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CHAPTER
FIVE: ZEKR |
- ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO REMEMBER GOD
- ZEKR IS PRAISEWORTHY AT ANY TIME
- ZEKR IS PRAISEWORTHY AT ANY PLACE
- ZEKR IS PRAISEWORTHY AMONG THE NEGLECTFUL ONE
- THE BEST TIME FOR ZEKR
- KEEP ZEKR IN SECRET
- TYPES OF ZEKR
- THE BEST TIME FOR ZEKR
- SPECIAL DUA FOR SPECIAL DAYS
- HEALING THROUGH DUA AND WRITING THE DUA
Zekr
Since the objective behind writing this book was to know the virtue of Dua and the duties of reciter of Dua and this was discussed sufficiently, it would be proper to refer to “Zekr” which is as virtuous as Dua and is equally recommended. Zekr has all the advantages of Dua, that is, it fulfills man’s desires and also repels tribulations.
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Encourage others to “Zekr” |
We have already said that Dua keeps away tribulations. Zekr has the same advantages too. Therefore both reason and the Holy Quran encourage us to
remember God.
As for reason
Reason requires that every man who enjoys a blessing must thank God.
Being thankful is a type of Zekr. Zekr
repels probable harms. to repel
harms through Zekr can be inferred from the following Hadiths:
Hussein Ibne Zeid has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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621.
“The Holy Prophet has said: No people gathered in an assembly in which
they neither remembered God nor sent greetings to their prophet unless they
regretted it on the Day of Judgment.”
It has been reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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“No
people gathered in an assembly in which they, neither remembered God nor us (the
household of the Holy Prophet) unless they regretted it on the Day of
Judgment.”
Imam Sadeq (AS) has also said:
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622.
“A believer may die under any condition save by lightning which will
not strike him when he is remembering God.”
As for the Holy Quran
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“Say:
Allah; then leave them sporting in their vain discourse.” (The Quranic
Chapter, Anam, verse 91)
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“And
remembering your Lord within yourself humbly and fearing.” (The Quranic
Chapter, Araf, verse 205)
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“Therefore
remember Me, I will remember you.” (The Quranic Chapter, the Cow, verse
152)
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“O
you who believe! Remember Allah, remembering frequently and glorify Him morning
and evening.” (The Quranic
Chapter, Ahzab, verse 41-42)
As for Traditions
In this relation, there are many Hadiths but due to short space,
we will suffice to mention a few of them:
1- Mohammad Ibne Abi Amir has polyquoted the Hesham Ibne Salem and Imam
Sadeq (AS):
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623.
“God says: If a person instead of invoking Me, is engaged in
remembering Me, I will give him the best thing I give to a supplicant.”
2- Haroun Ibne Kharejah has reported
on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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624.
“Sometimes, a man invokes God for the fulfillment of his desire and
starts praising God and sending greetings to Muhammad and his progeny to the
extent that he forgets the desire itself. Here
God fulfills man’s desire without asking any desire.”
3- It has been reported
on the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
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625.
“One whose prayer keeps him from invoking God, God will give him the
best thing given to a suppliant.”
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626.
“Should anyone among men remember Me, I will remember him among the
assembly of angels.”
5- Ibnolghaddah has
reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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627.
“Everything has a limit to which it is bound except “Zekr” for
which there is no limit. God
ordained obligatory prayers and whoever performs them he has observed the limit.
If man observes fast during the holy month of Ramadhan, he has observed
the limit. If a man has performed
Hajj pilgrimage, he has observed his limit but “zekr” is not as such. God is not content with little “Zekr”, for He has not set
a limit for it.”
Then the Holy Prophet (SAW) recited verses 41-42 of the Quranic
Chapter, Ahzab:
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“O
you who believe! Remember Allah, remembering frequently.
And glorify Him morning and evening.”
Therefore God has not set a limit for “Zekr”.
Then the Imam said:
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“My
father was a man of many “Zekr”. When
I was walking with him, when I was having meal with him, and when he was
speaking with people, he never forget “Zekr”.
I personally realized that he was saying “there is no god save Allah”
without being heard. He advised us
to recite “Zekr” till dawn. He
would tell us to recite the Holy Quran if we could and if not to recite
“Zekr”.
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“A house in which the Holy Quran is recited and God is remembered, has abundant blessings,
angels are present therein, and satans leave that house. Such a house gives light to the inhabitants
of heaven as stars give light to inhabitants of the earth.”
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“A house in which the Holy Quran is recited and God is remembered, has
no blessings, angels leave it and satans are present therein.”
The Imam also said:
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628. “A
man came to the Holy Prophet (SAW) asking: Who is the best among those praying
in mosque? The Holy Prophet said:
One who recites more “Zekr”.
6- Abu Baseer has reported on
the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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629.
“Our followers are those who remember God frequently in private.”
7- It has been reported on the
authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
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630.
“God said to Moses (AS): Remember Me frequently and when doing so be
humble.”
8- The Holy Prophet (SAW) has
also said:
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631.
“God says: O children of Adam! Remember Me in an assembly so that I
will remember you among an assembly of better ones.”
9- It has been reported on the
authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
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632.
“There are four things not attained by anyone save a believer.
Silence being a prelude to prayer, humility before God, remembering God
under every condition, and having a little asset.”
10- It has been reported on the
authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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633. “A man might die
any kind of death: Being drowned in water fall off from somewhere, being
devoured by fierce animals, and stricken by thunder, but none of these befalls a
man who remembers God frequently.”
11- In a sacred Hadith, we read:
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634.
“When I find out that a man remembers Me frequently in his heart, I
will dispose his affairs, become his company, speak with him and become his
intimate friend.”
12- It has been reported on the
authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
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635.
“God said: Whenever I know My servant is frequently engaged in
remembering Me, I will make him invoke Me.
When My servant became as such, I will prevent him from committing any
wrongdoing when he desires so. They
are truly My friends and they are courageous ones.
Whenever I intend to destroy the earth and punish men, I will forgo
destruction and punishment for the sake of them.”
13- The Holy Prophet (SAW) has
said:
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636.
“In the Torah which has not been distorted, it has been pointed out:
Moses (AS) asked God: O Lord! Are You close to me so that I will whisper to you
or You are at a distance so that I will call upon You.
Revelation came to him saying: O Moses! I am the company of one who
remembers Me. Moses (AS) said: On a day when there is no shelter but Yours,
whom do you give shelter? God said:
Those who remember Me and I too will remember them; those who love one another
for My sake and I love them too. If
I intend to harm those living on the earth, these are the people for whose sake
I remove that wickedness from those living on the earth.”
14- Shoaib Ansari and Haroun
Ibne Kharejah have reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
637. “Prophet Moses
(AS) used to watch the deeds of men. Once
he came to a man of devotion. When
night fell, the man shook a tree near him.
