Du’a by Imam abu Hamid al-Ghazali

Du’a by Imam abu Hamid al-Ghazali [translated by Shaykh Seraj Hendricks]

“O Allah, of Grace I ask You its perfection;

and of protection its duration;

and of mercy its completion;

and of health its attainment.

Of livelihood, I ask its comfort;

and of life its happiness;

and of virtue its completion;

and of blessings its totality;

and of graciousness its sweetness;

and of benevolence the nearest.

O Allah, terminate with happiness our final end

and fulfil for us our hopes beyond expectations.

Join with well-being and good health

our early mornings and dusky evenings,

and set Your mercy as our final end and outcome.

Pour the abundance of Your Forgiveness

upon our sins, and favour us with the

removal of our faults.

Give us piety as a provision and place

our efforts in the strengthening

of Your Religion.

In You is our trust and upon You our dependence.

O Allah, strengthen us on the road of sincerity

and righteousness and protect us

in this world from that which will be cause

for regret on the Final Day.

Lighten for us the burden of our sins

and bestow upon us the blessings of those

who live a life of Righteousness,

and be sufficient for us and avert

from us the evils of those who do evil.

Free us and free our fathers and our mothers

and our teachers from the fire of hell by

the grace of Your Mercy.

O Most Mighty, Most Merciful, Most Generous;

the Veiler (of faults), the Gentle One, the Potent.

O Allah… O Allah… O Allah… O Allah…

O Merciful… O Merciful… O Merciful…

O most Merciful of the Merciful…

the First of the First and the Last of the Last.

The Possessor of unshakable Power.

The most Compassionate to the poor

and the destitute.

O most Merciful of the Merciful.

“There is no God except You.

Glory be to You. Indeed I am amongst

those who have done wrong” (surah Anbiya :87)

May the blessings of Allah be upon Muhammmad,

his family and all of his companions.

And praise belongs to Allah alone, Lord of the worlds.”

Ya Ummi

You know parents are amazing, they do so much for us and never ask for anything. Allah tells us in the Quran about the imporatance of our parents and our beloved Nabi(peace and blessing be upon him) also tells us about how we are to act towards our parents. Abu Usaid Saidi said: We were once sitting with Rasulullah when a man from the tribe of Salmah came and said to him: O Messenger of Allah! do my parents have rights over me even after they have died? And Rasulullah said: Yes. You must pray to Allah to bless them with His Forgiveness and Mercy, fulfill the promises they made to anyone, and respect their relations and their friends (Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah). SubhanAllah our parents have many rights over us but why wouldn’t they juss look at everything they do for us.

But it was a couple of days ago when I started thinking about mothers and how much they truly go through. Mothers are all amazing, they all go through so much, give us so much, and from the moment that they are given the news that they will become a mother, they begin to change their life and make sure that it will be comforting for their child. A couple of days ago I went to the hospital to go visit my cousin, hamdulillah the family is always growing and the newest addition is a beautiful baby girl. I saw my cousin and how she looked so weak, my mother and her mother were talking and I juss began to think about how much mothers go through. For nine months, mothers carry a child- I mean juss the thought of a human inside another human is SubhanAllah. Allah says, “We have enjoined on man kindness to his parents; in pain did his mother bear him, and in pain did she give him birth” (46:15). The Quran and Sunnah tells us to obey, respect and listen to both of our parents, Allah makes mention of our mother and father, we are taught to take care of both of our parents and respect them so much, and they should never even hear us say “uff.”

It’s pretty scary when you see some kids yelling at their parents, but if you think about it mothers are very sensitive, you don’t have to necessarily scream at your mother to hurt her but rather there are very small things that can hurt a mother. I guess what I’m trying to say is that we all know our mothers very well. I know my mother well, probably not as well as she knows me but there are certain things that can get her very upset. For example, if I was to tell my mom that I received a bad grade on an assignment, no matter how important or unimportant that assignment may be it will still hurt her very deeply. So respect is big and we should keep our mothers emotions in mind all the time.

My mom is not juss a mother, she is so much more. Sometimes when I look at my mother I think, wow there is no possible way that I can ever be such an amazing mother like her. I have three brothers, one older and two younger, all of us together range from ages 21-7, quite an age range and many different things for anyone to keep up with. My mom is everything from a soccer coach to top chef, PTA mom to a happy playful mom. But most of all my mom is my best friend. She is always there for me and knows everything about me. When I am sick, or in pain, she sits there by my side. When I am tired, sad or angry she is the one who talks me through those hard times. Our beloved Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of course always gives us the best of advices; once a man came to Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, ‘O Messenger of God! Who among the people is the most worthy of my good companionship? The Prophet said: Your mother. The man said, ‘Then who?’ The Prophet said: Then your mother. The man further asked, ‘Then who?’ The Prophet said: Then your mother. The man asked again, ‘Then who?’ The Prophet said: Then your father. (Bukhari, Muslim). So besides respecting your mother, and father too, be their friend, Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) told us that they are the best companion and he (peace and blessings be upon him) always gives us the best advice.

Take care inshaAllah and go give your mommy a hug or a cup of tea

I leave you with some du’as below.

-radf

Rabbir hamhuma kama Rabbayani Sagheera.-My Lord! bestow on them Thy Mercy even as they cherished me in childhood.

Rabbigh-fir-li wali-walidayya, wali man dakhala baytina mu’minaw walimu’mineena, wal mu’minati wala tazidiz-zalimeena illa tabara.- Our Lord! Forgive me, my parents, all who enter my house in Faith, and (all) believing men and believing women: and to the wrong-doers grant Thou no increase but in perdition!

Rabbij ja’alni muqeemus sal-laati wa min dhur-riyaati, rabbana wa taqabal du’a, rabban-aghfirle wali wali dayya wa lil-mu’minina yawma yaqumul hisaab.- O my Lord! make me one who establishes regualr Prayer, and alos (raise such) among my offspring O our Lord! and accept Thou my prayer. O our Lord! cover (us) with Thy Forgiveness- me, my parents, and (all).