How to Supplicate to Allah
Before addressing the issue of how to supplicate to Allah, we need to tackle the subject of how are we to worship Him.
After Allah, the Glorified and the Exalted One, had created us, after we admitted His Oneness and Might, and after He had taken from us a covenant and made us bear witness against our own selves that He is our Creator, He returned us to the loins of Adam, made us in the loins of humans, each in the loins of his forefathers, then He brought us into this world whenever He willed, defining His reason for creating us, which is: to worship Him, and only Him. After having sent us prophets and messengers during various ages to warn us against worshipping anyone but Him and chosen the best of His messengers for us, namely our master Muhammed, the best of creeds, namely Islam, and the best of divine books, namely the Holy Qura'n..., after all of that, it becomes incumbent upon us to answer questions such as: How are we to adore Allah? What are the best means to achieve this end? The answers to these questions are provided by the best of creation, messengers and prophets, our master Muhammed . Having been asked once what adoration was, he answered, "Supplication is adoration," then he recited the Qura'nic verse saying, "And your Lord says: Call upon Me, I will answer you; surely those who are too proud to worship Me shall soon enter hell abased" (Qura'n, 40:60). In order to emphasize the fact that supplication is the zenith of adoration as the Holy Qura'n states, we would like to present some Qura'nic verses that highlight this fact and underscore the significance of supplication: Say: My Lord would not care for you were it not for your du`'(supplication). (25:77) And who speaks better than he who calls to Allah while he himself does good [deeds] and says: I am surely of those who submit (to Allah in Islam)? (41:33) Those to whom they call upon, they themselves seek the means of access to their Lord__whoever of them is nearest__and they hope for His mercy and fear His chastisement. ( These are only samples of what the Holy Qura'n contains of verses stressing the importance of supplication for the creation, clarifying for them the status supplication enjoys with their Creator. (source concept /islamorg)
"..My Husayn has been killed and the partisans of Satan are taking us to the fools so that they may get their reward for insulting Allah. Our blood is dripping from their hands and our flesh is falling down from their mouths. The sacred bodies of the martyrs have been placed at the disposal of the wolves and other carnivorous animals of the jungle. If you have gained something today by shedding blood, you will certainly "..My Husayn has been killed and the partisans of Satan are taking us to the fools so that they may get their reward for insulting Allah. Our blood is dripping from their hands and our flesh is falling down from their mouths. The sacred bodies of the martyrs have been placed at the disposal of the wolves and other carnivorous animals of the jungle. If you have gained something today by shedding blood, you will certainly be a loser on the Day of Judgment. On that day nothing but your deeds will count.
On that day you will curse Ibn Marja-na and he will curse you. On that day you and your followers will quarrel with one another by the side of the Divine scale of Justice. On that day you will see that the best provision, which your father made for you, was that he enabled you to kill the children of the Prophet of Allah. I swear by Allah that I do not fear anyone except Him and do not complain to anyone else. You may employ your deceit and cunning efforts, but I swear by Allah that the shame and disgrace which you have earned by the treatment meted out to us cannot be eradicated.." On that day you will curse Ibn Marja-na and he will curse you. On that day you and your followers will quarrel with one another by the side of the Divine scale of Justice. On that day you will see that the best provision, which your father made for you, was that he enabled you to kill the children of the Prophet of Allah. I swear by Allah that I do not fear anyone except Him and do not complain to anyone else. You may employ your deceit and cunning efforts, but I swear by Allah that the shame and disgrace which you have earned by the treatment meted out to us cannot be eradicated.."
Bibi Zainab (A.S.) (in the Court of Yezid)
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1. Kindness to parents increases the span of your life, mendacity dminishes substance and prayers ward off malicious events.
2. A house without children lacks blessings.
3. There are seven ordeals between Paradise and man; the easiest of them all is death and the hardest is standing righteously before God at a time when the oppressed get hold of the oppressor.
4. Gluttony hardens hearts.
5. The earth is God’s property and so are the people, so reside where you are treated kindly.
6. Find a suitable partner for procreation of your children, because women give birth to children who resemble their brothers and sisters.
