FOREWORD

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All Praise is due to Allah Ta’ala, The Forgiver and
Concealer of faults, The Guide to Repentance, The
One Who Responds to Prayers.
‘Salaat and Salaam upon the Protector and Guide of
the Believers, Sayyidina Muhammad (1) ,
eternally.

This booklet is a transcription of one of Hazrat Maulana

Yunus Patel Saheb’s (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh) comprehensive
and unique Duas. The transcription is especially for those
who make Du’aa in English.

Hazrat Maulana’s beautiful, noble and distinguished

style of Du’aa was appreciated by thousands throughout
the world. Hundreds would endeavour to participate in
such Duas during Ramadaan or when Hazrat Maulana
was visiting the Haramayn Shareefayn. Thousands of
others participated via Hazrat Maulana’s website, by
means of audio-streaming.

Whilst just a reading of Hazrat Maulana’s Du’aa teaches

one the manner of begging from Allah Ta’ala, Hazrat’s
sincere and deep-hearted Duas also brings about a
transformation and a reformation within the heart.

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Hazrat Maulana repeatedly mentioned that the best of
Duas are the Duas of Rasulullah (1) , which
cover and encompass every need of every person. In
fact, the Duas of Rasulullah (1) should form
part of our daily supplications.

…Be the occasion ‘Umrah, Hajj, or when in Madina

Munawwarah, or the auspicious nights, or Eid, Hazrat
Maulana’s Duas extended to almost ¾ of an hour…so
beg from Allah Ta’ala as much as you can, for Allah
Ta’ala is willing to accept our Duas.

May Allah Ta’ala grant acceptance to the humble effort

made. May He make this booklet purely and solely for
His Pleasure. May He make it a means of Taubah,
guidance and inspiration to all readers, and may He
make it a Sadaqa-e-Jaariyah (perpetual reward) for
Hazrat Maulana, as well as for myself and all those who
assisted in its publication. …May Allah Ta’ala grant the
ability to do what He loves and what He is pleased with
– in word, deed and intention.

May Allah Ta’ala grant Hazrat Maulana the best of the

Hereafter. (Aameen)

[Jamaadul Ula 1434 / April 2013]

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 CONTENTS

1. T HE DU ’AA OF THE A ULIYA A LLAH 5

2. D U ’AA OF H AZRAT M AULANA 7

3. T HE ACCEPTANCE OF D U ’AA 71

4. D U ` AA AND THE CORRECT EFFORT 73

5. N ON -A CCEPTANCE 78

6. T HE N AMES OF A LLAH T A ’ALA 80

7. T HE 99 N AMES OF A LLAH TA ’ALA 82

8. D UROOD S HAREEF 84

9. S OME E TIQUETTES OF D U ’AA 87

10. S INCERE T AUBAH 89

11. I MMEDIATE W ILAYAT 93

12. A T T HE A IRPORT 95

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 “WHEN M Y SERVANTS ASK YOU
CONCERNING M E ,
I AM INDEED CLOSE ( TO THEM),
I LISTEN TO THE PRAYER OF EVERY
SUPPLICANT WHEN HE
CALLS ON ME …”
[S URAH B AQARAH 2 : 186]

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T HE DU ’ AA OF THE A ULIYA A LLAH …
Maulana Jalaluddeen Rumi (Rahmatullah ‘alayh) had
very beautifully described the Duas and tears of his great
Shaykh, Hazrat Shamsuddeen Tabrezi (Rahmatullah
‘alayh) in his acclaimed composition, The Mathnavi. He
says therein:
“…Listen to the tears of the Auliya Allah1. When my
Spiritual guide, Hazrat Shamsuddeen Tabrezi cries, the
effect of his sincerity and his pain causes the very heavens
to also cry. And when my Shaykh cries out of his Great
Divine Love, the very heavenly bodies tremble and shake.
And our Shams Tabrezi prays in such humility and with
such earnestness that the Grace of Allah comes towards
such a broken heart which lays its complaints before Him,
and grants it the honour of Divine acceptance.”
Dear reader, if you have had the privilege of listening to
the Du’aa of Hazrat Maulana Yunus Patel Saheb
(Rahmatullahi ‘alayh), you too would attest to the above
description of Maulana Jalaluddeen Rumi (Rahmatullah
‘alayh). The same would be said.

The following Du’aa of Hazrat Maulana should be made

to Allah Ta’ala in the heart-rending, inspiring, and
affecting manner that it should be read, for it to be truly
appreciated.
(compiler)

1 Auliya Allah : Friends of Allah

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 “Anyone amongst you whose doors of
Du’aa2 have opened, in reality
the doors of blessings have opened
for him.”

“Du’aa is the weapon of a Believer,

the pillar of Deen and the Noor of the
heavens and earth.”

[A HAADEETH 3 ]

2 Du’aa: Supplication (Asking of Allah Ta’ala)

3 Ahaadeeth: Sayings of the Noble Prophet (1) .
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DU’ AA OF
HAZRAT M AULANA Y UNUS PATEL S AHEB (RA)

All Praise is due to Allah Ta’ala,

The Most Beneficent, The Most Merciful .
‘Salaat and Salaam be upon our beloved Master,
the Rasul and Beloved of Allah Ta’ala, the Seal of
all Prophets and Mercy unto the Worlds -
Sayyidina Muhammad (1).

♦ O ALLAH, bestow mercy and blessings upon our

beloved Rasul, Sayyidina Muhammad and upon
his family, his companions, his children, his
wives, and his offspring, his followers and
everyone from amongst his Ummah.

♦ O MOST MERCIFUL of all those who show mercy.

O the Helper of those who ask for help. O our
Sustainer who is most Generous. O The Most
Forgiving.

♦ O EVER-LIVING AND EVER-S USTAINING, we beseech

You for help, through Your Mercy.

♦ There is none worthy of worship beside Allah,

the Most Tolerant, Most Generous. Glory be to
Allah, Lord of the Great Throne (Arsh). All
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 praise is due to Allah, the Sustainer of the
worlds. O Allah, we do seek all causes of the
grant of Your Mercy and (we do seek) actions
which will make certain Your Forgiveness, a
full share of virtuous deeds and complete
safety from sin. O Allah, let not a single sin of
ours be left out from being forgiven; remove all
our worries, and fulfil every need of ours which
conforms to Your pleasure, O Most Merciful of
all those who show Mercy. 4

♦ O O UR S USTAINER, we have wronged our souls. If

You do not forgive us and bestow upon us Your
Mercy, we shall certainly be from amongst the
losers. 5

♦ O ALLAH, forgive our sins.

♦ O ALLAH, overlook our sins.

♦ O ALLAH, conceal our sins.

♦ O MY ALLAH, how loving You are; how caring

You are; how beautiful You are…

4
A Dua taught by Nabi (1), recited for the fulfilment
of one’s needs.
5
Surah A’raaf 7 : 23
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♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, O my Raheem Allah, O my
Kareem Allah, O my Haleem6 Allah, O my Most
Forgiving Allah, O my Most Loving, Caring
Allah, O my most Compassionate Allah…

O ALLAH, we are unable to praise You as we

should. You are as You have praised Yourself.

♦ O ALLAH, You dearly love the forgiveness of the

sins of the sinners when they turn towards You
in repentance.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, we are extending these

hands of ours.

O MY ALLAH, they are the begging bowls which

You have attached to our bodies, so that we
may extend them before You during any part of
the day and night, and seek from You.

O ALLAH, we are extending our begging bowls

before You.

O ALLAH, we are not extending these hands

before an idol which cannot see, which cannot

6
Raheem: ‘THE MOST MERCIFUL’, Kareem: ‘THE GENEROUS’, Haleem:
‘THE TOLERANT’. [These are from the Asmaa’ul Husna (Beautiful
Names) of Allah Ta’ala.]
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 hear and which cannot avail us in anything. O
Allah, our hands are extended before You, and
You are All Seeing, All Hearing, All Knowing,
All-Powerful…

♦ O ALLAH, You are the One who responds to the

Duas of Your servants.

SEEKING FORGIVENESS

♦ O MY ALLAH, have mercy upon us. We are

extremely sinful servants. Day and night, we
have disobeyed You. We have used Your
bounties and gifts for Your disobedience.

♦ O ALLAH, we use the wealth that You have

given, for Your disobedience.

♦ O ALLAH, we have used the sight, the hearing

and the speech that You have blessed us with,
for Your disobedience.

♦ O ALLAH, we have used the life which You have

blessed us with, for Your disobedience.

♦ O ALLAH, when we go to hospitals, we see some

people paralyzed and some attached to
different tubes and machines …yet O MY ALLAH,
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 we do not take any lesson. We do not
appreciate Your bounties.

♦ O ALLAH, Your bounties rain upon us 24 hours

of the day.

♦ O ALLAH, despite our sins, You are giving us so

much to eat and so much to drink; You are
giving us clothes to wear and modes of
transport to travel in.

♦ O ALLAH, You provide food, clothing and shelter

for us.

♦ O ALLAH, our lives are in Your Control.

♦ O ALLAH, You keep our hearts, our kidneys, our

livers, our lungs and our limbs functioning.

♦ O ALLAH, You have granted us Imaan 7, without

any sacrifice, and yet we show no appreciation.

♦ O ALLAH, in spite of our ungratefulness, in spite

of our disobedience and sins, You continue to
shower Your Bounties and Favours upon us.

7 Imaan : faith / belief

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 …If there was another Allah, He would have
destroyed us by now; He would have shaken
the earth beneath our feet; He would have
ordered the earth to swallow us; He would
have sent the wind to destroy us; He would
have made us blind by now; He would have
made us deaf and dumb by now; He would have
paralyzed us by now – for we have indulged in
so many sins.

…Although we know, O Allah, that for some

people blindness, deafness, dumbness,
paralysis and illnesses are tests and means of
elevation of status, but O Allah, how difficult
life would have become without these bounties.

O ALLAH, how Merciful You are, that You did not

snatch away these gifts and You did not destroy
us.

♦ O ALLAH, as great as is Your beautiful name,

forgive us.

♦ O ALLAH, open the floodgates of Your Rahmat 8

and Forgiveness.

8 Rahmat : Mercy
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♦ O ALLAH, if we have to ask, repeatedly, of
human beings, they become annoyed, angry
and displeased.

♦ O ALLAH, if we have to ask of You, then You

become happy and pleased. …The more we beg
of You, the more pleased You become.

♦ O ALLAH, if we do not ask of You, You become

displeased.

♦ O ALLAH, it is not a shame; rather an honour

and privilege to beg of You.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, the pious and the

righteous come to You with their Ibaadat 9, with
their Tilawat 10 and Zikr 11, with their piety and
their good deeds.

♦ ALLAH, we come to You with our sins.

♦ O ALLAH, our sins are like the mountains, but O

Allah, we cannot despair of Your Mercy, for You
have declared in the Qur`aan Shareef : ‘Do not
despair of the Mercy of Allah…’. 12

9 Ibaadat : worship
10 Tilawat : recitation (of the Holy Qur`aan)
11 Zikr : remembrance (of Allah Ta’ala)
12
Surah Zumar 39 : 53
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♦ O ALLAH, man has made dynamite sticks, which
blow up huge mountains…

O ALLAH …There is absolutely nothing difficult

for You to blow away our mountains of sins.

♦ O ALLAH, forgive our sins.

♦ O ALLAH, we have made our hearts into dirt

bins.

