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Day One ✓

1 Dhul Ḥijjah

The Niyyah

Entering with intention

— Daily Core —

Sunnah

① Āyat al-Kursī (2:255) اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ… Protection from morning to evening / evening to morning. (al-Ḥākim, authenticated by al-Albānī) ② Three Quls × 3Recite Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and al-Nās three times each. "They suffice you against everything." (Abū Dāwūd 5082, ṣaḥīḥ) ③ Subḥān Allāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi · Subḥān Allāhi-l-ʿaẓīm × 100 سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ❦ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ Sins wiped away even if like the foam of the sea. "Two phrases light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful." (Muslim 2692; Bukhārī 6406) ④ Bismillāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru × 3 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ "In the Name of Allah with Whose Name nothing can harm — on earth or in heaven — and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." × 3 — Nothing will harm him until morning/evening. (Abū Dāwūd 5088; Tirmidhī 3388, ṣaḥīḥ) ⑤ Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā / amsaynā اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ "O Allah, by You we enter the morning / evening, by You we live, by You we die, and to You is the resurrection." — Morning: aṣbaḥnā … al-nushūr; Evening: amsaynā … al-maṣīr. (Abū Dāwūd 5068) ⑥ Ḥasbiya Allāhu × 7 حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ "Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne." × 7 morning and evening — Allah suffices him in whatever grieves him. (Abū Dāwūd 5081) ⑦ Sayyid al-Istighfār — once morning, once evening اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ / أَمَتُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant (عَبْدُكَ for men / أَمَتُكَ for women). I am upon Your covenant and Your promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me — for none forgives sins but You." — Whoever says this with conviction in the morning and dies before evening enters Paradise; same at night. (Bukhārī 6306) ⑧ Ṣalawāt (Darood) × 10Whoever sends ṣalawāt (Darood) upon me ten times morning and evening will have my intercession on the Day of Judgement. (Ṭabarānī, ṣaḥīḥ al-Albānī) Ḥiṣn al-Muslim; al-Nawawī, al-Adhkār

① From Grief, Worry, and Weakness اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa-l-bukhli wa-l-jubn, wa ḍalaʿi-d-dayn, wa ghalabati-r-rijāl.
"O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt, and from being overpowered by others." — The Prophet ﷺ never left this duʿāʾ. (Bukhārī 6369; Nasāʾī 5449) ② For the Love of Allah اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ḥubbak, wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuk, wa-l-ʿamala-lladhī yuballighu-nī ḥubbak. Allāhumma-jʿal ḥubbaka aḥabba ilayya min nafsī wa ahlī wa mina-l-māʾi-l-bārid.
"O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the deeds that bring me to Your love. O Allah, make Your love more beloved to me than myself, my family, and cold water." — The duʿāʾ of Dāwūd ﷺ, taught by our Prophet ﷺ. (Tirmidhī 3490, ḥasan) ③ For Forgiveness and Well-Being اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī.
"O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth." — The Prophet ﷺ never abandoned these every morning and evening. (Ibn Mājah 3871) ④ For Beneficial Knowledge اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan wa rizqan ṭayyiban wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalan.
"O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds." — After Fajr. (Ibn Mājah 925, ḥasan) Nasāʾī 5449; Tirmidhī 3490; Ibn Mājah 3871, 925

The Qurʾān is full of duʿās put into the mouths of the prophets and the righteous. Use them — they were sent down for you to use.

① The Comprehensive Duʿāʾ — for this world and the next رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ Rabbanā ātinā fī-d-dunyā ḥasanah, wa fī-l-ākhirati ḥasanah, wa qinā ʿadhāba-n-nār.
"Our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the next, and protect us from the fire of Hell." — The Prophet's ﷺ most repeated duʿāʾ. (Sūrat al-Baqarah 2:201; Bukhārī 6389) ② Mūsā's Duʿāʾ — for clarity, ease, and speech رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِنْ لِسَانِي يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي Rabbi-shraḥ lī ṣadrī, wa yassir lī amrī, wa-ḥlul ʿuqdatan min lisānī, yafqahū qawlī.
"My Lord, expand my chest for me, ease my affair for me, and untie the knot from my tongue so they may understand my speech." — Before any difficult task. (Sūrat Ṭā Hā 20:25–28) ③ Duʿāʾ Against Forgetfulness and Trial رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِنْ نَسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ ۖ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا Rabbanā lā tuʾākhidhnā in nasīnā aw akhṭaʾnā. Rabbanā wa lā taḥmil ʿalaynā iṣran kamā ḥamaltahu ʿalā-lladhīna min qablinā. Rabbanā wa lā tuḥammilnā mā lā ṭāqata lanā bih, wa-ʿfu ʿannā wa-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā.
"Our Lord, do not hold us accountable if we forget or err. Our Lord, do not lay upon us a burden as You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, do not place on us what we cannot bear. Pardon us, forgive us, and have mercy on us." (Sūrat al-Baqarah 2:286) ④ For Sincerity and Acceptance رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا ۖ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ Rabbanā taqabbal minnā, innaka anta-s-Samīʿu-l-ʿAlīm.
"Our Lord, accept from us. Indeed You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." — Ibrāhīm and Ismāʿīl ﷺ raising the Kaʿbah. (Sūrat al-Baqarah 2:127) ⑤ For Steadfastness in Faith رَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ Rabbanā lā tuzigh qulūbanā baʿda idh hadaytanā wa hab lanā min ladunka raḥmah, innaka anta-l-Wahhāb.
"Our Lord, do not deviate our hearts after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself. Indeed You are the Bestower." (Sūrat Āl ʿImrān 3:8) ⑥ The Duʿāʾ of Yūnus ﷺ — from the belly of the whale لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ Lā ilāha illā anta, subḥānaka, innī kuntu mina-ẓ-ẓālimīn.
"There is no god but You, glory be to You — I have been among the wrongdoers." — The Prophet ﷺ said: "No Muslim invokes Allah with this in any matter except that Allah responds to him." (Tirmidhī 3505; Qurʾān 21:87) Qurʾān 2:127, 2:201, 2:286, 3:8, 20:25–28, 21:87; Tirmidhī 3505

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Day Two ✓

2 Dhul Ḥijjah

Tawbah

Clearing the floor

— Daily Core —

Sunnah

① Āyat al-Kursī (2:255) اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ… Protection from morning to evening / evening to morning. (al-Ḥākim, authenticated by al-Albānī) ② Three Quls × 3Recite Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and al-Nās three times each. "They suffice you against everything." (Abū Dāwūd 5082, ṣaḥīḥ) ③ Subḥān Allāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi · Subḥān Allāhi-l-ʿaẓīm × 100 سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ❦ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ Sins wiped away even if like the foam of the sea. "Two phrases light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful." (Muslim 2692; Bukhārī 6406) ④ Bismillāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru × 3 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ "In the Name of Allah with Whose Name nothing can harm — on earth or in heaven — and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." × 3 — Nothing will harm him until morning/evening. (Abū Dāwūd 5088; Tirmidhī 3388, ṣaḥīḥ) ⑤ Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā / amsaynā اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ "O Allah, by You we enter the morning / evening, by You we live, by You we die, and to You is the resurrection." — Morning: aṣbaḥnā … al-nushūr; Evening: amsaynā … al-maṣīr. (Abū Dāwūd 5068) ⑥ Ḥasbiya Allāhu × 7 حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ "Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne." × 7 morning and evening — Allah suffices him in whatever grieves him. (Abū Dāwūd 5081) ⑦ Sayyid al-Istighfār — once morning, once evening اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ / أَمَتُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant (عَبْدُكَ for men / أَمَتُكَ for women). I am upon Your covenant and Your promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me — for none forgives sins but You." — Whoever says this with conviction in the morning and dies before evening enters Paradise; same at night. (Bukhārī 6306) ⑧ Ṣalawāt (Darood) × 10Whoever sends ṣalawāt (Darood) upon me ten times morning and evening will have my intercession on the Day of Judgement. (Ṭabarānī, ṣaḥīḥ al-Albānī) Ḥiṣn al-Muslim; al-Nawawī, al-Adhkār

① From Grief, Worry, and Weakness اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa-l-bukhli wa-l-jubn, wa ḍalaʿi-d-dayn, wa ghalabati-r-rijāl.
"O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt, and from being overpowered by others." — The Prophet ﷺ never left this duʿāʾ. (Bukhārī 6369; Nasāʾī 5449) ② For the Love of Allah اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ḥubbak, wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuk, wa-l-ʿamala-lladhī yuballighu-nī ḥubbak. Allāhumma-jʿal ḥubbaka aḥabba ilayya min nafsī wa ahlī wa mina-l-māʾi-l-bārid.
"O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the deeds that bring me to Your love. O Allah, make Your love more beloved to me than myself, my family, and cold water." — The duʿāʾ of Dāwūd ﷺ, taught by our Prophet ﷺ. (Tirmidhī 3490, ḥasan) ③ For Forgiveness and Well-Being اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī.
"O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth." — The Prophet ﷺ never abandoned these every morning and evening. (Ibn Mājah 3871) ④ For Beneficial Knowledge اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan wa rizqan ṭayyiban wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalan.
"O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds." — After Fajr. (Ibn Mājah 925, ḥasan) Nasāʾī 5449; Tirmidhī 3490; Ibn Mājah 3871, 925

The Qurʾān gives the words of those who turned back to Allah — Adam, Mūsā, Yūnus, the believers. Borrow their voices.