7. Oh people I have left behind two things among you, their presence would keep you from going astray: God’s book and my`Itrat’, that means my household.
8. Marry, for women multiply your abundance.
9. Keep away from the anxieties of this world, because whoever worries more, will be entangled in hardships and confusion by God, his poverty increases while whoever worries about the world hereafter God will take care of his involvements and free his heart from dearth.
10. Ponder over the blessings of God but don’t scrutinize His entity.
11. Though enmity with sinners get close to God and confront them with grim faces and search for the happiness of God in their dismay and by keeping aloof from them get close to God.
12. An honest and truthful merchant will be with martyrs on the Day of Resurrection.
13. Negligence is Satan’s aim which he sows in the hearts of the believers.
14. Repentance from sin means refraining from it in future.
15. God likes 3 types of people: those who wake up at night and recite the Book of God and those who give alms with the right hand and keep it a secret from the left and those who go to a battlefield and move toward the enemy while their comrades flee.
16. There are three properties that if anybody lacks them he will have fewer honors than a dog. Firstly, chastity that forestalls forbidden acts; secondly, forbearance that helps to repel ignorance of the uninitiated; and thirdly, good conduct that facilitates communal existence.
Prophet Muhammad’s Hadith (13)
1. Two qualities surpass all others: Believing in God and being helpful and beneficial to the people at large.
2. One who leads people to benefaction reaps the reward of a benefactor.
4. The best prayers are those offered in seclusion and the best income is the one that suffices your needs.
5. The best dowry is one that is lighter one.
6. The best wages are those earned with the sweat of ones own brow, and where work is accomplished with precision.
7. The best amongst mankind is he who is most beneficial for people at large
8. Consultation precludes repentance and reproach.
10. He who frankly reveals your shortcomings is the best of your brethren.
11.The best youth among you are those who adopt the ways of the old, and the worst among the old folk are those who imitate the ways of the young.
12. The best among you is he who is best for his wives and daughters.
14. The world will not cease to be till a man from my household who bears my name comes to rule all Arab nations.
16. Trustworthiness is the source of sustenance and treachery the cause of poverty.
17. Usury taken knowingly, even to the tune of a penny, is worse than having indulged in adultery 36 times.
18. The prayers of an oppressed, even if he is a wrong-doer, are accepted. His sins are his own concern.
19. You spend a penny in the way of God and another for buying the freedom of a slave, and give another as alms and spend one on your family. The best penny you spend, is the one on your family.
20. Being in debt mitigates one’s faith and honor.
21. Leave a pretty woman who is barren and pick a black one who can bring forth many children.
Arbaeen Aamal and Ziyarat
20th Safar is the day of Arba"een, the 40th day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain (a.s.), his friends and relatives in Karbala on 10th Muharram.
According to Imam Hassan al-Askari (A) today it is highly desirable to:
1. Pray 51 Rakat namaz during the 24 hours of the day of Arba"een, (17 rakats in Wajib (obligatory) and 34 rakats in Naafilah Salaats.)
2. Be in Karbala for Ziyarat of Imam Husain (A) and other martyrs, and if it is not possible, to recite Ziyarat of Imam Husain (A) and the other martyrs of Karbala from wherever you are.
3. To put the forehead on the earth (preferably earth of Karbala) in prostration.
4. Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (A) has advised the faithful to recite the Ziyarat of the day of Arbaeen:
After the recitation of Ziyarat, pray two rakat Salaat.
[Please refer to Mafatihul Jinan, Supplications and other Ziyarat books for Ziyarat of Arbaeen.]
