imam Sadeq (AS) has said:
*
*
“God does not accept any Dua from a hard heart.”
Secondly-
Weeping suggests man’s cutting off of hope with all but God and a sign
of being humble, about which the Holy Prophet (SAW) has said:
*
*
439. “Whenever
God loves a servant, He will place a hue of sorrow in his heart, for He loves
grief-stricken heart.
One who is weeping out of fear for God, will not enter Hell so long as
milk does not return to a mother’s breast.
One who endeavors in the way of God, will never go to Hell.
Whenever God hates a man, He will place in his heart a hymn of laugh
which will make his heart wither.
God does not love those who indulge in merrymaking.”
Thirdly- Weeping
is concordant with God’s decree to His Messengers including to prophet Jesus
(AS):
*
*
440. “O
Jesus! Bring to me as gift the tears of your eyes and the tear of your heart.
Stand on the graveside of the deceased and call them loudly so that they
will hear your sermon say to yourself: I too will join them.
Shed tears for My sake and humble your heart to Me.
O Jesus! Seek help from Me in hardships, for I will help the
grief-stricken ones and answer the depressed ones, since I am the Most Merciful
of the merciful ones.”
And in His revelation to Moses (AS) God says:
*
*
441. “O
Moses! When you are calling upon Me, you should be fearful, sympathetic and
broken-hearted.
Rub your face against the earth, and prostrate before Me with your best
body parts. When
you are standing before Me, raise your hands for begging in Qunut and invoke Me
fearfully in supplication.
During your lifetime, you must enliven My Torah, teach My virtues to the
ignorant and remind them of My blessings and say to them: Do not ever keep on
staying in bewilderment, for My chastisement will be painful.
O Moses! Let not your desires be too far in the world, for it will make
you hardheated and the hardhearted are distant from Me.
Let your heart wither from fear of Me, let your garment be old and torn
but your heart new.
Be unknown for the inhabitants of the earth and familiar for the
inhabitants of heavens.
Dwell at home and keep awake praying at night, be obedient to Me as the
patient ones, cry out towards Me because of too many sins, cry out as a man who
is escaping from the enemy and seek My assistance, for I am the Best Helper.”
God has also said:
*
*
442. “O
Moses! Make Me your shield and leave to Me your treasure which is your good
deeds.”
Fourthly-There
are virtues in shedding tears which are not found in other prayers.
In a Hadith, we read:
*
*
443. “Between
paradise and Hell, there is a defile which no one can pass but those who shed
tears out of fear of God.”
It has been reported on the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
*
*
444. “God
blessed Me and said: By My Glory! What those who shed tears receive from Me can
never be received by the worshippers.
I will build palaces for them in lofty places, and others will not share
it with them.”
God inspired prophet Moses in this way:
*
*
445. “Cry
for yourself as long as you are in this world, fear those things which make you
entitled to Fire and annihilation.
Don’t by deceived by ornaments and beauty of the worldly life.”
God inspired prophet Jesus in this way:
*
*
446. “O
Issa, son of Maryam! Cry for yourself as a person who is saying farewell to his
family, leaving the world for those who love it and is fond of things he has
with God.”
It has been reported on the authority of Amiralmomenin (AS):
*
*
447. “When
God was speaking to Moses (AS), Allah’s interlocutor said: O God! What is the
reward of one who sheds tears out of fear of You?
God said: O Moses! I will protect his face from the Fire of Hell and I
will spare him on a Day when there is loud cries.”
Imam Sadeq (AS) has said:
*
*
448. “All
eyes are weeping on the Day of Judgment except three eyes: Those eyes which do
not see unlawful things, those eyes which pass the night in prayer and those
eyes which shed tear out of fear of God.”
*
*
449. “Every
thing has a weight and a measure save tear a drop of which can extinguish seas
of fire. When
eyes are replete with tears, that face will experience neither hardship nor
disgrace on the Day of Judgment.
When tears run from eyes, God will make that face Haram (forbidden) for
the Fire. If
someone cries for an Ummah, God will make all of them entitled to His mercy.”
*
*
450. “On
the Day of Judgement there are no eyes which are not weeping save those eyes
which had wept out of fear of God.
No eyes were replete with tears out of fear of God unless God made other
parts of his body haraam to the Fire.
No tearful eyes have ever experienced hardship and humiliation.
