Originally posted on June 23, 2012 by Ustaadh Abu Hakeem Bilal Davis for
ah-sp.com
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Upon the
authority of Ibn Abbaas – Radhiyallahu Anhu who said: the messenger of Allah –
Sallallahu alaihi was salam said:
“My lord came to me tonight (while asleep) in
the most beautiful form! And said:
“Do you know what those in the highest
gathering are arguing about? So I said: “No” so he placed his hand between my
shoulders until I felt the coolness of his hand (and in a version ‘His
fingertips’) between my breast then I was acquainted with knowledge of that
which is in the heavens and that which is on the earth. So He said: “Oh
Muhammad! (Now) do you know what the highest gathering are arguing about? So I
said:
“Yes! (They
are arguing) concerning that which expiates sins and that which raises one in
level!
(As for) the expiations (then they are):
(1) “to remain in the masjid
after the prayers,
(2) To walk, by foot to the congregational prayers and,
(3)
Perfecting ones wudhu in difficult conditions (i.e. cold etc.)
So he said: You
have spoken the truth Oh Muhammad! And whosoever does so, lives upon good and
dies upon good, and is purified from his sin like the day his mother gave birth
to him!. And he said: “Oh Muhammad! When you pray you should say:
اللهم إني أسألك فعل الخيرات و ترك المنكرات
و حب المساكين و أن تغفر لي و ترحمني و تتوب علي و إذا أردت بعبادك فتنة فاقبضني إليك
غير مفتون
“Oh Allah! I
ask you (to bestow upon me) the performance of good deeds, and (to bestow upon
me) the abandonment of evil acts, (to instil within me) love for the poor, and
that you forgive me and have mercy upon me and accept my repentance, and if you
intend to put your servants under an affliction, then take me to you without
putting me under trail!
(Allahumma Innee as’aluka Fi’lal Khairaat, Wa tarkal
Munkaraat, wa Hubal Masaakeen, wa an taghfiralee, wa tarhamanee, wa tatooba
alaiyya, wa idhaa aradta bi ‘ibaadika fitnah, faqbidnee ilaika ghaira maftoon)
And as for that which raises one in levels (then it is):
(1) To spread salaam
(2) To make food (for the people)
(3) And to pray by night when the people are
asleep”
(Collected by
Imaam Ahmad in his ‘Musnad’and by ‘Abd ibn Humaid’ and declared ‘Saheeh’ by
shaikh Al Albaani in Saheehul Jaami’ 59 and ‘As Saheehah 3169)
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