He found that there were two pomegranades on it so he said to Moses (AS):
O servant of God! Who are you? You
must be pious man, for I have been here for some time and saw no more than one
promegranade on this tree. Were you
not a pious man, I could not find these two pomegranades.
Moses (AS) said: I am a man of the territory of Moussa Ibne Imran.
When morning came, Moses (AS) asked that man: Do you know anyone more
pious than yourself? He said: Yes. Such
and such person. Moses (AS) set out
to see that man. When he found the
man, he realized that he was more pious than the former one. When night fell, two loaves of bread and water were bought
for him. The man said: O servant of
God! Who are you? You must be a
pious servant, for I have been here for some time but they did not bring me but
a loaf of bread. Were you not a
pious man, they would not bring two loaves of bread for me. Who are you? Moses
(AS) said: I am a man of territory of Moussa Ibne Imran. Then Moses (AS) asked the man: Do you know anyone more pious
than yourself? He said: Yes, such
and such person. Moses (AS) found
that man but he was not a man of much devotion, rather he was a reciter of
“Zekr”. He performed his supply
of grain and realized that it had became double.
The man said: O servant of God! Who are you?
You must be a pious man, for I have been here for sometime and my supply
of grain was a certain amount but it has been doubled to-night.
Who are you? Moses (AS) said: I am a man of the territory of Moussa Ibne
Imran. That man gave away one third
of that grain as alms, gave another third to his master, and bought with the
last third of it food which he shared with Moses.
Seeing this, Moses smiled. The
man said: What is your smiling for? Moses
said: The prophet of Bani Israel sent me to such and such person.
I found him as the most devoted one.
He sent me to another person. I
found him as the most devoted one. He
sent me to another person. I found
that he was more devoted than the former one.
The second one sent me to you thinking that you are more devoted than him
but I don’t see any similarity between you and them.
The man said: I am a slave but I remember God frequently.
Don’t you see that I perform my prayer at its proper time?
If I linger my prayer I will do harm to both my master and my work.
Are you returning to your homeland?
Moses said: Yes. At this
time a piece of cloud passed over them. The
doorkeeper said: O cloud! Come down here. The
cloud came down. He said: Where are
you going? It said: To such and
such territory. He said: Go away. Then another piece of cloud appeared. He said to it: O cloud! Come down. The cloud came down. He
said: Where are you going? The
cloud said: To such and such territory. He
said: Go away. Then another piece
of cloud appeared. He said: O
cloud! Come down. The cloud came
down. He said: O cloud! Where are
you going? It said: To the
territory of Moussa Ibne Imran. He
said: Take this man gently and put him down in homeland, he said: O Lord! What
has this man done that he has reached such a position?
God said: This servant of Mine was patient in tribulations, was content
with My will, and thanked for the blessings I have given him.”
15- Hassan Ibne Abi Alhassan
Deilami in his book “Vahab be Mambah” has reported:
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638.
“God sent the revelation to the prophet David (AS): O Dawood! One who
loves his friend confirms his words. One
who is pleased with his friends, is pleased with what he does.
One who trusts his friend, takes him into his confidence. One who is fond of a friend, does everything for him.
Dawood! I remember only those who remember Me.
My paradise is for the obedient ones and I am devoted to My lovers.”
God has also said:
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639. “Those who obey Me are
guests in My banquet. Those who
thank Me, have their blessing increased. Those
who remember Me frequently are in My bliss.
Those who commit sins, will be deprived of My mercy.
But if they repent, I will love them and should they invoke Me, I will
fulfill their desire. Should they
become ill, I will attend to them, heal everything through hardships and
affliction and purify them from sins.”
16- It has been reported on the
authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
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640.
Never a group of people gathered for remembering God unless a voice from
heaven called out: Rise up, for your sins have turned into virtues and you are
all forgiven. Never a group of people gathered for remembering God unless a
group of angels were sitting with them.”
17- It has been reported
that the Holy Prophet (SAW) leaving home to see his companions, said:
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641.
“Stroll in the gardens of paradise.”
The companions said: O Messenger of Allah! What are gardens of
paradise? The Holy Prophet (SAW)
said:
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“Gardens
of paradise are assemblies where God is remembered. Remember God morning and evening. One who wishes to know what his position is with God, must
see what position God has with him, for God will give him a position equal to
His position with man.”
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“know that the best deeds and their most refined sblime ones and the best
thing the sun shone on them, is remembrance of God who has said: I am the
company of one who remembers Me. God
has also said: Therefore remember Me, I will remember you with blessing.
Remember Me with obedience and worship so that I will remember you with
blessings, benevolence, mercy, and satisfaction.”
18- It has been reported on the
authority of the Infallibles (AS):
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642.
“There are lands in paradise and whenever a man starts remembering God
(Zekr), angels start planting trees therein.
Sometimes, an angel stops planting trees and when it is said: Why have
you stopped, he will say: My company stopped his “Zekr”.
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Zekr is praiseworthy at Anytime |
Zekr
is praiseworthy at anytime and it is not blameworthy under any circumstances.
Halabi has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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643.
“There is no blame in remembering God even if you are easing nature,
for “Zekr” is praiseworthy under any condition.
Do not ever get bored of God’s remembrance.”
Imam Sadeq (AS) has also said:
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644.
“In what was revealed to Moses (AS), it has been pointed out: Do not
rejoice over much wealth nor abandon My remembrance under any condition, for
much wealth will make you forget sins and abandoment of “Zekr” will make you
hard-hearted.”
Abi Hamzeh has reported on the authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
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645.
“In the Torah which has not been distorted, it has been pointed out: O
Lord! You are too Great and Mighty to be remembered in the assemblies I attend.
God said: O Moses! My remembrance is praiseworthy under any condition.”
On many occasions, God afflicts man with a tribulation so that he
will remember God and invoke Him. Abol
Sabah says: I said to Imam Sadeq (AS): Is a believer’s tribulation because of
his sin? The Imam said:
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646.
“No, it is because God wishes to hear his supplication and Dua so as to
write virtues for him and remove his sins.”
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“God does not love any people whom He has not afflicted with
tribulation.”
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“Great reward is always with great tribulation.”
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“God
says: Some of My servant’s faith will not remain strong if they are not
healthy and wealthy. I too test
them in this way. In return, some
of My servant’s faith will not
remain strong if they are not poor and ill.
I will test them too in this way. Hence
their faith will remain strong for them.”
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“Whenever
God loves a man, He will plunge him into tribulations in a way that when he
supplicates God will say: Yes, My servant! I can fulfill your desire but what I
have in store for you is better.”
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“The
disciples of Jesus (AS) were complaining to him about harassments by people.
Jesus (AS) said: Believe in world are always grief-stricken.”
It has been reported on the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
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647.
“In paradise there are mansions which are attached to nothing from
above nor has it any column beneath and God’s servants will not reach them by
their deeds. It was asked: O
Messenger of God! Who are the inmates of those mansions? The Holy Prophet said:
Those afflicted with tribulations and hardships.”