♦ O ALLAH, we have filled our hearts with malice,

with greed, with pride, with arrogance, with
evil desires and passions…

♦ O ALLAH, evil desires and passions have

engulfed our hearts.

♦ O ALLAH, we watch so much of Haraam 13, we

listen to so much of Haraam, we speak so much
of Haraam, we indulge in so much of Haraam,
that our hearts have become dark and pitch
black.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, a guest would not like to

stay in a room in which there are dead bodies,
dead cats and dead rats…

13 Haraam : Unlawful according to Shariah.

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 Then O MY ALLAH, how can You, Pure as You are,
come into hearts like ours; filled with the filth
of pride, jealousy, malice, greed and other
corpses?

But O ALLAH, who is there to purify our hearts,

beside You? 14

♦ O ALLAH, if the world’s waste goes into the

waters of the oceans, the oceans still remain
clean. …One wave is sufficient to keep
everything clean.

♦ O ALLAH, when we make Wudhu 15 with the

waters of the oceans, our Wudhu is valid; if we
have to take Ghusl 16, that Ghusl will be valid.

♦ O ALLAH, Your ocean of Forgiveness is much,

much more than the oceans of this world. Just
one drop from the ocean of Your Forgiveness is
sufficient to wash away all our sins.

14
Allah Ta’ala says in the Noble Qur`aan: ‘…AND WERE IT NOT FOR THE
GRACE AND MERCY OF ALLAH ON YOU, NOT ONE OF YOU WOULD EVER HAVE
BEEN PURE…’ [Surah Noor 24 : 21]
15 Wudhu : ablution
16 Ghusl : Washing the entire body in the Sunnah manner.

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♦ O MY ALLAH, with one wave of Your Mercy, with
one wave of Your Forgiveness, clean and purify
us.

♦ O ALLAH, even if our sins are more than the

waves of the oceans, even if our sins are more
than the grains of sand on earth, even if our
sins are more than the leaves of the trees of
the earth, even if our sins are more than the
entire creation put together, then too Your
Forgiveness is much, much, more than this.

♦ O THE MERCIFUL, have mercy upon us.

♦ O THE F ORGIVING, forgive us.

♦ O ALLAH, even if some dry crumbs are thrown

to a dog, that dog becomes obedient to that
master. …That dog does not leave the door of
its master.

♦ O ALLAH, we have left Your door despite using

so many of Your bounties and gifts. Our sight,
our hearing, our speech, our intelligence are all
ni’mats 17 from You… 18

17 Ni’mats : bounties
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♦ O ALLAH, we have realized our mistake.

♦ O ALLAH, we have realized our error and our

sin.

♦ O ALLAH, now we are turning towards You…

♦ O ALLAH, there is nothing else that makes us

extend our hands, except that we are hopeful of
Your Forgiveness.

♦ O MY ALLAH, Your beloved Nabi (1)

informed us that something that is beloved to
You, is the forgiveness of the sins of the
sinners.

♦ O ALLAH, You are Oft Forgiving, Merciful, You

love to forgive, so forgive us.19

♦ O ALLAH, we are acknowledging and we are

confessing before You. We are not justifying
our sins.

18
Allah Ta’ala says in Surah Ibraheem [14 : 34]: “…AND IF YOU COUNT THE
BLESSINGS OF ALLAH, YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO ENUMERATE THEM…”
19
Special attention has been drawn, from the Ahaadeeth (narrations), to
recite this during Laylatul Qadr (The Night of Power).
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♦ O MY ALLAH, we may be sinful; we may be
extremely sinful, but O Allah, we are Your
servants. We are Your slaves.

♦ O MY ALLAH, whether we go east or west,

whether we go north or south, whether we go
deep down in the oceans or above the heavens,
it is all Your Kingdom.

♦ O ALLAH, we are repeatedly asking and begging

of You; for there is no other door except Your
door.

♦ O ALLAH, if we leave You, where do we go?

…Who else is there for us, except You?

♦ O ALLAH, if we are going to become impatient

and angry; if we are going to become
displeased; if we are going to leave Your door,
then O my Allah, which other door is there for
us?

♦ O ALLAH, You are our Rabb 20; You are our

Khaaliq (Creator), You are our Maalik (Master),
You are our Razzaaq (Sustainer)…

20 Rabb : Sustainer / Nourisher

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♦ O ALLAH, if a dog is kicked from one butcher, it
can go to another. If a beggar is chased from
one home, he can go to another. …But O my
Allah, if You reject us, then where do we go?

♦ ALLAH, there is no one for us except You.

♦ O ALLAH, do not turn away Your glance of

Mercy because of our sins.

♦ O ALLAH, if You turn away Your glance of Mercy,

then there is nothing for us but destruction in
this world, destruction in the Qabr 21 and
destruction in the Aakhirah22.

♦ O ALLAH, forgive the sins of our eyes; forgive

the sins of our ears; forgive the sins of our
tongues; forgive the sins of our hands and feet;
forgive the sins of our hearts and minds…

♦ O ALLAH, forgive each and every sin that we

have committed.

♦ O ALLAH, one major sin that we have committed

is that we have stopped inviting towards good

21 Qabr : Grave
22 Aakhirah : Hereafter
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 and we have stopped preventing people from
doing that which is Haraam.

♦ O ALLAH, instead, we invite others to Haraam

and we prevent them from doing good. O Allah,
we consider evil deeds as good and we consider
good deeds as evil.

♦ O ALLAH, we do not want to go alone to

Jahannum 23, so we pull others along with us.
We invite them to zina 24, to drugs, to drink, to
the rave clubs, to porn, to music, to casinos and
to everything Haraam.

♦ O MY ALLAH, give us the realization that we are

paving the way to our destruction and the
destruction of others.

♦ O MY ALLAH, give each and every one of us the

Taufeeq 25 of ‘Amr bil Ma’roof and Nahy anil
munkar’26 – within our homes, amongst our
families, in our societies, and calling – one and
all – towards the beautiful Deen of Islam.

23 Jahannum : Hell
24 zina : fornication / adultery
25 Taufeeq : Divine assistance.
26 ‘Amr bil Ma’roof and nahy anil munkar’ : Enjoining what is good

and forbidding what is evil.

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♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, forgive our major sins and
our minor sins; forgive the sins which we
committed knowingly or unknowingly, in the
light of day or darkness of night.

♦ O ALLAH, there is no such thing as darkness for

You. …Even if there is a tiny, little black ant
crawling on a black rock, in the darkest of the
darkest of nights, You are aware of the
movements of that ant.

♦ O ALLAH, we were deceiving ourselves. …We

were fooling ourselves if we thought that no
one was watching when we were indulging in
sins. 27

♦ O ALLAH, do not seize us on account of our sins.

Do not punish us on account of our sins.

♦ O ALLAH, give us the Taufeeq of sincere

Taubah 28.

♦ O ALLAH, from the time we have become of age

till now, many, many were the sins we
committed. O Allah, You could have seized us

27
Allah Ta’ala states in the Qur`aan Shareef : ‘VERILY YOUR LORD IS EVER-
WATCHFUL (OVER THEM).’ [Surah Al-Fajr 89 : 14]
28 Taubah : repentance

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 the moment we committed sins, but how Kind,
Merciful and Tolerant You are that You did not
seize us.

♦ O ALLAH, forgive each and every one of us.

Forgive our parents, our wives and children,
our brothers and sisters, our family members
and the entire Ummah29 of Rasulullah30
(1)31.

♦ O ALLAH, do not cause any embarrassment to

Your Beloved Rasul (1) because of our
sins.

♦ O ALLAH, You love to forgive, therefore forgive

us.

♦ O ALLAH, if You do not forgive us, then who do

sinful ones like us turn to?

♦ O ALLAH, there is no one who can question Your

Forgiveness for sinful ones like us, so forgive
us.

29 Ummah : followers
30 Rasulullah : Messenger of Allah
31 (1): May Allah Ta’ala send His choicest salutations

and peace upon him.

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♦ O ALLAH, if You forgive us, then You will
become pleased, Your Beloved Rasul
(1) will become pleased and we will
become pleased. The only one who will remain
displeased is shaytaan.

TAUFEEQ OF OBEDIENCE

♦ O ALLAH, we are so weak and so insincere that

the slightest temptation and we return to zina,
to porn magazines and porn websites, to music
and to other Haraam…

♦ O ALLAH, give us that Yaqeen 32 that You are

watching us 33 and that You are aware of our
every action.

♦ O ALLAH, give us the courage and the strength

of lions against nafs 34 and shaytaan35.

♦ O ALLAH, nafs and shaytaan do not want us to

taste the enjoyment and the sweetness of
Imaan.

32 Yaqeen : conviction
33
Allah Ta’ala states: “…AND HE IS WITH YOU WHERESOEVER YOU MAY
BE…” [Surah Hadeed 57 : 4 ]
34 nafs : the ego
35 shaytaan : satan / the devil

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♦ O ALLAH, they do not want us to come
anywhere close to You because they know that
if we do, we will shun all sins.

♦ O ALLAH, remove the love of sins from our

hearts.

♦ O MY ALLAH, put the hatred of sins into our

hearts.

♦ O ALLAH, put the hatred of adultery and

fornication; the hatred of interest and fraud;
the hatred of gambling, the hatred of music and
television, and the hatred of every sin into our
hearts.

♦ O MY ALLAH, put the love of good deeds into our

hearts.

♦ O ALLAH, put the love of Salaah 36, the love of

Zikr, the love of Tilawat, the love of fasting and
the love of serving mankind into our hearts.

♦ O ALLAH, give us the Taufeeq of performing

Salaah, 5 times a day, in Jamaat 37, in the

36 Salaah : Prayer, performed 5 times a day.

37 Jamaat : congregation
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 Masjid 38 - as far as possible, for the men; and
for the women, in their homes.

♦ O ALLAH, give us the Taufeeq of giving Zakaat,

of fasting in the month of Ramadaan39, of going
for Hajj, if Fardh 40.

♦ O ALLAH, give us the Taufeeq of fulfilling the

rights of our parents, the rights of our children,
the rights of our family members, the rights of
our neighbours, and the rights of the Ummah of
Rasulullah (1).

♦ O ALLAH, give us the Taufeeq of fulfilling the

rights of Muslims and non-Muslims.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, give us the Taufeeq to deal

honestly in our businesses.

♦ O ALLAH, give us the realization that we have to

bring the whole of Deen into our lives.

♦ O ALLAH, protect us from wastage and Israaf 41.

♦ O ALLAH, protect us from abuse of Your ni’mats.

38 Masjid : mosque
39 Ramadaan: 9th month of the Islamic Calendar & month of fasting
40 Fardh : Obligatory.
41 Israaf : extravagance

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♦ O ALLAH, give us the Taufeeq of appreciating
and being grateful for Your bounties and
favours upon us.

♦ O ALLAH, give Hidayat 42 to everyone.

♦ O ALLAH, we want to become Your Walis 43.

…How long are we going to remain the friends
of nafs and shaytaan?

♦ O ALLAH, how long are we going to walk on the

earth as hypocrites?

♦ O ALLAH, make us from among Your sincere

servants.

REFORMATION AND PURIFICATION

♦ O ALLAH, our hearts have become diseased.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, just as arteries become

clogged and the heart does not function
properly, in the same way, our spiritual
arteries have become blocked with sins.

42 Hidayat : guidance
43 Walis : Friends (of Allah Ta’ala)
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♦ O ALLAH, when man undertakes heart
transplants, then what is it difficult for You to
transplant a strong and healthy spiritual heart?

