Chapter 261

Remembrance 1 from Chapter 261

The du‘ā’ of a person sitting in a gathering, for himself and those with him

Arabic
Arabic text from the source edition
Romanisation

Allāhumma-qsim lanā min khashyatika mā yaḥūlu baynanā wa bayna ma‘āṣik, wa min ṭā‘atika mā tuballighunā bihi Jannatak, wa mina-l-yaqīni mā tuhawwinu bihi ‘alaynā maṣā’iba-d-dunyā. Allāhumma matti‘nā bi-asmā‘inā wa abṣārinā wa quwwatinā mā aḥyaytanā, wa-j‘alhu-l-wāritha minnā, wa-j‘al tha’ranā ‘alā man ẓalamanā, wa-nṣurnā ‘alā man ‘ādānā, wa lā taj‘al muṣībatanā fī dīninā, wa lā taj‘ali-d-dunyā akbara hamminā, wa lā mablagha ‘ilminā, wa lā tusalliṭ ‘alaynā man lā yarḥamunā.

Context

WE RELATE FROM the book of at-Tirmidhī that Ibn ‘Umar Honorific symbol reported that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol would seldom rise from a gathering without supplicating for his Companions with this du‘ā’: “O Allah, apportion to us enough fear and awe of You to prevent us from sinning against You, and enough obedience to You to make us reach Your Paradise, and enough certainty to make the difficulties of this world easy for us. O Allah, let us enjoy our hearing and sight and strength as long as You allow us to live, and make it an inheritance for us. Grant us victory against those who oppress us, and help us against those who harbour enmity towards us. Let not our afflictions be in our religion, and make not the world our major concern or the full extent of our knowledge, and give not power over us to anyone who will not have mercy on us.” [1].At-Tirmidhī states that this is a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ hadith.

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References
[1] Abū Dāwūd (1516) and at-Tirmidhī (3430), who states that this hadith is ṣaḥīḥ gharīb, and al-Ḥākim (1/527), who grades it as ṣaḥīḥ; and adh-Dhahabī agrees.

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