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Ziyarat of Arbaeen
اَلسَّلامُ عَلى وَلِيِّ اللهِ وَحَبيبِهِ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلى خَليلِ اللهِ وَنَجيبِهِ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلى صَفِيِّ اللهِ وَابْنِ صَفِيِّهِ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلى الْحُسَيْنِ الْمَظْلُومِ الشَّهيدِ، اَلسَّلامُ على اَسيرِ الْكُرُباتِ وَقَتيلِ الْعَبَراتِ، اَللّـهُمَّ اِنّي اَشْهَدُ اَنَّهُ وَلِيُّكَ وَابْنُ وَلِيِّكَ وَصَفِيُّكَ وَابْنُ صَفِيِّكَ الْفائِزُ بِكَرامَتِكَ، اَكْرَمْتَهُ بِالشَّهادَةِ وَحَبَوْتَهُ بِالسَّعادَةِ، وَاَجْتَبَيْتَهُ بِطيبِ الْوِلادَةِ، وَجَعَلْتَهُ سَيِّداً مِنَ السادَةِ، وَقائِداً مِنَ الْقادَةِ، وَذائِداً مِنْ الْذادَةِ، وَاَعْطَيْتَهُ مَواريثَ الاَْنْبِياءِ، وَجَعَلْتَهُ حُجَّةً عَلى خَلْقِكَ مِنَ الاَْوْصِياءِ، فَاَعْذَرَ فىِ الدُّعاءِ وَمَنَحَ النُّصْحَ، وَبَذَلَ مُهْجَتَهُ فيكَ لِيَسْتَنْقِذَ عِبادَكَ مِنَ الْجَهالَةِ وَحَيْرَةِ الضَّلالَةِ، وَقَدْ تَوازَرَ عَلَيْهِ مَنْ غَرَّتْهُ الدُّنْيا، وَباعَ حَظَّهُ بِالاَْرْذَلِ الاَْدْنى، وَشَرى آخِرَتَهُ بِالَّثمَنِ الاَْوْكَسِ، وَتَغَطْرَسَ وَتَرَدّى فِي هَواهُ، وَاَسْخَطَكَ وَاَسْخَطَ نَبِيَّكَ، وَاَطاعَ مِنْ عِبادِكَ اَهْلَ الشِّقاقِ وَالنِّفاقِ وَحَمَلَةَ الاَْوْزارِ الْمُسْتَوْجِبينَ النّارَ، فَجاهَدَهُمْ فيكَ صابِراً مُحْتَسِباً حَتّى سُفِكَ فِي طاعَتِكَ دَمُهُ وَاسْتُبيحَ حَريمُهُ، اَللّـهُمَّ فَالْعَنْهُمْ لَعْناً وَبيلاً وَعَذِّبْهُمْ عَذاباً اَليماً، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ، اَلسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بْنَ سَيِّدِ الاَْوْصِياءِ، اَشْهَدُ اَنَّكَ اَمينُ اللهِ وَابْنُ اَمينِهِ، عِشْتَ سَعيداً وَمَضَيْتَ حَميداً وَمُتَّ فَقيداً مَظْلُوماً شَهيداً، وَاَشْهَدُ اَنَّ اللهَ مُنْجِزٌ ما وَعَدَكَ، وَمُهْلِكٌ مَنْ خَذَلَكَ، وَمُعَذِّبٌ مَنْ قَتَلَكَ، وَاَشْهَدُ اَنَّكَ وَفَيْتَ بِعَهْدِ اللهِ وَجاهَدْتَ فِي سَبيلِهِ حَتّى اَتياكَ الْيَقينُ، فَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ قَتَلَكَ، وَلَعَنَ اللهُ مَنْ ظَلَمَكَ، وَلَعَنَ اللهُ اُمَّةً سَمِعَتْ بِذلِكَ فَرَضِيَتْ بِهِ، اَللّـهُمَّ اِنّي اُشْهِدُكَ اَنّي وَلِيٌّ لِمَنْ والاهُ وَعَدُوٌّ لِمَنْ عاداهُ بِاَبي اَنْتَ وَاُمّي يَا بْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ، اَشْهَدُ اَنَّكَ كُنْتَ نُوراً فىِ الاَْصْلابِ الشّامِخَةِ وَالاَْرْحامِ الْمُطَهَّرَةِ، لَمْ تُنَجِّسْكَ الْجاهِلِيَّةُ بِاَنْجاسِها وَلَمْ تُلْبِسْكَ الْمُدْلَهِمّاتُ مِنْ ثِيابِها، وَاَشْهَدُ اَنَّكَ مِنْ دَعائِمِ الدّينِ وَاَرْكانِ الْمُسْلِمينَ وَمَعْقِلِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ، وَاَشْهَدُ اَنَّكَ الاِْمامُ الْبَرُّ التَّقِيُّ الرَّضِيُّ الزَّكِيُّ الْهادِي الْمَهْدِيُّ، وَاَشْهَدُ اَنَّ الاَْئِمَّةَ مِنْ وُلْدِكَ كَلِمَةُ التَّقْوى وَاَعْلامُ الْهُدى وَالْعُرْوَةُ الْوُثْقى، وَالْحُجَّةُ على اَهْلِ الدُّنْيا، وَاَشْهَدُ اَنّي بِكُمْ مُؤْمِنٌ وَبِاِيابِكُمْ، مُوقِنٌ بِشَرايِعِ ديني وَخَواتيمِ عَمَلي، وَقَلْبي لِقَلْبِكُمْ سِلْمٌ وَاَمْري لاَِمْرِكُمْ مُتَّبِعٌ وَنُصْرَتي لَكُمْ مُعَدَّةٌ حَتّى يَأذَنَ اللهُ لَكُمْ، فَمَعَكُمْ مَعَكُمْ لا مَعَ عَدُوِّكُمْ صَلَواتُ اللهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعلى اَرْواحِكُمْ وَاَجْسادِكُمْ وَشاهِدِكُمْ وَغائِبِكُمْ وَظاهِرِكُمْ وَباطِنِكُمْ آمينَ رَبَّ الْعالِمين