♦ O ALLAH, bless us with hearts filled with the

Noor 44 of Taqwa 45, with the Noor of Zikr and
Tilawat and with Tawakkul 46 in You.

♦ O ALLAH, clean and purify our hearts.

♦ O ALLAH, purify our hearts of all the evil and

filth that is embedded in our hearts.

♦ O ALLAH, purify our hearts of malice, of

jealousy, of greed, of pride, of arrogance, of
riyaa 47, of evil desires and passions.

♦ O ALLAH, bless us with complete purification of

our souls.

♦ O ALLAH, man has become tired of sinning.

…So tired that he is committing suicide.

44 Noor : Spiritual effulgence

45 Taqwa : Piety
46 Tawakkul : Trust
47 riyaa : ostentation / show

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♦ O ALLAH, sins have not brought us any good.
…A little while of pleasure and then
restlessness, depression, pain and anxiety.

♦ O ALLAH, bring into our hearts the realization

that sins bring nothing but restlessness and
problems. And give us the courage to rid our
lives of all evils.

♦ O ALLAH, give us the Taufeeq to shun sins from

our lives.

♦ O ALLAH, drench us in the rains of Your Rahmat.

♦ O ALLAH, we have foolishly put over our heads,

umbrellas of sins, which are depriving us of the
rains of Your Rahmat.

♦ O ALLAH, we want Rahmat and Barakah 48 to

come into our lives, into our homes and into
our businesses, but O Allah, how can Rahmat
and Barakah come when there is so much of
Haraam preventing it.

♦ O ALLAH, give us the Taufeeq to throw out of

our homes, the televisions, the filthy
magazines, the filthy and indecent novels and

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 newspapers, and all the other evils that we
have filled our homes with, causing so much of
spiritual harm and destruction.

♦ O ALLAH, give us the Taufeeq of giving up all

sins.

♦ O MY ALLAH, attach us firmly to You.

♦ O ALLAH, when we stick two pages together

with glue and we want to separate these pages,
the pages will not separate. They will tear apart
but they will not separate…

O ALLAH, let us as have such a strong bond with

You, that when nafs and shaytaan want to
separate us from You, we will allow our hearts
to tear, but we will not allow our hearts to
separate from You.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, become ours and make us

Yours.

♦ O ALLAH, if You are ours, then everything is

ours; and if You are not ours, then nothing is
ours.

48 barakah: blessings
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 BLESSINGS AND BOUNTIES

♦ O ALLAH, bless us all with long life so that we

may accumulate the maximum amount of good
deeds.

♦ O ALLAH, bless us with good health; bless us

with prosperity; bless us with happiness; bless
us with contentment; bless us with Zuhd 49, with
Sabr 50 and Shukr 51; bless us with a life of
Taqwa; bless us with Your Ma’rifat 52, bless us
with Your Yaqeen…

♦ O ALLAH, bless us with Your Muhabbat 53 and the

Muhabbat of Rasulullah (1).

♦ O ALLAH, bless us with Istiqaamat 54. Bless us

with steadfastness in our Imaan.

♦ O C ONTROLLER OF HEARTS, make our hearts firm

on Your Deen.

49 Zuhd : ascetism
50 Sabr : patience
51 Shukr : gratitude
52 Ma’rifat : Recognition
53 Muhabbat : Love
54 Istiqaamat : steadfastness

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♦ O ALLAH, bless us with solid Imaan. Bless us
with the Taufeeq of A’maal-e-Sawleha, of
righteous deeds.

♦ O ALLAH, bless us with Ittiba 55 of Rasulullah

(1).

♦ O ALLAH, grant us the Taufeeq of following the

Sunnah of Rasulullah (1).

♦ O ALLAH, bless us with the best of Dunya 56 and

the best of Aakhirah.

♦ O ALLAH, give us such a bond with You that nafs

and shaytaan cannot distance us from You.

♦ O ALLAH, make us the fish that swim deep down

in the ocean of Your Ma’rifat.

♦ O ALLAH, grant us such sincere love for You,

that we place You before everyone and
everything else.

FREEDOM FROM DEBTS

♦ O MY K AREEM ALLAH, remove the problems of

those who are in financial difficulties.

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♦ O ALLAH, all those who are in debts, provide for
them plentiful of Halaal 57 rizq 58 so that they
may get themselves out of their debts.

♦ O MY ALLAH …Why should we go towards

Haraam, when there is no shortage of Your
Treasures of Halaal?

♦ O ALLAH, You are our Provider; You are our

Sustainer.

♦ O ALLAH, You provide for the birds; You provide

for the fish deep down in the oceans; You
provide for the animals in the jungles and You
provide for us also…

♦ O ALLAH, then why should we steal? …Why

should we get involved in fraud and
embezzlement? …Why should we borrow from
banks on interest 59?

55 Ittiba : to follow / following

56 Dunya : the material world
57 Halaal : lawful
58 rizq : sustenance
59
Interest is such a major sin in the sight of Allah Ta’ala that He declares
war with that person who does not give it up. “O THOSE WHO BELIEVE FEAR
ALLAH AND GIVE UP WHAT STILL REMAINS OF THE ‘RIBA’ (INTEREST) IF YOU ARE
BELIEVERS. BUT IF YOU DO NOT, THEN LISTEN TO THE DECLARATION OF WAR FROM
ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER…” [Surah Baqarah 2 : 278/ 279]
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♦ O ALLAH, our homes are on interest; our carpets
are on interest; our cars are on interest; our
clothing is on interest; our shoes are on
interest…
O MY ALLAH, where can Rahmat then descend?
♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, give us that realization
that Rahmat cannot come until we get rid of
Haraam from our lives.

♦ O MY ALLAH, bless us with plenty of Halaal rizq

and sustenance, and get us out of all debts we
may be in.

♦ O ALLAH, grant us Barakah in our rizq and

provide for us from sources unknown to us.

CURE FROM SICKNESS

♦ O ALLAH, we are spiritually sick and we are

physically sick.

♦ O MY ALLAH, so many of our brothers and

sisters, old and young, are sick and ailing. They
are in hospitals. Some are in nursing homes and
old-age homes.

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♦ O ALLAH, grant shifa 60 to those who are sick and
ailing.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, shifa is in Your hands.

♦ O ALLAH, we know that there is effect in Du’aa

and there is effect in medication, but O Allah,
shifa is in Your hands.

♦ O ALLAH, we know that sometimes sickness is a

Rahmat and a blessing in a disguised form, but
we are extremely weak.

♦ O MY ALLAH, even if such sickness is a Rahmat…

change it to the Rahmat of good health.

♦ O ALLAH, we know that most of our sicknesses,

depression and anxieties are because of our
sins.

♦ O ALLAH, grant us shifa from all sicknesses and

ailments – physical and spiritual.

♦ O ALLAH, bless us with physical health and

spiritual health.

60 shifa : cure
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 GUIDANCE FOR CHILDREN

♦ O ALLAH, there are so many parents

complaining that their children have become a
curse for them - their children are in drugs,
drink and all kinds of vices.

♦ O MY ALLAH, children are back-answering and

swearing their parents. Children are neglecting
their parents. …Children are even kicking their
parents; strangling their parents; murdering
their parents…

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, have mercy upon us.

♦ O ALLAH, give us the realization that we are the

cause of their destruction.

♦ O ALLAH, we are the ones providing them with

those sources which lead to Haraam.

♦ O ALLAH, we brought the evil television into our

homes; we bring the filthy movies into our
homes; we bring the filthy magazines and filthy
literature into our homes. We give them
everything that leads them to vice dens.

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 …We do not give them Deen. We do not give
them the Majaalis 61 of the Ahlullah62. We do not
give them the Majaalis of the pious and the
righteous. We do not let them sit in the Majaalis
of Nasihat 63, Da'wah 64 and Ta'leem 65.

♦ O ALLAH, give us this understanding.

♦ O ALLAH, those children who have landed in

sins, and they are involved in drugs, drink, zina
and other evils, grant them the Taufeeq of
sincere Taubah and repentance.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, guide all those children

back onto Siratul Mustaqeem 66. …O ALLAH,
nothing is difficult for You.

♦ O ALLAH, protect our youth.

♦ O ALLAH, make our youth, assets for our

community.

61 Majaalis : gatherings
62 Ahlullah : People of Allah
63 Nasihat : Advice
64 Da’wah : Invitation (to Deen)
65 Ta`leem : Teaching (of Deen)
66 Siratul Mustaqeem : The Straight Path

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 DU`AA FOR OTHERS

♦ O ALLAH, those who are suffering depression,

give them happiness and joy.

♦ O ALLAH, those who are poor, give them wealth.

♦ O ALLAH, those who are weak, give them

strength.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, bless those who have no

children, with pious and righteous children.

♦ O ALLAH, those who have children, make their

children the coolness of their eyes.

♦ O ALLAH, make our children obedient to You

and Your Rasul 67 (1), and obedient to
their parents.

♦ O MY ALLAH, remove the problems of all those

who are suffering any difficulty and problem.

♦ O ALLAH, bless those brothers and sisters who

are looking for marriage partners, with good
and righteous marriage partners, who will be
an assistance to their Deen.

67 Rasul : Messenger
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♦ O ALLAH, put love between husbands and wives,
parents and children, brothers and sisters.

♦ O ALLAH, unite the hearts of brothers and

sisters, of parents and children, of husbands
and wives, and of the entire Ummah.

FITNAHS68

♦ O ALLAH, fitnahs are lashing us – from our right,

from our left, from behind us and from in front
of us; from the satellites above us.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, protect us from the storms

of fitnahs.

♦ O ALLAH, protect us from the fitnahs of this

world and the next.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, where do we go? …If You

do not protect us and save us, who else is there
for us?

♦ O MY ALLAH, to whom do we turn? …Who is

there for us beside You?

68
Fitnahs : Trials (also implies corruptions, mischief, etc.)
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♦ O ALLAH, the fitnahs have entered our homes;
the fitnahs have entered our schools and
colleges; the fitnahs have entered our Muslim
schools; the fitnahs have entered our bazaars
and market places; the fitnahs have entered our
Madaaris and Masaajid69; the fitnahs have
entered the Haramain Sharifain 70…

♦ O MY ALLAH, we can hear cell phones, with

musical tones 71 even in front of the Raudha
Mubarak 72 of Nabi (1), and in front of
the Ka’batullah…

O ALLAH, filthy music can be heard a few metres

away from the Raudha of my beloved Rasul
(1) …just a few metres from the
Mubarak Dome of my beloved Rasul
(1) ’s resting-place…

♦ O ALLAH, protect Makkah Shareef and Madina

Shareef from all fitnahs.

69 Masaajid : Mosques
70 Haramain Sharifain: Holy Mosques of Makkah and Madina Shareef.
71
Nabi (1) said: “My Rabb has commanded me to destroy all
musical instruments…” and “Music sprouts hypocrisy in the heart as
rain sprouts plants.”
72 Raudha Mubarak: Blessed Garden (reference to the blessed

grave of Nabi (1))

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♦ O ALLAH, protect Masjid-e-Aqsa 73.

SACRIFICES OF NABI (1)

♦ O MY ALLAH, Rasulullah (1) ’s concern

at all times, was nothing but the Ummah.

♦ O ALLAH, he wanted to see all enter Jannat.

♦ O ALLAH, Rasulullah (1) made Du’aa

for the Ummah, day and night.