① The First Duʿāʾ — Ādam and Ḥawwāʾ after the fall رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ Rabbanā ẓalamnā anfusanā wa in lam taghfir lanā wa tarḥamnā la-nakūnanna mina-l-khāsirīn
"Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we shall surely be among the losers." — The very first words of human repentance recorded in Revelation. (Sūrat al-Aʿrāf 7:23) ② Mūsā’s Confession رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي Rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī fa-ghfir lī
"My Lord, I have wronged myself, so forgive me." — Said after the unintended killing — six words that name and request without excuse. (Sūrat al-Qaṣaṣ 28:16) ③ The Believers’ Confession رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ Rabbanā innanā āmannā fa-ghfir lanā dhunūbanā wa qinā ʿadhāba-n-nār
"Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us our sins and protect us from the punishment of the Fire." — The plea of those who answered the caller. (Sūrat Āl ʿImrān 3:16) ④ For Steadfastness After Forgiveness رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِي أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ Rabbanā-ghfir lanā dhunūbanā wa isrāfanā fī amrinā wa thabbit aqdāmanā wa-nṣurnā ʿalā-l-qawmi-l-kāfirīn
"Our Lord, forgive us our sins and our excesses in our affairs, plant our feet firmly, and grant us victory over the disbelieving people." — Forgiveness is the start — staying upright after it is the test. (Sūrat Āl ʿImrān 3:147) ⑤ For the Perfecting of Light رَبَّنَا أَتْمِمْ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ Rabbanā atmim lanā nūranā wa-ghfir lanā innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr
"Our Lord, perfect our light for us, and forgive us. You are over all things competent." — For the Day when believers walk by the light of their deeds. (Sūrat al-Taḥrīm 66:8) ⑥ The Angels’ Duʿāʾ for Those Who Repent رَبَّنَا وَسِعْتَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ رَّحْمَةً وَعِلْمًا فَاغْفِرْ لِلَّذِينَ تَابُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا سَبِيلَكَ وَقِهِمْ عَذَابَ الْجَحِيمِ Rabbanā wasiʿta kulla shayʾin raḥmatan wa ʿilman fa-ghfir lilladhīna tābū wa-ttabaʿū sabīlaka wa qihim ʿadhāba-l-jaḥīm
"Our Lord, You encompass all things in mercy and knowledge — forgive those who repent and follow Your way, and shield them from the punishment of Hellfire." — The bearers of the Throne praying for the repentant. Slip into the recipients of this duʿāʾ. (Sūrat Ghāfir 40:7) Sūrat al-Aʿrāf 7:23; al-Qaṣaṣ 28:16; Āl ʿImrān 3:16, 3:147; al-Taḥrīm 66:8; Ghāfir 40:7

— Today's Focus —

Day Three ✓

3 Dhul Ḥijjah

The Speech of Allah

Returning to the Qurʾān

— Daily Core —

Sunnah

① Āyat al-Kursī (2:255) اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ… Protection from morning to evening / evening to morning. (al-Ḥākim, authenticated by al-Albānī) ② Three Quls × 3Recite Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and al-Nās three times each. "They suffice you against everything." (Abū Dāwūd 5082, ṣaḥīḥ) ③ Subḥān Allāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi · Subḥān Allāhi-l-ʿaẓīm × 100 سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ❦ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ Sins wiped away even if like the foam of the sea. "Two phrases light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful." (Muslim 2692; Bukhārī 6406) ④ Bismillāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru × 3 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ "In the Name of Allah with Whose Name nothing can harm — on earth or in heaven — and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." × 3 — Nothing will harm him until morning/evening. (Abū Dāwūd 5088; Tirmidhī 3388, ṣaḥīḥ) ⑤ Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā / amsaynā اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ "O Allah, by You we enter the morning / evening, by You we live, by You we die, and to You is the resurrection." — Morning: aṣbaḥnā … al-nushūr; Evening: amsaynā … al-maṣīr. (Abū Dāwūd 5068) ⑥ Ḥasbiya Allāhu × 7 حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ "Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne." × 7 morning and evening — Allah suffices him in whatever grieves him. (Abū Dāwūd 5081) ⑦ Sayyid al-Istighfār — once morning, once evening اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ / أَمَتُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant (عَبْدُكَ for men / أَمَتُكَ for women). I am upon Your covenant and Your promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me — for none forgives sins but You." — Whoever says this with conviction in the morning and dies before evening enters Paradise; same at night. (Bukhārī 6306) ⑧ Ṣalawāt (Darood) × 10Whoever sends ṣalawāt (Darood) upon me ten times morning and evening will have my intercession on the Day of Judgement. (Ṭabarānī, ṣaḥīḥ al-Albānī) Ḥiṣn al-Muslim; al-Nawawī, al-Adhkār

① From Grief, Worry, and Weakness اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa-l-bukhli wa-l-jubn, wa ḍalaʿi-d-dayn, wa ghalabati-r-rijāl.
"O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt, and from being overpowered by others." — The Prophet ﷺ never left this duʿāʾ. (Bukhārī 6369; Nasāʾī 5449) ② For the Love of Allah اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ḥubbak, wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuk, wa-l-ʿamala-lladhī yuballighu-nī ḥubbak. Allāhumma-jʿal ḥubbaka aḥabba ilayya min nafsī wa ahlī wa mina-l-māʾi-l-bārid.
"O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the deeds that bring me to Your love. O Allah, make Your love more beloved to me than myself, my family, and cold water." — The duʿāʾ of Dāwūd ﷺ, taught by our Prophet ﷺ. (Tirmidhī 3490, ḥasan) ③ For Forgiveness and Well-Being اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī.
"O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth." — The Prophet ﷺ never abandoned these every morning and evening. (Ibn Mājah 3871) ④ For Beneficial Knowledge اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan wa rizqan ṭayyiban wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalan.
"O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds." — After Fajr. (Ibn Mājah 925, ḥasan) Nasāʾī 5449; Tirmidhī 3490; Ibn Mājah 3871, 925

Asking for knowledge is itself an act of worship. The Prophet ﷺ was commanded to say one of these directly.

① The Most Concise Knowledge Duʿāʾ رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا Rabbi zidnī ʿilmā
"My Lord, increase me in knowledge." — The only duʿāʾ Allah commanded the Prophet ﷺ to ask for an increase in. (Sūrat Ṭā Hā 20:114) ② Affirmation of the Revealed Book رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا بِمَا أَنزَلْتَ وَاتَّبَعْنَا الرَّسُولَ فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ Rabbanā āmannā bi-mā anzalta wa-ttabaʿnā-r-rasūla fa-ktubnā maʿa-sh-shāhidīn
"Our Lord, we have believed in what You have sent down and we have followed the Messenger — so write us down among the witnesses." — The disciples of ʿĪsā ﷺ. Stand with them. (Sūrat Āl ʿImrān 3:53) ③ Shuʿayb’s Duʿāʾ for True Judgement رَبَّنَا افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِحِينَ Rabbanā-ftaḥ baynanā wa bayna qawminā bi-l-ḥaqqi wa anta khayru-l-fātiḥīn
"Our Lord, judge between us and our people in truth — You are the best of those who give decision." — When the truth is contested. (Sūrat al-Aʿrāf 7:89) ④ Yūsuf’s Duʿāʾ of Gratitude for Understanding رَبِّ قَدْ آتَيْتَنِي مِنَ الْمُلْكِ وَعَلَّمْتَنِي مِن تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ ۚ ... تَوَفَّنِي مُسْلِمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ Rabbi qad ātaytanī mina-l-mulki wa ʿallamtanī min taʾwīli-l-aḥādīth... tawaffanī musliman wa alḥiqnī bi-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn
"My Lord, You have given me of sovereignty and taught me the interpretation of events... cause me to die in submission and join me with the righteous." — For knowledge that ends in surrender, not pride. (Sūrat Yūsuf 12:101) ⑤ Ibrāhīm’s Duʿāʾ for Wisdom رَبِّ هَبْ لِي حُكْمًا وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالصَّالِحِينَ Rabbi hab lī ḥukman wa alḥiqnī bi-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn
"My Lord, grant me wisdom and join me with the righteous." — The duʿāʾ that asks for both the substance and the company. (Sūrat al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:83) ⑥ Zakariyyā’s Duʿāʾ for an Inheritor of Knowledge فَهَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا ۝ يَرِثُنِي وَيَرِثُ مِنْ آلِ يَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَاجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا Fa-hab lī min ladunka waliyyan, yarithunī wa yarithu min āli Yaʿqūb, wa-jʿalhu rabbi raḍiyyā
"Grant me from Yourself an heir who will inherit from me and from the family of Yaʿqūb — and make him, my Lord, pleasing." — For passing on what cannot die. (Sūrat Maryam 19:5–6) Sūrat Ṭā Hā 20:114; Āl ʿImrān 3:53; al-Aʿrāf 7:89; Yūsuf 12:101; al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:83; Maryam 19:5–6

— Today's Focus —

Day Four ✓

4 Dhul Ḥijjah

The Hand That Gives

Ṣadaqah — public and hidden

— Daily Core —

Sunnah

① Āyat al-Kursī (2:255) اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ… Protection from morning to evening / evening to morning. (al-Ḥākim, authenticated by al-Albānī) ② Three Quls × 3Recite Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and al-Nās three times each. "They suffice you against everything." (Abū Dāwūd 5082, ṣaḥīḥ) ③ Subḥān Allāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi · Subḥān Allāhi-l-ʿaẓīm × 100 سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ❦ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ Sins wiped away even if like the foam of the sea. "Two phrases light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful." (Muslim 2692; Bukhārī 6406) ④ Bismillāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru × 3 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ "In the Name of Allah with Whose Name nothing can harm — on earth or in heaven — and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." × 3 — Nothing will harm him until morning/evening. (Abū Dāwūd 5088; Tirmidhī 3388, ṣaḥīḥ) ⑤ Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā / amsaynā اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ "O Allah, by You we enter the morning / evening, by You we live, by You we die, and to You is the resurrection." — Morning: aṣbaḥnā … al-nushūr; Evening: amsaynā … al-maṣīr. (Abū Dāwūd 5068) ⑥ Ḥasbiya Allāhu × 7 حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ "Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne." × 7 morning and evening — Allah suffices him in whatever grieves him. (Abū Dāwūd 5081) ⑦ Sayyid al-Istighfār — once morning, once evening اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ / أَمَتُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant (عَبْدُكَ for men / أَمَتُكَ for women). I am upon Your covenant and Your promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me — for none forgives sins but You." — Whoever says this with conviction in the morning and dies before evening enters Paradise; same at night. (Bukhārī 6306) ⑧ Ṣalawāt (Darood) × 10Whoever sends ṣalawāt (Darood) upon me ten times morning and evening will have my intercession on the Day of Judgement. (Ṭabarānī, ṣaḥīḥ al-Albānī) Ḥiṣn al-Muslim; al-Nawawī, al-Adhkār

① From Grief, Worry, and Weakness اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa-l-bukhli wa-l-jubn, wa ḍalaʿi-d-dayn, wa ghalabati-r-rijāl.
"O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt, and from being overpowered by others." — The Prophet ﷺ never left this duʿāʾ. (Bukhārī 6369; Nasāʾī 5449) ② For the Love of Allah اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ḥubbak, wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuk, wa-l-ʿamala-lladhī yuballighu-nī ḥubbak. Allāhumma-jʿal ḥubbaka aḥabba ilayya min nafsī wa ahlī wa mina-l-māʾi-l-bārid.
"O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the deeds that bring me to Your love. O Allah, make Your love more beloved to me than myself, my family, and cold water." — The duʿāʾ of Dāwūd ﷺ, taught by our Prophet ﷺ. (Tirmidhī 3490, ḥasan) ③ For Forgiveness and Well-Being اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī.
"O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth." — The Prophet ﷺ never abandoned these every morning and evening. (Ibn Mājah 3871) ④ For Beneficial Knowledge اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan wa rizqan ṭayyiban wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalan.
"O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds." — After Fajr. (Ibn Mājah 925, ḥasan) Nasāʾī 5449; Tirmidhī 3490; Ibn Mājah 3871, 925

The Qurʾān teaches that asking Allah for provision is dignity, not desperation. The greatest of the prophets asked.

① Mūsā’s Duʿāʾ When in Need رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ Rabbi innī limā anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqīr
"My Lord, I am, for whatever good You send down to me, in need." — Said when he had nothing — and shortly after, everything opened. (Sūrat al-Qaṣaṣ 28:24) ② Shuʿayb’s Duʿāʾ of Tawakkul وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ ۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ Wa mā tawfīqī illā billāh, ʿalayhi tawakkaltu wa ilayhi unīb
"My success is only by Allah. Upon Him I rely, and to Him I turn." — For when the work is yours but the outcome is His. (Sūrat Hūd 11:88) ③ ʿĪsā’s Duʿāʾ for Sustenance from the Sky رَبَّنَا أَنزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ ... وَارْزُقْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ Rabbanā anzil ʿalaynā māʾidatan mina-s-samāʾi... wa-rzuqnā wa anta khayru-r-rāziqīn
"Our Lord, send down upon us a table from the heaven... and provide for us — You are the best of providers." — For provision that comes from a direction you did not expect. (Sūrat al-Māʾidah 5:114) ④ The Sleepers of the Cave رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا Rabbanā ātinā min ladunka raḥmatan wa hayyiʾ lanā min amrinā rashadā
"Our Lord, grant us mercy from Yourself and prepare for us right guidance in our affair." — When you cannot see the way through — ask Him to prepare it. (Sūrat al-Kahf 18:10) ⑤ The Believer at Forty — Comprehensive Gratitude رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي فِي ذُرِّيَّتِي Rabbi awziʿnī an ashkura niʿmataka allatī anʿamta ʿalayya wa ʿalā wālidayya wa an aʿmala ṣāliḥan tarḍāhu wa aṣliḥ lī fī dhurriyyatī
"My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor upon me and my parents, to do righteous deeds You approve of, and grant me righteousness in my offspring." — The most complete gratitude duʿāʾ in the Qurʾān — covers the past, present, and the line that follows you. (Sūrat al-Aḥqāf 46:15) Sūrat al-Qaṣaṣ 28:24; Hūd 11:88; al-Māʾidah 5:114; al-Kahf 18:10; al-Aḥqāf 46:15

— Today's Focus —

Day Five ✓

5 Dhul Ḥijjah

The Architecture of Salāh

Farḍ · Sunnah · Nāfilah — three tiers, one ascent

— Daily Core —

Sunnah

① Āyat al-Kursī (2:255) اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ… Protection from morning to evening / evening to morning. (al-Ḥākim, authenticated by al-Albānī) ② Three Quls × 3Recite Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and al-Nās three times each. "They suffice you against everything." (Abū Dāwūd 5082, ṣaḥīḥ) ③ Subḥān Allāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi · Subḥān Allāhi-l-ʿaẓīm × 100 سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ❦ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ Sins wiped away even if like the foam of the sea. "Two phrases light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful." (Muslim 2692; Bukhārī 6406) ④ Bismillāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru × 3 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ "In the Name of Allah with Whose Name nothing can harm — on earth or in heaven — and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." × 3 — Nothing will harm him until morning/evening. (Abū Dāwūd 5088; Tirmidhī 3388, ṣaḥīḥ) ⑤ Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā / amsaynā اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ "O Allah, by You we enter the morning / evening, by You we live, by You we die, and to You is the resurrection." — Morning: aṣbaḥnā … al-nushūr; Evening: amsaynā … al-maṣīr. (Abū Dāwūd 5068) ⑥ Ḥasbiya Allāhu × 7 حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ "Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne." × 7 morning and evening — Allah suffices him in whatever grieves him. (Abū Dāwūd 5081) ⑦ Sayyid al-Istighfār — once morning, once evening اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ / أَمَتُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant (عَبْدُكَ for men / أَمَتُكَ for women). I am upon Your covenant and Your promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me — for none forgives sins but You." — Whoever says this with conviction in the morning and dies before evening enters Paradise; same at night. (Bukhārī 6306) ⑧ Ṣalawāt (Darood) × 10Whoever sends ṣalawāt (Darood) upon me ten times morning and evening will have my intercession on the Day of Judgement. (Ṭabarānī, ṣaḥīḥ al-Albānī) Ḥiṣn al-Muslim; al-Nawawī, al-Adhkār

① From Grief, Worry, and Weakness اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa-l-bukhli wa-l-jubn, wa ḍalaʿi-d-dayn, wa ghalabati-r-rijāl.
"O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt, and from being overpowered by others." — The Prophet ﷺ never left this duʿāʾ. (Bukhārī 6369; Nasāʾī 5449) ② For the Love of Allah اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ḥubbak, wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuk, wa-l-ʿamala-lladhī yuballighu-nī ḥubbak. Allāhumma-jʿal ḥubbaka aḥabba ilayya min nafsī wa ahlī wa mina-l-māʾi-l-bārid.
"O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the deeds that bring me to Your love. O Allah, make Your love more beloved to me than myself, my family, and cold water." — The duʿāʾ of Dāwūd ﷺ, taught by our Prophet ﷺ. (Tirmidhī 3490, ḥasan) ③ For Forgiveness and Well-Being اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī.
"O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth." — The Prophet ﷺ never abandoned these every morning and evening. (Ibn Mājah 3871) ④ For Beneficial Knowledge اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan wa rizqan ṭayyiban wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalan.
"O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds." — After Fajr. (Ibn Mājah 925, ḥasan) Nasāʾī 5449; Tirmidhī 3490; Ibn Mājah 3871, 925

Establishing prayer is one thing — keeping it lifelong is another. These duʿās ask for the second.