Everything has a weight and measure save tears with a small amount of
which God will extinguish seas of fire.
If a man weeps for an ummah, God will make that ummah entitled to His
mercy as a result of the weeping of the same servant.”
Moavieh Ibne Ammar has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
*
*
451. “In
the last will of the Holy Prophet (SAW) to Imam Ali (AS) it has been pointed
out: O Ali! I recommend you to observe some virtues.
Then the Holy Prophet said: O God! Help Ali to observe them.
Then he enumerated those virtues until he said: The fourth one is weeping
much out of fear of God against every drop of which, a thousand dwellings will
be built in paradise
Abu Hamzeh has reported on the authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
*
*
452. “Nothing
is more beloved to God than a drop of tear shed in the dark of night for the
fear of Allah.”
Ka’abolahbar says: By the One in whose hand my life is! If I weep out
of fear of God and tears run on my face, it is better for me than a mountain of
gold given as alms in the way of God.
Ibne Abi Amir has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
*
*
453. “Grand
inspired prophet Moses (AS): My servants did not gain favor through anything
more beloved than three virtues.
Moses said: O God! What are those virtues?
God said: O Moses! Those virtues are piety in this world, keeping away
from sin, and weeping out of fear of Me.”
Moses said: O God! What is reward for one who has such qualities?
God said: O Moses! The pious of this world will dwell in paradise.
Those who weep out of fear of Me have a superior position which no one
will share, and as for those who have abandoned sins, on the Day of Judgment, I
will question all but I will not question them.”
In the farewell sermon of the Holy Prophet, it has been pointed out:
*
*
454. “One
who sheds tear out of fear of God, against every drop of those tears, his deeds
and rewards will be as big as Mt. Ohod recorded for him and against each drop of
those tears, a spring, there will be cities and castles no eyes have seen, no
ears have heard of, and no mind has imagined.”
It has been reported on the authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
*
*
455. “Prophet
Ibrahim (AS) said: O God! What is the reward of a face wet with tears shed out
of fear of You?
God said: The reward is forgiveness, and the position will be My pleasure
on the Day of Judgement.”
Ishaq Ibne Ammar reports: I said to Imam Sadeq (AS): I recite Dua and I
wish I could weep, but tears do not come to my eyes.
However when I remember a relative who has died, my heart is broken and
my tear starts running.
Is it something permissible?
Imam Sadeq (AS) said:
*
*
456. “Yes,
it is: Remember the deceased and when your heart is broken weep for God’s
sake.”
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Tabaaki (Pose for weeping) |
Even if you don’t feel like weeping, pose for it so that tears will
come to your eyes.
In connection with Tabaaki, Imam Sadeq (AS) has said:
*
*
457. “Even
if you are not weeping, pose as someone who is weeping.”
Saeed Ibne Yassaar reports: I said to Imam Sadeq (AS): If tears do not
come to my eyes while I am reciting Dua, can I pose as someone who is weeping?
The Imam said:
*
*
458. “Yes
even if it is the size of a head of a fly.”
Abi Hamzeh has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
*
*
459. “When
you fear something happen, or desire something, first praise God and glorify Him
as He deserves, then recite Salawaat and then shed tears even if it is the size
of a head of a fly, for my father said: The nearest state of God’s servant to
Him is to go into prostration and weep in that state.”
Imam Sadeq (AS) has also said:
*
*
460. “If
weeping does not give you a positive response, and tears do not come to your
eyes, pose as one who is weeping even if it is the size of the head of a fly,
for blessed will be your state.”
Admonition
While reciting Dua, you can subdue your eyes so as to shed tears:
-Remember your cardinal sins and disgrace on the Day of Judgment when all
creatures fear God who is the Ruler on that day and knows everything.
-Picture the scene of the Day of Judgment before your eyes when tongues
will become dumb and eloquent speaker will become silent, but body organs will
have coarse voices and sweat will cover people in a way that it drops down from
their ear lobes.
A Day when hidden secrets are disclosed and man’s heart and mind become
evident; evils are uncovered and no one will take notice of another.
It has been reported on the authority of the Holy Prophet of Islam (SAW):
*
*
461. “On
the Day of Judgement, people gather together barefooted and empty-handed while
they are sweating all over.”
Hearing this, Soodeh, the wife of the Holy Prophet (SAW) said: Woe to
me! Will people see one another?
