Dua for 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 that You are watching us and that You are aware of our actions. O Allah, give us the courage and the strength of lions against nafs and Shaytaan. O Allah, nafs and Shaytaan do not want us to taste the enjoyment and the sweetness of Imaan. 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 Allah, put the love of good deeds into our hearts. O Allah, put the love of Salaah , the love of Zikr (Praise of Allah Ta’ala), the love of Tilawat, the love of fasting and the love of serving mankind into our hearts. O Allah, give us the taufeeq of making Salaah, 5 times a day, in Jamaat, in the Musjid – 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 Ramadaan of going for Haj, if Fardh. 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 (SAW). 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 O Allah, protect us from abuse of Your ne’mats. O Allah, give us the taufeeq of appreciating Your Bounties. O Allah, give hidayat to everyone. O Allah, we want to become Your Walis . ‘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.”
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 their children obedient to them, and make their children obedient to You and Your Rasul 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. 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 Ummat.”
Du’aa of Rasulullah
“ O my beloved Allah, Nabi made du’aa for the Ummat his entire life’. O Allah, especially in Hajjatul Widaa ‘with his 124 000 glorious companions’ O Allah, how much Your Beloved Nabi cried; that sinless Nabi’ ‘O Allah, for whom did he cry ? ‘His Ihraam became wet with his tears’ O Allah, the duas he made when attached to the Multazam , the duas he made in the Hateem , the duas that he made under the Meezaabur Rahmah , the duas he made after performing Salaah behind the Maqaam-e-Ibraheem ‘ O my Allah, the duas he made after drinking Zam Zam , ‘the duas which he made on Safa and Marwa , the duas he made at Arafat ‘ from Zuhr till Maghrib , then the duas that he made at Mina and Muzdalifa … ‘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 Ummat with that goodness. O Allah, protect us, our wives, children and families and the entire Ummah of Nabi , from all the fitnahs, mischief and corruption he asked protection from ‘ especially the fitnah of Dajjaal”
Dua for 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. 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 of Taqwa, with the Noor of Zikr (Praise of Allah Ta’ala) and Tilawat and with Tawakkul 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 , 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. O Allah, sins have not brought us any good. ‘A little while of pleasure and then restlessness, 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 barakat to come into our lives, into our homes and into our businesses, but O Allah, how can it 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 newspapers, and all the other evils that we have filled our homes with. 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, then 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.”
Dua for the Sacrifices of Rasulullah
“ O my Allah, Rasulullah’s e concern at all times, was nothing but the Ummat. O Allah, he wanted to see all enter Jannat (Heaven in Urdu). O Allah, Rasulullah (SAW) made du’aa for the Ummah, day and night. O Allah, my beloved Nabi – 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, 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?” O Allah, he was stoned in Taif, at Uhud ‘. O Allah, he was stoned so much that his shoes became filled with his mubarak blood. He was hurt and injured at so many places. O Allah, when the blood of Your Beloved e, 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 musallah (Prayer Mat) used to become wet with his tears’ O my beloved Allah, my beloved Nabi was boycotted and ostracized for three solid years with his family. ‘The time came when they had to chew leather to survive, when they had to chew the leaves of trees to survive’ O my Allah, he was Rahmatul-lil-‘Aalameen. He dearly loved this Ummat. O Allah, even in his last moments, there was nothing but the concern of his Ummaties O Allah, in the Aakhirah, he will not wish to enter Jannat (Heaven in Urdu) until his Ummaties enter Jannat (Heaven in Urdu). O Allah, for the sake of the Ummat, 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.”
Dua for 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, 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, 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. ‘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 and Forgiveness. 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 don’t ask of You, then 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, with their tilawat and Zikr (Praise of Allah Ta’ala), with their piety and their good deeds. O 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 Sharif : ‘Do not despair of the Mercy of Allah”. O Allah, man has made dynamite sticks, which blow up huge mountains’ O Allah, ‘What is it 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 , 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’ ‘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? 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 with the waters of the oceans, our wudhu is valid; if we have to take ghusl, then 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. 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 Forgiving, forgive us. O Allah, even if some dry crumbs are thrown at 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 ne’mats from You’ 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 has informed
Dua for Services rendered of 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 every worker with Ikhlaas and accept their services to Deen. O Allah, accept the effort of Tabligh of Da`wat, of the Madaaris, Makaatib, Daarul Ulooms, Masaajid, and Khanqas. O Allah, accept the efforts made by the Mashaa`ik O Allah, accept the services to humanity, of those who are rendering welfare.”
Dua for the cure from Sickness
“ O Allah, we are spiritually sick and we are physically sick. O my Allah, so many of our brothers and sisters, and our parents are sick and ailing. They are in hospitals. Some are in nursing homes and old-age homes. O Allah, grant shifa 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 Allah, even if such sickness is a rahmat’O Allah, change it to the rahmat of good health. ‘But 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.”
Dua for 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 Sharif, of Zikr (Praise of Allah Ta’ala) and Ibaadat, of Haj and ‘Umrah, of Da’wat and Tabligh and of charities. O Allah, give us the taufeeq of doing all Ibaadat with Ikhlaas 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 O Allah, with Your power of Jazb make us Yours. O Allah, we want the hearts that You give to the Auliya-e-Siddiqeen O Allah, bless us with the ne’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; so that it may be easy to do that which is pleasing to You and pleasing to Rasulullah”
Dua for The Suffering of the Ummah
“ 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 Sharif for our guidance. O Allah, Rasulullah (SAW) left us His beautiful Sunnah 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. O Allah, just as Rasulullah predicted, the enemies of Islam are calling one another to join in devouring the Ummah. But O Allah, You are our Protector. O my Kareem Allah, the enemies of Islam have ganged up against the Muslims. Even Muslim governments have joined their alliances and coalition. 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’ O Allah, unite the entire Ummat. 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 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. O Allah, You are the same Allah who was present in Badr, at Uhud , at the Fath-e-Makkah’ O Allah, You haven’t become weak. We have become weak. O Allah, Just as You sent the ababeel and destroyed Abraha and his forces, which had set out to destroy the Ka’bah Sharif’. O Allah, send disaster against these forces who are out to destroy the Ummat. 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. O Allah, humiliate the enemies. Crush the enemies. O Allah, destroy them like how You destroyed the ‘Aad and the Thamud. O my beloved Allah, send Your angels and assist and help the mujahideen 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, in Afghanistan, in India, in Bosnia, in Chechniya, in Kosova, in Kashmir, in Iraq 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 ‘sin’, 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’ 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 Ummat. O Allah, change the conditions of adversity, to conditions of prosperity. 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 Ummat of Nabi ; forgive the Ummat of Nabi ; shower Your Rahmat upon the Ummat of Nabi ; overlook the sins and weaknesses and shortcomings of the Ummat of Nabi. Our Sustainer, 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.”