① Ibrāhīm’s Duʿāʾ for Prayer in His Lineage رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ Rabbi-jʿalnī muqīma-ṣ-ṣalāti wa min dhurriyyatī, rabbanā wa taqabbal duʿāʾ
"My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication." — For a prayer that does not die with you. (Sūrat Ibrāhīm 14:40) ② Ibrāhīm — for Parents and the Believers رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ Rabbanā-ghfir lī wa li-wālidayya wa li-l-muʾminīna yawma yaqūmu-l-ḥisāb
"Our Lord, forgive me, my parents, and the believers on the Day the account is established." — A son’s prayer that reaches further than himself. (Sūrat Ibrāhīm 14:41) ③ The Magicians’ Duʿāʾ — Patience to the End رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ Rabbanā afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran wa tawaffanā muslimīn
"Our Lord, pour upon us patience and let us die in submission." — Said by men who believed in the morning and were crucified by evening. (Sūrat al-Aʿrāf 7:126) ④ The Brief, Repeatable Duʿāʾ for Mercy رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ Rabbi-ghfir wa-rḥam wa anta khayru-r-rāḥimīn
"My Lord, forgive and have mercy — You are the best of those who show mercy." — Three asks in seven words. Make this a habit. (Sūrat al-Muʾminūn 23:118) ⑤ Refuge from the Whispers of Shayāṭīn رَّبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ ۝ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ رَبِّ أَن يَحْضُرُونِ Rabbi aʿūdhu bika min hamazāti-sh-shayāṭīn, wa aʿūdhu bika rabbi an yaḥḍurūn
"My Lord, I seek refuge in You from the whisperings of the devils, and I seek refuge in You, my Lord, lest they be present with me." — Especially before prayer — where they push hardest. (Sūrat al-Muʾminūn 23:97–98) ⑥ Mūsā’s Plea after the Quaking أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْغَافِرِينَ Anta waliyyunā fa-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā wa anta khayru-l-ghāfirīn
"You are our Protector — so forgive us and have mercy on us; You are the best of those who forgive." — When the ground itself shifts. (Sūrat al-Aʿrāf 7:155) Sūrat Ibrāhīm 14:40, 14:41; al-Aʿrāf 7:126, 7:155; al-Muʾminūn 23:97–98, 23:118

— Today's Focus — The Three Tiers

Day Six ✓

6 Dhul Ḥijjah

The Tongue

Silence as worship

— Daily Core —

Sunnah

① Āyat al-Kursī (2:255) اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ… Protection from morning to evening / evening to morning. (al-Ḥākim, authenticated by al-Albānī) ② Three Quls × 3Recite Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and al-Nās three times each. "They suffice you against everything." (Abū Dāwūd 5082, ṣaḥīḥ) ③ Subḥān Allāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi · Subḥān Allāhi-l-ʿaẓīm × 100 سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ❦ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ Sins wiped away even if like the foam of the sea. "Two phrases light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful." (Muslim 2692; Bukhārī 6406) ④ Bismillāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru × 3 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ "In the Name of Allah with Whose Name nothing can harm — on earth or in heaven — and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." × 3 — Nothing will harm him until morning/evening. (Abū Dāwūd 5088; Tirmidhī 3388, ṣaḥīḥ) ⑤ Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā / amsaynā اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ "O Allah, by You we enter the morning / evening, by You we live, by You we die, and to You is the resurrection." — Morning: aṣbaḥnā … al-nushūr; Evening: amsaynā … al-maṣīr. (Abū Dāwūd 5068) ⑥ Ḥasbiya Allāhu × 7 حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ "Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne." × 7 morning and evening — Allah suffices him in whatever grieves him. (Abū Dāwūd 5081) ⑦ Sayyid al-Istighfār — once morning, once evening اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ / أَمَتُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant (عَبْدُكَ for men / أَمَتُكَ for women). I am upon Your covenant and Your promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me — for none forgives sins but You." — Whoever says this with conviction in the morning and dies before evening enters Paradise; same at night. (Bukhārī 6306) ⑧ Ṣalawāt (Darood) × 10Whoever sends ṣalawāt (Darood) upon me ten times morning and evening will have my intercession on the Day of Judgement. (Ṭabarānī, ṣaḥīḥ al-Albānī) Ḥiṣn al-Muslim; al-Nawawī, al-Adhkār

① From Grief, Worry, and Weakness اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa-l-bukhli wa-l-jubn, wa ḍalaʿi-d-dayn, wa ghalabati-r-rijāl.
"O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt, and from being overpowered by others." — The Prophet ﷺ never left this duʿāʾ. (Bukhārī 6369; Nasāʾī 5449) ② For the Love of Allah اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ḥubbak, wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuk, wa-l-ʿamala-lladhī yuballighu-nī ḥubbak. Allāhumma-jʿal ḥubbaka aḥabba ilayya min nafsī wa ahlī wa mina-l-māʾi-l-bārid.
"O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the deeds that bring me to Your love. O Allah, make Your love more beloved to me than myself, my family, and cold water." — The duʿāʾ of Dāwūd ﷺ, taught by our Prophet ﷺ. (Tirmidhī 3490, ḥasan) ③ For Forgiveness and Well-Being اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī.
"O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth." — The Prophet ﷺ never abandoned these every morning and evening. (Ibn Mājah 3871) ④ For Beneficial Knowledge اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan wa rizqan ṭayyiban wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalan.
"O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds." — After Fajr. (Ibn Mājah 925, ḥasan) Nasāʾī 5449; Tirmidhī 3490; Ibn Mājah 3871, 925

What we say matters. Use these duʿās to ask for the tongue Allah wants from you.

① Ibrāhīm’s Duʿāʾ for a Tongue of Truth وَاجْعَل لِّي لِسَانَ صِدْقٍ فِي الْآخِرِينَ Wa-jʿal lī lisāna ṣidqin fī-l-ākhirīn
"And grant me a tongue of truth among later generations." — A duʿāʾ Allah answered explicitly — Ibrāhīm is still spoken of in every prayer of every Muslim. (Sūrat al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:84) ② For a Sound Heart on the Day of Resurrection وَلَا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ ۝ يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ ۝ إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى اللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ Wa lā tukhzinī yawma yubʿathūn, yawma lā yanfaʿu mālun wa lā banūn, illā man atā-llāha bi-qalbin salīm
"Do not disgrace me on the Day they are resurrected — the Day when neither wealth nor children will profit, except for one who comes to Allah with a sound heart." — A sound heart begins with a sound tongue. (Sūrat al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:87–89) ③ When You Forget — the Recovery Phrase وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَىٰ أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّي لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَٰذَا رَشَدًا Wa-dhkur rabbaka idhā nasīta wa qul ʿasā an yahdiyani rabbī li-aqraba min hādhā rashadā
"And remember your Lord when you forget, and say: "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this in right conduct."" — When you slip — the Qurʾān gives you the exact words to return. (Sūrat al-Kahf 18:24) ④ The Sincere Entry and Exit رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَاجْعَل لِّي مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَانًا نَّصِيرًا Rabbi adkhilnī mudkhala ṣidqin wa akhrijnī mukhraja ṣidqin wa-jʿal lī min ladunka sulṭānan naṣīrā
"My Lord, let me enter through a sincere entrance and exit through a sincere exit, and grant me from Yourself a supporting authority." — For every threshold — every meeting, conversation, and decision. (Sūrat al-Isrāʾ 17:80) ⑤ Refuge from Being Numbered with the Wrongdoers رَّبِّ إِمَّا تُرِيَنِّي مَا يُوعَدُونَ ۝ رَبِّ فَلَا تَجْعَلْنِي فِي الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ Rabbi immā turiyannī mā yūʿadūn, rabbi fa-lā tajʿalnī fī-l-qawmi-ẓ-ẓālimīn
"My Lord, if You should show me that which they are promised, then do not place me, my Lord, among the wrongdoing people." — A duʿāʾ Allah commanded the Prophet ﷺ to say. The tongue that asks this stays separate from theirs. (Sūrat al-Muʾminūn 23:93–94) Sūrat al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:84, 26:87–89; al-Kahf 18:24; al-Isrāʾ 17:80; al-Muʾminūn 23:93–94

