Du’a for Reading the Book
Read the following Du’a (supplication) before you study a religious book or an Islamic lesson, you will remember whatever you study, اِنْ شَـآءَ الله:
اَللّٰهُمَّ افْتَحْ عَلَيْنَا حِكْمَتَكَ وَانْشُرْعَلَيْنَا رَحْمَتَكَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْاِكْرَامِ
Translation
O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Open the door of knowledge and wisdom for us and have mercy on us! O the One Who is the Most Honourable and Glorious!
Note:
Recite Salat upon the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم once before and after the Du’a.The excellence of Salat upon the Prophet
The Last and Final Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم stated, ‘O people! The one who will attain salvation quickly on the Day of Judgement from its horrors and accountability will be the one amongst you who would have recited Salat upon me in abundance in the world.’
Uff woh rah-e-sang lakh, ah! Yeh paa shaakh shaakh
Ay mayray mushkil Kusha! Tum pay karoron Durood
The blessings of giving in the path of Allah on ‘Ashura
The judge told him to come after Zuhr [Salah]. When the poor person came at the affixed time, he called him at ‘Asr. He arrived after ‘Asr, but he still didn’t give him anything and sent him back empty-handed. The poor person became heartbroken. Upset and sad, he came across a non-Muslim and said to him, ‘For the sake of the sacred day of today, please give me something.’
He asked, ‘What day is it today?’
The poor person mentioned the same need to him. That person presented ten sacks of wheat, a hundred kilos of meat and twenty Dirhams, and said, ‘This is fixed for your household and family every month for your entire lifetime for the sake of the excellence and greatness of this day.’
At night, the judge had a dream that someone is saying, ‘Look up!’ When he looked up, he saw two magnificent palaces; one was of gold and silver bricks and the other was of red rubies.
The judge asked, ‘Whose are these two palaces?’
A reply came, ‘If you had fulfilled the need of the beggar, then you would have received these; but because you sent him back (empty-handed), these two palaces will now be given to so-and-so non-Muslim.’
When the judge awoke, he was really worried. In the morning, he went to the non-Muslim and asked him, ‘What “good deed” did you perform yesterday?’
He asked, ‘How did you come to know?’
The judge related his dream and made an offer that take a hundred thousand Dirhams from me and sell me your yesterday’s “good deed”.’
That non-Muslim said, ‘I will not sell it even if I was given all the wealth of the whole world; the Mercy and Kindness of Allah is very great.’
After saying this, he recited the Kalimah [Declaration of Faith] and became Muslim.
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