♦ O ALLAH, my beloved Nabi (1) … How

many sacrifices he made for us…

♦ O ALLAH, he used to stand the entire night in

prayer, until his feet swelled.

♦ O ALLAH, filth was thrown on him, intestines

were thrown on his back when he went into
Sajda 74, thorns were placed in his path…

♦ O ALLAH, his beloved, little daughter, Faatima,

used to ask him: ‘O my father, why are they
doing this to you?’

73 Masjid-e-Aqsa : The Mosque in Jerusalem, from where the

‘Mi’raj (Ascension) of Nabi (1) took place.
74 Sajda : prostration

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♦ O ALLAH, he was stoned in Taif 75, at Uhud 76….

O ALLAH, he was stoned so much that his shoes

became filled with his Mubarak blood. He was
hurt and injured so many times.

♦ O ALLAH, when the blood of Your Beloved

(1) , of my Beloved, of the Beloved of
the Ummah, oozed… then how the angels must
have witnessed that?

But for the sake of Your precious Deen and his

love for mankind, his blood was allowed to
flow.

♦ O MY ALLAH, when he went into Sajda and cried

for us, the Musallah77 used to become wet with
his tears…

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, my beloved Nabi

(1) was boycotted and ostracized for
three solid years with his family. …The time
came when they had to chew leather to survive,

75 Taif : City near Makkah Shareef, in Saudi Arabia

76 Uhud : In reference to the Battle of Uhud. ‘Uhud’ is the name of
a mountain of Madina Shareef.
77 Musallah : place of prayer.

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 when they had to chew the leaves of trees to
survive…

♦ O MY ALLAH, he was Rahmatul-lil-‘Aalameen 78.

He dearly loved this Ummah.

♦ O ALLAH, even in his last moments, there was

nothing but the concern for his Ummaties79.

♦ O ALLAH, in the Aakhirah, he will not wish to

enter Jannat 80 until his Ummaties enter Jannat.

♦ O ALLAH, for the sake of the Ummah, how much

he was troubled, and how many sacrifices were
made…

♦ O ALLAH, we show no appreciation for his

sacrifices.

♦ O ALLAH, even his companions made so many

sacrifices to convey Deen to the corners of the
globe… but O Allah, we show no appreciation.

78 Rahmatul-lil’Alameen : Mercy for all the Worlds

79 Ummaties : followers
80 Jannat : Paradise

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 OUR INGRATITUDE

♦ O ALLAH, that Ummah, for whom so many

sacrifices were made; today that Ummah is
found in discos, in cinemas, in theatres, in
casinos, on porn sites, reading filthy magazines
and novels, watching porn movies, in adultery
and fornication, in theft, in fraud, in rape and in
other crimes.

♦ O ALLAH, a large number from the Ummah do

not have Salaah in their lives; a large number
do not have Zakaat81, fasting and Hajj 82 in their
lives.

♦ O ALLAH, the beautiful way of life that

Rasulullah (1) left for us, has been
forsaken by us and by our family members.

♦ O ALLAH, Nabi (1) ’s teachings are

nowhere to be seen in our homes, in our
businesses and in our dealings with people.

81 Zakaat : An obligatory duty, due upon those who have a certain

amount of wealth, to give to the poor and needy. This is a pillar of Islam.
82 Hajj : Pilgrimage to Makkah Shareef. This is the 5th Pillar of Islam.

(Details of Zakaat and Hajj are found in books of Jurisprudence)

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♦ O ALLAH, when Your Nabi (1) is
informed: ‘That Ummah for whom so much of
your blood was shed; that Ummah for whom you
cried so much …that Ummah has no concern for
your blood and your tears…’ O ALLAH, then how
much of pain and injury we must be causing to
Your Beloved Nabi (1)…

♦ O ALLAH, even in his Mubarak city, we do not

give up sins. Just a few metres from the resting-
place of Rasulullah (1), in hotels and
homes, the filthiest of films can be viewed, the
filthiest magazines and newspapers can be
read…

♦ O ALLAH, just a few metres from his Raudha

Mubarak and a few metres from the
Ka’batullah 83, in the foyers and rooms of hotels
and in homes, the filthiest music can be heard,
and the filthiest television programmes can be
watched….

♦ O ALLAH, those very things which were hated in

his sight, those very things which he disliked

83 Ka’batullah : First house for worship (of Allah Ta’ala) on earth.

Also the present structure on the ground, and the direction in
which Muslims face during Salaah.
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 and abhorred, those are the things which have
become beloved in our sight…

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, the cause of Rasulullah

(1) ’s pain and injury in his time were
the Mushrikeen 84, the Yahud 85 and the
Munafiqeen 86. O Allah, but today, we, who are
the claimants of Your Ishq 87 and the Ishq of
Rasulullah (1), are the cause of pain
and injury to Your Beloved Rasul (1).

♦ O ALLAH, that Ummah for whom Rasulullah

(1) shed so much of his blood, for
whom the blood of the Sahabah88 (       )
89

was shed, that Ummah for whom so many

sacrifices were made… O Allah, that Ummah has
become ‘Yateem’90.

There is no one to pass a hand of affection and

love over their heads anymore. Even the
Muslims are unconcerned about the plight of so

84 mushrikeen : polytheists
85 Yahud : Jews
86 Munafiqeen : Hypocrites
87 Ishq : Intense love
88 Sahabah : The companions of Rasulullah (1) .
89 (
      ): ‘May Allah be pleased with them.’
90 ‘yateem’ : ‘orphaned’

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 many brothers and sisters around the world –
in Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, in Somalia,
Sudan and in other parts of Africa, in Kashmir,
India, Chechniya, Kosova, Bosnia, and in so
many other parts of the world.

THE SUFFERING OF THE U MMAH

♦ O ALLAH, Islam has not become weak. We have

become weak.

♦ O ALLAH, we know that we are suffering

because of our sins.

♦ O ALLAH, You sent the Qur`aan Shareef for our

guidance.

♦ O ALLAH, Rasulullah (1) left us His

beautiful Sunnah 91.92

♦ O ALLAH, we know that we have distanced

ourselves from the Qur`aan and Sunnah and as
a result we are suffering everywhere in the
world.

91 Sunnah: The practice Nabi (1) and his noble

companions (RA)
92
Rasulullah (1) said: “I leave with you two things; as long as
you hold fast to them both, you will never be misguided – the Book of
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♦ O ALLAH, just as Rasulullah (1)
predicted 93, the enemies of Islam are calling
one another to join in devouring the Ummah.
But O Allah, You are our Protector.

♦ O MY K AREEM ALLAH, the enemies of Islam have

ganged up against the Muslims. Even Muslim
governments have joined their alliances and
coalition.

♦ O ALLAH, the enemies of Islam have become one

and we, who are the Ummaties of Rasulullah
(1) are becoming more and more
divided and disunited.

♦ O ALLAH, we have brought more destruction

upon the Ummah than even the enemies of
Islam.

♦ O ALLAH, with our deeds and actions, we have

been the means of the destruction of the
Ummah. The enemies only came to destroy
whatever was left…

Allah and the Sunnah of His Rasul (Messenger).”

93
Rasulullah (1) said : ‘A time will come when the enemies of
Islam will invite each other, just as people are invited towards meals,
in order to annihilate you.”
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♦ O ALLAH, unite the entire Ummah.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, guide the enemies of

Islam. Bless them with Imaan and Islam.

♦ O ALLAH, bless them like how You blessed the

Sahabah-e-Kiraam 94 and others with Imaan and
Islam.

…But O ALLAH, if they have become obstinate

and they have made up their minds that they
are not going to accept Your beautiful Deen,
and they are planning the destruction of the
Muslim Ummah – the destruction of Muslim
lives, homes, property and economy, then O
Allah, You are the best of Planners 95.

♦ O ALLAH, You are the same Allah who was

present in Badr, at Uhud 96, at Fath-e-
Makkah97…

♦ O ALLAH, You have not become weak. We have

become weak.

94 Sahaba-e-Kiraam: The noble companions of Nabi (1)

95
‘…THEY (THE DISBELIEVERS) PLOT AND PLAN, AND ALLAH TOO PLANS, BUT THE BEST
OF PLANNERS IS ALLAH.’ [Surah Anfal 8 : 30]
96 Badr and Uhud : Reference is made to the battles that took place

at these sites.
97 Fath-e-Makkah : The Conquest of Makkah Shareef.

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♦ O ALLAH, Just as You sent the ababeel 98 and
destroyed Abraha 99 and his forces, which had
set out to destroy the Ka’bah Shareef…. O
ALLAH, send disaster against these forces who
are out to destroy the Ummah.

♦ O ALLAH, send floods and destroy them.

♦ O ALLAH, send gale-force winds against the

enemies

♦ O ALLAH, shake the ground beneath their feet.

♦ O ALLAH, cause their ships to sink

♦ O ALLAH, cause their planes to crash.

♦ O ALLAH, create division and disunity in their

ranks.

♦ O ALLAH, make them fight amongst themselves.

♦ O ALLAH, fill their hearts with terror and fear.

98 Ababeeel : Birds of a unique specie, who, with pebbles in their beaks and
feet, were the means of the destruction of Abraha and his forces.
99 Abraha : A Governor of Yemen who set out to destroy the Ka’bah

Shareef. Allah Ta’ala destroyed him and his army. The story is
related in the Holy Qur`aan in the chapter entitled ‘The Elephant’.
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♦ O ALLAH, humiliate the enemies. Crush the
enemies.

♦ O ALLAH, destroy them like how You destroyed

the ‘Aad 100 and the Thamud 101.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, send Your angels and

assist and help the Mujahideen 102 of Islam.

♦ O ALLAH, give the stones which they throw, the

power of atom bombs.

♦ O ALLAH, wherever in the world the Muslim

Ummah is suffering, come to our assistance.

♦ O ALLAH, bombs are being rained upon innocent

women, children and civilians.

♦ O MY ALLAH, homes are being bulldozed.

♦ O ALLAH, aid the Mujahideen and our brothers

and sisters in Palestine, Afghanistan, India,
Kashmir, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan and other parts

100 ‘Aad : A nation of the past, who rejected the message of their
Prophet, Hazrat Hud (‘Alaihis Salaam). They were a stubborn people
who were finally destroyed by a fierce wind.
101 Thamud : A nation of the past who rejected the message of their

Prophet, Hazrat Sawleh (AS). They were an unjust and proud people
and were finally destroyed by an earthquake.
102 Mujahideen : Those striving in the path of Allah Ta’ala.

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 of Africa; in Bosnia, Chechniya, Kosova and in
other parts of the world where they are facing
tyranny and oppression.

♦ O ALLAH, those who have been imprisoned

unjustly, find a way out for their release.

♦ O ALLAH, their “crime”, in the eyes of these

merciless enemies, is nothing except that they
have tried to spread Your Deen. …Their “sin” is
nothing except that they say ‘La-ilaaha
Illallaah’ 103.

♦ O ALLAH, remove the difficulties and trials of

the Ummah.

♦ O ALLAH, we are going through very, very,

difficult and trying times. It has become very
difficult to even protect our Imaan.

♦ O ALLAH, protect our Imaan.

♦ O ALLAH, protect each and every one of us.

Protect the entire Ummah.

♦ O ALLAH, change the conditions of adversity, to

conditions of prosperity.

103 La-ilaaha Illallaah : There is none worthy of worship except Allah

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♦ O ALLAH, change the condition of fear, to that of
peace and security.