The Holy Prophet said:
*
*
“Everyone is busy and no one will take notice of others.”
The Holy Prophet (SAW) then invoked verse 37 of the Quranic Chapter,
Abassa:
“Every man of them shall on that day have an affair which will occupy
him.”
And said:
*
*
“How can they look at one another while they are pulling some people on
their faces, some people on their ballies and crucifying others near the Fire
till people get through with reckoning.
They hang snakes round the necks of some people to bite them, while
others are being crushed by quadrapeds and the animals which have horns strike
others with their horns and crush them under their feet.”
Caution
Know that weeping to God and invocation with the aim to be redeemed from
sins is a virtue but as long as there is no separation from sin, it will be
useless. in
this connection, Imam Zeinol Abedeen (AS) has said:
*
*
462. “Fear
of God does not mean weeping or shedding tears, for as long as there is no piety
which keeps him from sins, the fear is false.”
It has been reported on the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
*
*
463. “One
day Prophet Moses (AS) saw a friend in prostration on his way.
Moses passed by him and upon returning found him still in prostration.
Moses said: If your desire were in my hand, I would fulfill it.
God inspired him: O Moses! I will not answer him unless he stops his
indecent deeds and turn to what I love.”
In another Hadith, we read:
*
*
464. “One
day prophet Moses on his way saw a man who was weeping.
He went his way but when he passed by him again, found the man still
weeping. Moses
said: O God! Your servant is weeping out of fear of You.
God said: O Moses! Even if this man weeps to death, I will not forgive
him as long as he loves the world.”
In a revelation to Moses, we read:
*
*
465. “O
Moses! Call upon Me with an innocent heart and a truthful tongue.”
It has been reported on the authority of Amiralmomenin (AS):
*
*
466. “Dua
is key to prosperity and deliverance.
The best Dua is one which comes out of a cleansed breast and a pious
heart. Invocation
leads to deliverance and devotion leads to relief.
Therefore, whenever hardships increase, you have to supplicate to God.”
k- Confess
your sins before Dua
Firstly- Confession shows that man has stopped hoping in anyone but God.
Secondly- Confession is the sign of being humble and anyone who is humble is
highly promoted by God.
In a Hadith, we read:
467. “A
pious man served God for seventy years.
He used to fast all days and engage in prayer all nights.
He invoked God for something but was not answered.
He turned to himself saying: There must be something wrong with yourself,
for if there were any good in you, your desire would be fulfilled.
At this time, God sent him an angel saying: O son of Adam! This very
moment you made yourself humble is better than all your prayers in the past.”
It has been reported on the authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
*
*
468. “God
sent revelation to Moses saying: Do you know why I chose you to speak to and not
others? Moses
said: No, my Lord! God said: O Moses! I searched among My servants every where
but I did not find any one more humble than you, for whenever you perform
prayer, you place your face on the earth.”
In another Hadith, we read:
*
*
469. “I
searched among My servants everywhere but I did not find any one more humble
than you. For
this reason I wish to make your position superior among My creatures.”
In a Hadith, we read:
470. “God
sent revelation to Moses (AS) saying: Go up a mountain and invoke Me.
There were several mountain which made itself humble saying to itself: I
am too small for invocation by a messenger of the Lord of the worlds.
At this time, God inspired Moses to go up the same mountain, for that
mountain had made itself humble.”
it has been reported on the authority of the Holy Prophet of Islam
(SAW):
*
*
471. “There
are things for which God will not give but good: Humility for which God will
promote man’s position, modesty for which God will give self-respect and
renouncing what is forbidden for which God will give wealth, and freedom from
want.”
The Holy Prophet (SAW) has also said:
*
*
472. “God
pleasure lies in humility and making the self humble.”
In God’s revelation to prophet David, we read:
*
*
473. “O
David: I have placed five things but people are looking for them in five other
things and do not find them.”
*
*
“I have placed knowledge in a thirst for it and endeavor but people
look for it in surfeit and comfort and do not find it.”
*
*
“I
have placed honor in obedience to Myself but people seek it in serving
the kings and do not find it.”
*
*
“I have placed freedom from want in contentment but people seek it
in too much wealth and do not find it.”
*
*
“I have placed My pleasure, in the discontentment of self but people
look for it in the contentment of self but do not find it.”