— Today's Focus —

Day Seven ✓

7 Dhul Ḥijjah

Silat al-Raḥim

The ties of kinship

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Sunnah

① Āyat al-Kursī (2:255) اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ… Protection from morning to evening / evening to morning. (al-Ḥākim, authenticated by al-Albānī) ② Three Quls × 3Recite Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and al-Nās three times each. "They suffice you against everything." (Abū Dāwūd 5082, ṣaḥīḥ) ③ Subḥān Allāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi · Subḥān Allāhi-l-ʿaẓīm × 100 سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ❦ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ Sins wiped away even if like the foam of the sea. "Two phrases light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful." (Muslim 2692; Bukhārī 6406) ④ Bismillāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru × 3 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ "In the Name of Allah with Whose Name nothing can harm — on earth or in heaven — and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." × 3 — Nothing will harm him until morning/evening. (Abū Dāwūd 5088; Tirmidhī 3388, ṣaḥīḥ) ⑤ Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā / amsaynā اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ "O Allah, by You we enter the morning / evening, by You we live, by You we die, and to You is the resurrection." — Morning: aṣbaḥnā … al-nushūr; Evening: amsaynā … al-maṣīr. (Abū Dāwūd 5068) ⑥ Ḥasbiya Allāhu × 7 حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ "Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne." × 7 morning and evening — Allah suffices him in whatever grieves him. (Abū Dāwūd 5081) ⑦ Sayyid al-Istighfār — once morning, once evening اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ / أَمَتُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant (عَبْدُكَ for men / أَمَتُكَ for women). I am upon Your covenant and Your promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me — for none forgives sins but You." — Whoever says this with conviction in the morning and dies before evening enters Paradise; same at night. (Bukhārī 6306) ⑧ Ṣalawāt (Darood) × 10Whoever sends ṣalawāt (Darood) upon me ten times morning and evening will have my intercession on the Day of Judgement. (Ṭabarānī, ṣaḥīḥ al-Albānī) Ḥiṣn al-Muslim; al-Nawawī, al-Adhkār

① From Grief, Worry, and Weakness اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa-l-bukhli wa-l-jubn, wa ḍalaʿi-d-dayn, wa ghalabati-r-rijāl.
"O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt, and from being overpowered by others." — The Prophet ﷺ never left this duʿāʾ. (Bukhārī 6369; Nasāʾī 5449) ② For the Love of Allah اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ḥubbak, wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuk, wa-l-ʿamala-lladhī yuballighu-nī ḥubbak. Allāhumma-jʿal ḥubbaka aḥabba ilayya min nafsī wa ahlī wa mina-l-māʾi-l-bārid.
"O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the deeds that bring me to Your love. O Allah, make Your love more beloved to me than myself, my family, and cold water." — The duʿāʾ of Dāwūd ﷺ, taught by our Prophet ﷺ. (Tirmidhī 3490, ḥasan) ③ For Forgiveness and Well-Being اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī.
"O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth." — The Prophet ﷺ never abandoned these every morning and evening. (Ibn Mājah 3871) ④ For Beneficial Knowledge اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan wa rizqan ṭayyiban wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalan.
"O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds." — After Fajr. (Ibn Mājah 925, ḥasan) Nasāʾī 5449; Tirmidhī 3490; Ibn Mājah 3871, 925

The prophets prayed for their parents, their spouses, their children, their lineage. Pray for yours.

① The Duʿāʾ for Parents — Qurʾān’s Direct Command رَّبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا Rabbi-rḥamhumā kamā rabbayānī ṣaghīrā
"My Lord, have mercy upon them as they raised me when I was small." — The exact words the Qurʾān places in the mouth of every child for their parents. (Sūrat al-Isrāʾ 17:24) ② For a Family that Becomes the Coolness of the Eyes رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا Rabbanā hab lanā min azwājinā wa dhurriyyātinā qurrata aʿyun wa-jʿalnā li-l-muttaqīna imāmā
"Our Lord, grant us from our spouses and offspring comfort to our eyes, and make us a model for the righteous." — For homes that lead, not just survive. (Sūrat al-Furqān 25:74) ③ Zakariyyā’s Duʿāʾ for Pure Offspring رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ Rabbi hab lī min ladunka dhurriyyatan ṭayyibah, innaka samīʿu-d-duʿāʾ
"My Lord, grant me from Yourself pure offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication." — Said in old age, after waiting his whole life. (Sūrat Āl ʿImrān 3:38) ④ Ibrāhīm’s Duʿāʾ for a Righteous Child رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ Rabbi hab lī mina-ṣ-ṣāliḥīn
"My Lord, grant me of the righteous." — Five words that brought Ismāʿīl ﷺ into being. (Sūrat al-Ṣāffāt 37:100) ⑤ Nūḥ’s Duʿāʾ for the Household of Believers رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ Rabbi-ghfir lī wa li-wālidayya wa li-man dakhala baytiya muʾminan wa li-l-muʾminīna wa-l-muʾmināt
"My Lord, forgive me, my parents, and whoever enters my house in faith — and the believing men and women." — A house that prays this becomes a house that survives every flood. (Sūrat Nūḥ 71:28) Sūrat al-Isrāʾ 17:24; al-Furqān 25:74; Āl ʿImrān 3:38; al-Ṣāffāt 37:100; Nūḥ 71:28

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Day Eight — Yawm al-Tarwiyah ✓

8 Dhul Ḥijjah

The Eve of ʿArafah

The last quiet before the greatest day

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Sunnah

① Āyat al-Kursī (2:255) اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ… Protection from morning to evening / evening to morning. (al-Ḥākim, authenticated by al-Albānī) ② Three Quls × 3Recite Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and al-Nās three times each. "They suffice you against everything." (Abū Dāwūd 5082, ṣaḥīḥ) ③ Subḥān Allāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi · Subḥān Allāhi-l-ʿaẓīm × 100 سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ❦ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ Sins wiped away even if like the foam of the sea. "Two phrases light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful." (Muslim 2692; Bukhārī 6406) ④ Bismillāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru × 3 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ "In the Name of Allah with Whose Name nothing can harm — on earth or in heaven — and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." × 3 — Nothing will harm him until morning/evening. (Abū Dāwūd 5088; Tirmidhī 3388, ṣaḥīḥ) ⑤ Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā / amsaynā اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ "O Allah, by You we enter the morning / evening, by You we live, by You we die, and to You is the resurrection." — Morning: aṣbaḥnā … al-nushūr; Evening: amsaynā … al-maṣīr. (Abū Dāwūd 5068) ⑥ Ḥasbiya Allāhu × 7 حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ "Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne." × 7 morning and evening — Allah suffices him in whatever grieves him. (Abū Dāwūd 5081) ⑦ Sayyid al-Istighfār — once morning, once evening اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ / أَمَتُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant (عَبْدُكَ for men / أَمَتُكَ for women). I am upon Your covenant and Your promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me — for none forgives sins but You." — Whoever says this with conviction in the morning and dies before evening enters Paradise; same at night. (Bukhārī 6306) ⑧ Ṣalawāt (Darood) × 10Whoever sends ṣalawāt (Darood) upon me ten times morning and evening will have my intercession on the Day of Judgement. (Ṭabarānī, ṣaḥīḥ al-Albānī) Ḥiṣn al-Muslim; al-Nawawī, al-Adhkār

① From Grief, Worry, and Weakness اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa-l-bukhli wa-l-jubn, wa ḍalaʿi-d-dayn, wa ghalabati-r-rijāl.
"O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt, and from being overpowered by others." — The Prophet ﷺ never left this duʿāʾ. (Bukhārī 6369; Nasāʾī 5449) ② For the Love of Allah اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ḥubbak, wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuk, wa-l-ʿamala-lladhī yuballighu-nī ḥubbak. Allāhumma-jʿal ḥubbaka aḥabba ilayya min nafsī wa ahlī wa mina-l-māʾi-l-bārid.
"O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the deeds that bring me to Your love. O Allah, make Your love more beloved to me than myself, my family, and cold water." — The duʿāʾ of Dāwūd ﷺ, taught by our Prophet ﷺ. (Tirmidhī 3490, ḥasan) ③ For Forgiveness and Well-Being اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī.
"O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth." — The Prophet ﷺ never abandoned these every morning and evening. (Ibn Mājah 3871) ④ For Beneficial Knowledge اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan wa rizqan ṭayyiban wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalan.
"O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds." — After Fajr. (Ibn Mājah 925, ḥasan) Nasāʾī 5449; Tirmidhī 3490; Ibn Mājah 3871, 925

Tomorrow is the greatest day of duʿā in the year. These are the rites and stances Ibrāhīm ﷺ used to prepare himself for it.

