Sunan Abi Dawud 21988
“One of you should not say (in his supplication): O Allah, forgive me if You please, show mercy to me if You please.’ Rather, be firm in your asking, for no one can force Him.”
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Sunan Abi Dawud 21989
“One of you is granted an answer (to his supplication) provided he does not say: ‘I prayed but I was not granted an answer.’”
Sunan Abi Dawud 21990
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not cover the walls. He who sees the letter of his brother without his permission, sees Hell-fire. Supplicate Allah with the palms of your hands; do not supplicate Him with their backs upwards. When you finish supplication, wipe your faces with them. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted […]
Sunan Abi Dawud 21984
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Supplication (du’a’) is itself the worship. (He then recited:) “And your Lord said: Call on Me, I will answer you” (xI.60).
Sunan Abi Dawud 21985
Ibn Sa’d said: My father (Sa’d ibn AbuWaqqas) heard me say: O Allah, I ask Thee for Paradise, its blessings, its pleasure and such-and-such, and such-and-such; I seek refuge in Thee from Hell, from its chains, from its collars, and from such-and-such, and from such-and-such. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: […]
Sunan Abi Dawud 21986
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) heard a person supplicating during prayer. He did not mention the greatness of Allah, nor did he invoke blessings on the Prophet (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: He made haste. He then called him and said either to him or to any other person: If any of you […]
Sunan Abi Dawud 21987
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) liked comprehensive supplication and abandoned other kinds.
Sunan Abi Dawud 21981
These modes of reading aimed at the same point, not different in respect of lawful and unlawful.
Sunan Abi Dawud 21982
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Ubayy, I was asked to recite the Qur’an and I was asked: ‘In one mode or two modes?’ The angel that accompanied me said: ‘Say, in two modes’, I said: ‘In two modes’, I was asked again: ‘In two or three modes’. The matter reached up to seven modes. He then […]
Sunan Abi Dawud 21983
The Prophet (ﷺ) was present at the pool of Banu Ghifar, Gabriel came to him and said: “Allah has commanded you to make your community read (the Qur’an) in one harf. He (the Prophet) said: ‘I beg Allah His pardon and forgiveness; my community has not strength to do so’. He then came for the […]