15. Dua for Hearts to obedience (Sahih Muslim)

اَللَّهُمَّ مُصَرِّفَ الْقُلُوبِ صَرِّفْ قُلُوبَنَا عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ

Dua for Hearts to obedience English Transliteration

Allaahumma musarrifal-qulubi, sarrif qulubana 'ala ta'atik

Dua for Hearts to obedience English Translation

O Allah! Controller of the hearts, direct our hearts to Your obedience.

Abdullah bin Amr bin al-'As (RA) reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Verily, the hearts of all the sons of Adam are between the two fingers out of the fingers of the Compassionate Lord as one heart. He turns that to any (direction) He likes. Then Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: (Dua mentioned above)

ReferenceMuslim: 2655

Hadith about the Dua

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقُولَ: "يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ" فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ آمَنَّا بِكَ وَبِمَا جِئْتَ بِهِ، فَهَلْ تَخَافُ عَلَيْنَا؟ قَالَ: "نَعَمْ، إِنَّ الْقُلُوبَ بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيْنِ مِنْ أَصَابِعِ اللَّهِ يُقَلِّبُهَا كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ". وفي رواية: "اللَّهُمَّ مُصَرِّفَ الْقُلُوبِ صَرِّفْ قُلُوبَنَا عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ"

Translation

Anas bin Malik narrated: The Prophet ﷺ used to often say: “O Changer of the hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.” So I said: “O Messenger of Allah, we believe in you and what you have come with, do you fear for us?” He said: “Yes. Verily, the hearts are between two of the Fingers of Allah. He turns them however He wills.” And in another narration: “O Allah, Controller of the hearts, direct our hearts to Your obedience.”

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