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Zekr is praiseworthy in Every Place |
No human gathering should ever be devoid of God’s remembrance or man
leave the gathering without it. Abu
Baseer has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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648.
“Never gathered together a people who neither remembered God nor the
household of the Holy Prophet unless that gathering was a source of regret for
them on the Day of Judgment. Then
he said: Imam Baqer (AS) said: Remembering us is as remembering God and
remembering our enemies is as remembering Satan.”
The Imam has also said:
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649.
“Whoever wishes to make the scales of his deeds heavy, should say when
rising up: Glory be to the Lord of might, who is beyond description and peace be
to His messengers, and praise is due to the Lord of two worlds.”
Hassan Ibne Abilhassan Deilami has reported on the authority of the
Holy Prophet (SAW):
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650.
“Passing over gatherings where God is remembered, angels stop, weep
together with them and say amen to their Dua.
When they ascend the heavens, God says: O My angels! Where have you been?
Though He knows better. They
say: We attended a gathering of “Zekr” and saw men who were praising and
glorifying You and feared Your Fire. Here
God says: O My angels! Keep the Fire away from them.
I take you witness that I have forgiven them and keep them safe from what
they feared. The angels say: O
Lord! Among them there was one who did not remember You.
God says: I forgave him too, for he was present in the gathering.
Never will become wretched, a man who sits with those who remember
God.”
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Zekr Is Praiseworthy among the Neglectful Ones |
“Zekr” among the neglectful ones has been recommended for two
reasons:
Firstly: They will remain safe from a tribulation which might
befall them. They may also be
delivered thanks to one who remembers God.
Secondly: There are Hadiths in this relation.
Imam Sadeq (AS) has said:
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651.
“One who remembers God among the neglectful ones is as one who fights
for the sake of God instead of escaping from war.”
It has been reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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652.
“The Holy Prophet (SAW) has said: One who remembers God among the
neglectful ones is as one who instead of escaping fro war fights on for the sake
of God and paradise is for him.”
The Holy Prophet (SAW) has also said:
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653.
“Whoever remembers God devotedly in market where people are engaged in
business and are neglectful, God will have a thousand virtues written for him
and on the Day of Judgment he will receive a pardon which has not occurred to
any human mind.”
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The Best time for “Zekr” |
The Holy Prophet (SAW) has said:
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654. “God has said: O children
of Adam! Remember Me moments after dawn and moments before evening. I too will assume your important affairs.”
Imam Baqer (AS) has said:
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655. “Iblis, upon him be
God’s curses, disperses his army of night at sunset and sunrise.
Therefore, remember God frequently at these times and seek refuge to Him
from the evil of Iblis and his army. Also
take care of your children during these hours, for these two hours are time of
negligence.”
In the interpretation of the Quranic verse
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their shadows too at morn and eve.” Imam Sadeq (AS) has said:
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656.
“It is Dua before sunrise and sunset which is answered.”
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It is Praiseworthy To Remember God in Secret |
It is praiseworthy to remember God in secret, for it is closer to
devotion and far off from hypocrisy. In
this connection, the Holy Prophet (SAW) said to Abuzar:
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657.
“O Abazar! Remember God in the form of “Khamel”.
Abazar says: I said: What is “Khamel”?
The Holy Prophet (SAW) said: It means in secret.”
Amiralmoamenin (AS) has said:
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658.
“Whoever remembers God in secret, his remembrance of God will be taken
into account. But hypocrites
remember God openly and not in secret about which God says: “They do it only
to be seen of men and do not remember Allah save a little”."
Imam Sadeq (AS) has said:
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659.
“God has said: Whoever remembers Me in secret, I will remember him
openly.”
Zararah has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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660.
“Angels do no write anything unless they hear it.
God has said: And remember your Lord within yourself humbly and
fearing.” Therefore no one but God knows the reward of this heart-felt.
“Zekr” due to its importance.”
In a Hadith, we read that in a battle, as soon as the army of the
Messenger of Allah reached a land, they started reciting loudly: “There is
no god save Allah, and God is the Greatest.”
The Holy Prophet (SAW) said:
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661.
“O people, wait! Know that you are not calling upon one who is deaf or
absent, rather you are calling upon the All-hearing who is close to you.”
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Classification of “Zekr” |
“Zekr” is classified into several kinds:
1- “Tashmeed” (Saying praise
is due to Allah)
Saeed Chamat has reported on the authority of Fazl: I said to Imam Sadeq
(AS): May I be sacrificed for you! Teach me a comprehensive Dua. The Imam said:
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662.
“Praise God, for in this case, every worshipper will recite Dua for you
and will say: God hears one who praise Him.”
It has been reported on the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
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663.
“Any speech which does not begin with the praise of God, it is not
perfect.”
Abu Massood has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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664.
“Whoever says: Praise is due to the Lord of the worlds at dawn four
times, has thanked God for that day and whoever repeats the same in the evening,
has thanked God for the night.”
Imam Sadeq (AS) has reported on the authority of the Holy Prophet
(SAW):
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665.
“Whoever says: Praise is due to God as He deserves it, has stopped
heavenly scribes (angels) from writing. They
will say: O God! We do not know the unseen.
God will say: Write as My servant says.
I will reward him for it.”
2- “Tamjeed” (Saying God is
Almighty) (commendation)
Ali Ibne Hessan has reported on the authority of a friend and he on
the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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666.
“Every Dua which is not preceded by “Tamjeed” is not perfect; first
“Tamjeed” and then eulogy. The
reporter says: I said. What is the
least which will suffice as Tamjeed (commendation)?
The Imam said: Say:
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“You
are the First before whom there is nothing.
You are the Last after whom there is nothing. You are the Manifest above whom there is nothing.
You are the Hidden beneath whom there is nothing.
And You are Almighty, the All-wise.”
The reporter says: I asked Imam Sadeq (AS): What is the least which
will suffice as Tamjeed? The Imam
said:
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667.
“Praise is due to God who dominates everything.
Praise is due to God who is aware of the hidden.
Praise is due to God who brings the dead back to life and He has power
over all things.”
3- “Tahleel” (Saying there is
no god but Allah) and Takbeer (Saying God is the Greatest)
Rabee Azfazeel has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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668.
“Recite “Tahleel” and “Takbeer” frequently, for there is
nothing more favored by God than “Takbeer” and “Tahleel”.”
It has been reported on the authority of the Holy Prophet (SAW):
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669.
“The best prayer is to say: There is no god but Allah.”
4- “Tasbeeh” (Saying glory be
to God)
Yunus Ibne Yaghoob says:
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670.
“I said to Imam Sadeq (AS): Will anyone saying “Sobhanallah” a
hundred times be among those who has remembered God frequently?
The Imam said: Yes.”
In a Hadith, we read:
671.
