# Salawat Connects You to All Believers | Episode 9 | Secrets of Salah | The Hidden Gems of Prayer

**Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman
**Series:** Secrets of Salah | Dhul Hijjah 2025
**Published:** 2025-06-04
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/6GgNCnONmqI
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/secrets-of-salah-dhul-hijjah-2025/salawat-connects-you-to-all-believers-episode-9-secrets-of-salah-the-hidden-gems-of-prayer
**Topics:** Faith

## Description
You bow. You rise. You whisper words you’ve said a thousand times. But what if every motion of salah held its own key to khushoo’? In this series, go deeper into the language, the postures, and the presence of salah. Join Dr. Omar Suleiman to spend the 10 days of Dhul Hijjah exploring the most...

## Transcript
**[0:00]** Tawus was one of the narrators, rahimahullah. He once said to his son, did you make this supplication your prayer? He said no. So he said get up and repeat the salah. Not to say that it's a fard in a salah, but like when you're trying to teach someone how important this is, make this part of every salah.

**[0:15]** I don't care how rushed you are. Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar. But then comes Salat Ibrahimiyyah and any du'a that you want.

**[0:33]** Now, let's start with Salat Ibrahimiyyah, which is salah on the Prophet (ﷺ) and is the best salah, the best way to send salawat in the words of the Prophet (ﷺ). Now, there is a wisdom of this with Ibrahim (عليه السلام) mentioned as well.

**[0:48]** But I want to start with the coherence of the salah. Innaka Hameedun Majeed. Okay, you'll say Allahumma Salli Ala Muhammadin Wa Ala Ali Muhammad Kama Sallayta Ala Ibrahim Wa Ala Ali Ibrahim. Innaka Hameedun Majeed. Okay, you'll praise Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala.

**[1:03]** You'll say Allah is worthy of all praise and glory. So, oh Allah send your peace and blessings upon Muhammad (ﷺ) and his family as you sent it on Ibrahim and his family. Innaka Hameedun Majeed. You are worthy of all praise and all glory. Remember in Al-Fatiha, Athna Alayi Abdi Majadani Abdi.

**[1:22]** Okay, so this encompassing praise and glorification now shows up at the end of Salat. I want you to connect the beginning to the end in this regard. Second thing I want you to pay attention to are when we say Ali Muhammad, Allahumma Salli Ala Muhammadin Wa Ala Ali Muhammad

**[1:40]** First of all, we already established that the Salat of Allah is praise. So we're asking Allah to praise our Messenger (ﷺ) to bestow his praises further praises upon and we are praised in the process of that. But are we asking Allah then to send his prayers upon the family of

**[1:55]** the Prophet (ﷺ). So if this meaning is speaking about Ahlul Bayt, it fits the people of the household. The Prophet (ﷺ) said in an authentic hadith, He said (ﷺ),

**[2:12]** Love Allah for what he provides you of his blessings and love me due to the love of Allah and love the people of my house due to the love of Allah. And so we love the family of the Prophet (ﷺ) because of the love of the Prophet (ﷺ) and we

**[2:27]** love the Prophet (ﷺ) because of the love of Allah 'Azza wa Jal. So that love is a very specific type of love and reverence that we have and has to exist in the heart of the believer. Some of the scholars, they expanded the meaning of Ali Muhammad in this regard to include the believers as well, Al-Muttaqeen and those

**[2:46]** that follow because the Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned that the closest people to me are Al-Muttaqeen, are the pious ones wherever they are and whenever they arise, whoever they are, right? So that it transcends that love of the Prophet (ﷺ) that they are my brothers.

**[3:03]** They are my loved ones. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala make us amongst them who believe in the Prophet (ﷺ) even though they never have seen him. May Allah 'Azza wa Jal make us amongst them. Allahumma Ameen. Now as far as the inclusion of Ibrahim (عليه السلام), there's a coherence part to it and then there is an expansion part of it when you look at the

**[3:20]** person of Ibrahim (عليه السلام). The cohesion part of it is Allah 'Azza wa Jal mentioned Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu Alaykum Ahlul Bayt Innahu Hamidun Majeed So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala mentions about Ibrahim (عليه السلام) The mercy of Allah and his blessings be upon you people of his house.

**[3:37]** Surely he is worthy of all praise and glory. So some of the scholars say that the inclusion of Kamal Sallayta Ala Ibrahim Ala Ali Ibrahim, let this beautiful praise that you bestowed upon Ibrahim (عليه السلام) and his family, let it be bestowed upon Muhammad (ﷺ) and his family or his people as well.

**[3:53]** So there's the cohesion part but then there is something to expand from this. Think about the centrality of Ibrahim (عليه السلام) in the religion. The centrality of Ibrahim who wanted Salah established and now here he is. He's a part of us establishing our Salah.

