A Du'a Away
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Prelude: Is There a Du'a to Get Rich? | A Du'a Away
Is there a du’a to get rich? Are there du’as that can change my Decree? It’s not always about the change in circumstance; sometimes, we have more to gain with a change in perspective. This Dhul Hijjah, join Dr. Omar Suleiman to learn how du’a changes destiny and seek blessing in this world and the afterlife by learning a series of prophetic du’as.
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This transcript was auto-generated using AI and may contain misspellings. Is there a du'a to get rich? Is that even something you should be asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for? I remember a young man coming up to me and asking me this very question. Can I just make du'a for Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make me a millionaire, to make me rich? When we look through the du'as of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, we actually do find that he did make du'a for Anas sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and in that du'a, Allahumma akthir maala. Oh Allah, give him a lot of money. But the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam knows that Anas sallallahu alaihi wa sallam with a lot of money is a good thing for the world. That Anas sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is not going to be corrupted by that money. That Anas sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is going to use that wealth to please Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And so when you look through the body of du'as from the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in regards to wealth, it's just like a lot of the other things that we are taught to ask for. Sometimes it's not about what you have, it's about how you perceive it. Now ponder upon this narration from the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam where he says, qad aflaha man aslama waruziqa kafafan wa qanna'ahu allahu bima'ata. That verily he has succeeded who has embraced Islam and then has been given just enough of this world. And then Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made him content with what he has given him. There's something beautifully profound about this that the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam used to ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala not to be rich, but for Allah to give him enough and then to grant him blessing in what he has given him. You see when you're approaching Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, don't ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to feed an unhealthy addiction. Some of us are addicted to wealth. Instead ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to give you more so long as it is good for you and to bless you with what he has already given to you. You find most of the ahadith of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam that surround this notion of wealth to be about purifying that wealth. So Allahumma agnani bi halalika an haramik. Oh Allah, sustain me with halal and protect me
from haram. Or oh Allah, protect me from ad-dain, protect me from debt because debt can put us in all sorts of compromising situations. Or oh Allah, give me so that I can give because the one who wants so that he can give is a person that seeks to be a blessing in the world, not just one who hopes to consume more and more and more blessing in this life. And I want to give you this beautiful hadith from the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam which speaks to that initial hadith. The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said, Allahumma qani'ni bima razaqtani, wa barik li fihi, wa khluf alaiya kulla gha'ibatinni bi khair. Oh Allah, make me content with what you have given to me. Qani'ni literally is to convince me, let me be content. Let me see what I have as a lot and then put barakah, put blessing in that which you have given to me. And if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala puts blessing in a little, then it is so much more. And so asking Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to let you see it as a lot and then to actually make it a lot through barakah and then the last part of this dua and let everything that I have missed out on be replaced with something that is better. We always think that we're missing out on some sort of opportunity, but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is putting something ahead of us that's actually better for us so long as we respond with that which is good. Dear brothers and sisters, this dhul hijjah bi-idhnillahi ta'ala, we're going to be looking at the way that dua changes destiny and the way that the duas of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam speak to that desire change because it's not always about the change of circumstance. Sometimes it's about the change of perspective. And when we look at the duas of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in these very specific areas of our lives, then we start to realize that the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is not just revolutionizing the way that we call upon Allah. He's revolutionizing the way that we view Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And when we view Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala differently, we view
ourselves differently and we view the world around us differently as well. So join us bi-idhnillahi ta'ala for all 10 days as we go through the relationship between dua and destiny and the way the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam taught us to call upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in relation to the changes that we seek in life and more importantly what we seek in the afterlife. And as you're tuning in inshallah ta'ala we hope that you'll continue to make dua for us and that you'll continue to support the work of yaqeen bi-idhnillahi ta'ala with your sadaqah and we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make this beneficial to us in this life and in the hereafter and I look forward to being with you inshallah ta'ala for the next 10 days. BarakAllahu feekum wasalamu alaikum you
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