Prophet Soleiman’s camp covered an area of a hundred Farsang by a
hundred Farsang twenty five Farsang of which was devoted to the Jinns, twenty
five Farsang to human beings, twenty five Farsang to birds and twenty five
Farsang to other animals. Prophet
Soleiman had a thousand houses made of glass built on wood.
In these houses lived three hundred women and seven hundred slave girls.
Jinns had woven for him a carpet of gold and silk in the middle of which
lay a golden pulpit. Prophet
Soleiman took his seat on the pulpit and there were six hundred thousand chairs
of gold and silver. Prophets sat on
the gold chair and scholars on silver ones surrounded by people and people
surrounded by Jinns and satans. Birds
would spread their wing to stop the harm of the sun.
Zephyr carried all the equipment in a single day.
It is said that wind was under Soleiman’s command at God’s will and
no word was spoken which the wind did not carry to Soleiman. One day Soleiman passed by a farmer who said to himself: The
son of David has a glorious rule. The
wind carried it to Soleiman who was between heaven and the earth.
Soleiman landed, went to the farmer and said: I have come to tell you not
to wish anything over which you have no control.
Then he said: One “Tasbeeh” of yours which is accepted by God is
better than what He has given to the family of David.
In another Hadith, we read: The reward of “Tasbeeh” will last for
ever but the rule of Soleiman is doomed t perish.”
5- “Tasbeeh” and
“Tahmeed”
It has been reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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672. “Amirolmomenin (AS) has
said: Sobhannallah fills half the scales, Alhamdolellah fills it completely and
Laelahaellallah and Allahoakbar fills what is between heavens and the earth.”
6- The following Zekr
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673. “I testify there is no
god but Allah. He is one, has no
partner, the one God, unique, and One upon whom all depend, who has no wife or
son.”
Imam Sadeq (AS) has said:
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“Whoever recites the above-mentioned Dua for forty five times, God
will have forty five thousand virtues written for him, will remove forty five
thousand bad deeds from him and will promote him forty five thousand degrees.
He will be as a person who has recited the Holy Quran twelve thousand
times a day and finally God will make him a house in paradise.”
7- Fivefold Words
The Holy Prophet (SAW) has said:
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674.
“Shall I teach you five words which are light on tongue and heavy on
the scales, words which will please God and drive away the Satan, words which
are among treasures of heaven, words coming from beneath the Throne and among
the righteous deeds? They said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! The Holy Prophet said:
Say: Glory be to Allah, and praise is due to Allah, there is no god but Allah
and God is the Greatest, there is neither might nor power but with Allah, the
Great, the Exalted. Then he said
five times: Excellent are these words which make your scales of good deeds
heavy.”
8- Four “Tasbeeh”
It has been reported on the authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
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675. “The Messenger of God was
passing by a man who was planting trees in his orchard.
The Holy Prophet stopped and said: Shall I introduce to you a tree whose
roots are stronger, gives fruits earlier, and has purer and more lasting fruits
than this? The man said: Yes, show
it to me O Messenger of Allah! The Holy Prophet said: At dawn and in the evening
say: Subhaanallahi walhamdulillaahi walaa ilaa ha illallahu wallaahuakbar.
If you recite this Dua there will be ten trees of every fruit for each
Tasbeeh in paradise. This is an example of the righteous deed.
The man said: O Messenger of Allah! I take you witness and give this
orchard to you as a charity for muslim, that is, for the alms givers.
Here God revealed verses 5-7 of the Quranic Chapter, Leil: “Then as for
he who gives away and guards against evil and accepts the best, We will
facilitate for him the easy end.”
Mohammad
Ibne Khaled Barghi has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
* 
*
676. “The Holy Prophet (SAW)
has said: Whoever says: sobhanallah (glory be to Allah) God will plant a tree
for him in paradise. Whoever says
Alhamdulellah (praise is due to Allah) God will plant a tree for him in paradise
instead. Whoever says
Laailahaillallah (there is no god but Allah) God will plant a tree for him in
paradise instead. Whoever says
Allahuakbar (God is the Greatest) God will plant a tree for him instead.
Here a man of Qureish said: Therefore, we will have many trees in
paradise, the Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: Yes, but do not ever set fire to
those trees, for God has said: O believers! Obey Allah and His Messenger and do
not make your deeds void.”
* 
*
677.
“One day the Holy Prophet (SAW) said to his companions: If you heap up
all your clothes, buildings and the living goods, do you think they will reach
the sky? They said: No, O Messenger
of Allah! The Holy Prophet said: Shall I introduce to you something whose root
is in the earth and its branches in heavens?
They said: Yes. The Holy
Prophet said: Whenever you complete your prayer say thirty times: Subhanallahi
wal hamdulellahi walailahaillalah walaahuakbar the roots of which are in the
earth and its branches are in heavens. It
is these words that removes from man sorrows, collapsing of wall, fire, being
drown in water, falling into well, being attacked by fierce animals, bad death,
and tribulation which descend from heavens on the day.
Those words are truly righteous deeds.”
Hamaad Ibne Osman has polyquoted Imam Sadeq (AS) Imam Ali (AS):
* 
*
678. “The Messenger of Allah
said: When I was taken to heavens, I saw paradise in which there was a land with
edifice of musk. I saw paradise in
which there was a land with edifice of musk.
I saw angels who were putting bricks of gold and silver one on the other
and sometimes stopped doing so. I
said: Why are you putting them one on the other and why do you stop from time to
time? They said: We are waiting for
material. I said: What is your
material? They said: The Zekr of
believer which is subhanallahi walhamdolellahi walailahaillallaho wallahoakbar.
Whenever he recites them, we build the edifice and whenever he keeps
silent, we will stop too.”
9- Seeking Forgiveness from Allah
Sokooni has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
* 
*
679. “The
Holy Prophet (SAW) said: The best Dua is to ask forgiveness from God.”
The Holy Prophet (SAW) also said:
* 
*
680. “Hearts have a kind of
rust as the acetate of copper which must be polished by asking forgiveness from
God.”
The Holy Prophet (SAW) said:
* 
*
681. “Whoever asks forgiveness
frequently, God will comfort his sorrows, remove obstacles on his way and give
him sustenance from a source he can not imagine.”
Zararah has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
* 
*
682. “Whenever a man asks
forgiveness frequently, the book of his deeds will ascend illuminated.”
It has been reported on the authority of Imam Reza (AS):
* 
*
683. “After forgiveness from
God is like shaking a tree to make its leaves fall off.
But one who commits a sin and asks forgiveness at the same time, is a
person who is mocking his Lord.”
Imam Reza (AS) has also said:
* 
*
684. “The Holy Prophet (SAW)
did not rise up to leave a gathering unless he asked forgiveness forty times.”
* 
*
685. “The Messenger of God
used to ask forgiveness and repented seventy times each morning. The reporter says: I said: How?
He said: Astaghfirullaaha rabbee wa atoobuilayh?
(O God! Forgive me and accept my repentance).
The Holy Prophet recited Astaghfrullahi seventy times and wa
atuboelallahe seventy times.”