**[4:10]** Ascending peace upon Ibrahim (عليه السلام). He's in a barren desert saying Rabbana liyuqeemus Salah, let my descendants establish the prayer. And now here we are the descendants or the followers of his greatest descendant being Muhammad (ﷺ) and we're sending

**[4:26]** Salah upon Ibrahim (عليه السلام). And so there is that beautiful connection that we have with Ibrahim (عليه السلام). He is central to our Hajj, one pillar of Islam. He is central to our Salah as well in this regard. May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala send his peace and blessings upon him and

**[4:44]** allow us all to be joined together with those who Allah 'Azza wa Jal is pleased with. And certainly Ibrahim (عليه السلام) is Abu Al-Anbiya, the father of the prophets and he is amongst those the highest of those that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is pleased with. Then you can ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala for the best du'as for

**[5:03]** yourself. Now, generally speaking the du'as for Talab, how do you divide the du'as before the Taslim and the du'as after Taslim? Because you're going to make du'as and dhikr before you say Salam Alaikum and then after you say Salam Alaikum. Generally speaking, it appears that the du'as for Talab, the du'as for

**[5:18]** asking are to be taken before the Taslim. Ask Allah for all of your Hawa'ij, Ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه) said for all of your needs at that point. Carry it with you to the end of your Salah. And the end of your Salah, there's a very special period after you've praised Allah and you've sent Salawat.

**[5:34]** That's the best time to ask Allah for anything. In general with your du'a, Hamd and Salawat go into your du'a. So ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala at that point and then after Taslim the narrations tend to suggest adhkar, remembrances more so than Talab.

**[5:51]** Even though of course you can make du'a for Talab as well after the Taslim. There's no problem with it at all. It's just about what's the best time to praise Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and to do so. So for example, when the Prophet (ﷺ) said to Mu'adh ibn Jabal (رضي الله عنه), Ya Mu'adh, I love you.

**[6:08]** And don't forget to say at the end of every Salah, Allahumma a'inni ala dhikrika, wa shukrika, wa husni ibadatika. Oh Allah, enable me to properly remember you, to properly thank you and to worship you with excellence.

**[6:23]** You're asking Allah to enable you. Is this before the Taslim or after the Taslim? Some of the scholars and I believe this is the more correct opinion say this is before the Taslim because the du'a of Talab, du'a of asking. So you actually would make this du'a before you say Salam Alaikum, right? So take any du'as that you want at that time, but you'll notice that

**[6:41]** what the Prophet (ﷺ) would do and again connects the end of the Salah to the beginning of the Salah is he used this time for isti'adha, seeking refuge in Allah from very specific things. In the beginning of the Salah, the Prophet (ﷺ) sought refuge in Allah from who? Shaytan.

**[6:57]** At the end of the Salah, so many of the companions have narrated this. There's so much thabat. There are multiple narrations of the Prophet (ﷺ) seeking refuge in Allah from what? He would say and he would teach the companions not to rise from their Salah until they would say

**[7:29]** There are multiple narrations of sounds very similar in this regard, but the concepts are the same. So you would seek refuge from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala from from the punishment of the fire. So he'd seek refuge in Allah from the fire.

**[7:46]** Then he'd seek refuge in Allah from the great, the punishment of the grave. You know, qabr. Then he'd seek refuge in Allah from ad-dajjal. Okay, the greatest fitna on earth is ad-dajjal. Right? Then and it really makes you think about like this is 1400 years ago.

**[8:03]** We are objectively closer to the time of ad-dajjal and you live in ad-dajjal times. So how much should we be making du'a for Allah to protect us from ad-dajjal? Right? And then he would seek refuge in Allah from from the trials of life and death.

**[8:19]** And there are other narrations too, but Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala I actually want to say here that Tawus was one of the narrators. Rahimahullah. He once said to his son, did you make this supplication your prayer? He said no. So he said get up and repeat the Salah. Not to say that it's a fard in a Salah, but like when you're trying to teach someone how important this is, make this part of every Salah.

**[8:37]** I don't care how rushed you are. Or something along those lines. Seek refuge in Allah from these four things as the Prophet (ﷺ) always would. You also see that the Prophet (ﷺ) would say in some

**[8:53]** narrations, So the Prophet (ﷺ) would say, oh Allah, I seek refuge in you from cowardice. I seek refuge in you from stinginess. I seek refuge in you from feebleness, the difficulties of old age.

**[9:11]** Also the Prophet (ﷺ), one narration, Oh Allah, I seek refuge in you from sin and debt. The point is that you can go as specific as you want in what you're seeking refuge in Allah from. So you started off seeking refuge in Allah from the shaytan, seek refuge in

**[9:27]** Allah from the things the Prophet (ﷺ) taught us to seek refuge from. And finally, As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah. The taslim.

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