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Date: Nov 22, 2006 11:50 PM
Subject: Fwd: Dua
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From: Irshaad Moidheen <Irshaad.Moidheen@gb.co.za>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:00:44 +0200
Subject: Fwd: Dua
To: RoshelleJ@nedbank.co.za
>Dua is conversation with Allah … It is the most uplifting,
liberating,
>empowering, and transforming conversation a person can ever have.
>
>The Power of Dua
>
>Once Prophet Muhammad (saw) passed by a people who were suffering from
some
>affliction and said:
>
>Why don't they make Dua (pray) to Allah for protection.
>
>With all the suffering and disasters Muslims are facing in various
parts of
>the world, the question can be directed to all of us today.
>
>It is not that we have forgotten Dua completely; we refer to it
regularly.
>But, our ideas and practice regarding Dua have become distorted. Often
it
>is reduced to the level of a ritual. Generally it is considered when
all
>our efforts have failed – an act of last resort.
>
>It is belittled through actions and sometimes even with words. Is it
any
>wonder that today mostly a mention of Dua is meant to indicate the
>hopelessness of a situation.
>
>What a tragedy, for Dua is the most potent weapon of a believer. It can
>change fate, while no action of ours ever can. It is the essence of
ibadah
>or worship. With it we can never fail; without it we can never succeed.
In
>the proper scheme of things, Dua should be the first and the last
resort of
>the believer, with all his plans and actions coming in between.
>
>The significance of Dua
>
>Dua is conversation with Allah, out Creator, our Lord and Master, the
All
>Knowing, the All Powerful. This act in itself is of extraordinary
>significance. It is the most uplifting, liberating, empowering, and
>transforming conversation a person can ever have.
>
>We turn to Him because we know that He alone can lift our sufferings
and
>solve our problems. We feel relieved after describing our difficulties
to
>our Creator. We feel empowered after having communicated with the All
>Mighty. We sense His mercy all around us after talking to the Most
>Merciful. We get a new commitment to follow His path for that is the
only
>path for success. We feel blessed with each such commitment.
>
>In every difficulty our first action is Dua, as is our last. We ask
Allah
>to show us the way to handle that difficulty; we seek His help in
following
>the path He shows to us; we seek His aid in making our efforts
successful.
>
>When we fall sick, we know that we cannot find the right doctor without
His
>Will; that the best doctor may not be able to diagnose our condition
>without His Command; that the best treatment plan will not succeed
without
>His Permission. We make Dua for all of these. We make Dua before we
seek
>medical help, while we are receiving it and after it has been
delivered.
>The same is true of all other difficulties we may encounter.
>
>Dua is worship
>
>Dua is the essence of ibadah. A person engaged in Dua affirms his
belief in
>Tawheed and shuns belief in all false gods. With each Dua his belief
in
>Allah grows.
>
>He beseeches Him, affirming his own powerlessness. A person seriously
and
>sincerely engaged in Dua understands exactly the relationship between
>himself and the Creator and affirms it through his actions. That is the
>essence of worship! Additionally, such a person can never become
arrogant
>or proud, a logical result of true worship.
>
>We should make it a point to make Dua for all things big and small. It
is
>the beginning of wisdom to realize that big and small are arbitrary
labels
>that are totally irrelevant in this context. Nothing is too big for
Whom we
>are asking from; nothing is too small for the one who is asking.
>
>That is why we have been taught to ask Allah when we need something as
>small as shoelaces. We should ask as a beggar, as a destitute person,
for
>that is what we in reality are in relationship to Allah. At the same
time
>we should ask with great hope and conviction that we shall be granted
our
>prayers. We should remember the Hadith:
>
>There is nothing more dear to Allah than a servant making Dua to Him.
>
>On the other hand, a prayer lacking concentration and conviction is no
>prayer at all.
>
>We should make Dua at all times, not only during times of distress. The
>Prophet Muhammad (saw) said:
>
>Whosoever desires that Allah answers his Duas in unfavorable and
difficult
>conditions, he should make plentiful Dua in days of ease and comfort.
>
>Also he said:
>
>The person who does not ask from Allah, Allah becomes angry with him.
>
>We should ask for all of our needs: those related to this world as well
as
>those related to the Hereafter. Those who only concentrate on the
former
>are, in effect, announcing that they don't care for their life in the
>permanent abode. They should blame no body but themselves for the total
>ruin in that world that the Quran assures us awaits them. Those who
only
>concentrate on the later are also showing lack of balance, for we need
>Allah's help to lead a good life here as well.
>
>Your Dua – divine assistance for those in need
>
>We should make Du'a not only for ourselves but also for our parents,
>brothers and sisters, spouses and children, relatives and friends,
teachers
>and other benefactors, and destitute and poor Muslims everywhere. We
should
>pray for them for the good in this world as well as in the Hereafter.
>
>The Prophet (saw) said:
>
> The Dua of a Muslim for his brother (in Islam) in his absence is
readily
>accepted. An angel is appointed to his side. Whenever he makes a
beneficial
>Dua for his brother the appointed angel says: Aameen. And may you also
be
>blessed with the same. (Muslim)
>
>
>
> Allahu Akbar
>
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