Zainul Abideen: Du’aa for Weekdays

1. Zainul Abideen:Du’aa for Weekdays al-islam.org Slideshow by Dr. Hashim

2. Du’aa: Invocation • Du’aa is defined as any invocation or prayer addressed to Allah (swt). • Du’aa can change fate, while no action of ours ever can. • Du’aa is the essence of Ibadah or worship. • With Du’aa we can never fail; without it, we can never succeed. • In the proper scheme of things Du’aa should be the first and the last resort of the believer. • With all his plans and actions coming in between, Du’aa is conversation with Allah, our Creator, our Lord and Master, the All Knowing, the Almighty.

3. And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer):Surah 40, Ayah 60 • وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ

5. Al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiya • Al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiya is a collection of supplications and whispered prayers • It was composed by Zainul Abideen, the great-grandson of Prophet Muhammad. • The title "Al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiya" means "the book of Sajjad", • Sajjad being the epithet of Ali ibn Husain, the fourth Shi'a Imam.

6. Al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiya as considered • Al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiya has several titles, such as • "Sister of the Quran", • "Gospel of the Holy Household" and • "Psalms of the Muhammad dynasty", • In the form of supplication, it expresses Islamic knowledge and thought and • It involves all aspects of individual, social, economical, political and cultural life. • Reason, human feelings, emotions and conscience are all addressed by it

7. Al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiya • Narrations state that Sajjad composed Al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiya after the Battle of Karbala (680 AD). • Imam Sajjad used rich and meaningful supplications to reconstruct society and distribute Islamic knowledge. • It seems Al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiya (which was protected from government agents by Imam Sajjad’s sons and companions) • was a sectarian and organizational booklet, which if the access of the government agents to it would nullify all Imam Sajjad's efforts.

8. Al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiya • Al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiya was at the forefront of the uprising against the Umayya.  • Salutations to Muhammad and his dynasty are repeated in most of its supplications, • while the Umayya Khilaafah consistently tried to wipe out the name and memory of Muhammad and his family. • In several supplications Imam Sajjad explains what Imamate means, • who is allowed to be an imam (leader), and • what the conditions of Imamate are, • because the subject of prophet succession and the concept of Imamate were faced with serious challenge after the death of Muhammad and particularly after the Battle of Karbala. 

10. Du’aa for Sunday • أَللَّهُمَّ إنِّي أَبْرَأُ إلَيْكَفِي يَوْمِي هذا وَ ما بَعْدَهُ مِنَ الاحادِ • مِنَ الشِّرْكَ وَالالْحَادِ، • وَأُخْلِصُ لَكَ دُعآئِي تَعَرُّضَاً لِلاِجابَةِواُقيم على طاعتِكَ رجاءً للأِثابَةِ. • فَصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد • خَيْرِ خَلْقِكَ ، الدَّاعِي إلَى حَقِّكَ، • وَأَعِزَّنِي بِعِزِّكَ الَّذِي لا يُضامُ ، وَاحْفَظْنِي بِعَيْنِك الَّتِي لاتَنامُ، • وَاخْتِمْ بِالانْقِطَاعِ إلَيْكَ أَمْرِي ، وَبِالْمَغْفِرَةِ عُمْرِي، • إنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.

11. Du’aa for Sunday: Excerpt • O God, I quit before Thee on this day and all Sundays • of associating others with Thee and of heresy, • and I devote my supplication sincerely to Thee, addressing myself to Thy response. • So bless Muhammad and the household of Muhammad, • the best of Thy creation, • The caller to Thy truth, • Raise me with Thy exaltation, that never suffers loss, • Protect me with Thy eye, which never sleeps, • And seal my affair by cutting me off from everything but Thee and my life with forgiveness! • Surely You are the All-forgiving, the All-compassionate!

13. Du’aa for Monday • فَأَسْأَلُكَ يا مَنْ يَمْلِكُ الْحاجاتِ،وَهِيَ مُسْتَجِيبَةٌ بِمَشِيَّتِهِ، • وَمُسْرِعَةٌ إلى إرادَتِهِ، • أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد ،وَأَنْ تُرْضِيَهُ عَنِّي بِما شِئْتَ، • وَتَهَبَ لِي مِنْ عِنْدِكَ رَحْمَةً،إنَّهُ لا تَنْقُصُكَ الْمَغْفِرَةُ،وَلا تَضُرُّكَ المَوْهِبَةُ • يا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ. • أَللَّهُمَّ أَوْلِنِي فِي كُلِّ يَوْمِ اثْنَيْنِ نِعْمَتَيْنِ مِنْكَ ثِنْتَيْنِ:سَعادَةً فِي أَوَّلِهِ بِطاعَتِكَ، • وَنِعْمَةً فِي آخِرِهِ بِمَغْفِرَتِكَيامَنْ هُوَ الاِلهُ،وَلا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ سِواهُ.

