DUA

DUA

Assalamualaikumwarahmatullahiwabarakatuhu my respected brothers and sisters

Alhamdulillah wassalatu was salaam alaarasulillahiwaba'ad

I want to after thanking Allah and sending salutation to the messenger apologize for the late start of my presentation. Hope brothers will forgive me for that. In the next 30-60minutes we shall be looking at the concept of dua'a in the life of the Muslim. We pray to Allah for guidance and sincerity of our intention.

A brief introduction to the concept of dua'a

Dua'a literally implies to call or invoke.Conventionally imam al khattabirahimahullahuta'ala says dua'a implies a servant invoking Allah for help, by way of showing ones weakness and inability to harm nor benefit him or herself in anyway.

The Quran gives different meanings to the word dua'a among which is:

1. Alistigatha :Appealing for aid.

 In suratulan'am verse 40-41 Allah says "

40. Say, "Have you considered if there came to you the punishment of AllAh or there came to you the Hour – is it other than Allah you would invoke, if you should be truthful?"

41. No, it is Him [alone] you would invoke, and He would remove that for which you invoked Him if He willed, and you would forget what you associate [with Him].

That is man at the time of calamity. Now the second meaning it implies based on the context is;

Al ibadah: worshipAllah azzawajalla says in surantulA'arafvs 194 and kahf 28 respectively

 

"194. Indeed, those you [polytheists] call upon besides Allah are servants [i.e., creations] like you. So call upon them and let them respond to you, if you should be truthful"

 

"28. And keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon(worship) their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them,desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect."

One might be tempted to say, but those things they call besides Allah, answer them..... So what

The answer is that Allah says in suratunisaa whoever goes against the messenger after the truth had become evident to him,we shall make that we he took as an ally be with him and at the end We shall admit him into jahannam. Save us yaa Allah.

 

Now let's proceed with the Quranic definition of dua'a

Dua'a could also mean to proclaim or to invite as in suratulIsra'avs 52 and All Qasas 25

 Allah says

"52. On the Day He will call you and you will respond with praise of Him and think that you had not remained [in the world] except for a little."

25. Then one of the two women came to him walking with shyness.

She said, "Indeed, my father invites you that he may reward you for having watered for us."

And last on our list of Qur'anic definitions

And finally dua'a could mean to beseach or implore as stated in the Quran suratulGhafirvrs 60 and baqarah 186

"60. And your Lord says, "Call upon Me; I will respond to you." Indeed, those who disdain My worship will enter Hell [rendered] contemptible. Ghafir

"186. And when My servants ask you, [O Muúammad], concerning Me – indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided."

Al baqarah

Now with all the above definitions given from the Qur'an, that which would take center stage in our presentation is the last definition, thus, to beseech or call upon Allah.

Reading carefully through the last two verses it becomes clear to us that making duaa is a command from Allah and therfore it's an act of worship. And all acts of worship have their prescriptions made by Allah or our beloved Mohammad on should be Allah's peace and blessings. Which when we follow judiciously we'll have cure of the following

1. Prevention of destruction

2. Protection against disapointment

3.it's a means through which one attains goodness

4.means to relief one of stress and burden.

5. Means to victory

6.means for elevation of status in this dunya and akhira as well......and above all

7.it gives one the ability to get closer to Allahujallajalaaluh.

8. By making dua'a, one is fulfilling one of Allah's commandment.

9. Easy way to jannah

10. characteristic of the inhabitants of jannah

11. Good in every sense.

12. Reverses destiny...... Yes it does

 

We shall end here and continue another time in Shaa Allah

سبحانكاللهموبحمدكأشهدأنلاإلاهإلاأنتأستغفركوأتوبإليك