# The Prophetic Way of Calling Upon Allah | Daily Reminders

**Author:** Dr. Tahir Wyatt
**Series:** Reminders
**Published:** 2020-04-16
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/lKrOAAf2OKg
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/reminders/the-prophetic-way-of-calling-upon-allah-daily-reminders
**Topics:** Acts of Worship, Sharia

## Description
The COVID-19 outbreak has shown us how vulnerable we are and our need of a higher power. Sh. Tahir Wyatt describes a du’a we can make for divine protection and the best time to offer the supplication. ‏اللهم فاطر السماوات والأرض عالم الغيب والشهادة، أشهد أن لا إله إلا أنت رب كل شيء ومليكه، أعوذ بك...

## Transcript
**[0:00]** Alhamdulillah, wasalatu wasalamu ala rasulullah wa ala alihi wa sahbihi man wala ma ba'd. Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. If one thing has become very clear during this pandemic, it is human vulnerability. We are truly in need of a higher power. We're truly in need of

**[0:18]** Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. This microscopic, something that cannot be seen with the naked eye, has taken the greatest nations on earth and has shaken them to their core. SubhanAllah. Allah Azawajal reminds us in the Qur'an, ya ayyuha al-nas, antumul fuqara'u ila Allah,

**[0:35]** O mankind, it is you who are in need of Allah. Wallahu huwa al-ghaniyyu al-hamid. And Allah is al-ghani. He is inherently rich, not in need of anything, independent of needs, subhanahu wa ta'ala. Wallahu huwa al-hamid. And He is the one who is worthy of all praise. And because we are vulnerable,

**[0:56]** we need divine protection. We need protection from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And getting that protection, there are certain things that we can do and there are things that we can say. There are duas that we can make. Yes, we can make up our own duas from our own minds and hearts,

**[1:12]** but there's no doubt that there's nobody that called upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala better than our Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam. And he taught his companions also how to call upon Allah. In fact, there are certain duas that the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam would teach

**[1:30]** his companions the way that he would teach them a surah from the Qur'an. And there are several narrations where we find the companions teaching their wives and their children and their students. They would teach them dua the way that they would teach them a surah from the Qur'an. Just to show you how important it is to preserve the wording of the duas of the Prophet salallahu

**[1:53]** alayhi wa sallam and to learn the prophetic way of calling upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. So I'd like to go over briefly a dua that the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam taught his most beloved companion, the best of the companions, Abu Bakr Siddiq radiyallahu ta'ala anhu. And

**[2:12]** that's significant that the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam taught this particular dua to his best or his favorite companion, the best of mankind after the prophets and messengers, that is the first khalifa of Islam, Abu Bakr Siddiq radiyallahu ta'ala anhu. He came to the Prophet

**[2:30]** salallahu alayhi wa sallam one day and he said, Ya Rasulullah, alimni ma'akulu idha asbahtu wa idha amsayt. Oh messenger of Allah, teach me what I can say in the morning and in the evening. And the morning time refers to the time when Salatul Fajr comes in up until sunrise. That's

**[2:53]** considered to be the morning and the evening time is from the time the Salatul Asr comes in until Maghrib. So this particular dua is one of those duas that has a specific time that it should be said. It doesn't mean you can't say it at other times of the day, but you should specifically say

**[3:10]** it at these particular times. So he says, Oh messenger of Allah, teach me what I can say in the morning and in the evening. So the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam said to him, say, Allahumma fatir al-samawati wal-ard, alim al-ghaybi wa shahada, la ilaha illa ant,

**[3:27]** rabba kulli shay'in wa malikahu, a'udhu bika min sharri nafsi wa min sharri shaytan wa shirkihi, wa an aqtarifa ala nafsi suan, aw ajurrahu ila muslim. Now don't think that this dua is too long.

**[3:43]** I should just hear it out. Understand what you're saying. It's very important that when you call upon Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, that your heart is not preoccupied, that you recognize what it is that you're actually asking for. And so we're going to go through this just a little bit,

**[4:00]** one step at a time, hopefully, so that you can understand what this dua means. Allahumma fatir al-samawati wal-ard, Oh Allah, originator of the heavens and the earth, the creator of the heavens and the earth, alim al-ghaybi wa shahada, the one who knows the unseen

**[4:19]** and that which is visible and seen and can be experienced. So oftentimes we say ghayb is unseen, but the ghayb is anything that you don't, that you can't experience. Okay. Alim al-ghaybi wa shahada, la ilaha ila ant, there is no true God except for you. So you alone have the right to be worshiped.

**[4:39]** Rabba kulli shay'in wa malikahu, the Lord of all things and its master, a'udhu bika min shirji nafsi, I seek refuge in you from the evil of myself,

**[4:56]** wa min shirji shaytan wa shirkihi, and from the evil of shaytan and his encouragement to commit idolatry, his encouragement for me to commit shirk, okay, to associate partners with you. a'udhu bika min shirji nafsi, wa min shirji shaytan wa shirkihi, wa an aqtarifa ala nafsi su'an,

**[5:18]** aw ajurruhu ila muslim, or that I would cause myself some harm or cause another Muslim some harm. Now, what you see is that the beginning of this dua is all praise of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. It's mentioning his greatness and his majesty and his perfection subhanahu wa ta'ala.

**[5:38]** It is mentioning that he is the Lord of everything, that he is the master of everything subhanahu wa ta'ala, and therefore everything is within the control of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And by starting this dua in this way, we're starting it the way that Surah al-Fatiha starts,

**[5:54]** with the praise of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, before we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for anything. And this is very important, this is from the etiquettes of dua, okay, that we begin our dua with the praise of Allah. And then we make our ask. And in this particular hadith,

**[6:09]** or this particular dua, what we see is that we're seeking refuge in Allah. From what? From the sources of evil, and from being the victims of evil. So we say, Oh Allah, I seek refuge in you from the evil of myself, from the evil of shaitan.

**[6:30]** These are the two sources of evil. That is that the evil may come from inside of myself, from within me, or it may come from the shaitan. من شرش شيطان و شركه And from his incitement and encouragement to commit shirk,

**[6:48]** associating partners with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, which is the greatest of all sins. من أقترف على نفسي سؤال And I also seek refuge. That I would bring harm to myself, or that I would bring harm to another Muslim.

**[7:09]** So who is the victim, if you will, of the sources of evil? Once evil happens, you're either going to be the victim of it yourself, that you bring some harm to yourself, or that you bring that harm to another person. And subhanAllah, during widespread illnesses, pandemics,

**[7:30]** when we're dealing with the situation of like right now, what we're dealing with, with COVID-19, you're dealing with this thing that subhanAllah, you may carry it to another person unwittingly. You may bring harm to yourself, or to somebody in your family, or to the community at large,

**[7:46]** and not even know that you are doing so. And so we need Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's protection from this. This is a very important dua that we memorize, that we say it every morning and every evening. I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to make us from

**[8:02]** amongst those whose tongues are constantly moist with his remembrance. We ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to guide us with his light.

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