Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ said:
“If you desire that Allāh and His
Messenger love you then adhere to three traits:
1. Being truthful in speech.
2. Fulfilling trusts.
3. Being a good neighbour.
Ḥasan. See Silsilah al-Ṣaḥīḥah
2998.
Translation: Al-MarkazAs Salafi
Leicestershire
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Abū Hurairah رضي الله عنه reported: I
heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying, “Say, if there were a
river at the door of one of you in which he takes a bath five times a day, would
any soiling remain on him?” They replied, “No soiling would left on him.” He ﷺ said, “That
is the five (obligatory) Salāt (prayers). Allāh
obliterates all sins as a result of performing them.” [Al-Bukhārī and Muslim]
Commentary: This Hadīth tell us about the
merit and benefits of the performance of the prescribed five daily Salāt, performing them will wash off one’s sins, but
this is true of only such Salāt
which is performed in accordance with Sunnah, i.e., punctually in exactly the
manner showed by the Prophet ﷺ, and not of that which is offered at will in one’s own way.
Source: Riyād-us-Sāliheen, volume 2, page. 822 under the Chapter 187 The Excellence of As-Salāt (The Prayer), Hadīth 1042, Compiled by Al-Imām Abu Zakariya Yahya bin Sharaf An-Nawawi Ad-Dimashqi, Darussalam.
.....
Ibn Wahb said that Ibn Mahdee informed him that a man asked Ibraaheem an-Nakha'ee about al-ahwaa' [i.e. bid'ah], do they have anything from khayr? So he said: "Allaah did not make in anything from it (even the amount equal to) a mustard seed of khayr, and it is nothing but an adornment from ash-Shaytaan, and the affair is nothing except the first affair [that which the Prophet (Sallallaahu ‘alayhi wasallam) and his Companions were upon]."
Usoolus-Sunnah of Ibn Abee Zamaneen #230
Source: https://salaficentre.com
Shaykh ‘Ali Muhammad Nāsir Al-Faqīhī رَحِمَهُ
اللهُ said:
“Indeed the truth is what is indicated by the Kitāb and Sunnah, even if its followers are few.”
Al-Irhāb wa ātharuh as-sayyihah ‘ala al-afrād wa al-umam p. 7
Trans. by Abū Muḥsinah Mubaarak
Source: Arrisaalahpubs.com
How Do we Understand the
Actions of some of the Salaf in Advising the Ruler Publicly?
Question:
Noble Shaykh, how do we
reconcile between the statement of the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa
sallam), “Whosoever desires to advise the ruler, then let him not do so
publicly,” to the end of the hadeeth, and between the action of some of the
Scholars of the Salaf in opposing the rulers publicly, such as Sa’eed
Ibn Jubayr (d.95H), al-’Izz Ibn ’Abdus-Salaam (d.660H) and other
than them. And may Allaah reward you with goodness.
Answer:
Firstly: With regards to the advise that is
specific to the rulers of the Muslims whom Allaah has obligated upon
their constituents that they obey them, respect them and supplicate for them
privately and in public, as long as they offer the Prayer and keep the streets
safe and carry out the prescribed punishments. So there is advice for them and
there is enjoinment and prohibition for them in accordance with whatever is
appropriate for their situation, their reality and their position. And this is
what is indicated by the hadeeth. As for what has emanated from the two
that have been mentioned by the questioner, then it does not amount to evidence
that every person who desires to enjoin and prohibit can traverse the path of
these two – rahimahumallaah. So the incidents that occurred from Sa’eed
Ibn Jubayr (d.95H) and from al-’Izz Ibn ’Abdus-Salaam (d.660H), then
the questioner does not know about the causes and the surrounding conditions
that initially led them to advise openly.
