Tag: praise

  • The traveler’s dua at dawn

     
     
    He Who listens has heard that we praise Allah for the good things He gives us. Our Lord, be with us and bestow Your favor upon us. I seek the protection of Allah from the Fire.

     

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    سَمِـعَ سـامِعُ بِحَمْـدِ اللهِ وَحُسْـنِ بَلائِـهِ عَلَيْـنا. رَبَّنـا صـاحِبْـنا وَأَفْـضِل عَلَيْـنا عائِذاً باللهِ مِنَ النّـار
     
    Sami’a saami’un bihamdillaahi wa husni balaa’ihi ‘alaynaa. Rabbanaa saahibnaa, wa ‘afdhil ‘alaynaa ‘aa’ithan billaahi minan-naar.
     
     
    Muslim 4/2086, the meaning of sami’a saami’un (who listens has heard) is that ‘a witness has witnessed our praise of Allah due to His blessings and favor upon us.’ It could also be read samma’a saami’un, in which case it means ‘one who has heard this statement of mine will convey it to another and he will say it as well.’ This is due to the attention given to the Dhikr (remembrance of Allah) and supplications made during the early morning hours.
     
    The meaning of his saying ‘Our Lord, be with us and bestow Your favor upon us’ is: ‘Our Lord, protect us and guard us. Bless us with Your numerous bounties, and avert from us every evil.’ See An-Nawawi,  Sahih Muslim
     
     
    Word-by-word meanings:
     
    TransliterationArabicTranslation
    Sami’a سَمِـعَ He Who listens
    saami’un سـامِعُ has heard that
    bihamdillaahiبِحَمْـدِ اللهِ we praise Allah
    wa husni balaa’ihi وَحُسْـنِ بَلائِـهِ for the good things
    ‘alaynaa.عَلَيْـنا(He bestows) upon us
    Rabbanaa رَبَّنـا Our Lord,
    saahibnaa, صـاحِبْـنا be with us
    wa ‘afdhilوَأَفْـضِل and bestow Your favor
    ‘alaynaaعَلَيْـنا upon us.
    ‘aa’ithan عائِذاً I seek the protection
    billaahiباللهِ of Allah
    minan-naarمِنَ النّـارfrom the Fire
     
  • How a Muslim should praise another Muslim

    If any of you praises his companion then let him say
    أَحْسِب – فُلاَنَا – واللهُ حَسٍيْبُهُ
     
    ‘Ahsibu (fulaanan) wallaahu haseebuhu.
    I consider (such and such a person), and Allah is his Assessor.

     
    Muslim 4/2296.
  • What a Muslim should say when he is praised

    “O Allah, do not call me to account for what they say and forgive me for what they have no knowledge of [and make me better than they imagine].”

     
    اللَّهُمّ لاَ تُؤاَخِذْنِي ِبَما يَقُولُونُ ، وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَالا يَعْلَمُونَ [وَاجْعَلْنِي خَيْراً مِمَّا َيظُنُّونَ]
     
    Allaahumma laa tu’aakhithnee bimaa yaqooloona, waghfir lee maa laa ya’lamoona [waj’alnee khayram-mimmaa yadhunnoon]
    Al-Bukhari, Al-‘Adabul-Mufrad no. 761. See Al-Albani, Sahih Al-‘Adabul-Mufrad (no. 585). The portion between brackets if from Al-Bayhaqi, Shu’ab Al-Iman 4/228