① Ibrāhīm at the Foundation — Make This Land Safe رَبِّ اجْعَلْ هَٰذَا الْبَلَدَ آمِنًا وَاجْنُبْنِي وَبَنِيَّ أَن نَّعْبُدَ الْأَصْنَامَ Rabbi-jʿal hādhā-l-balada āminan wa-jnubnī wa baniyya an naʿbuda-l-aṣnām
"My Lord, make this land safe, and keep me and my children away from worshipping idols." — The duʿāʾ that founded Makkah. (Sūrat Ibrāhīm 14:35) ② Settling the Family by the House رَّبَّنَا إِنِّي أَسْكَنتُ مِن ذُرِّيَّتِي بِوَادٍ غَيْرِ ذِي زَرْعٍ عِندَ بَيْتِكَ الْمُحَرَّمِ ... فَاجْعَلْ أَفْئِدَةً مِّنَ النَّاسِ تَهْوِي إِلَيْهِمْ Rabbanā innī askantu min dhurriyyatī bi-wādin ghayri dhī zarʿin ʿinda baytika-l-muḥarram... fa-jʿal afʾidatan mina-n-nāsi tahwī ilayhim
"Our Lord, I have settled some of my offspring in a barren valley by Your Sacred House... so make the hearts of people incline toward them." — Every pilgrim today is an answer to this duʿāʾ. (Sūrat Ibrāhīm 14:37) ③ Show Us the Rites رَبَّنَا وَاجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَا أُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَ وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا وَتُبْ عَلَيْنَا Rabbanā wa-jʿalnā muslimayni laka wa min dhurriyyatinā ummatan muslimatan lak wa arinā manāsikanā wa tub ʿalaynā
"Our Lord, make us submitters to You, and from our descendants a community submitting to You. Show us our rites and accept our repentance." — Ibrāhīm and Ismāʿīl at the Kaʿbah asking to be shown the very rites Muslims now perform. (Sūrat al-Baqarah 2:128) ④ For Pouring Patience رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا Rabbanā afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran wa thabbit aqdāmanā
"Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant our feet firmly." — Said by Ṭālūt’s small band before they faced Jālūt. (Sūrat al-Baqarah 2:250) ⑤ To Be Turned Away from the Fire رَبَّنَا اصْرِفْ عَنَّا عَذَابَ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ إِنَّ عَذَابَهَا كَانَ غَرَامًا Rabbanā-ṣrif ʿannā ʿadhāba jahannam, inna ʿadhābahā kāna gharāmā
"Our Lord, turn away from us the punishment of Hell — its punishment is unrelenting." — Tomorrow is the day Allah frees the most necks from the Fire. Begin asking now. (Sūrat al-Furqān 25:65–66) ⑥ Refuge from Asking for the Wrong Thing رَبِّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ Rabbi innī aʿūdhu bika an asʾalaka mā laysa lī bihi ʿilm
"My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking You for that of which I have no knowledge." — Nūḥ’s correction. Before a day of immense asking — ask for the right things. (Sūrat Hūd 11:47) Sūrat Ibrāhīm 14:35, 14:37; al-Baqarah 2:128, 2:250; al-Furqān 25:65–66; Hūd 11:47

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Day Nine — Yawm ʿArafah 🌿 ✓

9 Dhul Ḥijjah

The Greatest Day

Stand. Ask. Do not stop.

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HIGHEST PRIORITY

① Āyat al-Kursī (2:255) اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ… Protection from morning to evening / evening to morning. (al-Ḥākim, authenticated by al-Albānī) ② Three Quls × 3Recite Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and al-Nās three times each. "They suffice you against everything." (Abū Dāwūd 5082, ṣaḥīḥ) ③ Subḥān Allāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi · Subḥān Allāhi-l-ʿaẓīm × 100 سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ❦ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ Sins wiped away even if like the foam of the sea. "Two phrases light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful." (Muslim 2692; Bukhārī 6406) ④ Bismillāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru × 3 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ "In the Name of Allah with Whose Name nothing can harm — on earth or in heaven — and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." × 3 — Nothing will harm him until morning/evening. (Abū Dāwūd 5088; Tirmidhī 3388, ṣaḥīḥ) ⑤ Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā / amsaynā اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ "O Allah, by You we enter the morning / evening, by You we live, by You we die, and to You is the resurrection." — Morning: aṣbaḥnā … al-nushūr; Evening: amsaynā … al-maṣīr. (Abū Dāwūd 5068) ⑥ Ḥasbiya Allāhu × 7 حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ "Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne." × 7 morning and evening — Allah suffices him in whatever grieves him. (Abū Dāwūd 5081) ⑦ Sayyid al-Istighfār — once morning, once evening اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ / أَمَتُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant (عَبْدُكَ for men / أَمَتُكَ for women). I am upon Your covenant and Your promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me — for none forgives sins but You." — Whoever says this with conviction in the morning and dies before evening enters Paradise; same at night. (Bukhārī 6306) ⑧ Ṣalawāt (Darood) × 10Whoever sends ṣalawāt (Darood) upon me ten times morning and evening will have my intercession on the Day of Judgement. (Ṭabarānī, ṣaḥīḥ al-Albānī) Ḥiṣn al-Muslim; al-Nawawī, al-Adhkār

① From Grief, Worry, and Weakness اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-hammi wa-l-ḥazan, wa-l-ʿajzi wa-l-kasal, wa-l-bukhli wa-l-jubn, wa ḍalaʿi-d-dayn, wa ghalabati-r-rijāl.
"O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from weakness and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from the burden of debt, and from being overpowered by others." — The Prophet ﷺ never left this duʿāʾ. (Bukhārī 6369; Nasāʾī 5449) ② For the Love of Allah اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِي حُبَّكَ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ḥubbak, wa ḥubba man yuḥibbuk, wa-l-ʿamala-lladhī yuballighu-nī ḥubbak. Allāhumma-jʿal ḥubbaka aḥabba ilayya min nafsī wa ahlī wa mina-l-māʾi-l-bārid.
"O Allah, I ask You for Your love, the love of those who love You, and the deeds that bring me to Your love. O Allah, make Your love more beloved to me than myself, my family, and cold water." — The duʿāʾ of Dāwūd ﷺ, taught by our Prophet ﷺ. (Tirmidhī 3490, ḥasan) ③ For Forgiveness and Well-Being اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ❦ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyah fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī.
"O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in my religion, my worldly affairs, my family, and my wealth." — The Prophet ﷺ never abandoned these every morning and evening. (Ibn Mājah 3871) ④ For Beneficial Knowledge اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا Allāhumma innī asʾaluka ʿilman nāfiʿan wa rizqan ṭayyiban wa ʿamalan mutaqabbalan.
"O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and accepted deeds." — After Fajr. (Ibn Mājah 925, ḥasan) Nasāʾī 5449; Tirmidhī 3490; Ibn Mājah 3871, 925

The Prophet ﷺ said: "The best duʿāʾ is the duʿāʾ of the day of ʿArafah" (Tirmidhī 3585). These are the comprehensive duʿās from Āl ʿImrān — open everything in your hands.

