narrated: I said ‘O Messenger oft‘othman Ibn Al-AAas Allah, verily the devil comes between me and my prayer and recitation making me replied ‘That is a devil called Khanzab, sorconfused’ The Messenger of Allah if you sense his presence then seek refuge in Allah from him and spit (A form of spitting comprising mainly of air with little spittle) on your left side three times.’
40. Supplication for one whose affairs have become difficult
(131)
اللّهُـمَّ لا سَـهْلَ إِلاّ ما جَعَلـتَهُ سَهـلاً، وَأَنْتَ تَجْـعَلُ الْحَـزَنَ إِذا شِـئْتَ سَهـْلاً.
Allahumma la sahla illa ma jaAAaltahu sahla, wa-anta tajAAalul- hazana in shi/ta sahla.
‘O Allah, there is no ease except in that which You have made easy, and You make the difficulty, if You wish, easy.’
41. Upon committing a sin
(132)
‘Any servant who commits a sin and as a result, performs ablution, prays two units of prayer (i.e. two rakAAas) and then seeks Allah’s forgiveness, Allah would forgive him.’
42. Supplication for expelling the devil and his whisperings
(133)
■ Seeking refuge from him.
(134)
■ The athan (call to prayer).
(135)
■ Recitation of the Quran and the authentic ****s of remembrance and supplications.
e.g. ‘Do not make your homes like the graveyards, indeed the devils flee from the house in which soorat Al-Baqarah has been read’ related by Muslim 1/539, also supplication and remembrance for the morning & evening, before sleep, when getting up, entering and leaving the toilet, entering and leaving the mosque, the recitation of ayat Al-kursiyy and the last two verses of soorat Al-Baqarah before sleeping, the athan…etc.
43. Supplication when stricken with a mishap or overtaken by an affair
(136)
‘The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah, than the weak believer and there is goodness in both. Strive for that which will benefit you ,seek help from Allah and do not despair. If a mishap should happen to befall you then do not say ‘If only I had acted…such and such would have happened’. Rather, say:
قَدَّرَ اللهُ وَما شـاءَ فَعَـل .
Qaddaral-lah, wama shaa faAAal.
‘Allah has decreed and what He wills, He does.’
…for verily ‘If’ lets in the work of the devil.’
(137)
Indeed Allah تعالى rebukes due to negligence and slackness, but take to determination and caution, and if a matter should overtake you then say:
حَسْـبِيَ اللهُ وَنِـعْمَ الوَكيـل .
Hasbiyal-lah, waniAAmal-wakeel.
‘Allah is sufficient for me, and how fine a trustee (He is).’
44. Placing childen under Allah’s protection
(138)
Ibn used to commend Al-Hasan andrAAabbas related that the Messenger of Allah Al-Husayn to Allah’s protection, saying:
أُعيـذُكُمـا بِكَلِـماتِ اللهِ التّـامَّة، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْـطانٍ وَهـامَّة، وَمِنْ كُـلِّ عَـيْنٍ لامَّـة .
OAAeethukuma bikalimatil-lahit-tammah, min kulli shaytanin wahammah, wamin kulli AAaynin lammah.
‘I commend you two to the protection of Allah’s perfect words from every devil, vermin, and every evil eye.’
45. When visiting the sick
(139)
would enter upon a sick person, herWhen the Prophet would say:
لا بأْسَ طَهـورٌ إِنْ شـاءَ الله .
La ba/sa tahoorun in shaal-lah.
‘Never mind, may it (the sickness) be a purification, if Allah wills.’
(140)
‘Any Muslim servant who visits a sick person whose prescribed moment of death has not arrived and supplicates seven times:
أَسْـأَلُ اللهَ العَـظيـم، رَبَّ العَـرْشِ العَـظيـم أَنْ يَشْفـيك .(سبع مرات)
Asalul-lahal-AAatheem rabbal-AAarshil-AAatheem an yashfeek (7times).
‘I ask Allah The Supreme, Lord of the magnificent throne to cure you’.
…he (the sick person) will be cured.’
46. Excellence of visiting the sick
(141)
related that he heard thet‘Ali Ibn Abee Talib say: ‘If a man calls on his sick Muslim brother, it is asrMessenger of Allah if he walks reaping the fruits of Paradise until he sits, and when he sits he is showered in mercy, and if this was in the morning, seventy thousand angles send prayers upon him until the evening, and if this was in the evening, seventy thousand angles send prayers upon him until the morning.’
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ضحكت فقالوا ألا تحتشم ... بكيت فقالوا ألا تبتسم
بسمت فقالوا يرائي بها ... عبست فقالوا بدا ماكتم
صمت فقالوا كليل اللسان ... نطقت فقالوا كثير الكلم
حلمت فقالوا صنيع الجبان ... ولو كان مقتدراً لانتقم
بسلت فقالوا لطيش به ... وما كان مجترئاً لو حكم
يقولون شذ إذا قلت لا ... وإمعة حين وافقتهم
فأيقنت أني مهما أرد ... رضا الناس لابد من أن أذم
nehla........
