Chapters on Supplication

Abdullah bin Amr narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: “there is not anyone upon the earth who says: ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest, and there is no might nor power except by Allah, (La Ilaha Illallah, Wa Allahu Akbar, Wa La Hawla Wa La Quwwata Illa Billah) except that his sins shall be pardoned, even if they were like the foam of the sea.”

Abu Musa Al-Ashari said: “We were with the Messenger of Allah on a military expedition. When we returned, we overlooked Al-Madinah, and the people were pronouncing the Takbir, and they raised their voices with it. The Messenger of Allah: ‘Verily, your Lord is not deaf nor absent, [and] He is between you and between the heads of your mounts.’ Then he said: ‘O Abdullah bin Qais, should I not inform you of a treasure from the treasures of Paradise: La Hawla Wa La Quwwata Illa Billah (There is no might or power except by Allah).’”

Ibn Mas’ud narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: “I met Ibrahim on the night of my ascent, so he said: ‘O Muhammad, recite Salam from me to your nation, and inform them that Paradise has pure soil and delicious water, and that it is a flat treeless plain, and that its sees are: “Glory is to Allah (Subhan Allah) [and] all praise is due to Allah (Al-Hamdulillah) and ‘none has the right to be worshipped but Allah’ (La ilaha Illallah), and Allah is the greatest (Allahu Akbar).”

Mus’ab bin Sa’d narrated from his father, that : the Messenger of Allah said to those sitting with him: “Is one of you incapable of attaining a thousand good deeds?” So a questioner among those seated with him asked him: “How can one of us earn a thousand good deeds?” He said: “(When) one of you recites a hundred Tasbihat a thousand good deeds are written for him, and a thousand evil deeds are wiped away from him.”

Jabir narrated that: The Prophet said: “Whoever says: ‘Glory is to Allah, the Magnificent, and with His Praise (Subhan Allahil-Azim, Wa Bihamdih)’ a date-palm tree is planted for him in Paradise.”

Jabir narrated that : The Prophet said: “Whoever says: ‘Glory is to Allah, the Magnificent, and with His Praise (Subhan Allahil-Azim, Wa Bihamdih)’ a date-palm tree is planted for him in Paradise.”

Abu Hurairah narrated that : the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever says: ‘Glory is to Allah, and with His Praise (Subhan Allah, Wa Bihamdih)’ a hundred times, his sins are forgiven, even if they were like the foam of the sea.”

Abu Hurairah narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: “There are two statements that are light on the tongue, heavy on the Scale, and beloved to Ar-Rahman: “Glory is to Allah, the Magnificent; Glory is to Allah and the praise. (Subhan Allahil-Azim, Subhan Allahi Wa Bihamdih)”

Abu Hurairah narrates that: The Mesenger of Allah said: “Whoever says: ‘There is none worthy of worship except Allah, Alone, without partner, to Him belongs all that exists and to Him belongs the praise, He gives life and causes death, and He is Powerful over all things, (La Ilaha Illallah, Wahdahu La Sharika Lahi, Lahul-Mulku Wa Lahul-Hamdu, Yuhyi Wa Yumitu, Wa Huwa Ala Kulli Shai’in Qadir)’ a hundred times in a day, it will be for him the quivalent of freeing ten slaves, and there shall be written for him a hundred good deeds, and a hundred bad deeds shall be wiped out for him, and it will be a protection for him from Shaitan on that day, until he reaches the evening. And none has brought better than it, except for one who has done more than that.”And with this chain, from the Prophet, that he said: “Whoever says: ‘Glory is to Allah, and with His Praise (Subhan Allah, Wa Bihamdih)’ a hundred times, his sins are forgiven, even if they were like the foam of the sea.”

Abu Hurairah narrated that: The Prophet said: “Whoever says in the morning and in the evening “Glory is to Allah and with His Praise (Subhan Allah, Wa Bihamdih)” a hundred times, none shall bring better than him on the Day of Judgment except one who did the same as him, or increased upon it.

Ibn Umar narrated that one say, : The Messenger of Allah said to his Companions: “Say; ‘Glory is to Allah and with His Praise (Subhan Allah, Wa Bihamdih)’ a hundred times. Whoever says [it] one time, it is written for him ten, and whoever says it ten (times), it is written for him a hundred, and whoever says it a hundred (times), it is written for him a thousand, and whoever increases, Allah will increased for him, and whoever seeks Allah’s forgiveness, [Allah] will forgive him.”