14. Du’aa for Monday: Excerpt • I ask Thee God to bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, • And make the person I had harmed to forgive me in the manner that Thou will, • and favor me dear God with Your mercy! Since Forgiveness does not decrease you, nor does it injure You • O Most Merciful of the merciful! • O God, • Give me on every Monday two favors : • In its morning the felicity to obey Thee • And at its end the favor of Thy forgiveness • O My Lord, none other than You grants the forgiveness for sins!

16. Du’aa for Tuesday • وَهَبْ لِي فِي الثُلُثآءِ ثَلاثاً:لا تَدَعْ لِي ذَنْباً إلاَّ غَفَرْتَهُ، • وَلا غَمّاً إلاَّ أَذْهَبْتَهُ،وَلا عَدُوّاً إلاَّ دَفَعْتَهُ • .بِسْمِ اللهِ خَيْرِ الاَسْمآءِ، • بِسْمِ اللهِ رَبِّ الاَرْضِ وَالسَّمآءِ، • أَسْتَدْفِعُ كُلَّ مَكْرُوه أَوَّلُهُ سَخَطُهُ، • وَأَسْتَجْلِبُ كُلَّ مَحْبُوب أَوَّلُهُ رِضاهُ. • فَاخْتِمْ لِي مِنْكَ بِالْغُفْرانِ • يا وَلِيَّ الاِحْسانِ

17. Du’aa for Tuesday: Excerpt • O God, bless Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets • and give me on Tuesday three things: • Leave no sin for me unless Thou forgive it, and • no grief unless Thou take it away, • and no enemy unless Thou repel him! • By means of Your name , the best of the Names, in the name of God, Lord of heaven and earth, • I seek to repulse every hateful thing, the first of which is His anger, • and I seek to attract every loveable thing, the first of which is His good pleasure! • So seal me with forgiveness from Thee, O Patron of beneficence!

19. Du’aa for Wednesday • فَصَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد خاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ،وَعَلى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ،وَارْزُقْنِي شَفاعَةَ مُحَمَّد صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ، • وَلا تَحْرِمْنِي صُحْبَتَهُإنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ. • أَللَّهُمَّ اقْضِ لِي فِي الاَرْبِعآءِ أَرْبَعَا: • إجْعَلْ قُوَّتِي فِي طاعَتِكَ، • وَنَشاطِي فِي عِبادَتِكَ، • وَرَغْبَتِي فِي ثَوَابِكَ، • وَزُهْدِي فِيما يُوجِبُ لِي أَلِيمَ عِقابِكَ، • إنَّكَ لَطِيفٌ لِما تَشآءُ.

20. Du’aa for Wednesday: Excerpt • So bless Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, and his Household, the good, the pure, • And provide me with the intercession of Muhammad and deprive me not of his companionship! • Surely Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful! • O God, decree for me on Wednesday four things: • Induce me to be strong in obedience to Thee, • to be joyful in worshipping Thee, • to be desirous of Thy reward, • and to abstain from that which would make incumbent upon me Thy painful punishment! • You are Gentle to whom You will!

22. Du’aa for Thursday • أَللَّهُمَّ اقْضِ لِي فِي الخَمِيسِ خَمْساً • لا يَتَّسِعُ لَها إلاَّ كَرَمُكَوَلا يُطِيقُها إلاَّ نِعَمُكَ: • سَلامَةً أَقْوى بِها عَلَى طاعَتِكَ • وَعِبادَةً أَسْتَحِقُّ بِها جَزِيلَ مَثُوبَتِكَ، • وَسَعَةً فِي الْحالِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ الْحَلالِ، • وَأَنْ تُؤْمِنَنِي فِي مَواقِفِ الْخَوْفِ بِأَمْنِكَ، • وَتَجْعَلَنِي مِنْ طَوارِقِ الْهُمُومِ وَالْغُمُومِ فِي حِصْنِكَ، • صَلِّ عَلى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،وَاجْعَل تَوَسُّلِي بِهِ شافِعَاً • يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ نافِعاً،إنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

23. Du’aa for Thursday: Excerpt • O God, decree for me on Thursday five things which none embraces but Thy generosity and none supports but Thy favors: • The strength to obey Thee, • Worship deserving Thy plentiful reward, • The plenty of my lawful provision, • and the security in places of fear, • and place me in Thy fortress against the striking of worries and sorrows! • Bless Muhammad and his Household, and seeking his mediation an intercessor on the Day of Resurrection! • Surely Thou art the Most Merciful of the merciful!

