Prayers of the Pious

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destructive praise because it can put us in a situation of hypocrisy. May Allah protect this bubble Omar Suleiman is one of America's most influential Muslims. He has 1.4 MILLION Facebook followers and regularly appears on television and social media arguing for justice. This inspirational collection of prayers and reminders is the perfect companion for anyone who wishes to connect to the Divine. Shaykh Omar Suleiman provides us with thirty short prayers taken from the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad and the early generations, each with a short reminder to deepen the impact of the prayer in our lives.Prayers of the Pious provides spiritual gems that serve as valuable wisdom and practical advice for the soul. By reading this short work with an attentive heart, the reader can cultivate love for God and His Messenger and live life with gratitude and contentment. Prayers of the Pious by Omar Suleiman – eBook Details

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Introduction There is a great scholar by the name of Muhammad al-Mukhtar al-Shinqiti (may Allah be pleased with him) who once made a very profound comment. He said that people had reached a point in their ignorance of Allah that they don’t even call out to Him anymore; they don’t know how to have a personal conversation with God. If you think about what a personal du ʿ ā’ looks like, the word in Arabic is munājāt (intimate conversation), Allah (glorified and exalted is He) doesn’t care if it rhymes, or how it sounds, or even in what language you call out to Him. It doesn’t matter, what’s important is how sincere it is. Imam Ahmad (may Allah be pleased with him) was once asked, what is the distance between us and the throne of God? A pious prayer from a pure heart, was his reply, that’s how we connect to Allah (glorified and exalted is He) . When we look at the Prophetic prescriptions of prayers, the best prayers and the best supplications are the ones taught to us by the Qur’an, by the Divine revelation and by the Prophet (peace be upon him) , who encouraged the people around him to learn to call upon Allah (glorified and exalted is He) in a personal way. If you look at the Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) , they are essentially a generation of yaqīn, of certainty; they are a generation of being connected to Allah (glorified and exalted is He) in their own unique ways. This book, Prayers of the Pious, developed out of a series of lessons that I recorded as part of the Yaqeen Institute during Ramadan in 2018. Each day, I took a prayer from one of our pious predecessors, mostly from the Companions, and taught how to call upon our Creator the same way that they called upon Him. By following this series on a daily basis each month, and by starting to record a personal du ʿ ā’ journal, writing down your own prayers following the same manner that the pious predecessors used, you can hopefully connect to Allah in the same way they connected to Him. So I hope that you will join me on this journey, and share the Prayers of the Pious and your own prayers with everyone that you know, and please remember to also keep us in your prayers. Omar Suleiman March 2019 As we have been reading through these different prayers, they may raise questions in your mind: How do I know what the truth is? How do I know what Allah really wants from me? How do I know that I’m upon the path that will allow me to enter into Jannah and earn me that mercy? If you look at surah al-Fātihah , there is a prayer for guidance, and it seems fitting to end this book with such a prayer. First and foremost, you should understand that there is no way that you’re going to ask Allah sincerely for guidance seventeen times a day and He leads you astray. If you are sincere in asking for guidance from Allah then most certainly He will guide you to the right path; ask Allah for guidance, ask Him for hidāyah . That’s what made this du ʿ ā’ from ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with him) so special. You might be doing something that feels right but it’s not actually guidance and righteousness, or you might be engaging in something that you’re not so sure about. Sometimes, you hear different people telling you different things about how to get close to Allah (glorified and exalted is He) and you’re unsure. Hence, the most important du ʿ ā’ to always keep in mind is that for guidance: Guide us to understand Your message properly; guide us to practise the Sunnah of Your Prophet (peace be upon him) properly; guide us to see our faults and our shortcomings. Guide us so that we do not unknowingly take a path that leads us away from You. So I hope, inshā’ Allāhu taʿālā, that you have benefitted from this book and from the prayers of the Salaf, and that you don’t forget these du ʿ ā’ s and this particular prayer. May Allah (glorified and exalted is He) allow us to be upon the path of guidance and to guide others. May He never let us stray by the actions of the accursed devil or by the lowliness of ourselves, and may Allah (glorified and exalted is He) allow that path of guidance to result in a path to Paradise and entering into His mercy on the Day of Judgement. Āmīn . Bismi Allahi al-ladhī lā-yaḍurru maʿa ismihī shay’un fī al-arḍi wa-lā fī al-samā’i wa-huwa al-samīʿu al-ʿalīmu In the name of Allah; with His name, nothing whatsoever on earth or heaven can inflict any harm; He is All-Hearing and All-Knowing. This is a very special narration, similar to when the Prophet (peace be upon him) heard the du ʿ ā’ of ʿAbdullah ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) . He is walking by a man in a masjid and overhears the prayer of a pious man, an unknown Bedouin, calling upon Allah (glorified and exalted is He) . The Prophet (peace be upon him) does not know this man but his du ʿ ā’ amazes him. The Prophet (peace be upon him) is connected to his Lord closer than anyone else, so he senses that connection when he hears it from other people and he appreciates the genuine relationship that someone might have with Allah (glorified and exalted is He) . Even if the pious don’t call upon Him in the most perfect of ways, they call upon Him knowing how capable He is. In the statement preceding his du ʿ ā’ , the man encompasses all of the elements of nature—the mountains, the seas, the rain, and the trees—but he also understands that there are some things that are not perceived in terms of nature, and he brings all of creation into his du ʿ ā’ . This teaches us that the praise of our Lord can never be exaggerated, so you praise and you praise and you praise. Then he makes his du ʿ ā’ , and it sounds familiar: ‘Make the best of my life the end of it, the best of my deeds the last of them, and the best of my days the Day I meet You.’ It’s almost verbatim of the du ʿ ā’ made by Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq (may Allah be pleased with him) , the first du ʿ ā’ discussed in this book. Amazed by the Bedouin’s du ʿ ā’ , the Prophet (peace be upon him) appoints a man to stay with him and to wait for him to finish his prayers, and to inform the Prophet (peace be upon him) when he is done. When the Bedouin has finished, the Prophet (peace be upon him) comes over to him and asks the man who he is and where he’s from. The Bedouin tells the Prophet (peace be upon him) that he’s just a man from Banū ʿAmr (an Arabian tribe in Quba’, on the outskirts of Madinah) and the Prophet (peace be upon him) gives him a gift. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asks, ‘do you know why I’m giving you this gift?’ He continues, ‘maybe we’re related’. The Prophet (peace be upon him) knows, he says, because of the beauty of the Bedouin’s praise of Allah (glorified and exalted is He) . Subhan Allah. An individual does not have to be a poet to praise Allah, you’d be surprised how poetic you can be when you are sincere. May Allah (glorified and exalted is He) , the Creator of the heavens and the earth, He who knows the weights of the mountains and the measurements of the seas, forgive us and make the best of our lives the end of them and the best of our deeds the last of them, and the best of our days the Day that we meet Him. Āmīn . A lot of times people think of us that which is not true of us. And one of the scariest thoughts for

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