Secondly: Let us suppose that the advice occurred
publicly from the two aforementioned ones. However, the Prophet (sallallaahu
’alayhi wa sallam) said, “then let him not do so publicly.” Which of the
two statements has more right to be followed: the statement of the infallible
Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam), and it is an authentic hadeeth,
or the statement of an individual itjihaad from one of the people of al-ijtihaad
who erred?! So he will not be excluded from a reward if Allaah so wills, and he
will be forgiven for the error. So this principle is, “When there has come a hadeeth,
or there has come a text from the generality of the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah
of the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam), and there has also come
a statement from some of the Scholars opposing this text, then precedence is to
be given to the confirmed text from Allaah and the confirmed text from the
Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) and we seek an
excuse for the one who is from the people of al-itjihaad and has opposed the
text.” As for the one who is not from the people of al-ijtihaad, but he
puts himself forward and boldly becomes involved along with a group of
mujtahideen whilst he has not mastered the formative elements of al-ijtihaad,
then this one has committed a crime against himself and he has committed a
crime against other than himself. And the extent of this crime could be
restricted or it could be unrestricted. So the point of this is that there is
no contradiction or conflict between the action of two individuals and the
statement of the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam), “So do not
do so publicly, but take him by his hand and take him into privacy. So if he
accepts his advice, then he has achieved his objective. And if he refuses, then
he has offered that which was upon him.” [1]
We praise Allaah the Mighty and Majestic that
this is the correct path which the Scholars of the Salaf and their
followers in every time from amongst the times agreed with due to their
knowledge and understanding of the proofs in every topic from amongst the
topics of knowledge and action. And this is a great blessing and it is from the
justice of the Salafee manhaj. So he is devoid of this blessing and he
is not successful with it, because he has not sought it truthfully and he has
not traversed its paths. So it is upon us to strive hard in attaining
knowledge, understanding and information and to take from the Scholars who have
firm, sagacious and correct understandings. And we must abandon the affair of
these ijtihaadaat which are only from the aspect of interpretations and
from the aspect of deceptions. That is because the student in middle school,
high school, or at the university level has no right to speak with ijtihaad,
until he firmly plants his feet in the knowledge, takes from the Scholars and
comes to know the limits of ijtihaad. Then, once the people of authority
have testified that he is from amongst the people of al-ijtihaad, then
he may speak concerning the issues in which ijtihaad is correct. If not,
then no.
Footnotes: [1]:
Hasan: Related by Ahmad (3/403) and Ibn Abee ’Aasim in Kitaabus-Sunnah (2/251).
It was declared hasan by al-Albaanee in Dhilaalul-Jannah fee Takhreejis-Sunnah
(no. 1096).
Shaykh Zayd al-Madkhalee
Taken from al-’Iqdul-Munaddadil-Jadeed (p. 83-85).
Translated by Maaz Qureshi
Source: https://www.fatwaislam.com/fis/index.cfm?scn=fd&ID=598
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Ibn ‘Abbās (radiyallāhu ‘anhumā) narrated that Allah’s Messenger (wassalallāhu ‘alaihi allam) said:
مَا مِنْ أَيَّامٍ الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ فِيهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَى
اللَّهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأَيَّامِ ” . يَعْنِي أَيَّامَ الْعَشْرِ . قَالُوا يَا
رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلاَ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ قَالَ ” وَلاَ الْجِهَادُ
فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ خَرَجَ بِنَفْسِهِ وَمَالِهِ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ
مِنْ ذَلِكَ بِشَىْءٍ
“There are no days during which righteous deeds are more beloved
to Allah than these ten,” meaning the ten of Dhul-Hijjah. They said: “O
Messenger of Allah, not even Jihād in Allah’s cause?” He replied: “Not
even Jihād in Allah’s cause, except for the man who left out with life and his
wealth and does not return back.” (Abu Dawud, no. 2438 and
graded saheeh by Al-Albāni)
Source: https://abukhadeejah.com/first-10-days-of-dhul-hijjah-the-days-of-eid-the-sacrifice-best-days-of-the-world/
More to read: https://www.wrightstreetmosque.com/the-first-ten-days-of-dhul-hijjah-and-understanding-their-great-virtues/
369. Anas bin Malik رضي الله عنه reported:
A bedouin came to Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and said to him, “When will be the Hour (i.e., the Day of Resurrection)?” He (the Prophet ﷺ) said, “What preparation have you made for it?” He said, “Only the love of Allāh and His Messenger.”Then Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said, “You will be with those whom you love.”[Al-Bukhāri and Muslim]
The
narration in Muslim is: The man replied: “I have made no significant
preparation with regard to Salāh (prayer), Saūm (fasting) and Sadaqah (charity) but I love Allāh and His Messenger.”
Commentary: The love of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ for Allāh and His Prophet ﷺ was not verbal only, as is the case of present-day Muslims. Their love was full of obedience and submission to Allāh in the true sense. This is what the Bedouin mentioned in this Hadīth really meant when he said that he had not amassed a large treasure by way of Salāt, Saūm (fasts) and Sadaqah for presentation on the Day of Resurrection. What he meant by them was voluntary acts and not the obligations. The reason being that the obligatory acts like Salāt , Saūm and Zakāt are incumbent on every Muslim and no one can claim to be a true believer and lover of Allāh and His Prophet ﷺ who ignores them. Any Muslim who entertains true love of Allāh and His Prophet ﷺ, makes it evident in his practical life by his strict performance of the duties and obligations enjoined by Allāh and demonstrated by His Prophet ﷺ through his Sunnah. Even if such a person does not have to his credit a large amount of voluntary acts, he will be successful by Allāh. This is the real import of this Hadīth, otherwise a Muslim’s claim for the love of Allāh and His Prophet ﷺ will be void if he does not fulfill his religious obligations. In fact, without the fulfillment of religious obligations, his claim will be nothing short of self-deception. His claim for the love of Allāh and His Prophet ﷺ, which is not supported by his actions will carry no weight before Allāh.This is what the following Āyah of the Noble Qur’ān enjoins: “Say (O Muhammad ﷺ to mankind:) ‘If you (really) love Allāh then follow me (i.e., accept Islāmic Tauhid, follow the Qur’ān and the Sunnah), Allāh will love you and forgive your sins. And Allāh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.’” (3:31)
Source: Riyād-us-Saliheen, Volume 1., Chapter 45 (under Visiting the Pious Persons Loving them and Adoption of their Company) Hadīth no. 369, page. 336-337, Compiled by Al-Imām Abu Zakariya Yahya bin Sharaf An-Nawawi Ad-Dimashqi, Commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, Translated by Dr. Muhammad Amin Abu Usamah Al-Arabi bin Razduq, Darussalam.
Qatādah said:
“Beware of turning away from the remembrance of Allāh, for
whoever turns away from remembering Him will be the most misguided and the most
in need, and the most guilty of sin.”
Source:
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) Volume 7, page. 622, Darussalam
ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān raḍiallāhu ʿanh said: The Messenger of Allāh ṣāllallāhu ʿālayhi wa sallam stated: “There is no servant who says each day in the morning and evening:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ
وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ العَلِيمُ
In the Name of Allāh, in Whose Name nothing can harm on the earth or in the
heavens, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
3 times, except that he will not
be afflicted with any harm.”2
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Razzāq al-‘Abbād ḥafthahullāh stated:
This is one of the tremendous
supplications that a Muslim should regularly mention every morning and evening
so that he may be protected – by the permission of Allāh – from being afflicted
with unexpected harm, tragedy, or something similar.3
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2Sunan Abī Dāwūd, no. 5088 and al-Tirmithī, no. 3388. Shaykh
al-Albānī graded it authentic in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb, no. 655.
3Fiqh al-Ad’iyah wal-Athkār,
section 3, pg. 13.
Selected from: Supplications That
Protect The Believer Against All Forms
of Harm (A Weapon Against The Recent Bout of Hate Crimes Against
Muslims) page. 2, Compiled by Abū Isma’īl Muṣṭafá George DeBerry (حفظه الله).
For original, genuine & safe copy see here: https://knowledgeofislamblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mustafa-george-supplications_that_protect_the_believer_against_all_types_of_harm.pdf
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Note: Added for the benefit of new muslims who cannot read Arabic:
بِسْمِ
اللهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ،
وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ العَلِيمُ
Bismillaahil-lathee laa yadhurru ma’asmihi
shay’un fil-ardhi wa laa fis-samaa’i wa Huwas-Samee’ul-‘Aleem.
In the Name of Allāh, in Whose Name nothing can
harm on the earth or in the heavens, and He is the All-Hearing, the
All-Knowing.
On the authority of Hassan ibn ‘Atiyyah who said:
“Jibreel
would descend upon the Prophet, salAllaahu ‘alayhi was-Sallam, with
the Sunnah just like he would descend upon him with the Qur’aan. He would teach
him [the Sunnah] just as he would teach him the Qur’aan.”
[Reported by al-Laalikaa’ee in Sharh Usool I’tiqaad Ahlis-Sunnati wal-Jamaa’ah, v. 1 p. 93 no. 99, as well as ad-Daarimee with a slightly different chain and its men are trustworthy. It is also reported by al-Marwazee in as-Sunnah, nos. 28 and 116. Al-Haafith Ibn Hajr mentioned that it was reported by al-Bayhaqee with a saheeh chain in Fat’h al-Baaree, v. 13 p. 291 and it was also mentioned by Ibn Battah in al-Ibaanah, 1/14]
@AbooRuqayyahAMK
عبدالصمد بن خالد بن محمد
Translated by Abū Ruqayyah ‘Abd aṣ-Ṣamad
10:45
AM – 10 Jun 2016
NOTE: Posted with kind permission
In The Name of
Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
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Saudi King Abdul Azeez (may Allaah have mercy upon him) said:
Indeed, the progress and
advancement of the Muslims is among those affairs we (pursue). We call to it by
the will of Allaah; (but) there cannot be advancement for the Muslims without a
return to their religion, adherence to their sound creed and holding onto the
Rope of Allaah [i.e. the Qur’aan and the Sunnah]. The path towards this is
clear and facilitated for the one who wants to follow it, and that is to single
out Allaah in worship – to be free from shirk and bidah- and act on that which
the religion has commanded us, for indeed there is no benefit in speech if not
[accompanied] by action.
Haqeeqah Manhaj Al-Mamlakah Al-Arabiyyah As-Su’oodiyyah page 33
Translated by: Abdullah Jallow (may Allaah preserve him)
https://salaficentre.com/2021/08/28/un-islamic-suggestions-of-stooges-who-ascribe-to-islam-and-speak-from-secularist-institutions-to-corrupt-aqeedah-of-muslims/
The Prophet said:
Whoever wishes to advise the one with authority, he should not do
so openly; rather he should take him by the hand and take him into seclusion;
if he accepts from him, then he has achieved his goal, and if not, then he has
fulfilled his obligation.
Reported by Ahmad (3/403) and Ibn Abee ‘Aasim (2/521) with a
saheeh isnaad.
Translation source: Masjid al-Furqan (Stoke on Trent)
https://masjidfurqan.co.uk/
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Allaah’s
Messenger ﷺ said:
“…Then he (the one who had memorized the Quraan and acted upon it) will be given the
dominion in his right hand and eternity in his left, and a crown of honour will
be placed upon his head, and his parents will be clothed with garments that
which is better than this world and what is in it. They will say: “O Lord! This
is for us, (how did we attain it)?” It will be said to them: “BECAUSE YOU
TAUGHT YOUR CHILD THE QUR’AAN.”
Reported
by At-Tabaraanee in al-Awsat, Silsilah al-Ahadeeth as-Saheehah no. 2829
Translation
source: Markazmuaadh.com
Imaam
Ibnul Qayyim (rahimahullaah) said:
Those
who know Allaah, His Book and His Religion are acquainted with the path
of the believers and that of the criminals in detail. The two
paths are clearly visible to them, just
as a path leading to its destination and the path leading to destruction are made clearly visible. They are
the most knowledgeable amongst the
creation; the ones who benefit (the people) the most, the ones with the most
useful advice for (the people).