The Holy Prophet (SAW) also said:
* 
*
686. “Asking forgiveness and
the formula, there is no god but Allah is the best prayer.
God Almighty, the Omnipotent has said: “So know that there is no god
but Allah, and, ask forgiveness for your fault.”
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The Best time for “Zekr” |
The best time for “Zekr” is dawn, forenoon an afternoon. It has been reported on the authority of Imam Baqer and Imam
Sadeq (AS):
* 
*
687. “Make the beginning and
end of book of your deeds heavy with good deeds so that what lies between them
will be forgiven.”
Haroon Ibne Moussa Talakabri has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq
(AS):
* 
*
688. “The Holy Prophet (SAW)
said: Whoever recites: “I seek forgiveness from Allah there is no god but He,
the Ever living, the Self-subsisting, Lord of Majesty, Lord of honor. I ask Him to accept my repentance, for I am an abject, humble
and destitute servant in whose hand is neither his benefit nor his loss, neither
life nor death, or gathering on the Day of Judgment. Once every afternoon, God orders two angels to set fire to
whatever is in the book of his deeds.”
It has been reported on the authority of the Infallibles (AS):
* 
*
689.
“Lo, greetings of Allah be upon those who rise up at dawn and seek
forgiveness.”
It is said that one day Abu Ghamgham, a misfortunate person came to
Moussa Ibne Ja-far (AS) complaining that he failed in every job he chose.
The Imam said: After dawn recite the following ten times:
* 
*
690. “Glory be to Allah, the
Great, Praise is due to Him. I seek Allah’s forgiveness and invoke His
Grace.”
Abu Ghamgham says: I did so. By God! Soon some people came from desert telling me that a
relative of mine was dead and he had no heir but me. I received my heirloom and became as rich as Croesus (Korah).
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Special Duas for Special Occasions |
1- Amiral momenin (AS) when
beginning the day used to say:
* 
*
691.
“Glory be to Allah, the king, the Holy.”
Then the Imam said:
* 
*
“O God! I seek refuge to You from a decline in Your blessings and a
change in what You have destined, from a sudden punishment and reaching
adversity, from a bad fate, and from the evil of what has been written for me.
O God! I invoke You through the glory of Your kingdom and strong power
and Your great force, and power over Your creatures.”
Then ask your desire.
2- When Imam Ali (AS) began his
day, he said:
* 
*
692. “Hail to you guardian
angels! God willing, I will dictate to you what you will save for me.”
Then until the sunrise, the Imam recited Tasbeeh and Tahleel and he
recited the same before evening.
3- It has been reported on the
authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
* 
*
693.
“The Holy Prophet (SAW) said: Whoever wishes to meet Allah on the Day
of Judgment, to have in the book of his deeds the testimonies of la
Ilahaillallah and Muhammadar Rasulullah and all the eight gates of heaven to be
opened to him saying to him: O friend of God! Enter paradise from every gate you
wish, should say the following when beginning the day and night:
O you two angels write: In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the
Merciful. I clearly observe and
bear witness that there is no god but Allah.
I bear witness that Muhammad is a servant and Messenger of God.
I bear witness that the day of Judgment is certain to come and God will
make everyone I grave rise up. I
live, die and come back to life again with this belief, God willing.
Send greetings to Muhammad (SAW) on my behalf.
Praise is due to Allah who took the dark night with His power and brought
the bright day with His Mercy, a new creation.
Hail to the two guardian angels -here he turns to the right.
May you two angels live long here he turns to the left.”
4- Hamaad Ibne Ossman has
reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
* 
*
694. Whoever recites: My Lord!
Send greetings on Muhammad and his household before anything else after morning
prayer, God will keep his face from the flames of Fire.”
It has been reported on the authority of Imam Reza (AS):
* 
*
695. “Whoever recites the
following after morning prayer, he will not desire anything unless it is made
easy to fulfill and God will assume his important affairs: In the name of Allah
and greetings be on Muhammad and his progeny.
I entrust my affair to God. He
Sees the servants. So Allah
protected him from the evil of what they planned.
There is no god but Thou, glory be to evil of what they planned.
There is no god but Thou, glory be to Thee; surely I am of those who make
themselves to suffer loss. So We
responded to him and delivered him from the grief, and thus do We deliver the
believers. 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. Whatever God wills, not what pleases people.
What God wills though the people may not like it.
The God who is Nourisher is sufficient for me and I am in no need of
those who are nourished. The God
who is the Creator is sufficient for me and I am in no need of those who are
created. The God who is Provider of food is sufficient for me.
Sufficient for me is One who protects me.
Sufficient for me is the God who “there is no god but He”.
I rely on Him, for He is the Lord of
the Highest Heaven.”
6- The most virtuous Dua of
afternoon is:
* 
*
696. “Allahoma innaka lasta
beelahestahasnaka....”
(The full text of Dua is to be found in Baharolanwar, volume 40, p.59
published in Beirut) and the best Dua to be recited on Friday is Dua us Simaat.
7- It has been reported on the
authority of Imam Bazer (AS):
* 
*
697. “When the sun became red
on the mountain peak, tears started running from the eyes of the Holy Prophet.
Then he said: My suffering of loss ends when I seek refuge in Your
pardon, my sins end when I seek refuge in Your Forgiveness, my fear ends when I
seek refuge in Your Amnesty, my abjectness ends when I seek refuge in Your
Glory, my destitution ends when I seek refuge in Your being Rich, my decrepit
and perishable face improves when I seek refuge in Your permanent and
ever-lasting face. O God! Bestow
upon me Your blessing and bless me with Your mercy, give me honor and protect me
from Your creatures, jinn and men, O Allah, O the Compassionate, O the
Merciful.”
8- Soleiman Ja-fari has
reported on the authority of Imam Kazem (AS):
* 
*
698. “In the evening when you
see the sun is setting, say: In the name of Allah and with His help, praise is
due to Allah who takes neither wife nor child.
He has neither partner in His rule, nor He has taken a friend out of
weakness and glorify Him with glorification.
Praise is due to Allah who describe others but He Himself can not be
described. Praise is due to Allah
who knows everything but He is unknown. He
knows treacherous looks and hidden secrets in hearts.
I seek refuge in His glorious face and in His Great Name from the evil of
what is under earth, from the evil of what is open and secret, from the evil of
what I have said and not said. Praise
is due to Allah, the Lord of all beings.”
Then the Imam said:
* 
*
“This is safety against every fierce animal and the outcast Satan and his
offspring and from the evil of everything which bites or stings.
Whoever recites it fears neither thief nor jinn or Satan.”
The reporter says: I said: I hunt fierce animals and sleep in ruined
places. Hence I live in fear.
The Imam said:
* 
*
“Whenever you enter the place put your right food first and say: In
the name of Allah and with help of Allah and when you leave the place, recite
God’s name and put your left feet first an nothing harmful will happen to
you.”
