# Episode 30: Show Us Guidance and Error | Prayers of the Pious

**Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman
**Series:** Prayers of the Pious
**Published:** 2018-06-14
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/cOTicn0LLgA
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-30-show-us-guidance-and-error-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series
**Topics:** Acts of Worship, Sharia

## Description
In the final episode of the Prayers of the Pious series, Sh. Omar Suleiman reflects upon the du’a of Umar and praying for guidance. [ Day 30 Du’a ] اللَّهُمَّ أَرِنِ الحَقَّ حَقّاً وَوَفِّقْنِيْ لأِتِّبَاعِهِ، وَأَرِنِ البَاطِلَ بَاطِلاً وَوَفِّقْنِيْ لِاجْتِنَابِهِ “O Allah show me guidance as...

## Transcript
**[0:00]** Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh everyone. Welcome to the final episode of prayers of the pious. So as we've been going through all of these different prayers, how do I know what the truth is?

**[0:15]** How do I know what Allah really wants from me? How do I know that I'm upon that which is going to enter me into Jannah and eventually earn me that mercy? If you look at Surah Al-Fatiha, there's a prayer for guidance and I felt like it would be fitting to end this series

**[0:30]** with a prayer for guidance. First and foremost, understand that there is no way that you're going to ask Allah sincerely for guidance 17 times a day and he leads you astray. So if you are sincere and you're asking for guidance, Allah will guide you and that's what I tell everyone that's

**[0:46]** searching, that's looking for truth. Ask Allah for guidance. Ask Allah for hidayah and that's what made Omar radiallahu anhu's dua which I'll end with this series so special. It's a dua that has different variations. It's been narrated by different companions.

**[1:02]** This one is particularly from Omar radiallahu ta'ala anhu where he asked Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala, he said Allahumma arini alhaqqa haqqa, wa wafiqni liittiba'ihi wa arina albaatila baatila, wa wafiqni liijtinabihi Again, Allahumma arini alhaqqa haqqa, wa wafiqni liittiba'ihi

**[1:21]** wa arina albaatila baatila, wa wafiqni liijtinabihi which means, oh Allah show me the truth as truth and guide me to follow it and show me the false as false and guide me to avoid it. Sometimes you might be doing something that feels right,

**[1:37]** but it's not actually guidance and righteousness. Sometimes you might be engaging in something and you're not so sure about it. Sometimes you hear different people telling you different things about how to get close to Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and you're unsure. The most important dua to keep in mind

**[1:52]** always is the dua for guidance. Ehdina al sirat al mustaqeem, guide us, guide us to understand your message properly, guide us to practice the sunnah of your prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam properly, guide us to see our faults, guide us to see our shortcomings, guide

**[2:08]** us so that we do not take a path unknowingly that leads us away from you. So I hope insha'Allah ta'ala that as you've benefited from this series and you've benefited from the month of Ramadan and from the prayers of the Salaf that you don't forget this particular prayer and these particular duas.

**[2:24]** May Allah allow you and I to be upon the path of guidance and to guide others. May Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala never let us be led astray by the by the accursed devil or by the the lowliness of ourselves and may Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala allow that path of guidance

**[2:40]** to result in a full path to paradise and in entering into his mercy on the day of judgment. Allahumma ameen, Jazakum Allah khayran. I'll see you all next time insha'Allah, hopefully not until the next Ramadan, but subhanAllah it just started raining

**[2:55]** and it's the end of the series. So I'll take that as a sign. Jazakum Allah khayran, Eid Mubarak. May Allah bless you and your families. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.

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