Amr bin Shuaib narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that : The Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever glorifies Allah a hundred times in the morning a hundred in the night, he is like one who performs Hajj a hundred times. And whoever praises Allah a hundred times in the morning and a hundred in the night, he is like one who provides a hundred horses in the cause of Allah.” – or he said – “went out on a hundred military expeditions. And whoever pronounced At-Tahlil of Allah a hundred times in the night, he is like the one who freed a hundred slaves from the offspring of Isma’il, and whoever extols Allah’s greatness a hundred times in the day and a hundred in the night, none shall bring on that day, more than what he brought, except one who said similar to what he said, or increased upon it.”

Az-Zuhri said: “A Tasbihah in Ramadan is better than a thousand Tasbihah in other that it.”

Tamim Ad-Dari narrated that: The Messsenger of Allah said: “Whoever says ten times: ‘I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah. Alone, without partner, One Deity, the One, As-Samad, He did not take a wife, nor a child, nor is there anyone like Him, (Ashahdu An La Ilaha Illallah, Wahdahu La Sharika Lahu, Ilahan Wahidan, Ahadan Samadan Lam Yattakhidh Sahibatan Wa La Waladan Wa Lam Yakun Lahu Kufuwan Ahad)’ Allah will write for him forty million good deeds.”

Abu Dharr narrated that: The Messenger of Alah said: “Whoever says at the end of every Fajr prayer, while his feet are still folded, before speaking: ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, Alone without partner, to Him belongs all that exists, and to Him is the praise, He gives life and causes death, and He is powerful over all things, (La Ilaha Illallah, Wahdahu La Sharika Lahu, Lahul-Mulku Wa Lahul-Hamdu, Yuhyi Wa Yumitu, Wa Huwa Ala Kulli Shai’in Qadir)’ ten times, then ten good deeds shall be wiped away from him, ten degrees shall be raised up for him, and he shall be in security all that day from every disliked thing, and he shall be in protection from Shaitan, and no sin will meet him or destroy him that day, except for associating partners with Allah.”

Abdullah bin Buraidah Al Aslami narrated from his father, who said: “The Prophet heard a man supplicating, and he was saying: ‘O Allah, indeed, I ask you by my testifying that You are Allah, there is none worthy of worship except You, the One, As-Samad, the one who does not beget, nor was begotten, and there is none who is like Him (Allahumma Inni As’aluka Bi Anni Ashhadu Annaka Antalllah, La Ilaha Illa Anta Al-Ahadus-Samadu, Alladhi Lam Yalid Wa Lam Yulad, Wa Lam Yakun Lahu Kufuwan Ahad).” He said: “So he said: ‘By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, he has asked Allah by His Greatest Name, the one which of He is called upon by it, He responds, and when He is asked by it, He gives.’”(One of the narrators) Zaid said: “So I mentioned it to Zuhair bin Mu’awiyah years after that, and he said: Abu Ishaq reported to me from Malik bin Mighwal.’” Zaid said: “Then I mentioned it to Sufyan, so he reported it to me from Malik.”

Fadalah bin Ubaid narrated: “While the Messenger of Allah was seated, a man entered and performed Salat, and he said: ‘O Allah, forgive me, and have mercy upon me.’ The Messenger of Allah said: ‘You have rushed, O praying person. When you perform Salat, and then sit, then praise Allah with what He is deserving of, and send Salat upon me, then call upon Him.’” He said: “Then another man performed Salat after that, so he praised Allah and sent Salat upon the Prophet. The Prophet said to him: ‘O praying person! Supplicate, and you shall be answered.’”

Amr bin Malik Al-Janbi narrated that he heard Fadalah bin Ubaid saying: “The Prophet heard a man supplicating in his Salat but he did not send Salat upon the Prophet, so the Prophet said: ‘This one has rushed.’ Then he called him and said to him, or to someone othat than him: ‘When one of you performs Salat, then let him begin by expressing gratitude to Allah and praising Him. Then, let him send Salat upon the Prophet, then let him supplicate after that, whatever he wishes.’”

Asma bin Yazid narrated that the Prophet said: “Allah's greatest name is in these two Ayah: And your deity is One diety, there is none who has the right to be worshipped but He, Ar-Rahman, Ar-Rahim. And the Opening of Al-Imran: Alif. Lam. Mim. Allah, None has the right to be worshipped but He, the Ever living, the Sustainer.

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: “Call upon Allah while being certain of being answered, and Allah does not respond to a supplication from the heart of one heedless and occupied by play.”