*
*
Thirdly- One of the other advantages of confessing the sins, is fear of
God and tender heartedness about which Imam Sadeq (AS) has said:
*
*
“Whenever the heart of one of you is broken, he should recite Dua,
for man’s heart is not broken unless it has been refined.”
Fourthly- On many occasions when the heart is broken, it will lead to the
shedding of tears which is a constituent part of Dua.
Fifthly- Imam Sadeq (AS) has said:
*
*
- “First
praise God, then confess your sins, and finally invoke God, for no one has ever
renounced sin save through confessing it.”
Therefore confessing the sins has five advantages:
1-
Cause you to return to God
2- Cause
your heart to be broken
3-
Cause you to be tender-hearted, a sign of devotion, hence fulfillment of
Dua.
4- Cause
you to weep and weeping is the best way to approach God
5-
Complying with the decree of Imam Sadeq (AS) with all your heart
l-
Return to God with all your heart.
Evidently when you know that some one who is speaking to you is heedless
of what he says, you too will not pay attention to what he is saying.
In this connection, Imam Sadeq (AS) says:
*
*
474. “Some
one who wishes to know what his rank with God is, should see what God’s rank
with him is, for God gives His servant the rank be gives to God.”
Amir al-mominin (AS) said:
*
*
475. “God
will not accept a Dua recited without the presence of heart.”
Seif Ibne Omeireh has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
*
*
476. “Whenever
you call on God, turn to him with all your heart.”
One of the revelations of God to prophet Jesus (AS) is:
*
*
-“do not recite Dua without supplication hence devote yourself with al your
heart, for if you call on Me in this way, I will answer you.”
It has been reported on the authority of the Infallibles (AS):
*
*
477. “Two
Rak-at of prayer with meditation is better than prayer performed throughout the
night while one’s heart is preoccupied with anyone but God.”
* *
478. “Only
that part of prayer in which you have presence of heart will benefit you.”
It has been reported on the authority of prophet (Enoch) Edris (AS):
* *
479. “Whenever
you perform prayer, turn your memories and thought from other things.
Call on the God while you are pure and happy and beseech Him your
interests and what is advisable to you humbly, modestly and obediently.”
*
*
450. “Whenever
you fast, purify yourselves from all uncleanness and impurity.
Fast for God with pure and refined hearts.
Purify yourselves even from thinking about sins, for God considers as
impure the polluted hearts and impure intentions.”
m- Recite
Dua even when you don’t desire anything.
The Holy Prophet of Islam (SAW) said to Abazar:
*
*
“O Abazar! Shall I teach you words which will benefit you?
Abazar said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah.
The Holy Prophet said: You preserve God so that He will preserve you.
If you preserve Him, you will find Him in front of you.
In the days of ease and comfort, he familiar with God so that He will
know you in the days of need and hardships.
If you have any desire invoke God and if you seek help, seek only from
Him. Whatever
exists in the world is destined by His pen till the Day of Judgment.
If all people try to do everything possible to benefit you but God has
not written it for you, they will never be able to do so.”
Haroon Ibne Kharejah has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
*
*
-”Dua in the time of ease and comfort is good for the days of
affliction.”
Imam Sadeq (AS) has also said:
*
*
- “Should anyone who is afraid of tribulation, recite Dua
beforehand, God will never show him that tribulation.”
Imam Zaynol Abideen (AS) has said:
*
*
481. “Reciting
Dua after the descent of tribulation has no benefit.”
n- Recite
Dua for your brothers in faith and ask them to recite Dua for you:
Ibne Abi Omayar has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
* *
482. “Whoever
recites Dua for forty believers and then for himself, his Dua will be
fulfilled.”
And he is advised to say the following after recommended midnight
prayer in prostration:
*
*
483. “O
Lord of dawn and the ten nights, and the even and the odd and the night when it
departs and the Lord and God of everything, send greetings to Muhammad and his
progeny and give me and to such and such a person what suits You and do not give
us what we deserve, O the Preserver and Forgiver!”
It has been reported on the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
* *
484. “Nothing
is more swiftly answered than a Dua recited for others.”
Fazl Ibne Yassaar has reported on the authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
*
*
485. “The
most swiftly answered Dua is that of a believer for his brother in faith in his
absence.”
*
*
486. “The
Dua recited by a mother for his believing brother in his absence is answered
more swiftly than other Duas.
When he recites this Dua, an angel is missioned to say: Ameen and the
like of it for you.”