♦ O ALLAH, change the condition of the Ummah.

♦ O ALLAH, restore the dignity and honour of the

Muslim Ummah.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, have mercy upon the

Ummah of Nabi 104 (1); forgive the
Ummah of Nabi (1); shower Your
Rahmat upon the Ummah of Nabi (1);
overlook the sins and weaknesses and
shortcomings of the Ummah of Nabi
(1) .

♦ O UR S USTAINER, lay not on us a burden greater

than we have the strength to bear. Blot out our
sins, and grant us forgiveness; have mercy on
us. You are our Protector; help us against the
disbelieving people. 105

DEATH AND THE HEREAFTER

♦ O ALLAH, we know how sinful we are. …O Allah,

do not expose our sins.

104 Nabi : Prophet

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♦ O ALLAH, Out of Your Fadhl 106, Ihsaan 107 and
Rahmat, You have concealed so many of our
sins.

♦ O ALLAH, do not bring upon us any kind of

disgrace, in this world, in the Qabr and in the
Aakhirah.

♦ O ALLAH, what an embarrassment that will be,

on the Day of Qiyaamah, when, in front of
billions, someone will rise committing zina,
someone will rise stealing… because a person
will die as he lived, and he will rise, on the Day
of Qiyaamah, as he died.

♦ O ALLAH, then billions of ummaties will watch

and will be witness to our sins.

♦ O ALLAH, what embarrassment to Rasulullah

(1) when his ummaties will rise in the
condition of sin.

♦ O ALLAH, on the Day of Qiyaamah 108, do not let

us be an embarrassment to my beloved Rasul
(1).

105
Surah Baqarah 2 : 286
106 Fadhl : grace
107 Ihsaan : favour

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♦ O ALLAH, what has become of the Ummah…?

♦ O ALLAH, the followers of Rasulullah

(1) used to die on the plains of
Jihaad 109, they used to die while reciting the
Qur`aan Shareef, or when reading the
Tahajjud 110 Salaah, or in Awwabeen 111 and
Chaast112, or when engaged in Your Zikr and
Ibaadat, or in a state that was not displeasing to
You and Your Rasul (1)…

…O ALLAH, his true followers never died in

Haraam places. O Allah, now so many are dying
in Haraam places.

♦ O ALLAH, give us the realization that death can

strike suddenly - anywhere, anytime, any
place…

♦ O ALLAH, we have to face You. We have to stand

before You; we have to answer for our deeds
and actions.

108 Day of Qiyaamah : Day of Resurrection

109 Jihaad : Striving in the path of Allah Ta’ala.
110 Tahajjud: the greatest of nafl (optional) prayers which is

preferably performed in the latter portion of the night.

111 Awwabeen: A nafl (optional) prayer, performed after the evening

prayer.
112 Chaast: A nafl prayer, performed in the late morning, before noon.

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♦ O MY ALLAH, when a person is arrested, he
covers his face. When he is being led to the
court, he covers his face. He does not want
human beings to see his face…

♦ O MY ALLAH, sinful ones like us, criminals like

us… O Allah, on the Day of Qiyaamah, in front of
billions of other Ummaties, do not cause any
embarrassment and shame to come upon us.

♦ O ALLAH, we brag about our sins. Our men

advertise their sins. Our women advertise their
sins. Shame and Hayaa 113 has left us. Hayaa has
left our women and our children…
♦ O ALLAH, we do not feel the slightest shame that
pictures of our men and women appear in
newspapers – at cinemas, in clubs, casinos and
at other Haraam places and functions.

♦ O MY ALLAH, if Nabi (1) had to be living

amongst us and was shown such pictures, what
would he have thought of us?
♦ O ALLAH, give us the Taufeeq to realize that sins
should create shame, regret and remorse in our
hearts.

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♦ O ALLAH, one day we have to die and leave
this world.

♦ O ALLAH, don’t let our death be in any kind of

sin.

♦ O ALLAH, we do not know where, and when

and how we are going to die; then how can
we be engaged in sins?

♦ O ALLAH, Don’t let the angel of death visit

anyone of us when we are popping drugs
into our mouths, or when we have a bottle of
liquor in our hands, or when we are in a
casino or an escort agency, or in adultery
and fornication, or watching some filthy
movie or reading a filthy novel or magazine.

♦ O ALLAH, what kind of embarrassment and

shame our families will have to suffer, and the
Ummah will have to suffer. …As it is, so many
deaths are taking place in escort agencies, in
prostitute quarters…

113 Hayaa : modesty

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♦ O ALLAH, so many deaths are taking place in
discos, cinemas, theatres and other Haraam
venues.

♦ O MY ALLAH, protect us.

♦ O MY ALLAH, our souls will be extracted from

every part of our bodies.

Dust and sand will be thrown over us.

We will be left alone.

After we are conveyed to our graves, we will

journey alone. The only thing that will be the
light of our graves will be A’maal-e-Sawleha 114.

♦ O ALLAH, the gardens of Jannat will be made

available for us if we have pleased You.

♦ O ALLAH, make our graves, gardens from the

gardens of Jannat.

♦ O ALLAH, do not let our graves be pits from the

fire of Hell.

♦ O ALLAH, we have got no capital of good deeds.

114 A’maal-e-Sawleha : Righteous deeds.

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♦ O ALLAH, we have not built our home of the
Aakhirah.

♦ O MY ALLAH, give us the Taufeeq of doing that

which is pleasing to You.

♦ O ALLAH, before we leave this world, give us the

Taufeeq of sincere Taubah.

♦ O ALLAH, we read and learn the masaa`il 115 of

mayyit 116. We learn the masaa`il of ghusl117 and
kafan118. We have given ghusl and kafan to so
many. We have seen the Janazas119 of so many.
We have shouldered so many Janazas. We have
buried so many with our own hands. We have
seen our parents, our family members, our
brothers and sisters of the Ummah leave, but it
does not create any stir in our hearts.

♦ O ALLAH, we have to go the same way. …Our

homes will remain behind; our buildings and
businesses will remain behind, our beautiful

115 masaa`il : rules

116 mayyit : the deceased.
117 ghusl : Washing the body [of the deceased (in this context)].
118 Kafan : shroud of the deceased.
119 Janazas : biers.

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 cars will remain behind; our wives and children
will remain behind…

♦ O ALLAH, our clothes will be removed from our

bodies. …If they were tight fitting, then scissors
will be used to cut through those clothes.
…Rings will be removed from fingers. Watches
and even false teeth will be removed.

♦ O ALLAH, our tongues which cause so much of

pain and injury to people will be silenced.

♦ O ALLAH, our hands which cause so much of

pain and injury will move no more.

♦ O ALLAH, our feet will move no more.

♦ O ALLAH, those eyes which enjoyed the filthy

films, the filthy magazines, the filthy novels and
the filthy porn sites on the Internet, will be able
to see no more. Those eyes will then see the
angels.

♦ O MY ALLAH, if we spent our lives indulging in

sins, the angels of Azaab 120 will be seen.

120 Azaab : punishment

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♦ O ALLAH, before the time of death arrives, grant
us the Taufeeq of sincere Taubah.

♦ O ALLAH, don’t let us leave this world until we

have become Your Walis – Your friends, and the
true and sincere lovers of Rasulullah
(1).

♦ O ALLAH, before the ghusl of mayyit is given to

us, give us the Taufeeq of the ghusl of Taubah.

♦ O ALLAH, before we are given the kafan that will

cover our bodies, grant us the Taufeeq of
putting the garment of Taqwa over our hearts.

♦ O MY ALLAH, when the time of our death comes,

take us to Madina Shareef 121, bless us with
Shahadat122 in Madina Shareef, at the Raudha of
my Beloved Rasul (1), with ‘As-
‘Salaatu was-Salaamu ‘alaika, ya Rasulullah’123-
on our lips.

121 Shareef : sacred

122 Shahadat : martyrdom
123 ‘As-‘Salaatu was-Salaamu ‘alaika ya-Rasulullah.’ means : Mercy

and peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah (This is a form of

greeting Rasulullah (1) when visiting his grave in
Madina Shareef).
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♦ O ALLAH, let our burial be in Jannatul Baqi 124
and if this is not in our muqaddar 125, then O
Allah, let our death be a death of barkat 126.

♦ O ALLAH, we are asking for death in Madina

Shareef and burial in Jannatul Baqi so that
when the winds of Rahmat blow over Jannatul
Baqi, we too may be forgiven.

♦ O ALLAH, at the time of our death, show us some

Tajalli127 of Yours, such that our souls come
dancing towards You.

♦ O ALLAH, at the time of our death, let the

Kalima 128 ‘La-ilaaha Illallaah’ be on our
tongues 129.

♦ O ALLAH, we seek Your protection from the

fitnahs of this world, the fitnahs of the Qabr
and the fitnahs of Jahannum.

124 Jannatul Baqi : Graveyard of Madina Shareef.

125 muqaddar : fate
126 barkat : blessing
127 Tajalli : Special Mercy
128 Kalima : Declaration of the Oneness of Allah Ta’ala
129
It is stated in a Hadeeth that he, whose final speech is ‘La- ilaaha
Illallaah’ [There is none worthy of worship except Allah], will enter
Jannah [Paradise].
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♦ O ALLAH, let us cross the Pul-siraat 130 at the
speed of lightening.

♦ O ALLAH, grant us Jannat without any

reckoning.

♦ O ALLAH, enter us into Jannat in the company of

Rasulullah (1), the Sahaba-e-Kiraam
and all the righteous ones who followed them.

♦ O ALLAH, grant all those who have passed away

Your Forgiveness and fill their graves with
Noor.

♦ O ALLAH, bless our parents, wives, children,

brothers and sisters and all Muslims who have
passed away, with Jannatul Firdaus 131.

DU`AA OF RASULULLAH (1)

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, Nabi (1) made

Du’aa for the Ummah his entire life.

♦ O ALLAH, especially in Hajjatul Widaa 132…with

his 124 000 glorious companions…

130 pul-siraat : The bridge across the fire of Hell.

131 Jannatul Firdaus : The highest level of Paradise.
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♦ O ALLAH, how much Your Beloved Nabi
(1) cried; that sinless Nabi…

O ALLAH, for whom did he cry? …His Ihraam 133

became wet with his tears…

♦ O ALLAH, the Duas he made when attached to

the Multazam 134, the Duas he made in the
Hateem 135, the Duas that he made under the
Meezaabur Rahmah 136, the Duas he made after
performing Salaah behind the Maqaam-e-
Ibraheem 137…

O MY ALLAH, the Duas he made after drinking

Zam Zam 138, the Duas which he made on Safa
and Marwa 139, the Duas he made at Arafat 140 –

132 Hajjatul Widaa : The Farewell Hajj (of Rasulullah (1))

133 Ihraam: Reference to Rasulullah’s (1) clothing, consisting of
two sheets, worn with the niyyah (intention) of Hajj.
134 Multazam: Area between the elevated door and the Black stone.
135 Hateem: Semi circle enclosure, which is part of the Ka’bah Shareef
136 Meezaabur Rahmah: Waterspout of the Ka’bah Sharief, in the

Hateem area
137 Maqaam-e-Ibraheem: Place where the stone on which Hazrat

Ibraheem (AS) stood, when building the Ka’bah Shareef, is kept.