Aishah narrated that the Messenger of Allah used to say: “O Allah, grant me health in my body, and grant me health in my sight, and make it the inheritor from me, there is none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Forbearing, the Generous, Glory is to Allah, the Lord of the Magnificent Throne, and all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all that exists (Allahumma Afini Fi Jasadi, Wa Afani Fi Basari, Waj’alhul-Waritha Minni, La Ilaha Illallah, Al-Halimul-Karim. Subhan Allah, Rabbil-Arshil-Azim, Wal-Hamdulillah, Rabbil-Alamin)”

Abu Hurairah narrated that: Fatimah came to the Prophet, asking him for a servant. So he said to her: “Say: ‘O Allah, Lord of the Seven Heavens and the Lord of the Magnificent Throne, our Lord, and the Lord of everything, Revealer of the Tawrah, the Injil, and the Quran, Splitter of the seed-grain and the date-stone: I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything that You are holding by the forelock, You are the First, for there is nothing above You, and you are Al-Batin, for there is nothing below You. Relieve me from debt, and enrich me from poverty (Allahumma Rabbas Samawati-Sab’I Wa Rabbal-Arshil Azim, Rabbana, Wa Rabba Kulli Shai’in, Munzilat-Tawrati Wal-Injili Wal-Quran, Faliqal-Habbi Wan-Nawa, A’udhu Bika Min Sharri Kulli Shai’un Anta Akhidun Binasiyatihi, Antal-Awwalu Falaisa Qablaka Shai’un, Wa Antal-Akhiru Falaisa Ba’daka Shai’un, Wa Antaz-Zahiru Falaisa Fawqaka Shai’un, Wa Antal-Batinu Falaisa Dunaka Shai’un, Iqdi Anni-daina Wa Aghnini Minal-Faqr).”

Abdullah bin Amr narrated that: The Messenger of Allah used to say: “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from a heart that does not humble itself, and from a supplication that is not heard, and from a soul that is never satisfied, and from knowledge that does not benefit, I seek refuge in You from these four (Allahumma! Inna A’udhu Bika Min Qalbin La Yakhsha’u, Wa Min Du’a’in La Yusma’u, Wa Min Nafsin La Tashba’u, Wa Min Ilmin La Yanfa’u, A’udhu Bika Min Ha’ula’il-Arba).”

Imran bin Hussain narrated: “The Prophet said to my father: ‘O Husain, how many deities do you worship now?‘ He said: ‘Seven. Six in the earth, and one above the heavens.’ He said: ‘So which of them do you take for your ardent requests and fears?’ He said: ‘The one above the heavens.’ He said: ‘O Husain, if you would but accept Islam, I would teach you two phrases that would benefit you.’” He said: “So when Husain accepted Islam, he said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, teach me the two phrases you promised me.’ So he (pbuh) said: “Say: O Allah, inspire me with my guidance, and protect me from the evil of my soul (Allahumma Alhinni Rushdi, Wa A’idhni Min Sharri Nafsi).’”

Anas bin Mallik [may Allah be pleased with him] narrates, saying: “I used to often hear the Prophet supplicating with these words: ‘O Allah, I seek refuge in You from sadness, grief, helplessness, laziness, being stingy, overwhelming debt, and the overpowering of men (Allahumma Inni A’udhu Bika Minal-Hammi Wal-Hazani Wal-Ajzi Wal-Kasali Wal-Bukhli Wa Dala’id=Dain Wa Qahrir-Rijal).’”

Anas narrated that : The Prophet used to supplicate, saying: “O Allah, indeed, I seek refuge in You from laziness, weakness of old age, cowardice, stinginess, the trial of Al-Masih, and the punishment of the grave (Allahumma Inni A’udhu Bika Minal-Kasali Wal-Harami Wal-Jubni Wal-Bukhli Wa Fitnatil-Masih Wa Adhabil-Qabr).”

Abdullah bin Amr narrated: “I saw the Prophet counting the Tasbih on his hand.”

Anas bin Malik narrated that: The Prophet visited a man who was so emaciated that he had become like a baby bird. He said to him: “And did you not used to supplicate? Did you not used to ask Your Lord for sound health?” He said: “I used to say: “O Allah, whatever You are going to punish me with in the Hereafter, then hasten it for me in this world.” So the Prophet said: “Glory is to Allah, you are not capable of that” – or – “you are not able to stand that. Would you not say: ‘O Allah, give us good in this world, and good in the Hereafter, and spare us the punishment of the Fire (Allahumma Atina Fid-Dunya Hassanatin Wa Qina Adhaban-Nar).’”

Hisham bin Hassan narrated from Al-Hasan : concerning the saying of Allah: O our Lord, give us good in this world, and good in the Hereafter. He said: “Knowledge and worship in this world, and Paradise in the Hereafter.”

Abdullah narrated that : the Prophet used to supplicate: “O Allah, indeed, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity, and sufficiency (Allahumma Inni As’alukal-Huda Wat-Tuqa, Wal-Afafa Wal-Ghina).”