Iyabode

Allah is Sufficient for me as a Helper.
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[Iyabode @kawsul]

Al-Baqarah 2:186

And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me – indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.

[𝑰𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝑨. 𝑶𝒏𝒊 PhD @IdrisAOni1]

Allahumma ṣalli 'alā Sayyidinā Muhammad wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihi. Āmīn

Allahumma ṣalli 'alā Sayyidinā Muhammad wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihi. Āmīn

Allahumma ṣalli 'alā Sayyidinā Muhammad wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihi. Āmīn

Allahumma ṣalli 'alā Sayyidinā Muhammad wa 'alā ālihi wa sahbihi. Āmīn

[Mufti Menk @muftimenk]

Most of the things we worry about in life are insignificant. Most of them we can’t control anyway. It’s the Almighty’s way of showing us who is at the helm. So let's focus on being the best version of ourselves. Hand over the rest to Him.

[Iyabode @kawsul]

(3) Follow, [O mankind], what has been revealed to you from your Lord and do not follow other than Him any allies. Little do you remember.

[Iyabode @kawsul]

Al-A'raf 7:1-3

(1) Alif, Lām, Meem, Ṣād.
(2) [This is] a Book revealed to you, [O Muḥammad] - so let there not be in your breast distress therefrom - that you may warn thereby and as a reminder to the believers.

[Iyabode @kawsul]

Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.

[Iyabode @kawsul]

Al-An'am 6:164-165

(164) Say, "Is it other than Allāh I should desire as a lord while He is the Lord of all things? And every soul earns not [blame] except against itself, and no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return,

[Iyabode @kawsul]

and He will inform you concerning that over which you used to differ."
(165) And it is He who has made you successors upon the earth and has raised some of you above others in degrees [of rank] that He may try you through what He has given you.

[𝑰𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝑨. 𝑶𝒏𝒊 PhD @IdrisAOni1]

Do Not Say “In Shāʾ Allāh” When Making Duʿāʾ

When making duʿāʾ (supplication), we should ask Allah with confidence, humility and determination. We should not say, for example:

“O Allah, forgive me, in shāʾ Allāh.”
“May Allah heal you, in shāʾ Allāh.”
“May Allah grant us success, in shāʾ Allāh.”

The Prophet ﷺ specifically taught us not to attach “if You will” to our supplications. He said:

لَا يَقُلْ أَحَدُكُمْ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي إِنْ شِئْتَ، اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْنِي إِنْ شِئْتَ، لِيَعْزِمِ الْمَسْأَلَةَ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا مُكْرِهَ لَهُ

“None of you should say: ‘O Allah, forgive me if You will; O Allah, have mercy upon me if You will.’ Rather, let him be resolute in asking, for no one can compel Allah.” (Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī and Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim).

In shāʾ Allāh - “if Allah wills” is appropriately used when speaking about what we intend or expect to do in the future: “I will visit you tomorrow, in shāʾ Allāh.” This is in accordance with the Qurʾānic instruction: “And never say of anything, ‘I will certainly do that tomorrow,’ without adding, ‘if Allah wills.’” (Qurʾān 18:23–24)

But duʿāʾ is different. When asking Allah, ask Him directly and earnestly:

“May Allah forgive us. Āmīn.”
“May Allah heal you completely. Āmīn.”
“May Allah grant us success and barakah. Āmīn.”

Supplication is the place for hope, certainty and earnest asking, not conditional requests.

Ask Allah with confidence. Hope greatly in His mercy. End your duʿāʾ with Āmīn, not “in shāʾ Allāh.”

[Iyabode @kawsul]

my living and my dying are for Allāh, Lord of the worlds.
(163) No partner has He. And this I have been commanded, and I am the first [among you] of the Muslims."

[Iyabode @kawsul]

Al-An'am 6:161-163

(161) Say, "Indeed, my Lord has guided me to a straight path - a correct religion - the way of Abraham, inclining toward truth. And he was not among those who associated others with Allāh."
(162) Say, "Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice,

[Mufti Menk @muftimenk]

Almighty. Help us cultivate the best manners. Grant us sound faith and conviction. Forgive our sins; the small, the major, those done privately and openly. Grant our soul strength and purify it. You have complete power over every aspect of our existence. Aameen

[Iyabode @kawsul]

not [associated] with them in anything. Their affair is only [left] to Allāh; then He will inform them about what they used to do.

[Iyabode @kawsul]

Al-An'am 6:158-159

(158) Do they [then] wait for anything except that the angels should come to them or your Lord should come or that there come some of the signs of your Lord? The Day that some of the signs of your Lord will come no soul will

[Iyabode @kawsul]

benefit from its faith as long as it had not believed before or had earned through its faith some good. Say, "Wait. Indeed, we [also] are waiting."
(159) Indeed, those who have divided their religion and become sects - you, [O Muḥammad], are

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[Iyabode @kawsul]

and do not follow [other] ways, for you will be separated from His way. This has He instructed you that you may become righteous.

[Iyabode @kawsul]

Al-An'am 6:152-153

(152) And do not approach the orphan's property except in a way that is best [i.e., intending improvement] until he reaches maturity. And give full measure and weight in justice. We do not charge any soul except [with that within] its capacity.

[Iyabode @kawsul]

And when you speak [i.e., testify], be just, even if [it concerns] a near relative. And the covenant of Allāh fulfill. This has He instructed you that you may remember.
(153) And, [moreover], this is My path, which is straight, so follow it;

[Iyabode @kawsul]

And do not approach immoralities - what is apparent of them and what is concealed. And do not kill the soul which Allāh has forbidden [to be killed] except by [legal] right. This has He instructed you that you may use reason."

[Iyabode @kawsul]

Al-An'am 6:151

(151) Say, "Come, I will recite what your Lord has prohibited to you. [He commands] that you not associate anything with Him, and to parents, good treatment, and do not kill your children out of poverty; We will provide for you and them.