Ramadan Du’as on Repeat
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Ep. 6 - Du'a Qunoot: Ending With Praises For Allah
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What was the du'a the Prophet ﷺ taught his grandson Hasan (rA)? Du'a qunoot, recited during the night prayer. In this episode, Dr. Tahir continues to shed light on that witr du'a, this time diving into its second part: praises for Allah. Knowing the meaning behind the words taught by the Prophet ﷺ can transform your witr salah both inside and outside of Ramadan.
Du’a of qunoot
اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ وَ عَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ و تَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ وَ بَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَ قِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ إنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلا يُقْضَى عَليْكَ إنَّهُ لا يَذِّلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ
Allahumma ihdini fi-man hadayta wa-ʿafini fi-man ʿafayta wa-tawallani fi-man tawwalayta wa-barik li fi-ma aʿtayta wa-qini sharra ma qadayta innaka taqdi wa-la yuqda ʿalayka innahu la yadhillu man walayta tabarakta wa-taʿalayta
O Allah, guide me among those whom You have guided, grant me well-being among those whom You have granted well-being, befriend me among those to whom You have befriended, bless me in what You have bestowed, and save me from the evil of what You have decreed. Truly, You decree and none can decree against You; one whom You have befriended is not humiliated. Blessed are You (O Allah) and Exalted.
Transcript
This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings. After those five requests, we finish off the du'a by praising Allah as he deserves to be praised. This corresponds with other Qur'anic du'a and also du'a from the sunnah of the Prophet, alayhi salatu wasalam, where we ask Allah for something, like we ask him for forgiveness and we ask him for mercy, and then we say at the end, innaka anta al-ghafoor al-raheem, for example, because you are al-ghafoor and you are al-raheem, you are the all-forgiving and you are the merciful. The same way that other du'as start with requests and then end with the praise of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, similarly this du'a starts with those five requests and then we praise Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, so we say, fa innaka taqdi wa la yuqda alik, because you are the one who decrees and no one can decree against you, meaning that nobody has the ability for anything to happen by their will without you willing it to happen. So this ties directly into the request that preceded it, which is waqini sharwa man khadhi, and save me, protect me from the evil of what you have decreed. We're saying because you're the only one who decrees, O Allah. Now, does this mean that, and this is very important for us as believers, does this mean that you're not going to be afflicted, that you're not going to face any hardship? No, it doesn't mean that. The best of the creation of Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, Muhammad ibn Abdillah, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, faced hardships, he faced afflictions. The Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, lost six of his seven children in his lifetime, yet he was the one closest to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala. So it doesn't mean we're not going to be tested. In fact, Abdurrahman ibn Auf, radiyaAllahu ta'ala anhu, that great companion of the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, he said,
waabtulina ma'a rasulillahi salallahu alayhi wa sallam biddarra'i basabarna. We were tested with the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, with difficulty, and we were patient with that. waabtulina ba'dahu bisarra'i falamnasbir. And we were tested after him, after the life of the Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, with prosperity, and we were not patient. SubhanAllah, you look at this, and they realized that everything that happened to them, whether it was adversity and difficulty, or whether it was ease and prosperity, that it's all a test from Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, and that Allah, azawajal, is going to test us with both ways. And it's not about the test, it's how we respond to that test. So we're asking Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, to decree for us that we respond to that test in a way that is pleasing to Him. fa innaka taqdi wa la yuqda alaik. Because you are the one who decrees, and nobody can decree against you. We then go on to say, innahu la yadhillu man waleyt. The one who you are the wali of will never be humiliated. And this again ties back into the early request, wa tawallani fi man tawallayt. And befriend me amongst those whom you have befriended, and be my ally, and be my companion. And so we're saying, well why is it that I want to be your wali? It's because the one who is your wali, oh Allah, that person is not humiliated. Again, does it mean that every believer, or every person whom Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala takes as a wali, that that person will never face defeat in this life? That they will never go through any hardships? Absolutely not. In fact, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said to the believers in the Quran after they lost at the battle of Uhud, wa la tahinu, wa la tahzanu, wa antumul a'laun in kuntum mu'mineen. Right? Allah says, look,
don't falter. La tahinu, wa la tahzanu. And don't be sad. Wa antumul a'laun. You all have the upper hand. You are al-a'laun, which is the opposite of being humiliated. On what condition? In kuntum mu'mineen. If you are in fact mu'mineen, people of faith. And so you're not being humiliated is actually tied to your iman. That is that the people of iman will never be humiliated. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says, wa lillahi al-izzah, wa li rasulihi wa li mu'mineen. To Allah belongs the honor and to his messenger and to the believers. And that is because the mu'mineen, the people of faith, their hearts are attached to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and Allah alone. And they do what they do seeking the pleasure of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And they only fear him. And their hope is with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And this is true honor. That person can never be humiliated. And a person who appears to have the material wealth, or perhaps they have some position of power, but they worship other than Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, and their heart is divided between this and that, between pleasing one entity and another entity, though that person may appear to have honor and might in this life, they are in fact humiliated inside of themselves. So a person may reach the highest status of anybody in this dunya, but if they are not a slave of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, then they are a slave to something else. And that is where humiliation lies. And this is highlighted by one of the scholars of Islam, Shaykh Abdur Rahman bin Nasir As-Sa'di rahimahu wa ta'ala, who says, wa min a'adha min fadha'ilihi anahu yuharriru al-abda min rikil makhluqeen wa ta'alluqi bihim wa al-amali li ajrihim wa khawfihim wa rajaihim wa thalika
al-izzu al-haqiqi wa sharuf al-ali. He says that from the greatest virtues of Tawheed is that it frees the person from bondage to the creation, from being attached and being a slave of a created being, and doing what you do for that created being, that is that's your intention behind what you do, or hoping in that created being, or fearing that created being, that it frees you from all of that. Wa thalika al-izzu al-haqiqi. And that is true honor. And a person who does that will never be humiliated. Then we finish off the dua, tabarakta rabbana wa ta'alait, blessed are you, our Lord, and you are exalted, ta'alait, you are exalted above, far above any deficiencies. When we say tabarakta, you are blessed, our Lord, that goes back to asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for baraka, because He is the most blessed, subhanahu wa ta'ala. He is the owner of baraka and the giver of baraka. And then we say wa ta'alait, and you are far above any deficiencies, our Lord. As you can see, this dua is comprehensive and it is amazing. And it doesn't stop in the month of Ramadan, because Ramadan is about building those good habits. So if you're praying throughout the nights of Ramadan, you're making qiyam or you're making tahajjud, that is a habit that you're building that insha'Allah you will continue to do after the month of Ramadan. Notice that the Prophet ﷺ taught this dua to his grandson, al-Hasan. So if the Prophet ﷺ took the time to teach this dua to someone who was so young, then how much more so is it important for us to learn this dua and also to teach it to those who are young. Learn this dua, memorize it, and convey it. Jazakumullah khair.
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