25. Du’aa for Friday • أَللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْنِي عَلى دِينِكَ ما أَحْيَيْتَنِي، • وَلا تُزِغْ قَلْبِي بَعْدَ إذْ هَدَيْتَنِي،وَهَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً، • إنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْوَهَّابُ، • صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّد • وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَتْباعِهِ وَشِيعَتِهِوَاحْشُرْنِي فِي زُمْرَتِهِ • وَوَفِّقْنِي لاَداءِ فَرْضِ الْجُمُعاتِ، • وَما أَوْجَبْتَ عَلَيَّ فِيها مِنَ الطَّاعاتِ، • وَقَسَمْتَ لاِهْلِها مِنَ الْعَطآءِ فِي يَوْمِ الْجَزآءِ، • إنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ.

26. Du’aa for Friday: Excerpt • O God, affirm me in Thy religion as long as I live, and stop my deviating from Your Guidance, • and give me clemency, surely Thou art the Giver. • Bless Muhammad and his Household, • make me one of his followers and his partisans, • muster me in his band, • and the ability to perform the Friday Prayers, • And carrying out the incumbent upon me within it, • and let me receive the offerings Thou had apportioned on the Day of Recompense! • Surely Thou art Mighty, All-wise!

27. رَبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي لِلْإِيمَانِ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ فَآمَنَّا ۚ رَبَّنَا فَاغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَكَفِّرْ عَنَّا سَيِّئَاتِنَا وَتَوَفَّنَا مَعَ الْأَبْرَارِ

28. Du’aa for Saturday • أَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّىَ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِهِ،عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ،وَأَنْ تُوزِعَنِي مِنْ شُكْرِ نُعْماكَما تَبْلُغُ بِي غايَةَ رِضاكَ، • وَأَنْ تُعِينَنِي عَلى طاعَتِكَ،وَلُزُومِ عِبادَتِكَ، • وَاسْتِحْقاقِ مَثُوبَتِكَ بِلُطْفِ عِنايَتِكَ، • وَتَرْحَمَنِي،وَتَصُدَّنِي عَنْ مَعَاصِيكَ مَا أَحْيَيْتَنِي، • وَتُوَفِّقَنِي لِما يَنْفَعُنِي ما أَبْقَيْتَنِي،وَأَنْ تَشْرَحَ بِكِتابِكَ صَدْرِي، • وَتَحُطَّ بِتِلاوَتِهِ وِزْرِي،وَتَمْنَحَنِي السَّلامَةَ فِي دِينِي وَنَفْسِي، • وَلا تُوحِشَ بِي أَهْلَ أُنْسِي،وَتُتِمَّ إحْسَانَكَ فِيما بَقِيَ مِنْ عُمُرِي • كَما أَحْسَنْتَ فِيما مَضَى مِنْهُيا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ..

29. Du’aa for Saturday : Excerpt • O God! help me to obey Thee, and hold fast to worshipping Thee, to deserve Thy reward, • have mercy upon me, and bar me from acts of disobedience toward Thee as long as I live • give me success in what profits me as long as Thou spare me, • expand my heart through Thy Book, and lessen my burden through its recitation, • Let me be sound in my religion and my soul, • estrange not my intimates from me, and complete Thy beneficence in what is left of my lifetime, • just as Thou have shown beneficence in that of it which had passed! • O Most Merciful of the merciful!

34. Western Scholars • Philip Woolley, a professor and researcher from Germany, asked for a copy of Al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiya to be sent to him after his friend, a Roman CatholicCardinal, saw the book in his library, studied part of it, and impressed with its novelty insisted on taking it away with him. • When the Vatican Library in Rome received an English version of Al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiya, it said in its letter of acknowledgment: "This book contains great mystical themes, so we place it for researchers in the best position of the library."

35. Western Scholars • A leader of Germany's Social Democratic Party wrote to a friend, Professor Singler, saying: "This book had a profound impact on me and changed my view about Islam. I invite my friend to study this book",  • In Poland, Christian Scientist Andre Kowski said of the book: • "I am deeply impressed by the ideas of Imam Sajjad, whose noble thoughts are manifested on the pages of the book Al-Saheefa al-Sajjadiya. It is so attractive, to the extent that I feel this book has given me a complete sense of the mystical and divine."

36. Finally, let us Read Surah al-Asr together

37. Be in Allah’s Care • Thank you and may Allah Bless you. • Dr. A.S. Hashim