9- Sadooq has polyquoted
Abdullah Ansari, Khalif Bakri, a friend, and Ali Ibne Abitaleb (AS) as saying
the following words every day during ten days of D’il Hijjah:
* 
*
699. “Lailaha ill Allah as
many as the numbers of days and nights. Lailah
illAllah as many as the waves of seas. Laillaha
illAllah while His Mercy is better than what the others amass.
Lailaha illAllah as many as thorns and trees.
Lailaha illAllah as many as drops of rain.
Lailaha illAllah as many as rock and clouds.
Lailaha ill Allah as many as winks.
Lailaha ill Allah at night when it passes by and in the morning when it
shines and gives light. Lailaha ill
Allah as many as the number of winds in deserts and on rocks.
Lailaha ill Allah from today till it is blown into the trumpet.”
Then the Imam said:
* 
*
“Whoever recites this ten times each day during ten days of D’il
Hijjah, God will give him a place in a paradise of pearl and ruby against each
Tahleel. The distance between every two
places is the distance covered by a fast-going rider for a hundred years.
In every place there is a city having a castle of jewels.
In every city there are castles, chambers, carpets, espouses, thrones,
Houris, pillows, tables, servants, rivers, trees, ornaments and garments no one
can describe. When such a person
comes out of his grave, the hair of his body gives a light and seventy thousand
angels move on his right and left side to lead him to paradise.
In paradise, he will enter a city the outer face of which is red ruby and
the inner face is green topaz. Whatever
God has created exists in this city. When he enters the city it is said to him: O friend of God!
Do you know what is this city and what is therein? He says: No, who are you?
They say: We are angels who witnessed you in world where you recited
Tahleel. This city is your reward.
We will give you good tiding about a better reward that is what God has
prepared for you in Darosalaam (house of peace), a divine grant with no end.”
10- One day it was said to Ibne
Darba: Your house has caught fire. He
said: I do not believe it. Another
passer-by said the same thing. Ibne
Darda said: I do not believe. A
third person said the same thing and heard the same answer.
Later it became clear that everything around Ibne Darda’s house had
caught fire save his house. They
asked him: How did you know that? He
said: I heard from the Holy Prophet (SAW) as saying:
* 
*
700. “Whoever recites the
following every morning, he will not experience any harm on that day. And whoever recites it in the evening, he will not experience
any harm on that night. I too
recites the words: O God! You are my Lord! There is no good but You.
rely on You while You are the Lord of the heavens.
There is neither might nor power but with Allah, the Great, the Exalted.
Whatever He wills, will be done and nothing will be done if He does not
will. I know that God has power
over everything and He encompasses everything.
O God! I seek refuge in You from the evil of myself, from the evil of a
bad destiny, from the evil of one who has evil, from jinn and men, from the evil
of every beast the control of which is in Your hand. Surely my Lord is on a
straight path.”
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Healing Through Dua and Its Inscription |
Seeking healing through Dua is of several kinds:
1- Repelling diseases
through certain Duas:
a- Aboo Najran and Ibne
Fazaal have reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS) that the Imam would
recite the following when he was ill:
* 
*
701. “O God! You have
afflicted nations with diseases and hardships saying to them: “Say: Call on
those whom you assert besides Him, so they shall not control the removal of
distress from you nor its transference.” So O You no one but You can remove
distress and transfer it! Send greetings on Muhammad and his progeny and remove
my distress and transfer it to one who associates another god with You, there is
no god but You.”
b- Yunus Ibne
Abdullaharrahman has reported on the authority of Dawood Ibne Zeid: IN Medina, I
was afflicted with a severe disease. Knowing
about it, Imam Sadeq (AS) wrote to me:
* 
*
702. “I was informed on your
disease. Purchase three kilos of
wheat, lie on your back and spread the wheat on your chest, then say: O God! I
invoke You through your name by which if a distressed man calls upon you, You
will remove the loss from him, give him a suitable place on the earth making him
Your vicegerent on the earth! Send greetings on Muhammad and his progeny and
heal me of my disease. Then sit
down, gather the wheat from around you and recite the same, then divide it into
several 750 gram sections, give them to the poor and recite the same Dua.”
Dawood says: I recited this Dua and got rid of my disease. The others too recited and benefited from it.
c- Recite the following Dua:
* 
*
703. “In the name of Allah,
the Compassionate, the Merciful. Praise
is due to Allah. The Lord of all
beings. Allah is sufficient for us
and He is the best protector. Blessed
is Allah, the best of creators. There
is neither might nor power but with Allah, the Great, the Exalted.”
He should recite this Dua forty times after mooring prayer and draw
it on the site of pain. Whatever
pain it is especially fissure or split will be improved with the permission of
Allah. This was done and the result
was positive.
d- Yunus Ibne Ammar says:
I said to Imam Sadeq (AS): May I become sacrificed for You! People think that
God does not afflict a man who is in need of Him with the freckle which has
appeared on my face. The Imam said:
* 
*
704.
“And from the remote part of the city there came a man running: he
said: “O my people! Follow the messengers.”
(Verse 20 of the Quranic Chapter Yaseen)
Then the Imam said:
* 
*
“In
the beginning of one third of night, perform ablution and rise up for prayer.
In the last prostration of the first two-rak’at prayer say: O the Most
High, the Great, O the Compassionate, the Merciful! O Hearer of Dua and O the
Bestower of whatever is good! Send greetings on Muhammad and his progeny and
grant us from the good of the world and the Hereafter what You deserve and keep
away from me whatever is evil in this world and the Hereafter which You do not
deserve. Remove from me this pain
which has angered me. You should be
serious in your Dua.”
Yunus Ibne Ammar says: No sooner had I arrived in Medina than god removed
the freckles from my face.
e- Dawood Ibne Zarbi has
reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
* 
*
705.
“Put your hand on the spot of pain and recite three times: Allah, Allah
Allah, my true Lord! I do not associate anything with Him.
O God! You are my shelter for this and every important thing.
Therefore, remove it from me.”
f- Mafzal has reported on the
authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
* 
*
706.
“In relation to pains, the Imam says: In the name of Allah and with the
help of Allah. There are many a
blessing in the static and dynamic veins of the grateful and ungrateful man!
After obligatory prayer, take hold of your beard with your right hand and recite
three times: O God! Remove from me my grief and hasten to restore my health,
remove my suffering. Recite the Dua by weeping and tears.”
g- Aboo Hamzeh says: I had pain
with my knee and said about it to Imam Baqer (AS).
The Imam said:
* 
*
707.
“Whenever you completed your prayer say: O the Most Generous! O the
Best One upon whom one can call! O the Most Merciful from whom one asks mercy!
Have mercy on my weakness and destitution and relieve my pain.”
Aboo Hamzeh say: I recited this Dua and was relieved of my pain.
h- Imam Baqer (AS) has said:
* 
*
708.