Abdullah Ibne Sanan has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
*
*
487. “A
man’s Dua in his believing brother’s absence will have his sustenance
increased and the evils removed.”
Imam Sadeq (AS) has also said:
* *
488. “The
Messenger of Allah said: Whenever a believer recites Dua for other believers,
God will return the same Dua to him as many as the number of every believing man
and woman existing from the beginning of creation to the Day of Judgment.
On such a day, a servant is brought and a decree says: Throw him into
Fire. The
angels drag him towards Fire.
At this time the believing men and women say: O God! This is the same man
who has recited Dua for us.
It is here that they intercede for this man.
God too will accept their intercession and he will be delivered.”
Ali Ibne Ibrahim has reported on the authority of his father: I saw
Abdullah Ibne Jandab in Arafaat raising his hands towards heaven and tears
running from his eyes.
When all the people had left I said to him: O Aba Muhammad! I saw no one
so much absorbed in Dua as you were.
He said: By God! I did not recite Dua save for my brothers in faith, for
Imam Kazem (AS) had said to me:
*
*
489. “Whoever
recites Dua in the absence of his brother in faith, there is a call from Divine
throne saying: Let a hundred thousand times more than it be for you.”
I thought it was not advisable to leave a hundred thousand Duas which
was certainly answered for one Dua for myself, which might or might not be
answered.
Ibne Abi Omayreh has reported on the authority of Zeid Nerssi: Moavieh
Ibne Wahab and I were in Arafaat.
He was reciting Dua which his eyes were full of tears.
Listening carefully to him, I found out that he was not reciting a single
Dua for himself, rather he was reciting Dua for people from here and there in
world mentioning their names and their fathers names.
When people left Arafaat, I said to him: O uncle! I saw something strange
about you. He
said: What was strange?
I said: In this holy place, you considered your brethren prior to
yourself and recited Dua for others! He said: O my nephew! Don’t be surprised
at this, for I heard from my master of former and future generations after his
innocent fathers (AS), (If I lie, let my ears become deaf, my eyes blind and
deprived from the Holy Prophet’s intercession) as saying:
*
*
490. “Whoever
recites Dua in the absence of his brother in faith, an angel from heaven will
call him saying: O servant of an angel from thousand times more than it be for
you. And
an angel for the second heaven will call: O servant of God! Let two hundred
thousand times more than that Dua be for you and angel from the third heaven
will call: O servant of God! Let three hundred thousand times more than it be
for you. And
an angel from the fifth heaven will call: O servant of God! Let five hundred
thousand times more than it be for you.
And an angel from the sixth heaven will call: O servant of God! Let six
hundred thousand times more than it be for you.
And an angel from the seventh heaven will call: O servant of God! Let
seven hundred thousand times more than it be for you.
Then, God will say: I am the dependent One who will never become poor.
O servant of God! Let a million times more than it be for you.”
O my nephew! which one is great: What I did or what you are saying?
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The Necessity of Affection among Brethren |
When reciting Dua for a brother in faith, you should love him from the
bottom of your heart and your Dua must be whole-hearted wishing that God will
answer it. It
is in this case that both your Dua for him will be fulfilled and manifold
rewards will be given to him, for your love of him is a virtue and reciting Dua
for him is another virtue.
Therefore your Dua has three virtues, that is, love, benevolence and Dua.
If you ask God anything for him, invoke it from the bottom of your heart
and intercede for him in your Dua with the God who is the Most Generous among
the generous ones, for beyond a doubt, God is more Generous, more powerful and
Praiseworthy than you in giving a benefit to His servant.
In interpreting verse 26 of the Quranic Chapter, Shura:
*
*
“And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and gives them
more out of His grace.”
Jaber has reported on the authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
* *
491. “This
verse is aimed at a believer who recites Dua for his brother in faith in his
absence. It
is here that an angel will say: You will be given what you have wished for him
due to your love of him.”
It is related that a righteous man used to recite Dua for his
brethren after performing his prayer in mosque.
One day when he was leaving the mosque, it was said to him that his
father had died.
When he was through with the funeral service, he started dividing what
his father had left among the same brethren for whom he had recited Dua they
said to him: What is it you are doing?
He said: I wished paradise for them in the House of God so why should I
be stingy about the wealth which is doomed to perish.