Ziyarat of Arbaeen Translation
IN THE NAME OF Allah, THE BENEFECIENT, THE MERCIFUL
Peace be on the beloved friend of Allah, His dearest darling!
Peace be on the choicest confidant of Allah, sincerely attached precisely like his father!
Peace be on Husain, who established the true faith by giving his life in the way of Allah, a martyr, underwent untold hardships at the hand of rouges and lawbreakers! Peace be on the hostage surrounded by the tightening circle of sorrow and grief, killed by a horde of savages.
0 my Allah I give witness that beyond a shadow of doubt he is Thy favourite and choicest confidant, who enjoys Thy confidence and favour, precisely tike his father) Thou looked upto him and elected him in Thy cause, picked and chose him for the good fortune, selected for him the best purified parents. appointed him guardian, leader, and defender of rights, a true representative (inheritor and progenitor) of guardians, leaders and defenders of rights, gave him much and more from the inheritance of the Prophets, put him forward as a decisive argument, alongwith the other successors (of the Holy Prophet-the twelve Imaams) to the mankind.
He met with deadly dangers, acted justly and fairly, made use of everything belonging to him to pay full attention to give sincere advice; took pains, made every effort, and put his heart, mind, soul and life at the disposal of Thy mission to liberate the people from the yoke of ignorance and evil of bewilderment, but an evildoer, deceived with empty hopes of mean and worthless worldly gains, had pressed heavily on him, and sold out his share (eternal bliss) for the meanest and A lowest bargain, betrayed his "day of judgement" for a vulgar return, took pride in insolence, fell into the fathom-well of silly stupid follies, provoked Thee and Thy Prophet to anger, did as the harsh discordant, the hypocrite, the heavily burdened bearers of sin, condemned to Hellfire, advised to him, however, he (the Holy Imam), steadily, rightly and justly coped with them, till, in Thy obedience, gave his life after which his family was set adrift.
0 my Allah, therefore, condemn them to hell as a denunciation and conviction; and crack down on them with a painful punishment.
Peace be on you 0 the son of the Messenger of Allah! Peace be on you 0 the son of the first of the successors (of the Holy Prophet)
I bear witness that Allah put faith in you like He had full confidence in your father,
and that you always looked for and collected good and virtue, lived a highly praiseworthy life, and departed from this world a martyr, forsaken and abused;
I bear witness that Allah will promptly fulfil the promise He made to you, and destroy those who left you helpless and punish those who killed you;
I bear witness that you kept your promise made with Allah, and strived in His way till what was certain came upon you, so curse of Allah be on those who killed you, curse of Allah be on those who oppressed you. curse of Allah be on the people who came to know and approved (of it all).
O my Allah be my witness that I make friends with those who love him and oppose those who deny him.