① The Witness of the Creation رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَٰذَا بَاطِلًا سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ Rabbanā mā khalaqta hādhā bāṭilan subḥānaka fa-qinā ʿadhāba-n-nār
"Our Lord, You did not create this in vain — glory be to You; protect us from the punishment of the Fire." — Said by those who reflect on heaven and earth, standing, sitting, and on their sides. (Sūrat Āl ʿImrān 3:191) ② The Plea Against Disgrace رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ مَن تُدْخِلِ النَّارَ فَقَدْ أَخْزَيْتَهُ ۖ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ Rabbanā innaka man tudkhili-n-nāra fa-qad akhzaytah, wa mā li-ẓ-ẓālimīna min anṣār
"Our Lord, whoever You admit to the Fire — You have disgraced him; and the wrongdoers will have no helpers." — Name the loss directly. Then ask not to be among them. (Sūrat Āl ʿImrān 3:192) ③ Having Heard the Caller — the Full Response رَّبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي لِلْإِيمَانِ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا ۚ رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ Rabbanā innanā samiʿnā munādiyan yunādī li-l-īmān an āminū bi-rabbikum fa-āmannā, rabbanā fa-ghfir lanā dhunūbanā wa kaffir ʿannā sayyiʾātinā wa tawaffanā maʿa-l-abrār
"Our Lord, we have heard a caller calling to faith — "Believe in your Lord" — and we have believed. Our Lord, forgive us our sins, remove from us our misdeeds, and cause us to die with the righteous." — Six asks in one breath. Use this when you do not know what else to say. (Sūrat Āl ʿImrān 3:193) ④ Asking for the Promise رَبَّنَا وَآتِنَا مَا وَعَدتَّنَا عَلَىٰ رُسُلِكَ وَلَا تُخْزِنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۗ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ Rabbanā wa ātinā mā waʿadtanā ʿalā rusulika wa lā tukhzinā yawma-l-qiyāmah, innaka lā tukhlifu-l-mīʿād
"Our Lord, grant us what You promised us through Your messengers, and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, You do not break the promise." — You are claiming a promise. Allah keeps His. (Sūrat Āl ʿImrān 3:194) ⑤ Write Us with the Witnesses رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ Rabbanā āmannā fa-ktubnā maʿa-sh-shāhidīn
"Our Lord, we have believed — so write us down among the witnesses." — Said by those whose eyes overflowed with tears when they recognised the truth. (Sūrat al-Māʾidah 5:83) ⑥ Ibrāhīm’s Total Tawakkul رَّبَّنَا عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ أَنَبْنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ ۝ رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَا Rabbanā ʿalayka tawakkalnā wa ilayka anabnā wa ilayka-l-maṣīr, rabbanā lā tajʿalnā fitnatan lilladhīna kafarū wa-ghfir lanā rabbanā
"Our Lord, upon You we have relied; to You we turn back; and to You is the destination. Our Lord, do not make us a trial for those who disbelieve, and forgive us — our Lord." — Ibrāhīm’s words on the day he disavowed his people. Use them today to disavow the worst in yourself. (Sūrat al-Mumtaḥanah 60:4–5) Sūrat Āl ʿImrān 3:191, 3:192, 3:193, 3:194; al-Māʾidah 5:83; al-Mumtaḥanah 60:4–5

— Today's Focus — Give This Day to Allah

Day Ten — Yawm al-Naḥr 🎉 ✓

10 Dhul Ḥijjah

Eid al-Aḍḥā

The feast of sacrifice and gratitude

— The Sunnahs of Eid —

FORBIDDEN

Sunnah / Wājib

① Āyat al-Kursī (2:255) اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ… Protection from morning to evening / evening to morning. (al-Ḥākim, authenticated by al-Albānī) ② Three Quls × 3Recite Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and al-Nās three times each. "They suffice you against everything." (Abū Dāwūd 5082, ṣaḥīḥ) ③ Subḥān Allāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi · Subḥān Allāhi-l-ʿaẓīm × 100 سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ❦ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ Sins wiped away even if like the foam of the sea. "Two phrases light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful." (Muslim 2692; Bukhārī 6406) ④ Bismillāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru × 3 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ "In the Name of Allah with Whose Name nothing can harm — on earth or in heaven — and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." × 3 — Nothing will harm him until morning/evening. (Abū Dāwūd 5088; Tirmidhī 3388, ṣaḥīḥ) ⑤ Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā / amsaynā اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ "O Allah, by You we enter the morning / evening, by You we live, by You we die, and to You is the resurrection." — Morning: aṣbaḥnā … al-nushūr; Evening: amsaynā … al-maṣīr. (Abū Dāwūd 5068) ⑥ Ḥasbiya Allāhu × 7 حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ "Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne." × 7 morning and evening — Allah suffices him in whatever grieves him. (Abū Dāwūd 5081) ⑦ Sayyid al-Istighfār — once morning, once evening اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ / أَمَتُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant (عَبْدُكَ for men / أَمَتُكَ for women). I am upon Your covenant and Your promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me — for none forgives sins but You." — Whoever says this with conviction in the morning and dies before evening enters Paradise; same at night. (Bukhārī 6306) ⑧ Ṣalawāt (Darood) × 10Whoever sends ṣalawāt (Darood) upon me ten times morning and evening will have my intercession on the Day of Judgement. (Ṭabarānī, ṣaḥīḥ al-Albānī) Ḥiṣn al-Muslim; al-Nawawī, al-Adhkār

Today the heart is full. The right response is praise — these are the words the Qurʾān gives for moments of completion.

① Ibrāhīm at the Moment of Sacrifice — Total Disclosure رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ مَا نُخْفِي وَمَا نُعْلِنُ ۗ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِن شَيْءٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ Rabbanā innaka taʿlamu mā nukhfī wa mā nuʿlin, wa mā yakhfā ʿalā-llāhi min shayʾin fī-l-arḍi wa lā fī-s-samāʾ
"Our Lord, You know what we conceal and what we declare. Nothing on earth or in the heavens is hidden from Allah." — On the day of sacrifice — admit it all. (Sūrat Ibrāhīm 14:38) ② Ibrāhīm’s Praise for the Gift of Sons الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي وَهَبَ لِي عَلَى الْكِبَرِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي لَسَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ Al-ḥamdulillāhi-lladhī wahaba lī ʿalā-l-kibari Ismāʿīla wa Isḥāq, inna rabbī la-samīʿu-d-duʿāʾ
"Praise be to Allah who has granted me — in old age — Ismāʿīl and Isḥāq. Indeed, my Lord is the Hearer of supplication." — The father of the sacrificed son praising Allah for him. Praise becomes the offering. (Sūrat Ibrāhīm 14:39) ③ Sulaymān — "This Is from My Lord’s Favour" هَٰذَا مِن فَضْلِ رَبِّي لِيَبْلُوَنِي أَأَشْكُرُ أَمْ أَكْفُرُ ۖ وَمَن شَكَرَ فَإِنَّمَا يَشْكُرُ لِنَفْسِهِ Hādhā min faḍli rabbī li-yabluwanī a-ashkuru am akfur, wa man shakara fa-innamā yashkuru li-nafsih
"This is from my Lord’s favour — to test whether I will be grateful or ungrateful. Whoever is grateful — his gratitude is only for his own soul." — Said when the Throne of Bilqīs appeared. Said today when the sacrifice is complete. (Sūrat al-Naml 27:40) ④ The Praise of Those Who Reach the Garden الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا لِهَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِيَ لَوْلَا أَنْ هَدَانَا اللَّهُ Al-ḥamdulillāhi-lladhī hadānā li-hādhā wa mā kunnā li-nahtadiya law lā an hadānā-llāh
"Praise be to Allah who guided us to this — we would never have been guided had Allah not guided us." — The words spoken on entering Paradise. Begin saying them now. (Sūrat al-Aʿrāf 7:43) ⑤ The Removal of All Sorrow الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ عَنَّا الْحَزَنَ ۖ إِنَّ رَبَّنَا لَغَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ Al-ḥamdulillāhi-lladhī adhhaba ʿannā-l-ḥazan, inna rabbanā la-Ghafūrun Shakūr
"Praise be to Allah who has removed sorrow from us. Indeed, our Lord is Most Forgiving, Most Appreciative." — The first words of those who enter Paradise after a long wait. (Sūrat Fāṭir 35:34) ⑥ The Witness of Fulfilled Promise الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي صَدَقَنَا وَعْدَهُ وَأَوْرَثَنَا الْأَرْضَ نَتَبَوَّأُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَيْثُ نَشَاءُ Al-ḥamdulillāhi-lladhī ṣadaqanā waʿdahu wa awrathanā-l-arḍa natabawwaʾu mina-l-jannati ḥaythu nashāʾ
"Praise be to Allah who has fulfilled His promise to us and given us this land — we settle in Paradise wherever we wish." — The praise of the residents of the Garden. The promise was always kept. (Sūrat al-Zumar 39:74) Sūrat Ibrāhīm 14:38, 14:39; al-Naml 27:40; al-Aʿrāf 7:43; Fāṭir 35:34; al-Zumar 39:74

— Today's Reflection —

Day Eleven — Ayyām al-Tashrīq I ✓

11 Dhul Ḥijjah

Days of Eating and Remembrance

Dhikr between the feasts

— Core —

FORBIDDEN

① Āyat al-Kursī (2:255) اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ… Protection from morning to evening / evening to morning. (al-Ḥākim, authenticated by al-Albānī) ② Three Quls × 3Recite Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and al-Nās three times each. "They suffice you against everything." (Abū Dāwūd 5082, ṣaḥīḥ) ③ Subḥān Allāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi · Subḥān Allāhi-l-ʿaẓīm × 100 سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ❦ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ Sins wiped away even if like the foam of the sea. "Two phrases light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful." (Muslim 2692; Bukhārī 6406) ④ Bismillāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru × 3 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ "In the Name of Allah with Whose Name nothing can harm — on earth or in heaven — and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." × 3 — Nothing will harm him until morning/evening. (Abū Dāwūd 5088; Tirmidhī 3388, ṣaḥīḥ) ⑤ Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā / amsaynā اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ "O Allah, by You we enter the morning / evening, by You we live, by You we die, and to You is the resurrection." — Morning: aṣbaḥnā … al-nushūr; Evening: amsaynā … al-maṣīr. (Abū Dāwūd 5068) ⑥ Ḥasbiya Allāhu × 7 حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ "Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne." × 7 morning and evening — Allah suffices him in whatever grieves him. (Abū Dāwūd 5081) ⑦ Sayyid al-Istighfār — once morning, once evening اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ / أَمَتُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant (عَبْدُكَ for men / أَمَتُكَ for women). I am upon Your covenant and Your promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me — for none forgives sins but You." — Whoever says this with conviction in the morning and dies before evening enters Paradise; same at night. (Bukhārī 6306) ⑧ Ṣalawāt (Darood) × 10Whoever sends ṣalawāt (Darood) upon me ten times morning and evening will have my intercession on the Day of Judgement. (Ṭabarānī, ṣaḥīḥ al-Albānī) Ḥiṣn al-Muslim; al-Nawawī, al-Adhkār

The days that come after the peak. The Qurʾān shows how to keep remembering when the high moment has passed.

