Section: Recommended Supplications In Various Situations

Du'a connects man with his Lord and shelters him with Divine protection, kindness and care. Du'a is the essence of worship. It is the intimate companion in times of loneliness and the light in darkness. By means of du'a, Allah removes the calamity and improves the affairs of the individual and the Ummah (nation). It is the spirit of all virtuous deeds and the protective shields against the evils of men and jinn. Therefore, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had taught us varioussupplications for all times and situations; when getting up, going to bed, in seclusion, in open, in traveling, in dwelling, at night, at day, upon seeing a new moon, at the last hours of the night, etc.Thus it is imperative for one to become acquainted with the following illustrative supplications of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) to benefit from them.

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا، وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُوْرُTransliteration: Alhamdu lillaahil-ladhee 'ahyaanaa ba'da maa 'amaatanaa wa'ilayhin-nushoor.Translation: All praise is for Allah who gave us life after having taken it from us and unto Him is the resurrection. [Bukhari]اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَافَانِيْ فِي جَسَدِيْ، وَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ رُوحِيْ، وَأَذِنَ لِي بِذِكْرِهِTransliteration: Alhamdu lillaahil-ladhee 'aafaanee fee jasadee, wa radda 'alayya roo’hee, wa 'adhina lee bidhikrih.Translation: Praise is to Allah Who gave strength to my body and returned my soul to me and permitted me to remember Him.

1. On the authority of Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri te who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Whenever you hear the Adhan, repeat what the muadh-dhin is saying."2. On the authority of 'Abdullah Ibn 'Amr Ibn Al-'Aas that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say,"When you hear the muadh-dhin, repeat what he says and then ask Allah to bless me. Whoever asks Allah to bless me once will receive ten blessings from Him. Then ask Allah to grant me Al Wasilah, which is a special position in Paradise, which only one servant of Allah can attain. Would that I am one. He who asks Allah to grant me Al-Wasilah will be entitled to my intercession (on the day of judgement)." [Bukhari and Muslim]3. On the authority of Jabir Ibn 'Abdullah (Ra) who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Whoever says when he hears the Adhan".اَللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ، وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ، آتِ مُحَمَّدًا وَالْوَسِيْلَةَ وَالْفَضِيْلَةَ، وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُوْدًا الَّذِيْ وَعَدْتَهُTransliteration: Allaahumma rabba haadhi-hid-da watit-taammah, wassalaatil-qaa’imah, aati mu'hammadan-il- waseelata wal-fadeelah, wab‛ath-hu maqaaman ma'hmoodan-illadhee wa‛adtah.Translation: O Allah, Owner of this perfect call and Owner of this prayer to be performed, bestow upon Muhammad (ﷺ) al-waseelah and al-fadeelah and raise him upon a praised platform which You have promised him. [Muslim]4. On the authority of Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas (Ra) who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Whoever says when he hears the muadh-dhin,أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولًا وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًاTransliteration: Ash-hadu an laa ilaaha ill-Allahu wa'hdahu laa shareeka lahu wa anna mu'hammadan ‛abduhu wa rasooluhu, radeetu billaahi rabban wa bimu'hammadin rasoolan wa bil -islaami deen-an.Translation: I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone, without partner, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger (ﷺ). I am pleased with Allah as a Lord, and Muhammad as a Messenger and Islam as a religion.... Will have his sins forgiven" [Bukhari]Glorified be He who is the one unequaled. Glorified be He who is independent of all things (yet all things depend upon Him) Glorified be He who has lifted the sky without the use of pillars. Glorified be He who has laid out the earth firm on water. Glorified be He who has created the entire creation and has counted all.Glorified be He who distributes sustenance without neglecting anyone (or anything). Glorified be He who has no partner or son. Glorified be He who neither begets nor is He begotten nor does He have an equal. O Allah grant me Your love and the love of those who love you, And the love of those things which bring me closer to your love And make your love more cherished by me than cold water (in immense heat)In a Qudsi Hadith, Allah the Almighty has said:“O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam, were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as it."