“Ali (AS) became ill. The
Holy Prophet (SAW) came to him and said: Say: O God! Either hasten Your healing
or make me patient in forbearing Your tribulation or draw out my soul to Your
Mercy.”
i- Ibrahim Ibne Abdulhamid
has quoted a man as saying: I went to Imam Sadeq (AS) complaining of the pain I
had. The Imam said:
* 
*
709.
“Say: In the name of Allah! Then draw your hand on it and recite seven
times: I seek refuge in the power of God! I seek refuge in the Mercy of God! I
seek refuge in the glory of God! I seek refuge in the greatness of God! I seek
refuge in the assembly of God! I seek refuge in the Holy Prophet (SAW)! I seek
refuge in the Attributes of God from the evil of what I shun and from the evil
of what I am fearful for myself.”
That man says: I did so and my pain was relieved.
j- Ibrahim Ibne Israel has
reported on the authority of Imam Reza:
* 
*
710. “A tumor appeared in the
neck of one of our slave girls. An
invisible speaker said to me: O Ali! Say to the slave girl to recite: O
Merciful! O my Lord! O my Master! The slave girl recited the same and God too
removed it from her. Then the Imam
said: this is the same Dua by which Ja-afar Ibne Soleiman called upon God!”
2- Duas by which Sorrows and
Hardships Are Repelled:
a- Ibne Maskaan has
polyquoted Abi Hamza and Imam Baqer (AS) as saying:
* 
*
711. “O Aba Hamza! What
happens that whenever something horrible occurs to you, you don’t go to a
corner of the room -while facing Qiblah- to perform a two-Rak’at prayer and
recite seventy times: O the Most-seeing of seers, O the Most-Hearing of the
hearers! O the Most swift Reckoner, O the Most-Merciful of the merciful!
Whenever you recite this Dua, name your desire.”
b- It has been reported on the
authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
712. A man known as Chabih Hazli went to Holy Prophet (SAW) saying: O
Messenger of Allah! I am an old man having no power of work.
I am use to prayer, fast, Hajj and Jihad.
Teach me a word whereby God gives me a benefit and it is easy to do too O
Messenger of Allah! The Holy Prophet (SAW) said: Say it again. That man repeated it three times. The Holy Prophet (SAW) said: There is no tree or rock around
you unless they have wept for you out of mercy.
Whenever you have completed the morning prayer, say: Glory be to
Allah, the Great, and praise is due to Him, there is neither might or power save
with God, the Exalted, the Great, whereby God will protect you against
blindness, insanity, leprosy, destitution and weakness.
That man said: O Messenger of Allah! This is good for the world.
What is good for the Hereafter? The
Holy Prophet said: After every prayer, say:
* 
*
“O God! Guide me on Your side and bestow upon me Your special Grace and
spread Your Mercy over me and send down Your blessings on me.”
That
man received the order and kept on reciting it. A man said to Aboo Abbass: How seriously your friend recited
the Dua. The Holy Prophet (SAW)
said: If this man can bring this act with him on the Day of Judgment, and does
not abandon it intentionally, eight gates of paradise will be opened to him and
from every gate he can enter it.”
c- Sheikh Koleini has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
* 
*
713.
“When a mishap occurred, my father used to recite: O God! Send greetings
to Muhammad and his progeny and forgive me and have mercy on me.
Make my knowledge pure and make my return easy, guide my heart, and turn
my fear into safety, make me healthy in my life and make my belief firm,
obliterate my wrongdoings, make my face white on the Day of Judgment, protect me
in my religion and ease my affair, expand my sustenance, for I am weak and forgo
my shortcomings with Your kindness, send no tribulation either on me or my
family.
O
my Lord! Look at me with favor whereby to remove tribulation from me and urge me
towards the best habits. My
strength has run weak and I have no option.
I have stopped setting hope on people.
My Lord! I rely and have hope only on You and Your power so as to have
Mercy on me and forgive me as you have power to afflict me with tribulation and
chastisement. O Lord! Remembering
Your kindness drives me near to you and hope in Your blessings strengthens me,
for I have never been deprived of Your blessings since my creation.
You are my Lord! My Master! My Helper, my Shelter, my Guardian! My
Defender! O Merciful to me! And Giver of my sustenance.
What You have destined for me comes from Your will.
Therefore, O my Master and Lord! Hasten to relieve me of my plight and
change my fate for better for I have no one but You.
I do not trust anyone but You, O Lord of Majesty and Honor! Treat me in
the light of my hope and good opinion and have mercy on my being confined to the
ground and deplorable condition and thereby make me and those who call upon You
indebted, O the Most Merciful of the merciful! The greetings of God on Muhammad
and all his progeny.”
d-
* 
*
714.
“Whoever is afflicted with sorrow, hardship or tribulation should
recite: Allah is my Lord. I don’t associate anything with Him. I rely on the living One who never dies.”
e-
Hesham Ibne Saalem has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
* 
*
715.
“Whenever a man is afflicted with a tribulation, sorrow or hardship, he
should sit down on his legs, bare his arms and place his chest and arms on the
floor, go into prostration and asks his desire.”
f-
* 
*
716.
“O Allah, O Allah, O Allah! I ask You through the person who has a
right with You to send greetings on Muhammad and his progeny and make an
occupation a means of my sustenance based on knowing Your right which You taught
me- and expand for me the sustenance You withheld.”
g-
* 
*
717.
“When you completed evening prayer, do not stretch your legs and do not
speak with anyone before reciting a hundred times: In the name of Allah, the
Compassionate, the Merciful, there is neither might or strength save with God,
the Exalted the Great. Whoever recites this a hundred times in the evening and
morning, a hundred tribulations will be removed from him the least of which is
leprosy, Satan and a tyrant ruler.”
h-
i- Aboo Ghatadeh Harath Ibne Rabee has reported on the authority of the Holy
Prophet (SAW):
* 
*
718.
“Good dreams belong to God. Therefore,
whoever has a good dream, should not tell anyone about it except the good
people. However, if he has a bad dream, he should spit on his left
side and seek refuge with God from the evil of Satan and the bad dream.
He should not tell anyone about it for it will not do any harm to him.”
* 
*
719.
“Good dream belongs to God and bad dream belongs to Satan.”
The
Holy Prophet (SAW) has also said:
* 
*
720.
“Good dream of a righteous man is one constituent of forty six
constituents of Prophethood.”
j-
It has been reported on the authority of the household of the Holy
Prophet (SAW):
* 
*
721.
“Whenever one of you has an unpleasant dream, he should turn from the
side on which he is sleeping and say: “Secret counsels are only the work of
the Satan that he may cause to grieve those who believe, and he can not hurt
them in the least except with Allah’s permission.” I seek refuge with God as
the except with Allah’s permission.” I
seek refuge with God as the archangels, prophets and messengers and the
rightly-guided Imams sought refuge with Him, from what I saw and dreamt which
can hurt my world or my religion and from the evil of Satan the outcast.”
k-
* 
*
722.
