Fiqh-us Sunnah

Section : Starting the Supplication with Allah’s Praise and Blessings on His Prophet.. Fudalah b. ‘Ubaid reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, heard a man supplicating during prayer. He did not glorify Allah, nor did he invoke blessings…

Section : Supplicating with attention and humility, in a voice neither loud nor low.. Allah says: “Neither say your prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a middle course between.” Qur’an 17.110 And “Call on your…

Section : Supplications without a sin or breaking blood ties.. Ahmad records that Abu Sa’id reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, “Any Muslim who makes a supplication containing nothing that is sinful and nothing that involves breaking…

Section : Avoiding hastiness for acceptance of supplication.. Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, “Your supplication will be answered if you are not impatient, and if you do not say, ‘I supplicated but my supplication…

Section : Supplicating with confidence in its acceptance.. Abu Hurairah also reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, “None of you should say, ‘O Allah, forgive me if You wish, (or) O Allah, have mercy on me if…

Section : Choosing comprehensive words for supplication.. The Prophet, peace be upon him, loved comprehensive supplications but used other supplications as well. The Qur’anic supplication, “Our Lord, give us good in this world, and give us good in the hereafter,”…

Section : Avoid Supplicating Against (Cursing) Yourself, your Family, or Property.. Jabir reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, “Do not supplicate against your own selves, your children, your servants, or your property, lest you should supplicate at…

Section : Repeating a supplication three times.. Abdallah b. Mas’ud reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, loved to repeat his supplication three times, and pray for forgiveness three times.” (Abu Daw’ud)

Section : When supplicating for someone begin with yourself.. The Qur’an says that the believers pray, “Our Lord, forgive us and our brethren in faith who have preceded us in faith.” Ubayy b. Ka’b reported, “When someone requested the Prophet,…

Section : Supplication of a father, of one who is fasting, a traveller, and of a person who is wronged.. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, “The supplications of three persons are accepted, and there is no doubt concerning…

Section : Prayer of a Muslim for Another Muslim in his Absence. Safwan ibn ‘Abdallah reported, “I visited Abu Darda’s house in Syria. I did not find him there but Umm Darda was present at the house. She asked, ‘Do…

Section : Opening Words Recommended for a Supplication. Buraidah reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, heard a man saying, “O Allah, I ask You, I bear witness that there is no god but You, the One, the Etemal,…

Section : Supplications for Morning and Evening. The time for the supplications of morning is from dawn until the sunrise, and those of the evening are meant for the time between ‘Asr (late afternoon) until the sunset. Abu Hurairah reported…

Section : Supplications at Bed-Time. Huzhaifah and Abu Zharr reported that when the Prophet, peace be upon him, went to bed, he would say, “O Allah, by Your name I live and die.” And when he woke up he said,…

Section : Supplication on Waking Up. The Prophet, peace be upon him, advised that on waking up from sleep one should say, “Thanks be to Allah Who returned my soul, made my body sound, and permitted me to remember Him.”…