Hifz Book 7

[Surah Al-Baqarah (2) : Verse 201] “Our Lord! Do not apprehend us when we forget or make a mistake. Our Lord! and do not put on us a burden like that which you put on those before us. Our Lord! and do not put on us a burden greater than we have the strength to carry (bear). Pardon us, forgive us, and have mercy on us. You are our Mawlaa (Patron, Supporter, Protector, etc.) and give us victory over the disbelieving people. [Surah Al-Baqarah (2) : Verse 286] 40

Our Lord! Do not stray our hearts after granting us guidance (hidaayat) and grant us from Your Mercy (special), Definitely You are the Bestower. [Surah Aali `Imraan (3) : Verse 8] Our Lord! Definitely we believe, so forgive us our sins and save us from the punishment of the Fire. [Surah Aali `Imraan (3) : Verse 16] Our Lord! Forgive us our sins, and expiate our evil actions and let us die with the righteous. [Surah Aali `Imraan (3) : Verse 193] 41

Our Lord! Bestow on us patience (stead-fastness and endurance) and make us die as Muslims (ones submitting to you). [Surah Al A`raaf (7) : Verse 126] My Lord! make me one who establishes regular Salaah, and (also raise such) among my off-spring, our Lord! and accept my prayer. Our Lord! forgive me and my parents and the believers on the day that the reckoning will take place. [Surah Ibraaheem (14) : Verses 40-41] 42

Our Lord! Turn away from us the punishment of Jahannam. Verily its torment is ever an inseparable, permanent punishment. Evil indeed (Hell) it is an abode and as a place to rest in. [Surah Al Furqaan (25) : Verses 65-66] Our Lord! Give us comfort in our wives and make our offspring the coolness of our eyes and make us leaders of the pious. [Surah Al Furqaan (25) : Verse 74] Our Lord! Keep perfect our light for us and grant us forgiveness. Verily, You are able to do all things. [Surah At-Tahreem (66) : Verse 8] 43

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from grief and sorrow, and I seek refuge in You from weakness and laziness and I seek refuge in You from cowardice and miserliness and I seek refuge in You from excessive debts and the oppression of men. [Abu Dawood] “O Allah, make sufficient for me Your lawful (things) from Your unlawful (things) and grant me independence with Your grace from those other than You.” [Tirmizi] “O The Everliving, The Eternal, with Your Mercy I seek help .” [Tirmizi] 44

“O Allah, give my soul its piety and purify it, You are the Best Who Purifies it, You are its Guardian and Protector.” [Muslim] “O Allah, I seek protection in You from the evil of what I have done and from the evil of what I have not done.” [Muslim] “O Allah, I seek protection in You from (creating) opposition (to the truth) and hypocrisy and bad character.” [Abu Dawood, Nasai] 45

“O Allah I ask You for guidance and piety and modesty and sufficiency.” [Muslim] “O Allah I seek protection in You from disbelief, and poverty and the punishment of the grave.” [Nasai, Tirmizi, Ahmad] “O Allah, forgive me and have mercy upon me and guide me and pardon me and grant me provision.” [Muslim] 46

“O Allah, give me benefit through what You have taught me and teach me what will benefit me and increase me in knowledge.” [Tirmizi, Ibn Majah] O Allah! We seek from You the Goodness which Your Prophet Muhammad  sought, and we seek protection in You from the evil from which Your Prophet Muhammad  sought protection from and You are the One Whose Help is sought and upon You is (our) deliverance (from difficulties) and there is no Power and Might except from Allah, the High, the Great. 47

Before ending the Du`aa, do the following: a) Send Blessings (Durood) and Salaam to Prophet Muhammad  b) Send Salaams to all the Prophets and finally Praise Allah  Verily, Allah and His Angels send blessing on the Prophet, O you who believe, send blessings on him, and salute him with all respect. [Surah Al Ahzaab (33) : Verse 56] 48

O Allah, Shower Your Blessings upon our Leader Muhammad  and upon the family of our Leader Muhammad  and Shower Your Favour and send salutations (upon him). Glory to your Lord, the Lord of Honour and Power! (He is free) from what they (Mushrikeen) ascribe to Him. And peace be on the Prophets. And all Praises are due to Allah, the Lord of the ‘Aalamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists). [Surah As-Saffaat (37) : Verses 180-182] 49

`UD-HIYYAH BEFORE SLAUGHTERING I turn my face towards Him Who has created the Heavens and the Earth and I am His alone (Haneef) and I am not among those who join partners with Allah. [Surah Al An`aam (6) : Verse 79] Verily my prayer and my sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds. He has no partner, and for that I am commanded and I am the first of those who submit (to His will). [Surah Al An`aam (6) : Verses 162-163] O Allah! (this sacrifice) is from You and for You. 50

