Pray Durood taj if childless
Mu` meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa
Barakatuh. (May Allah`s Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
As Salaam Aleikum wa
Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh Iam a happily married women but i dont have any
childrens...so someone told me to read Darood-e-Taj and surrha Marriam once a
day after asir time...so please kindlly tell me should i do this or
no...?????
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Answer:
Pray Durood Taj if Childless
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Dear
Sister in Islam, firstly we, as believers, must firmly believe that it is Allah Subhanah Alone who bestows
His favors on anyone He wills. Allah
Subhanah has put mankind through a series of tests in the life of this
transitory world. To some He bestows
all His favors, and tests to see
whether the slave is grateful or not!
To some He bestows His favors in limited measures, to test what does His slave do?…Does he
remain patient and steadfast and puts his full trust in the Mercy of His
Merciful Lord Alone; or does he loose
hope in the Merciful; or does he become
impatient and starts invoking and treading on paths which are not approved by
Allah and His Messenger (saws)!
Even the noble Prophets of Allah
were tested in similar fashion in regards to children; but they remained steadfast and never lost
hope in the Mercy of their Lord.
Prophet Abraham had no children, but he never lost hope in the Mercy of Allah and would constantly
supplicate Allah Subhanah to grant him a righteous offspring. After years of supplications, when Prophet Abraham was in his old age (in
excess of 80 years!) and after his wife had technically become barren, Allah Subhanah blessed Prophet Abraham with
a righteous son who was to become a Prophet!
Similar was the case with Prophet Zachariah, and he was tested for a long period of time by being kept
childless by Allah Subhanah. At long, when he had passed his test by keeping his
faith and trust in Allah Subhanah Alone,
Allah blessed him also with a righteous son.
Prophet Mohamed (saws) had four
daughters; but as Allah would have
willed, his son’s would die in their
infancy and childhood! But he remained
constant in his supplications, and put
his trust in Allah Subhanah Alone.
There is absolutely nothing in
the authentic narrations of the Messenger of Allah (saws) that he formed a
particular ritual, or recited a
particular Surah or Durood at a particular time, when he supplicated Allah Subhanah! Whenever he needed anything,
he would humbly beseech and implore his Merciful Lord and beg him for
all his needs.
Thus, it does not behove a believer to start a practice which was not
done or approved by the Messenger of Allah (saws); for if he did, he would
be following a ‘bidah’ or an innovation,
and not the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws).
Dear Sister, never ever despair of Allah’s Infinite
Mercy, and be constant in your
supplications to him to grant you righteous children.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 42 Surah Shuraa verses 49-50:
49 To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and
the earth. He creates what He
wills. He bestows (children) male or
female, according to His Will (and
Plan).
50 Or He bestows both males and females, and He leaves barren whom He wills: for He
is Full of knowledge and power.
Allah bestows male or female
children to whomever He Wills, or
bestows both males and females to whomsoever He Wills; or leaves barren whom He Wills! Allah Alone is the Bestower of all things.
Beloved sister, if it is Allah’s Will to bless you with
children, none can stop His Mercy; and if it is His Will to leave you barren, none can bestow what He withholds! Thus be constant in your supplications to
your Merciful Lord and never ever despair of His Sublime and Infinite
Mercy. And if you remain patient and
steadfast in your supplications, and
accept this as a trial from your Lord;
He will bestow a great reward upon you in the life of the Hereafter.
And constantly recite the dua of
Prophet Zakariya when he was childless,
from the Holy Quran: “O my Lord! Leave me not without offspring, though Thou art the Best of Inheritors.”
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 21 Surah Anbiyaa verses 89-90:
89 And (remember) Zakariya when he cried to his
Lord: "O my Lord! leave me not without offspring, though Thou art the Best of Inheritors.
90 So We listened to him: and We granted him
Yahya: We cured his wife's (barrenness)
for him. These three were ever quick in
emulation in good works: they used to
call on Us with love and reverence, and
humble themselves before Us.
May
Allah Subhanah make your trial easy for you,
and from His Immense and
Immeasurable Bounty, grant you
righteous and pious children who are a contentment of your eyes in the life of
this world; and a source of earning
huge rewards from the Merciful in the eternal life of the Hereafter.
Whatever written of
Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever
of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows
Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan