What are the deffirences if suppose we dont understand Arabic very well and while reciting Qur-an we make few mistakes?
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What
are the deffirences if suppose we dont understand Arabic very well and while
reciting Qur-an we make few mistakes?
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When
we have problems and hajjats that we need to be fulfilled by the grace of
Allah, what are the best duaas and prayers do you recommend?
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Read quran with difficulty
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 none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: What
are the deffirences if suppose we dont understand Arabic very well and while
reciting Qur-an we make few mistakes?
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2137 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "If
anyone recites a letter from Allah's Book he will be credited with a good deed,
and a good deed gets a tenfold reward. I do not say that ‘Alif-Lam-Mim’ are one
letter, but ‘alif’ is a letter, ‘lam’ is a letter and ‘mim’ is a letter."
Every believer, must strive to at least learn enough basic
Arabic language so that he may be able to recite the Glorious Book of Allah in
its original language and earn its due rewards.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said that one who recites the Quran well
he will receive a great reward for his worship; but one who strives to recite
but does so with great difficulty because of his lack of knowledge and
proficiency, such a person will actually have a double reward due to his
striving and his efforts.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 6.459 Narrated by Aisha
The Prophet (saws) said, "Such a person
as recites the Qur'an and masters it by heart, will be with the noble righteous
scribes (in Heaven). And such a person who exerts himself to learn the Qur'an
by heart, and recites it with great difficulty, will have a double
reward."
Your Question: When
we have problems and hajjats that we need to be fulfilled by the grace of
Allah, what are the best duaas and prayers do you recommend?
Every lawful supplication
that a believer makes to his Lord, is heard and answered by his Lord; for Allah is indeed All Hearing, All Knowing.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 186:
And if My servants ask
you, O Prophet, concerning Me, tell them that I am quite near to them. I hear and answer the prayer of the
suppliant, when he calls on Me. So let them respond to My call and believe in
Me. (Convey this to them), perhaps they may be guided aright!
The All Knowing, All
Wise Allah knows what is good and what is bad for us; therefore,
if one asks for something good,
Allah will give him/her one of three things:
1. Allah
will give the believer what he/she has supplicated for.
2. If
what the believer is asking is not good or harmful for the believer in this
world, Allah will store it for him for
the world of the Hereafter.
3. If
what the believer is asking is not good or harmful for the believer in this
world, Allah will turn away from the
believer an equivalent amount of evil.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
2257 Narrated by Abu Sa'id
al-Khudri
The Prophet (saws) said, "Any Muslim who makes a supplication containing nothing which is sinful, or which involves breaking ties of relationship, will be given for it by Allah one of three things: He will give him swift answer, or store it up for him in the next world, or turn away from him an equivalent amount of evil." Those who heard it said they would then make many supplications and he (saws) replied that Allah was more ready to answer than they were to ask.
Nu'man b. Bashir
reported that the Prophet (saws), said, "Verily supplication is
worship."
Narrated by Ahmad
and Sunan.
Abu Hurairah
reported, "The Prophet (saws) said, "Nothing is more dear to Allah
than one's supplication to Him.''
Narrated by
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.
Ibn Mas'ud reported
that the Prophet (saws), said, "If any servant of Allah afflicted with
distress or grief makes this supplication, his supplication will be
accepted: 'O Allah, I am Your servant,
son of Your servant, son of your maidservant.
My forehead is in Your hand.
Your command conceming me prevails, and Your decision concerning me is
just. I call upon You by every one of
the beautiful names by which You have described Yourself, or which You have
revealed in Your book, or have taught anyone of Your creatures, or which You
have chosen to keep in the knowledge of the unseen with You, to make the Qur'an
the delight of my heart, the light of my breast, and remover of my griefs,
sorrows, and afflictions'." A supplication in these words will be
answered. Allah will remove one's
affliction and replace it with joy and happiness.
Salman reported
that the Prophet (saws), said, "Your Lord, the Blessed and the Exalted
One, is Modest and Generous, and He loathes to turn away His servant
empty-handed when he raises his hands to Him in supplication."
Narrated by Ahmad and Ibn Hibban.
Abdallah b. 'Umar
reported that the Prophet (saws) said, "Hearts are like vessels, some more
attentive and capacious than others. When you supplicate Allah you should be
certain of being answered, and know that Allah does not answer a supplication
that comes from a careless and inattentive heart."
Narrated by Ahmad
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
2248 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
Allah's Messenger
(saws) said, "There are three whose supplication is not rejected: one who has just ended a fast, a just imam,
and one who has been wronged,
whose supplication is raised by Allah above the clouds and for which the
gates of Heaven are opened. The Lord
says, 'I swear by My might that I shall certainly help you, though it be after
some time.'"
Abu Hurairah
reported that the Prophet (saws) said, "Your supplication will be answered
if you are not impatient, and if you do not say, 'I supplicated but my
supplication was not heard'."
Narrated by Malik.
In
light of the above aayah and the various narrations from the Messenger of Allah
(saws), it is evident that no lawful supplication a believer makes unto his
Lord Most Gracious, is ever left unanswered.
There
are some times and places which are more opportune than others and the
Messenger of Allah (saws) guided the believers to make supplications during
these times in earnest to their Lord Most Gracious.
These are the day of 'Arafah, the
month of Ramadan, Fridays, the last part of the night, at dawn, during
prostration, at the time of rainfall, between the adhan and iqamah, at the time
of encounter of armies, at times of panic, and when one's heart is soft and
tender.
Abu Umamah
reported, "The Prophet (saws) was asked, 'What supplication finds the
greatest acceptance?' He (saws) answered: 'A prayer offered in the middle of
the latter part of the night and after the prescribed Prayers'.'
Related by
Tirmidhi.
Abu Hurairah
reported that the Prophet (saws) said, "The servant is nearest to his Lord
when he is prostrating to Him, so make supplication in this state."
Related by Muslim.
The Messenger of Allah (saws)
also guided and warned the believers to avoid and abstain from certain acts and
deeds which may result in one’s supplication being unanswered:
Sahih Muslim Hadith
2214 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
Allah's Messenger
(saws) then made a mention of a person who travels widely, his hair dishevelled
and covered with dust. He lifts his hand towards the sky (and thus makes the
supplication): "O Lord, O Lord…." whereas his diet is unlawful, his
drink is unlawful, his clothes are unlawful, and his nourishment is unlawful. Then
how can his supplication be accepted?
The best procedure or format
when making supplication is to:
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 and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