I, my father and mother, are at your disposal 0 the son of the Messenger of Allah.
I know and bear witness that you were "light" in the sublime loins and in the pure wombs, never touched you the dirt of ignorance, nor ever obscurity concealed you in its folds; I bear witness that you are the pillar of "Deen". support of the Muslims, refuge of the faithfuls;
I bear witness that you are a truthful, well-aware, content, intelligent, rightly guided guide (Imam);
I bear witness that the Imams among your descendants are the symbols of "conscious piety" and signs of "true guidance", the "safe handle"-lslam. and the decisive arguments over mankind;
I declare positively that I have full faith in you, and I know for certain that you shall return. I am. fully committed to the E laws of my religion, certain of my deeds, my mind and heart ready for your return, and my affairs carried out in the light of your instructions, till Allah gives you permission, together with you, alongwith you, not at the same time with your enemies.
Blessings of Allah be on you, on your souls, on your bodies, when you are visible, when you are invisible, on your percievable aspects, on your innermost genius, be it so, 0 Lord of the worlds!
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The Prophet (s) said: "No fire is faster in consuming dry wood than gheebah in consuming a devotee's virtues." [Al-Mahajjat al-bayda', vol. 5, p. 264]
... Nor backbite one another; would any of you like to eat the
flesh of his dead brother? You would abhor it.
(Qur'an 49:12)
Prophet Muhammad (s) once said to Imam ‘Ali (‘a): “O ‘Ali! When
someone hears the backbiting of his Muslim brother committed in
his presence, yet he does not rally to his assistance despite being
capable of doing so, God shall humiliate him in the world and in the
Hereafter.”
[Al-Hurr al-`Amili, Wasa'il al-Shi`ah, vol. 8, hadith no. 16336]
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...And be patient and persevering, for Allah is with those who patiently persevere.
(Qur'an,
Imam ‘Ali (a) said: “The one who practices sabr will never be deprived of success, even though it may take a long time.” [Nahjul Balagha, saying # 153]
Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (a) said:
“Verily, sabr is to faith what the head is to the body. The body perishes without the head, and so also when sabr goes, faith also disappears.”
[Al-Kulayni, al‑Kafi, vol. 2, bab al‑sabr, p. 128, hadith # 2]
Imam Redha (A.S.) said:
O' Son of Shabib! Should you weep for Husain (A.S.) in the measure that tears roll down your cheeks, Allah would forgive all the sins committed by you, whether they be the great sins or the small sins and whether they be meagre or immense.
Amali Saduq, pg. 111.
Abu Baseer narrates that Imam Baqir (A.S.) said:
The humans, the jinn, the birds and the wild beasts (all) mourned and wept over (the tragedy which befell) Husain Ibn A'li (A.S.)
Kaamil al‑Ziyaaraat, pg. 79.
Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said:
Allah has appointed to the grave of Imam Husain (A.S.), four thousand anguished and grief‑stricken angels, who weep over him (and shall continue to do so) up to the Day of Judgment.
Kamil al‑ziyaraat, pg. 119.
Imam Redha (A.S.) said:
He who sits in a gathering in which our affairs (and our path and aims) are discussed and revived, his heart shall not die on the day (Day of Judgment) when hearts shall die (of fear).
Bihar alAnwar vol 4 pg. 178.
Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said:
O' Zurarah! The sky had cried for forty days over (the martyrdom of) Husain (A.S.)
Mustadrakal‑Wasail, vol 1 pg. 391
Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said:
He whose eyes shed tears for our blood which has been shed, or for our rights which have been usurped, or for the humiliation meted out to us or to one of our Shiites, Allah shall accommodate him in paradise for a long time.
Amali Sheikh al Mufid, pg. 175.
Imam Sadiq (A.S.) said:
The breath of one who is aggrieved upon the injustice and oppression subjected to us, is tasbeeh(glorification of Allah), and his grief for us, is i'baadat(worship of Allah) and his concealing our secrets, isjihad in the path of Allah.
The Imam (A.S.) then added: This tradition ought to be written in gold.
Amaali al‑Shaikh al‑Mufid, pg. 338.
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