# Prayers of the Pious Ramadan Series

**Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman
**Series:** Prayers of the Pious
**Published:** 2018-05-04
**YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8lZIXEHsw8
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/prayers-of-the-pious-coming-this-ramadan
**Topics:** Acts of Worship, Sharia

## Description
The personal pleas and prayers of the righteous, teaching us how to call upon our Lord as they did. Join Sh. Omar Suleiman as he covers the prayers of the pious.

## Transcript
**[0:00]** There's a great scholar by the name of Muhammad Mokhtar al-Shanqiti who made this comment that's very profound. He said that have people reached a point in their ignorance of Allah that they don't even know how to call out to him anymore. They don't even know how to have a personal conversation between them and God. And if you think about what a personal

**[0:18]** du'a looks like, the word in Arabic is munajat, their pleas. What a personal plea and call looks like to Allah. Allah doesn't care if you rhyme or how you sound or you know, even sometimes you can call out to Allah in whatever language. It doesn't matter. It's about how

**[0:34]** sincere it is. Imam Ahmed, may Allah have mercy on him, he was asked what is the distance between us and the throne of God? He said a pious prayer from a pure heart. That's how we connect to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And though we look at the prophetic prescriptions of prayer and the best prayers, the best supplications are the ones taught to us by the Qur'an, by

**[0:54]** divine revelation and by the Prophet peace be upon him. The Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam largely encouraged the people around him to learn to call upon Allah in a personal way, in a very personal way. And if you look at the companions of the Prophet peace be upon him, they're essentially a generation of yaqeen, they're a generation of certainty,

**[1:12]** they're a generation of being connected to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in their own unique ways. So what we're going to do this Ramadan inshallah is we're actually going to take a prayer every single day from one of our pious predecessors, mostly from the companions,

**[1:27]** and learn how to call upon our Creator the same way that they called upon him. And what I want you to do is to actually follow along with this series on a daily basis, but also have your own du'a journal, your own prayer journal, where you start to write down your own prayers following the same mannerisms that they used, and hopefully we can connect

**[1:44]** to Allah the way that they connected to Allah. So I pray that you'll join me every day by clicking on the link below, share it with everyone that you know, and make sure that you also keep us in your prayers.

## Other Episodes in "Prayers of the Pious"
- [Episode 30: Show Us Guidance and Error | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-30-show-us-guidance-and-error-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 29: Beautify Me Internally | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-29-beautify-me-internally-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 28: If You Have Written Me From The Sinful... | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-28-if-you-have-written-me-from-the-sinful-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 27: You Took My Kids | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-27-you-took-my-kids-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 26: You Are You, and I Am Me | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-26-you-are-you-and-i-am-me-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 25: Oh Teacher of Abraham | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-25-oh-teacher-of-abraham-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 24: Your Beautiful Veil | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-24-your-beautiful-veil-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 23: My Sincerity to Your Creation | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-23-my-sincerity-to-your-creation-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 22: Your Perfect Light | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-22-your-perfect-light-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 21: Death After Fajr | Prayers of the Pious Ramadan Series](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-21-death-after-fajr-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 20: Don't Ask Allah for Patience | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-20-dont-ask-allah-for-forgiveness-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 19: Make Me Better Than What They Think | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-19-make-me-better-than-what-they-think-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 18: A Reminder of My Illness | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-18-a-reminder-of-my-illness-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 17: His Prayer Amazed the Prophet ﷺ | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-17-his-prayer-amazed-the-prophet-ﷺ-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 16: A House on Fire | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-16-a-house-on-fire-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 15: The Prayer of a Tree | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-15-the-prayer-of-a-tree-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 14: My Evil vs. His Good | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-14-my-evil-vs-his-good-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 13: A Station of Patience Without Trial | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-13-a-station-of-patience-without-trial-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 12: Don’t Make an Example Out of Me | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-12-dont-make-an-example-out-of-me-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 11: Don’t Punish a Tongue of Praise | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-11-dont-punish-a-tongue-of-praise-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 10: A Prayer More Powerful Than the Wind | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-10-a-prayer-more-powerful-than-the-wind-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 9: The Greed of the Soul | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/the-greed-of-the-soul-prayers-of-the-pious.md)
- [Episode 8: The Precious Prayer of A Mother | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-8-the-precious-prayer-of-a-mother-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 7: O Allah, You Know That I Love You | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-7-o-allah-you-know-that-i-love-you-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 6: The Highest Companionship in the Highest Garden | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-6-the-highest-companionship-in-the-highest-garden-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 5: The Hand That Kills Me | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-5-the-hand-that-kills-me-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 4: Enormity of My Sins vs His Mercy | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-4-enormity-of-my-sins-vs-his-mercy-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 3: A Covenant with Allah | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-3-a-covenant-with-allah-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 2: His Door is Always Open | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-2-his-door-is-always-open-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)
- [Episode 1: The Best of My Days | Prayers of the Pious](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/prayers-of-the-pious/episode-1-the-best-of-my-days-prayers-of-the-pious-ramadan-series.md)