“As for the Dua which Muhammad Ibne Hamzah Alavi had asked for easement
of affairs, tell him to keep on reciting the following Dua: O You who will
suffice everything of us but nothing will suffice You.
Therefore assume my important affair and suffice it.
I hope God will remove his sorrow, God willing.”
l-
* 
*
723.
“On the eve of Badr Battle, I dreamt of Prophet Khadir.
I said to him: Teach me something by which I can overcome my enemies.
He said: Ya hova Ya manlahova illahova.
When morning came, I recited it for the Holy Prophet who said: O Ali! You
have learnt the chief Name of God! Therefore, this “Zekr” was on my tongue
on the Day of Badr.”
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724.
“O our true Desire! O You besides whom there is no Desire, forgive me
and help me against unbelievers.”
3- Seeking refuge with God
a-
Abdullah Ibne Yahya Kaheli reports on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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725.
“Whenever you see a fierce animal, recite the Throne Verse (Ayatolkorsi)
and say: I curse you with the curse of God and that the Muhammad (SAW) and the
curse of Soleiman Ibne Dawood and the curse of Amiralmomenin and the Imams after
him. God willing that animals will
not attack you.”
Kaheli
says: I went out and saw a fierce animal on my way. I cursed it lest it obstruct its head placing it between its
two feet, turned it back and changed its course.
Abdullah
Ibne Sanan has reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq (AS):
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726.
“Amiralmomenin (AS) said: Whenever you see a fierce animal, say: I seek
refuge with the God of Daniel and well from the evil of every fierce lion.”
b-
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727.
“Shall I teach you words for a time when you fall into an abyss from
which there is no rescue? Therefore say: In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the
Merciful. There is neither might
nor power save with God, the Exalted, the Great whereby God will remove from you
every tribulation He wishes.”
c-
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728.
“Whenever one of your wishes to go to bed, he should say: O black
insect which take heed of neither lock nor door! I curse you through the Mother
of Book (unmolketaab) not to hurt me or friend or my friends till the night
passes into morning.”
d-
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729.
“Allah is the Greatest. I
clearly bear witness and testify that Muhammad is Messenger of Allah.
Allah is the Greatest. There
is no god but Allah. I have no Lord
but Allah. Kingdom belongs to Him
and praise is due to Him. He has no
partner. Glory be to Allah. Whatever Allah wishes will be done and whatever He does not
wish will not be done.
O
God! Lord of glory and honor! Lord of Moses, Jesus and Ibrahim who kept his
promise! The Lord of Ibrahim, Samuel, Isaac, Jacob, and his grand children!
There is no god but You. Glory be
to You as many as Your signs. By
Your Greatness! By what the prophets call upon You and by You, the Lord of
people. You existed before
everything and will exist after everything.
By the words You held the heavens above the earth -except with Your
permission- and by the words You bring the dead back to life, I ask You to
save........ from the evil of what descends from heaven and what ascends to
heaven as well as from the evil of what comes out of earth and goes into it. Peace be upon the messengers and praise is due to the Lord of
the beings.”
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730. “In the name of Allah and
with the help of Allah and towards Allah and what He wishes, by the glory of
Allah, and omnipotence of Allah, the power of Allah, the kingdom of Allah! O
God! Set this writing a healing for...... whose father is Your servant, his
mother Your servant and he himself Your servant.
Greetings of Allah be on the Messenger of Allah.”
f- Amiralmomenin has said:
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731. “The Holy Prophet (SAW)
prayed for Hassan and Hussein saying: I place you under the protection of
Allah’s absolute words and His best Names from the evil of what has poison and
venomous animals and insects, from the evil eye and from the evil of the envious
when he envies. Then turning to us,
the Holy Prophet said: This was how Ibrahim prayed for Isaac and Samuel to
protect them.”
g- It has been reported on the
authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
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732. “Whoever recites there is
neither might or strength save with God, the Exalted, the Great, God will remove
from him seventy kinds of tribulations the most simple of which is insanity.
Whoever leaves home and says: In the name of Allah, the Compassionate,
the Merciful, two angels will say to him: You have been guided.
And whenever he recites: There is neither might or strength save with
God, the Exalted, the Great, it is said to him: You have been guided.
And whenever he recites: I rely on God, it is said to him: That will
suffice you. Here Satan says: What
shall I do with one who has been guided, protected, and sufficed.”
h- Aboo Hamzah says: I asked
permission to visit Imam Baqer (AS). The
Imam came towards me while his lips were moving.
I said: What were you saying? The
Imam said: Did you notice it O Thamali? I said: May I be sacrificed for you! Yes.
The Imam said:
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733. “I recited a Dua which no
one has ever recited it unless God assumed his important affair, both in the
world and the Hereafter.”
I said: Give it to me. The
Imam said:
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“Whoever leaves home saying: In the name of Allah, God will suffice
me. I rely on Allah, O God! I ask
you all that is good and seek refuge with You from abjectness of world and
chastisement of the Hereafter, God will assume the important affairs of such a
person both in this world and the Hereafter.”
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734. Whenever one of you wished
to go to bed, let he not lie unless he recites: I entrust myself, my religion,
my family, my children, the result of my deeds and the sustenance God has given
me and what He has bestowed on me to the glory of God, greatness of God,
omnipotence of God, the rule of God, the mercy of God, the compassion of God,
the forgiveness of God, the power of God, the grandeur of God, the workmanship
of God, dignity of God, and the assembly of God, and the messenger of God, and
His power from the devil of venemous animals, jinn and men, from the evil of
whatever moves on the earth and whatever comes out of it and from the evil of
what descends from heaven and what ascends to it and from the evil of whatever
living creatures controlled by Him, for my Lord is on the straight path and has
power over everything and there is neither might nor strength save with God, the
Exalted, the Great. Thus the Holy
Prophet (SAW) prayed for Hassan and Hussein and thus he has ordered the same.”
j- It has been reported
on the authority of Amiralmomenin:
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735. “Whenever one of you
wished to go to bed, let him place his right arm under his right cheek and
recite: In the name of God! I put my side on the floor for God after the faith
of Ibraham and religion of Muhammad (SAW) and vicegerency of one whose obedience
was made a duty by God. Whatever He
wishes will be done, and whatever he does not wish, will not be done. Whoever recites this Dua before going to sleep, will be safe
from theft, looting and collapse of building, and angels will ask forgiveness
for him.”
k- Aboo Baser has reported on
the authority of Imam Baqer (AS):
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736. “Whoever leaves home and
recites: I seek refuge with whom the angels seek refuge from the evil of the new
day which will no longer return when its sun disappears and from the evil of
myself and from the evil of others, from the evil of Satan, from the evil of
those who are the enemies of God’s friends, from the evil of jinns and men and
from the evil of fierce and venomous animals and from the evil of all risks. I
seek refuge with God from all evil things, God will forgive such a person and
returns His mercy on him, assumes his important affairs and protects him against
evil.”