138 Zam-Zam : Sacred water from a well near the Ka’bah in Makkah

Mukarramah.
139 Safa and Marwa: Two hills adjoining the Ka’bah in Makkah

Mukarramah
140 Arafat : A specific place visited during the Pilgrimage.

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 from Zuhr 141 till Maghrib 142, then the Duas that
he made at Mina and Muzdalifa 143...

♦ O ALLAH, all the Duas of goodness, which he

made for us, bless us with that goodness, bless
our parents with that goodness, bless our wives
and children with that goodness, bless the
entire Ummah with that goodness.

♦ O ALLAH, protect us, our wives, children and

families and the entire Ummah of Nabi
(1) , from all the fitnahs, mischief and
corruption he asked protection from –
especially the fitnah of Dajjaal144.

SERVICES RENDERED FOR DEEN

♦ O ALLAH, accept all the works of Deen; accept

all the works of Haq.

♦ O ALLAH, whosoever is doing the work of Deen,

as long as it is within the parametres of the
Qur`aan and Sunnah… O Allah, bless each and

141 Zuhr : Prayer performed after the sun has passed the meridian.
142 Maghrib : Prayer performed immediately after sunset.
143 Mina and Muzdalifa: Specific places to visit during the Pilgrimage.
144 Dajjaal : the False Messiah, otherwise called ‘the Anti-Christ’

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 every worker with Ikhlaas and accept their
services to Deen.

♦ O ALLAH, accept the effort of Tabligh 145, of

Da`wah, of the Madaaris 146, Makaatib147, Daarul
Ulooms 148, Masaajid, and Khanqas 149.

♦ O ALLAH, accept the efforts made by the

Mashaa`ik150 .

♦ O ALLAH, accept the services to humanity of

those who are rendering welfare.

SPIRITUAL BOUNTIES

♦ O ALLAH, change the condition of our hearts. Fill

our hearts with Noor; fill our hearts with the
Love of this Deen.

♦ O ALLAH, fill our hearts with the Noor of Taqwa;

fill our hearts with the Noor of the Tilawat of
the Qur`aan Shareef, of Zikr and Ibaadat, of Hajj

145 Tabligh : propagation

146 Madaaris : Religious institutions.
147 Makaatib : Primary madaaris
148 Daarul Ulooms : Religious Institutions for higher learning
149 Khanqa : Place for reformation and spiritual purification.
150 Mashaa`ik : Spiritual mentors and guides.

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 and ‘Umrah 151, of Da’wah and Tabligh and of
charities.

♦ O ALLAH, give us the Taufeeq of doing all

Ibaadaat with Ikhlaas 152.

♦ O ALLAH, with the Noor that is generated from

these Ibaadaat, light up our hearts.

♦ O ALLAH, strengthen our Imaan.

♦ O ALLAH, grant us such Imaan, which clings to

our hearts.

♦ O ALLAH, make us all pious and righteous.

♦ O ALLAH, grant us Your Qurb 153.

♦ O ALLAH, with Your power of Jazb 154 make us

Yours.

♦ O ALLAH, we want the hearts that You give to

the Auliya-e-Siddiqeen 155.

151 ‘Umrah : The lesser pilgrimage

152 Ikhlaas : sincerity
153 Qurb : proximity
154 Jazb : Pull towards Allah Ta’ala
155 Auliya-e-Siddiqeen: Friends of Allah Ta’ala of a very high calibre

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♦ O ALLAH, bless us with the ni’mat that You give
to Your Auliyaa-e-Siddiqeen.

♦ O ALLAH, we want those hearts which are filled

with Noor and Your Tajalli.

♦ O ALLAH, we want those hearts which are filled

with Your Love and the Love of Rasulullah
(1) ; so that it may be easy to do that
which is pleasing to You and pleasing to
Rasulullah (1).

CONCLUSION OF DU`AA

♦ O ALLAH, we are extremely weak. We get tired

of everything, even asking.

♦ O ALLAH, bless us with what we have asked and

give us even that which we have not asked –
whatever is khayr 156.

♦ O ALLAH, let the winds of Hidayat blow

throughout the world, especially in this
country.

♦ O ALLAH, whatever time of life remains, give us

the Taufeeq of doing those deeds that will earn

156 khayr : good

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 us Your Pleasure and keep us away from all
those deeds that will earn us Your Displeasure.

♦ O ALLAH, we know that the types of sins we

indulge in, had brought complete destruction to
the nations of the past. You destroyed nations
in the past for the same sins we are indulging
in.

♦ O ALLAH, You do not destroy the entire Ummah

because Your Beloved Rasul (1) is
Rahmatul-lil-‘Aalameen.

♦ O MY BELOVED ALLAH, do not look at our sins. We

are acknowledging and we are confessing that
we are sinful…

♦ O ALLAH, look at the tears of my beloved Rasul

(1) .

♦ O ALLAH, look at the shaan157 of the blood of my

beloved Nabi (1) which flowed for this
Ummah.

♦ O ALLAH, if You forgive us, then You will make

my beloved Rasul (1) happy, and we
will be happy.

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♦ O ALLAH, we are pledging not to return to sins.

♦ O ALLAH, give us all, lives of respect.

♦ O ALLAH, give us the realization that without

turning to You, there will be no success.

♦ O ALLAH, whoever has shown any kind of

generosity and kindness to us, bless them with
the best of rewards.

♦ O ALLAH, Rasulullah (1) has shown the

greatest kindness, thereafter the Sahaba-e-
Kiraam, the Tabi`een 158, our Asaatiza 159, our
Mashaa`ik, our parents, wives, friends… O
Allah, reward them all, with the best of
rewards.

♦ O ALLAH, You are well aware of each and every

person’s desires. Whatever good desires are in
their hearts, fulfill them.

♦ O ALLAH, accept our Du’aa with the waseela of

Your Beloved Rasul, Sayyidul Ambiyaa,
Muhammad (1).

157 shaan : condition / status

158 Tabi`een: Successors of the Companions of Rasulullah (1).
159 Asaatiza : teachers

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 ‫ﱠ ﱣ َ َ َ ٰٓ َ َ ٗ ُ َ ﱡ ْ َ َ َ ﱠ ّ ط ٰٓ َ ﱡ َ ﱠ ْ َ ٰ َ ُ ْ َ ﱡ‬
‫صل ْوا‬ ‫ا ال ِذين امنوا‬%&‫ِإن الله ومل ِئكته يصلون عى الن ِ ِ! يأ‬
َ ّ َ
◌ ‫َعل ْي ِه َو َس ِل ُم ْوا ت ْس ِل ْي ًما‬
“V ERILY, ALLAH AND HIS ANGELS SEND BLESSINGS ON
THE PROPHET : O YOU WHO BELIEVE, SEND (YOU)
BLESSINGS ON HIM AND SALUTE HIM WITH ALL
160
RESPECT.”

   ٰ ٰٓ     ٰ  ٰ 
                   
  
     
O ALLAH, SHOWER YOUR MERCY UPON OUR MASTER,
M UHAMMAD AND UPON THE FAMILY OF OUR MASTER ,
M UHAMMAD, AND BLESSINGS AND PEACE (UPON HIM ).
َ ْ
◌ۚ ‫ُس ْب ٰح َن َرِّب َك َر ِ ّب ال ِع ﱠز ِة َع ﱠما َي ِص ُف ْون‬
َ ْ ‫ﱣ‬ ْ ُْ َ ٰ
◌ ‫َو َسل ٌم َعى امل ْر َس ِل ْ< َن ۚ◌ َوال َح ْم ُد ِلل ِه َر ِ ّب ال ٰعل ِم ْ< َن‬

“G LORY TO YOUR LORD, THE LORD OF HONOUR AND

P OWER . (HE IS FREE ) FROM WHAT THEY ASCRIBE (TO
H IM ). AND PEACE ON THE A POSTLES . AND PRAISE TO
A LLAH , THE LORD AND CHERISHER OF THE WORLDS. ”161

160
Surah Ahzaab 33 : 56
161
Surah Saffaat 37 : 180/ 181/ 182

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T HE A CCEPTANCE OF D U’ AA
َُ َ ُ َ ََ
‫ط‬
‫ال َرﱡبك ُم ْاد ُع ِون ْٓى أ ْس َت ِج ْب لك ْم‬ ‫وق‬
“AND YOUR LORD SAYS : CALL ON ME;
I WILL ANSWER YOUR (DU’AA)…”
[Surah Mu`min 40 : 60]

One of the signs of gaining the Ma’rifah (Recognition)

of Allah Ta’ala is to be granted the Taufeeq of Du’aa.

Duas made sincerely, fulfilling the necessary

conditions, are always accepted. However, Allah
Ta’ala, in His Wisdom, answers Duas in different
ways.

Nabi (1) said: “Any Muslim who makes a

Dua and his Dua does not contain a request for
anything sinful or anything regarding the severance
of family ties, Allah grants him one of three things
most assuredly; namely,

1.) What he has asked is granted immediately,

or
2.) What he has asked is saved for him as a
treasure in the Aakhirah, or

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 3.) Allah wards away some calamity from him
in lieu of the object asked for.”

…A person should therefore not feel that his or her

Duas are rejected.

[HAZRAT MAULANA YUNUS P ATEL SAHEB (RA)]

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DUA AND THE CORRECT EFFORT
BY HAZRAT MAULANA YUNUS PATEL SAHEB (RA)

A person wants to go to Johannesburg but he sits in a

train or a plane bound for Cape Town, fully aware
that the train or plane is headed for Cape Town. He
then makes Du’aa that Allah Ta’ala takes him to
Johannesburg. He will not reach Johannesburg.

THE LINE OF HIS DU’AA WAS NOT IN LINE WITH HIS

EFFORT.

Similarly, our tongues are making Du’aa in one

direction and our entire bodies are going in the
opposite direction. And then we ask as to why our
Duas are not answered…

AS AN EXAMPLE: There are so many parents who

request Du’aa from the pious, for the Hidayat
(guidance) of their children. They complain that their
children are disobedient and abusive, or involved in
illicit relationships, drugs, alcohol, and all kinds of
Haraam. These parents say that they, themselves, are
making so much of Du’aa and shedding so many tears
over the condition of their children, and they request

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more Du’aa, because there is no change and
improvement in their children.

However, a cursory glance in their homes, and one

will find that those same parents, who are making so
much of Du’aa and shedding so many tears, are the
ones providing so much of Haraam – in the form of
the television, music, Haraam video games, indecent,
shameless newspapers, magazines and novels, easy
access to the Internet porn sites, etc. – all of which
introduce and influence to Fisq (sin) and Fujur
(immorality).

Adding to this, many of these parents are the

personal chauffeurs of their children: willingly taking
them to the cinemas, theatres, to parties and other
places of fitnah.

Rasulullah (1) said: ‘Every child is born in a

natural state of goodness. It is his parents who make
162
him into a Jew, Christian or Magian .”

…It is left for us to see what we have made our

children.

162
Magian : fire worshipper
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Furthermore, these children are allowed to do as
they please. Sometimes there is no concern as to
whose company they keep, which then becomes
another means of their destruction – persuading
them to do drugs, take alcohol, visit prostitutes,
gamble, steal, etc.

Nabi (1) said: “A person is on the Deen

(way of life) of his friend so every one of you should
look at who he befriends.”

So together with Du'aa, it is also the responsibility of

parents to provide an Islamic environment which
facilitates obedience to Allah Ta’ala. It is also their
duty to protect their children from all avenues of evil,
to direct their children to good and pious company,
and prevent them from bad company.

