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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الأذكار والدعواتBook of Remembrances and Supplications
باب كَرَاھَةِ الْاعْتِدَاءِ فِي الدُّعَاءِChapter on the Dislike of Transgression in Supplication
Hadith 5617
اُردوEn
عَنْ مَوْلًى لِسَعْدٍ أَنَّ سَعْدًا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ سَمِعَ ابْنًا لَهُ يَدْعُو وَهُوَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَنَعِيمَهَا وَإِسْتَبْرَقَهَا وَنَحْوًا مِنْ هَذَا وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَسَلَاسِلِهَا وَأَغْلَالِهَا فَقَالَ لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ اللَّهَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا وَتَعَوَّذْتَ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرٍّ كَثِيرٍ وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ قَوْمٌ يَعْتَدُونَ فِي الدُّعَاءِ وَقَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ ادْعُوا رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ وَإِنَّ حَسْبَكَ أَنْ تَقُولَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard his son making this supplication: O Allah! I ask You for Paradise, its blessings, its thick silk, and such-and-such of its things, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire, its chains, and its collars. He said to him: You have asked Allah for a great deal of good and sought refuge from a great deal of evil, whereas I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Soon there will come people who will be excessive in supplication. Then he recited this verse: {اُدْعُوْا رَبَّکُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْیَۃً إِنَّہُ لَا یُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِینَ} Call upon your Lord humbly and secretly. Indeed, He does not love those who transgress limits. (Al-A’raf: 55) And he said to his son: It is sufficient for you to say: O Allah! I ask You for Paradise and for every word and deed that brings me closer to it, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire and from every word or deed that brings me closer to it.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … One example of excessiveness in supplication (du‘a) has been mentioned in these ahadith; further examples are as follows: asking for something unlawful.