Thereafter, recite the following and slaughter the animal. In the name of Allah, Allah is Great. SUMMARY Hadrat Jaabir  reported that the Messenger of Allah  slaughtered on the day of sacrifice two horned white and black castrated rams. When he placed them facing the Qiblah, he recited the Du`aa before slaughtering. (Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah). Hadrat Ali  reported that the Prophet  prohibited the sacrifice of an animal whose horns and ears are torn off. (Ibn Majah). Hadrat `Aa’ishah  reported that Prophet Muhammad  said: “The son of Adam does not do anything of the actions of the day of sacrifice which is more pleasing to Allah  than the shedding of blood, and he will come on the Day of Resurrection with its horns, hair and hooves, and the blood certainly falls in a place near Allah  before it falls down on the ground. So make yourself purified therewith.” (Tirmizi, Ibn Majah). Hadrat Jaabir  reported : “We slaughtered in the year of Hudaybiyyah with the Prophet  one camel for seven (persons) and one cow for seven (persons).” 51

AFTER SLAUGHTERING O Allah! Accept it (this sacrifice) from me as You have accepted from Your beloved Muhammad  and Your friend Ibraaheem, blessings and peace be upon them. When we recite the following Du`aa we ask Allah  to accept our sacrifice just as He accepted the sacrifice of Prophet Muhammad  and Prophet Ibraaheem . 52

`AQEEQAH DU`AA FOR `AQEEQAH (FOR A BOY) “O Allah! This `Aqeeqah is for my son (name), its blood for his blood, its meat for his meat, and its bones for his bones, and its skin for his skin, and its hair for his hair, and every part of it for his parts and its whole body for his whole body. O Allah accept it (this sacrifice) for the protection of my son from the fire.” Thereafter recite:- “In the name of Allah, Allah is Great” 53

DU`AA FOR `AQEEQAH (FOR A GIRL) “O Allah! This `Aqeeqah is for my daughter (name), its blood for her blood, its meat for her meat, and its bones for her bones, and its skin for her skin, and its hair for her hair, and every part of it for her parts and its whole body for her whole body. O Allah accept it (this sacrifice) for the protection of my daughter from the fire.” Thereafter recite:- “In the name of Allah, Allah is Great” NB. Where blank appears, say the name of the child for whom the`Aqeeqah is being made. Prophet Muhammad  has instructed the Muslims that when a child is born the Azaan must be given in the right ear and the Iqaamah in the left ear, immediately after its birth. He also advised the Muslims to make `Aqeeqah on behalf of their new born child. `Aqeeqah is to sacrifice an animal for a new born child: one goat or sheep for a girl and two goats or two sheep for a boy. `Aqeeqah removes all impurities of the child and the child is saved from calamities by Allah . Therefore before we slaughter the animal we should recite the following du`aa facing the Qiblah. 54

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Check the list below and tick what you know from memory, from Books One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven. Ta`awwuz/Tasmiyah  Kalimahs:  Tayyibah  Shahaadah  Tamjeed  Tawheed  Radd-e-kufr  Imaan-e-Mujmal  Imaan-e-Mufassal Ettiquette:  Greetings  On hearing good news How are you?  Congratulate a Muslim Thanking someone  When one has sinned Bidding farewell  When one yawns  When one sneezes    55

Du`aas:  For Knowledge  Before eating  After eating  Before sleeping  On awakening  Before entering toilet  On leaving toilet  When entering Masjid  On leaving Masjid  On becoming angry  When a dog barks  When a fire breaks out  After Wudu  When leaving home  For fasting  On breaking fast  After drinking water  On wearing clothes  When a loss occurs  Salaah (Durood) and Salaam  After eating: for one`s host  On boarding a vehicle  Du`aa-e-Qunoot  Du`aa after Azaan  After Salaah  When visiting a sick person  When entering the graveyard 56

When laying the deceased to rest in the grave  When filling the grave with soil  After burial: For Males/Females  Du`aa for Khatmatul Qur`aan  Du`aa for Isaalus Sawaab (Marhooms)  When entering home  For increasing knowledge / to improve speech  When sick  `Ud-Hiyyah: Du`aa before slaughtering  Du`aa after slaughtering  `Aqeeqah: `Aqeeqah (for a boy)   `Aqeeqah (for a girl)  Masnoon Du`aas for any occasion   Surahs:  Al-Faatihah  An-Naas  Al-Falaq  Al-Ikhlaas  Al-Lahab  An-Nasr  Al-Kaafiroon  Al-Kauthar Al-Maa`oon Quraysh 57

Al-Feel  Al-Humazah  Al-`Asr  At-Takaathur  Al-Qaari`ah  Al-`Aadiyaat  Az-Zilzaal  Al-Bayyinah  Al-Qadr  Al-Alaq  At-Teen  Al-Inshiraah  Ad-Duhaa  Al-Layl  Ash-Shams  Yaaseen  Salaah: Du`aa before making Niyyah for Salaah  Thana  Takbeer  Tasbeeh  Tasmee  Tahmeed  Tashahhud  Durood Ibraaheem  Du`aa Masoorah  Du`aa after Salaah  58

Niyyah  Wudu  Tayammum  Ghusl Niyyah for Salaah:  Fajr  Zuhr  `Asr  Maghrib  `Ishaa  Jumu`ah  `Eidul-Fitr  `Eidul’Ad-haa  Taraaweeh  Janaazah  Azaan: The call to Salaah  Fajr Salaah Iqaamah   Janaazah Salaah:  1st Takbeer – Thana  2nd Takbeer – Durood Ibraaheem  3rd Takbeer – Du`aa for Janaazah  (Adult) (Boy), (Girl) 4th Takbeer – Salaam or Tasleem 59

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