Allah Ta’ala tells us :

ُ ْ ُ ‫ٰٓ َ ﱡ َ ﱠ ْ َ ٰ َ ُ ْ ُ ْٓ َ ْ ُ َ ُ ْ َ َ ْ ْ ُ ْ َ ً ﱠ ُ ْ ُ َ ﱠ‬
‫اس َوال ِح َج َارة‬‫ا ال ِذين امنوا قوا أنفسكم وأه ِليكم نارا وقودها الن‬%&‫يأ‬

“O PEOPLE OF IMAAN, SAVE YOURSELVES AND YOUR FAMILIES

FROM A FIRE WHOSE FUEL IS MEN AND STONES …”
[S URAH A T-T AHREEM 66 : 6]

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It is an injunction of the Qur`aan Shareef that we
make a very concerted effort to guide our children to
the obedience of Allah Ta’ala, setting the example
ourselves.
163 164
With teaching them Aqaa-id , Qur`aan, Fiqh , the
165
Sunnah and other necessary tenets of Islam which
form their Tarbiyyah (the correct upbringing)
166
accompanied with Du’aa, Insha-Allah , this will be
the means of their Hidayat (guidance) and Istiqaamat
(steadfastness).

In the Tafseer (commentary) of this Ayat (verse),

Hazrat Ali (    ) had stated: “Teach your family
acts of virtue.”

Rasulullah (1) said: “Each one of you is a

shepherd and is responsible for his flock…A man is a
ruler in his family, and he will be questioned about
those under his care. A woman is a ruler in the
house of her husband and she will be questioned
about those under her care…”

163
Aqaa`id : Correct beliefs
164
Fiqh : Jurisprudence
165
Sunnah: The way of life and practices of Rasulullah (1)
and his noble companions (RA).
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Reflecting over all of these aspects, such parents
should question the sincerity of their Du’aa. Where is
the correct effort that should accompany their Duas
and tears?

Hazrat Maulana ‘Umar (Rahmatullah ‘alayh) of

Palanpur, in India, used to say that we have a small
piece of flesh known as the tongue; which is making
Du’aa… a great deal of time is sometimes spent in
Du’aa; but the entire body, which is by far, weightier
than that little tongue, is going in a very different
direction; sometimes the completely opposite
direction. …How then does a person expect his Duas
to be answered?

May Allah Ta’ala grant us the understanding and the

ability to make the correct effort that should
accompany our Duas.

166
Insha-Allah : Allah Willing
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NON ACCEPTANCE…

Hazrat Abu Hurairah (  )

 reported that
Rasulullah (1) said:

“Certainly Allah is Pure. He does not accept but

pure, and certainly Allah commanded the Believers
to do that which He commanded the Messengers
(of Allah) to do. So He said:
‫ط‬ َ ‫اع َم ُل ْوا‬
‫ص ِال ًحا‬
‫َ ﱠ‬
ْ ‫الط ّي ٰبت َو‬ ُُ ‫ا ﱡ‬%َ &‫ٰٓي َأ ﱡ‬
ِ ِ ‫الر ُس ُل كل ْوا ِمن‬
‘O MESSENGERS, EAT OUT OF THE GOOD (HALAAL AND
167
WHOLESOME) THINGS AND PERFORM RIGHTEOUS DEEDS.’

and similarly Allah Ta’ala said :

ُ ْ َ َ ُُ ٰ ‫َٓ ﱠ‬
‫ا ال ِذ ْي َن ا َم ُن ْوا كل ْوا ِم ْن ط ِّي ٰب ِت َما َرزق ٰنك ْم‬%َ &‫ٰيأ ﱡ‬
‘O YOU WHO BELIEVE, EAT OUT OF THE GOOD THINGS WE
168
HAVE GIVEN YOU.’

Then he (Rasulullah (1)) mentioned a

person who undertakes a long journey, his hair is
dishevelled, and his body covered with dust. He
raises his hands towards the sky and says: ‘O my

167
Surah Mu`minoon 23 : 51
168
Surah Baqarah 2 : 172
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 Sustainer, O my Sustainer’, whereas the food that
he eats is Haraam (from unlawful earnings); the
clothes he wears is Haraam; and he has been
nourished with Haraam (food). How then will his
Du’aa be accepted?”169

Rasulullah (1) said: “The meat and blood

that has been nourished with Haraam wealth will
not enter Jannah. It is only suitable for Jahannum
170
(hellfire).”

• If a person sincerely repents from Haraam;

returning what was usurped, repaying that which
is rightfully due, giving up that which draws
Haraam income (gambling, interest,
embezzlement, etc.), and giving up Haraam food
and drink, then his Duas will thereafter be
accepted and he will gain salvation from
Jahannum. Insha-Allah.
[E XTRACT FROM ‘Kicking the Habit’
BY H AZRAT MAULANA Y UNUS PATEL SAHEB (RA)]

169
Sahih Muslim
170
Abu Nuaim, Bayhaqi
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T HE NAMES OF ALLAH
َ ْ ٓ َْ ‫ﱣ‬
‫ص‬
‫ا‬%َ \ِ ‫! ف ْاد ُع ْو ُﻩ‬Yٰ ‫َو ِلل ِه األ ْس َما ُء ال ُح ْس‬
“THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NAMES BELONG TO ALLAH:
SO CALL ON HIM BY THEM…”
[SURAH AL A’ RAAF 7 : 180]

ْ ٓ َْ ََ َ َ ‫الل َه َأو ْاد ُعوا ﱠ‬

‫ُ ْ ُ ﱣ‬
‫ج‬
!Yٰ ‫الر ْح ٰم َن ط أ ًّيا ﱠما ت ْد ُع ْوا فل ُه األ ْس َما ُء ال ُح ْس‬ ِ ‫ق ِل ادعوا‬

“SAY : ‘CALL UPON ALLAH, OR CALL UPON RAHMAAN :

BY WHATEVER NAME YOU CALL UPON HIM, (IT IS WELL ): FOR
TO HIM BELONG THE MOST B EAUTIFUL NAMES …”
[SURAH AL-I SRAA 17 : 110]

♦ We have been instructed to learn the Asmaa’ul

Husna (The Beautiful Names of Allah Ta’ala) and
make Du’aa through the medium of these names.
Calling upon Allah Ta’ala by His Names facilitates
the acceptance of Du’aa.

♦ Rasulullah (1) once heard a person

calling Allah by this Great name of His :
ْ ْ َ ََ ْ َ َ
‫االك َر ِام‬
ِ ‫يا ذا الجال ِل و‬
O POSSESSOR OF MAJESTY AND B ENEVOLENCE

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 Rasulullah (1) remarked: “Surely your
Duas will be granted. Ask of Allah whatever you
wish.”

♦ According to one Hadeeth, an angel is appointed

by Allah Ta’ala so that whenever someone says
the following words thrice, he (the angel)
responds by saying: ‘No doubt, The Most Merciful
has focussed all His attention towards you. Ask of
Him whatever you please.’ …These words are :
‫َيا َا ْر َح َم ﱠ‬
‫الر ِاح ِم ْ< َن‬
O M OST MERCIFUL OF ALL THOSE WHO SHOW MERCY

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T HE 99 N AMES OF A LLAH TA’ ALA

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DUROOD SHAREEF171

Hazrat Anas (  )

 said: ‘Every Du’aa is prevented
from reaching the Court of Allah until the person
making Du’aa sends Durood upon Rasulullah
(1) and upon the family of Rasulullah
(1) (then it reaches the Court of Allah and is
accepted).’

Hazrat ‘Umar (  )

 said: ‘Surely Du’aa remains
suspended between the heaven and earth. It does not
ascend and nothing is accepted until you send Salawaat
upon your Prophet (1).’

Any Durood Shareef may be recited for the

acceptance of Du’aa. There are numerous found in
authentic books of Hadeeth.

171 Durood Shareef : Seeking Allah Ta’ala’s blessings upon Rasulullah

(1).
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O Allah, shower Your Mercy upon Muhammad and

upon the family of Muhammad as You showered Your
Mercy upon the family of Ibraheem. Surely, You are
The Praiseworthy, The Majestic.

O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon

the family of Muhammad as You had sent blessings
upon the family of Ibraheem. Surely, You are The
Praiseworthy, The Majestic.

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O Allah, bestow Mercy upon Muhammad and upon his

wives and his progeny as You had bestowed Mercy
upon the family of Ibraheem.

And send blessings upon Muhammad and upon

his wives and his progeny as You had sent blessings
upon the family of Ibraheem. Surely, You are
Praiseworthy, The Majestic.

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S OME E TIQUETTES OF D U’AA

It is preferable to perform a good deed before
making Du’aa.

Be in a state of Taharah (purity).
172

Face the Qiblah .

Preferably perform Salaatul Haajah before Du’aa.
173

Sit in the Tashahud position, as far as possible.

Praise and glorify Allah Ta’ala before and after
Du’aa.

Recite Durood Shareef upon Nabi (1).

Raise both hands whilst making Du’aa.

The palms should be kept open, leaving a little space
between the hands.

Du’aa should be made with absolute humility –
acknowledging one’s helplessness.

Du’aa should be made through the intermediary of
Allah Ta’ala’s beautiful names.

172 Qiblah : Direction faced when performing the prayer.

173 Tashahud position : Position assumed when sitting in prayer
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Not to make Du’aa for anything sinful or for the
severance of family ties.

To cry whilst making Du’aa.

Pass the hands over the face on completion of Du`aa

Say ‘Aameen’ on completion of the Du’aa.

One’s concentration should be in Du’aa.

Du’aa should be made with conviction of its
acceptance and with sincerity.

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SINCERE REPENTANCE
BY H AZRAT MAULANA YUNUS PATEL SAHEB (RA)
‫ﱣ‬ ‫ﱣ‬ ْ ُ َ ْ َ ٓ
‫َو َم ْن ﱠي ْع َم ْل ُس ْو ًءا أ ْو َيظ ِل ْم ن ْف َس ٗه ث ﱠم َي ْس َتغ ِف ِر الل َه َي ِج ِد الل َه‬
َ
◌‫غ ُف ْو ًرا ﱠر ِح ْي ًما‬
“IF ANYONE DOES EVIL OR WRONGS HIS OWN SOUL, BUT
AFTERWARDS SEEKS ALLAH’S FORGIVENESS , HE WILL FIND ALLAH,
OFT-FORGIVING, M OST MERCIFUL.”
[S URAH A N-NISAA 4 : 110]

In the Tafseer (commentary) of this Ayah (verse), the

Mufassireen (Commentators of the Qur`aan Shareef)
have explained that Allah Ta’ala makes known to us, the
recourse of sins : Taubah (repentance).

Whatever the sins committed – be they major or minor,

violations of the Rights of Allah Ta’ala (Huququllah) or
the rights of human beings (Huququl Ibaad), sincere
Taubah (repentance) will secure Divine forgiveness.

However, we need to understand that Taubah is not

merely a verbal announcement and confession of:
Astaghfirullah (I seek Allah’s forgiveness). The validity
and acceptance of Taubah is dependent on certain
accompanying conditions.

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The ‘Ulama have stated the following 3 necessary
segments which complete one’s Taubah :

1.) Being ashamed and grieved over one’s sins.

2.) Leaving off the sin immediately.
3.) Having no intention to commit the sin again.

If, perchance, one finds oneself entangled in sin

thereafter, Taubah should be made once more and
forgiveness should be sought. …Allah Ta’ala forgives all
sins.