Dear reader! Ponder on the words of Imam Sadeq (AS) who has said:
*
*
492. “Whenever
two believers shake hand, a hundred mercies are divided between them the ninety
nine of which is for one who loves his friend more.”
It has been reported on the authority of the Infallibles (AS):
*
*
493. “No
man’s faith is perfect unless he loves his brother in faith.”
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494. “Our
followers are those who love one another and are forgiving for our sake.”
Abdolmomen Ansari reports: One day I went to Imam Moosa.
Muhammad Ibne Abdullah Ja-afari too was there.
As soon as I gave him a smile, the Imam said:
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495. “Do
you love him?”
I said: Yes.
I love him only for your sake.
The Imam said:
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-“He is your brother in faith.
A believer is both paternal and maternal brother of another believer.
Cursed and cursed is one who accuses his brother in faith.
Cursed and cursed is one who deceives his brother in faith.
Cursed and cursed is one who does not wish good for his brother in faith.
Cursed and cursed is one who consider himself prior to his brother in
faith. Cursed
and cursed is one who hides himself from his brother in faith. Cursed and cursed
is one who backbites his brother.”
Imam Moosa (AS) has also said:
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496. “The
strongest rope (covenant) is faith, friendship and enmity in the way of God.”
Imam Sadeq (AS) has said:
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497. “Everything
reposes on another thing.
A believer too reposes alongside his brother in faith as a bird reposes
near another bird.
Have you not experienced it?”
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498. “A
believer is the brother of another believer, his eyes, his mirror and his guide.
He does not betray him, deceives or oppresses nor lies to him or
backbites him.”
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499. “Whenever
two or three believers gather round another brother in faith from whose evil
they are immune and hope in what he has, should they invoke God, their Dua will
be answered. If
they have any desire, it will be fulfilled.
If they desire anything, it will be given and if they keep silent, God
Himself will fulfill their desires.”
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500. “Whoever
goes to visit his brother only for the sake of God and not for other things, and
hopes to attain rewards promised by God, God will assign seventy thousand angels
to say to him: Stay happy for paradise will be pleasant for you.”
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501. “The
Holy Prophet of Islam (SAW): Whoever trades with people but is fair to them,
speaks to people but does not lie, makes promise but does not breach it, will be
among those whose backbite is forbidden whose fairness is perfect, whose justice
is open and brotherhood with whom is incumbent.”
Imam Baqer (AS) has said:
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502. “To
God belongs a paradise to which only three persons are entitled to enter: One
who passes a fair judgment even against himself, one who visits his brother in
faith to please God, and one who is self-sacrificial and considers his brother
in faith prior to himself.”
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503. “Whenever
two believers visit each other and shake hands, God will place His hand between
their hands and shakes the hand of one who loves his friend more.”
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504. The
Holy Prophet (SAW) has said: “Whenever you meet greet each other with salaam
(peace) and shake hands and whenever you part, do so while seeking forgiveness
for each other.”
Amiralmomenin (AS) has reported on the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
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505. An
angel saw a man standing at the door of a house whose master was not at home.
The angel said to him: Why have you come here?
The man said: I have a brother in faith whom I wish to see.
The angel said: Has any kind of relationship or need brought you here?
The man said: There is no closer relationship between us than Islam.
In the meantime I do not want anything from him but I wish to visit him
for the pleasure of God.
The angel said: I am the messenger of God to you bringing the good
tidings that God has sent His greetings to you and says: Is this visit for My
sake? Are
you expecting a reward from Me with your deed?
I entitle you to paradise, keeping you away from My wrath and delivered
you from the Fire of Hell.”
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506. “Visiting
a learned man is as prayer.
Visiting a just leader is as prayer.
Giving a kind look at parents is as prayer and visiting a brother in
faith for the sake of God is also prayer.”
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507. “God
has not established brotherhood between two believers to whom he has not given a
rank.”
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508. “Whoever
considers someone as a brother in the way of God, he has taken an abode in
paradise.”
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509. “Whoever
respects his brother in faith, has respected God.
What do you think God will do to one who has respected God?
Omar Ibne Harith has reported on the authority of Jaber and he has
reported on the authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
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510. “Two
believers who have become brothers in the way of God, when one of them attains a
rank superior to another in paradise, will say: O God! He was my brother and
friend who enjoined me to obey You, deterred me from wrong doings and encouraged
me about