① The Pleading Duʿāʾ رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ Rabbanā āmannā fa-ghfir lanā wa-rḥamnā wa anta khayru-r-rāḥimīn
"Our Lord, we have believed — so forgive us, have mercy on us, and You are the best of those who show mercy." — Said by those Allah called the best of His creation. Easy to memorise — make it your refrain through these three days. (Sūrat al-Muʾminūn 23:109) ② For Those Who Came Before in Faith رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ Rabbanā-ghfir lanā wa li-ikhwāninā-lladhīna sabaqūnā bi-l-īmān wa lā tajʿal fī qulūbinā ghillan lilladhīna āmanū rabbanā innaka raʾūfun raḥīm
"Our Lord, forgive us and our brethren who preceded us in faith, and do not place in our hearts any rancor toward those who have believed. Our Lord, You are indeed Kind, Merciful." — A duʿāʾ for the dead and for the living believers around you. Heals what holds grudges. (Sūrat al-Ḥashr 59:10) ③ Āsiyah’s Duʿāʾ — A House Near Allah رَبِّ ابْنِ لِي عِندَكَ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِي مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِ وَنَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ Rabbi-bni lī ʿindaka baytan fī-l-jannah wa najjinī min Firʿawna wa ʿamalih wa najjinī mina-l-qawmi-ẓ-ẓālimīn
"My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise — and save me from Firʿawn and his deeds, and save me from the wrongdoing people." — Spoken under torture. The Qurʾān names her a model for the believers. (Sūrat al-Taḥrīm 66:11) ④ Zakariyyā — "Do Not Leave Me Alone" رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ Rabbi lā tadharnī fardan wa anta khayru-l-wārithīn
"My Lord, do not leave me alone — and You are the best of inheritors." — For the loneliness after a high moment. Allah heard him. (Sūrat al-Anbiyāʾ 21:89) ⑤ ʿĪsā’s Intercession — Mercy Is Yours to Give إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ ۖ وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ In tuʿadhdhibhum fa-innahum ʿibāduk, wa in taghfir lahum fa-innaka anta-l-ʿazīzu-l-ḥakīm
"If You punish them, they are Your servants; and if You forgive them, You are the Mighty, the Wise." — ʿĪsā ﷺ on the Day of Judgement, refusing to demand vengeance. Use this duʿāʾ for the ummah. (Sūrat al-Māʾidah 5:118) Sūrat al-Muʾminūn 23:109; al-Ḥashr 59:10; al-Taḥrīm 66:11; al-Anbiyāʾ 21:89; al-Māʾidah 5:118

— Today's Focus —

Day Twelve — Ayyām al-Tashrīq II ✓

12 Dhul Ḥijjah

The Closing

Carrying it forward

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① Āyat al-Kursī (2:255) اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ… Protection from morning to evening / evening to morning. (al-Ḥākim, authenticated by al-Albānī) ② Three Quls × 3Recite Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, and al-Nās three times each. "They suffice you against everything." (Abū Dāwūd 5082, ṣaḥīḥ) ③ Subḥān Allāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi · Subḥān Allāhi-l-ʿaẓīm × 100 سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ❦ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ Sins wiped away even if like the foam of the sea. "Two phrases light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful." (Muslim 2692; Bukhārī 6406) ④ Bismillāhi-lladhī lā yaḍurru × 3 بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ "In the Name of Allah with Whose Name nothing can harm — on earth or in heaven — and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." × 3 — Nothing will harm him until morning/evening. (Abū Dāwūd 5088; Tirmidhī 3388, ṣaḥīḥ) ⑤ Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā / amsaynā اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ "O Allah, by You we enter the morning / evening, by You we live, by You we die, and to You is the resurrection." — Morning: aṣbaḥnā … al-nushūr; Evening: amsaynā … al-maṣīr. (Abū Dāwūd 5068) ⑥ Ḥasbiya Allāhu × 7 حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ "Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but He. Upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne." × 7 morning and evening — Allah suffices him in whatever grieves him. (Abū Dāwūd 5081) ⑦ Sayyid al-Istighfār — once morning, once evening اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ / أَمَتُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَبُوءُ بِذَنْبِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ "O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant (عَبْدُكَ for men / أَمَتُكَ for women). I am upon Your covenant and Your promise as best I can. I seek refuge in You from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge Your favour upon me, and I acknowledge my sin. So forgive me — for none forgives sins but You." — Whoever says this with conviction in the morning and dies before evening enters Paradise; same at night. (Bukhārī 6306) ⑧ Ṣalawāt (Darood) × 10Whoever sends ṣalawāt (Darood) upon me ten times morning and evening will have my intercession on the Day of Judgement. (Ṭabarānī, ṣaḥīḥ al-Albānī) Ḥiṣn al-Muslim; al-Nawawī, al-Adhkār

The twelve days end, but istiqāmah is the only continuation that counts. Carry these duʿās forward — they were meant for after the season, not just during it.

① The Prophet’s ﷺ Final Recourse — Allah Is Enough حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ ۖ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ Ḥasbiya-llāhu lā ilāha illā huwa, ʿalayhi tawakkaltu, wa huwa rabbu-l-ʿarshi-l-ʿaẓīm
"Sufficient for me is Allah — there is no god except Him; upon Him I rely, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne." — The Prophet ﷺ said whoever says this seven times in the morning and the evening, Allah suffices him. (Sūrat al-Tawbah 9:129) ② The Angels’ Duʿāʾ — Admit Them to the Gardens رَبَّنَا وَأَدْخِلْهُمْ جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ الَّتِي وَعَدتَّهُمْ وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ Rabbanā wa adkhilhum jannāti ʿadnin allatī waʿadtahum wa man ṣalaḥa min ābāʾihim wa azwājihim wa dhurriyyātihim
"Our Lord, admit them to Gardens of Eternity that You have promised them, and the righteous among their fathers, spouses, and offspring." — The bearers of the Throne praying for the believers and their families. Slip in. (Sūrat Ghāfir 40:8) ③ Ibrāhīm — "Heir to the Garden of Bliss" وَاجْعَلْنِي مِن وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ Wa-jʿalnī min warathati jannati-n-naʿīm
"And make me of the inheritors of the Garden of Bliss." — The closing horizon of every duʿāʾ. (Sūrat al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:85) ④ Ibrāhīm for His Father وَاغْفِرْ لِأَبِي إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الضَّالِّينَ Wa-ghfir li-abī innahu kāna mina-ḍ-ḍāllīn
"And forgive my father — indeed he was among those who went astray." — A son’s impossible duʿāʾ. Even when there is no way, ask. (Sūrat al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:86) ⑤ The Final Praise of Sūrat al-Isrāʾ وَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ ... وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًا Wa quli-l-ḥamdulillāhi-lladhī lam yattakhidh waladan wa lam yakun lahu sharīkun fī-l-mulk... wa kabbirhu takbīrā
"And say: "All praise belongs to Allah, who has taken no son, and who has no partner in dominion... and magnify Him greatly."" — The closing duʿāʾ Allah commanded — and the closing duʿāʾ of these twelve days. (Sūrat al-Isrāʾ 17:111) Sūrat al-Tawbah 9:129; Ghāfir 40:8; al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:85, 26:86; al-Isrāʾ 17:111

— Today's Focus —

The Twelve Days

The Niyyah

Tawbah

The Speech of Allah

The Hand That Gives

The Architecture of Salāh

The Tongue

Silat al-Raḥim

The Eve of ʿArafah

The Greatest Day

Eid al-Aḍḥā

Days of Eating and Remembrance

The Closing