Even though Allah Ta’ala is Most Merciful, Forgiving,

Kind and Compassionate, we should not lose sight of and
forget His punishment for those who are persistent in
sin. Often, many continue in their indulgence in sins,
presenting the argument that Allah Ta’ala is Ghafurur -
Raheem (Most Forgiving, Most Merciful).

One of the deceptions of shaytaan is that he persuades

and encourages a person to sin with this very excuse
that Allah Ta’ala is Ghafurur-Raheem. This leads to
indifference to the laws of Shariah and even deliberate
disobedience.

Therefore, Allah Ta’ala warns us in the Qur`aan Shareef

against such an attitude, saying :

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 ‫ََ َ ُ ﱠﱠ ُ ْ ﱣ‬
ُ ‫الل ِه ْال َغ ُر‬
◌‫ور‬ ‫وال يغرنكم ِب‬
“…LET NOT THE DECEIVER (I.E. SHAYTAAN) BEGUILE YOU
IN REGARD TO ALLAH.”
[S URAH LUQMAAN 31 : 33]

…Do not be fooled and misled by shaytaan to commit

sins because Allah Ta’ala is Most Forgiving and Most
Merciful.

Allah Ta’ala mentions in Surah Ta-Ha :

ُ
◌‫ص ِال ًحا ث ﱠم ْاه َت ٰدى‬ َ ‫َوإ ّن ْى َل َغ ﱠف ٌار ّملَ ْن َت‬
َ ‫اب َو ٰا َم َن َو َعم َل‬
ِ ِ ِِ
“AND VERILY, I AM INDEED FORGIVING TO HIM WHO REPENTS,
BELIEVES (IN MY O NENESS, AND ASSOCIATES NONE IN WORSHIP
WITH M E ) AND DOES RIGHTEOUS ( GOOD) DEEDS , AND THEN
REMAINS CONSTANT IN DOING THEM (TILL DEATH ).”
[S URAH T A- HA 20 : 82]

Allah Ta’ala is informing us that His Forgiveness

extends to those who make sincere Taubah and
Istighfaar, believe in Allah Ta’ala, do righteous deeds
and actions and remain steadfast thereon.

Allah Ta’ala is Ghafurur-Raheem for those who are

afraid of displeasing Him. However, being human, they
accidentally sin.

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We should keep in mind, that even though Allah Ta’ala
is Ghafurur-Raheem, He is also Muntaqim – One who
takes Retribution. Out of His kindness, Allah Ta’ala
gives to us numerous opportunities to make amends
and return to His Obedience. If we still persist and
insist on sin, and we are bent on disobedience, then
His Punishment is something that cannot be escaped.

Allah Ta’ala states in the Qur`aan Shareef :

َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ َ ‫َٰ ُْ ْ ج َ ﱠ َﱠ‬ ‫َ ﱠ َﱠ َ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ّ ﱠ‬
◌‫اب‬
ِ ‫وِإن ربك لذو مغ ِفر ٍة ِللنا ِس عى ظل ِم ِهم وِإن ربك لش ِديد ال ِعق‬
‘…B UT VERILY YOUR LORD IS FULL OF FORGIVENESS FOR
MANKIND FOR THEIR WRONG -DOING . AND VERILY YOUR LORD IS
(ALSO) STRICT IN PUNISHMENT.’
[S URAH RA’ D 13 : 6]

…Taubah and Istighfaar are like the ointment used for

burns, which we keep in our homes. Even though we
have a remedy for burns, we will not deliberately burn
ourselves.

Furthermore, forgiveness for those sins in respect to

people, will have to be secured from those whose
rights have been violated and who were wronged.

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IMMEDIATE WILAYAT174
BY HAZRAT MAULANA YUNUS PATEL SAHEB (RA)

‫ﱠ ﱣ‬
‫الت ﱠوا ِب ْ< َن‬
‫الل َه ُيح ﱡب ﱠ‬
ِ ‫ِإن‬
“…V ERILY ALLAH LOVES THOSE WHO REPENT…”
[SURAH BAQARAH 2 : 222]

A young person, after listening to a talk, experienced a

revolution in his heart. He asked me: “With my past,
with the sins in my life, how is it possible for me to
become a Wali175 ?”

I said: “It is extremely simple. It takes just one minute to

become a Wali. Raise your hands and with deep regret
and remorse in your heart, shed a few tears and pray to
Allah Ta’ala: ‘O Allah, I have wasted my life, but I want
to become Your Wali; I want to become Your friend. So
forgive all the sins which I have committed since
maturity, and grant me the Taufeeq to do that which
pleases You in my future life.’

You have immediately become a Wali. Now make an

effort towards fulfilling those rights which had been
violated. The effort made indicates to the sincerity of
your Taubah.”

174 Wilayat : Friendship with Allah Ta’ala

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If Salaah and Fasts were missed then Qaza must
necessarily be made. If Zakaah, Qurbaani and Sadaqatul
Fitr were not fulfilled, then such monies must
necessarily be paid. The same applies to monies that are
owing to people. Pay back to whomsoever, what is due,
or ask them to forgive. If not, then that Taubah will not
be complete. And if harm and injury was caused to
another, his forgiveness should be sought.

If there are a number of outstanding Salaah or fasts due,

it is obvious that a person cannot read all the Qazas176 in
one day, or keep all his missed fasts in one day. This will
take due time. However, the intention of the person, to
fulfil all dues of Allah Ta’ala and creation, and the
effort made in that direction makes the person a friend
and beloved of Allah Ta’ala.

If the person does not make any effort in that direction

after Taubah, then this is a clear sign that he was not
sincere in his Taubah.

Also, in respect to his future life, every effort should be

made not to return to sins.

175 Wali : Friend of Allah Ta’ala

176 Qaza : Religious duty performed after the expiry of its time.
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T HE A IRPORT
BY HAZRAT M AULANA Y UNUS P ATEL SAHEB (RA)
177
At the Johannesburg International Airport , some
brothers requested that I give them some nasihah
(advice) before leaving.

I mentioned the following: ‘The Airport itself

presents sufficient Ibrat (lesson) for a person’s
Islaah (reformation).

Boards are seen, computer screens inform, and

announcements are repeatedly heard of A RRIVALS
and DEPARTURES . We should take lesson from this.

We have ‘arrived’. Our scheduled arrival to the

destination of this world has come to pass. We have
178
journeyed from Aalame-Arwah to this transitory
179
world. Our next journey is to ‘Aalame-Barzakh’ .

In this material world, the time of departure is given

for the flights that are leaving for various cities and
countries. A person can make preparations for
travel, accordingly. As is common experience

177
Now known as OR TAMBO International
178 Aalame-Arwah : The World of Souls
179 Aalame-Barzakh : The period of life after death until the Resurrection

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though, flights are generally delayed.

Our departure, to the Aakhirah (Hereafter), is

scheduled, but absolutely unknown to us. Moreover,
this time of departure will not be delayed or
cancelled.
َ ُ َ ُ ‫ٓ َ ٓ َ ُ َْ َ ﱠ‬
◌ ‫! ِإذا َجا َء أ َح َدك ُم امل ْو ُت ت َوف ْت ُه ُر ُسل َنا َو ُه ْم ال ُي َف ّ ِرط ْون‬v‫َح ﱣ‬
“…AT LENGTH WHEN DEATH APPROACHES ONE OF YOU, OUR
ANGELS TAKE HIS SOUL AND THEY N EVER FAIL IN THEIR DUTY .”
[S URAH A N` AAM : 6 : 61]

In a couplet that deeply impresses upon the reality of

this life, my Shaykh, Hazrat Maulana Hakeem
Muhammad Akhtar Saheb (Daamat Barakaatuhum),
states:
Strange is the visa of life;
It can be cancelled at anytime.
The duration of its validity is unknown
And its extension too, impossible

Therefore, we need to be ever ready for the journey

to the Hereafter.

Passengers are either seated in the VIP lounge or in

the ordinary waiting area. Whether the person

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intends traveling ‘First Class’, ‘Business Class’ or
‘Economy Class’; all will depart. Each has a boarding
pass in hand. It is just a matter of time before
departure.

The Azaan in our right ear, and the Iqaamah in our

left ear, were already given at the time of our birth.
All that is left is the Janaza Salaah at the time of our
death. Just as the time between the Iqaamah and
Salaah is negligible – so too is the time span of our
lives.

As someone has mentioned: Our life is just like the

‘dash’ between the date of birth and the date of
passing away, which is inscribed on many
tombstones. Though this ‘dash’ of life is so short, it is
such a significant stage in our journey that it either
‘makes’ or ‘breaks’ our Hereafter.

This little dash either delivers a person to Jannah or

Jahannum. So before someone mentions the date of
our departure, we should convert the ‘dash’ of life to
time spent securing provisions for the coming
journey.

Then I mentioned that now two new boards are to be

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found:
U NDERGROUND P ARKING

and

P RAYER R OOM U PSTAIRS

Our ‘parking’ too is reserved. …What then should we

do? Before ‘departure’ and before being ‘parked’
under the ground, we should visit the ‘prayer room’ –
meaning, that we should bring the submission and
servitude found in prayer or Salaah, into our lives.
Submit to the One who gave us this life because very
soon will we be returning to Him.
َْ ‫َ ﱣ‬
◌ xُ <ْ ‫ى الل ِه امل ِص‬w‫َوِإ‬
“…AND THE DESTINATION (OF ALL) IS TO ALLAH.”
[SURAH AHZAAB 35 : 18]

In addition, this world is very much like a time-share.

The occupants make full use of all facilities during
that week or month – the lounge, fridge, stove,
furniture, air conditioner and the luxuries of the
timeshare. However, they know that they will have to
move out as soon as their time expires.

Similarly, we should make use of the bounties of

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Allah Ta’ala in this world but we should not give our
hearts to this world. …How can we give our hearts to
a world which is so unfaithful? …The home in which
there is excitement and celebration of a wedding is
suddenly plunged into grief, sorrow and mourning.

We should keep before us the following Hadeeth of

Rasulullah (1): ‘Verily, the world has been
created for you and you have been created for the
Aakhirah.’

Preparation for the Aakhirah (Hereafter) does not

mean that we will be deprived of the good things of
this world. Eat, drink, marry, conduct business and do
all other activities according to the teachings of the
Shariah and Sunnah of Rasulullah (1). This
is all that is required.

May Allah Ta’ala grant us all, death on Imaan, at a

time when He is pleased with us.
‫ ْ! ب ﱣ‬Y‫ ْ! ُم ْس ِل ًما ﱠو َأ ْل ِح ْق‬Y‫َت َو ﱠف‬
◌ ‫الص ِل ِح ْ< َن‬ ِ ِ ِ
“…(O MY LORD) TAKE YOU MY SOUL (AT DEATH) AS ONE
SUBMITTING TO YOUR WILL (AS A MUSLIM), AND UNITE ME
WITH THE RIGHTEOUS.”
[S URAH Y USUF 12 : 101]

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Hedayatus Saalikeen – Book 1
Combating the Whisperings of Shaytaan
Aashiq-e-Sawdiq Part 1
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Ikhlaas
Kicking the Habit
Labour of Love
Removing the Safety Net
His Character was the Qur`aan
Rujoo’ilallah
Towards Reformation of the Heart
Feeling Spiritually Low?
Islaahi Correspondence (Book 1)
Advices to workers in the efforts of Deen

Ma`aarif-e-Mathnavi
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