Al-Fawaa’id
page 167-170
Translation source: https://salaficentre.com
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On the authority of Abū Mūsa al-Ash’ari (رضي الله عنه) who quoted Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying,
إِن الله يبْسُطُ يدهُ بِاللَّيْلِ ليتُوب
مُسيءُ النَّهَارِ، وَيبْسُطُ يَدهُ بالنَّهَارِ ليَتُوبَ مُسِيءُ اللَّيْلِ حتَّى
تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِن مغْرِبِها
رواه مسلم: ٢٧٥٩
Allāh
stretches out His Hand during the night, so that people may repent for their
shortcomings committed during the day. He also stretches out His Hand during
the day, so that the sinners may repent for the sins committed during the
night. Until the sun rises in the west(1). (Muslim: 2759).
1. The
rising of the sun in the west is a major portent of the Day of
Resurrection.(Translator)
Source: The Foundations of Faith in the Light of the Qur’ān and the Sunnah, p. 131, by A Committee of Scholars, Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments,Dawah and Guidance, King Fahd Qur’ān Printing Complex General Secretariat Academic Affairs
From the signs
of Happiness
Abu ‘Ali al-Hasan b. ‘Alī Al-Jawzajānī رحمه
الله)) said:
“Among the signs of happiness upon a
servant are:
- Obedience to Allah being made easy upon
him,
- His conformity to the Sunnah in all of his
deeds,
- His companionship with the people of
righteousness,
- His good character with his brothers,
- His charitably giving to people,
- His concern for the Muslims,
- His careful mindfulness of his time.”
Al-I’tisam by Al-Shatibi 1/54
Translation by Ustaadh Umar Quinn
@AbooSuhailah
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
Allaah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم
said:
“Whoever recites Aayatul-Kursee after
every obligatory Prayer, nothing will prevent him entering Paradise except
death.”
Recorded in Sunan al-Kubraa of
an-Nasaaee, declared authentic by Imām
Albaanee in Silsilahal-Ahadeeth as-Saheehah no.972
Imām
ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
It
has reached me regarding our Shaykh, Aboo ‘Abbās ibn Taymiyah –may Allaah
sanctify his soul-that he said;
“I
have not left off (reciting Aayatul-Kursee) after the end of every (obligatory)
Prayer.”
Zaad
al-Ma’ad 1/304, taken from Fiqh al-Ad’eeyah wal-Adhkaar pg.79.
Translation
source: MarkazMuaadh.com
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Note: English Translation & Roman Transliteration of the above Quranic verse added for the benefit of new muslims who cannot read Arabic:
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ
ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ
ۗ مَن ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ
وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ
ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ
الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ
255. Allaahu laa ‘ilaaha ‘illaa Huwal-Hayyul Qayyum, laa ta’khuthuhu sinatun wa laa nawm, lahu maa fis-samaawaati wa maa fil-‘ardh, man thal-lathee yashfa’u ‘indahu ‘illaa bi’ithnih, ya’lamu maa bayna ‘aydeehim wa maa khalfahum, wa laa yuheetoona bishay’im-min ‘ilmihi ‘illaa bimaa shaa’a, wasi’a kursiyyuhus-samaawaati wal’ardh, wa laa ya’ooduhu hifdhuhumaa, wa Huwal-‘Aliyyul-‘Adheem.
255. Allāh! Lā ilāha illa Huwa (none has the right to be
worshipped but He), Al-Hayyul-Qayyuum (the Ever Living, the One Who sustains
and protects all that exists).Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him
belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is he that
can intercede with Him except with His Permission? He knows what happens to
them (His creatures) in this world, and
whatwill happen to them in the Hereafter. And they will never compass anything
of His Knowledge except that which He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens
and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them. And He
is the Most High, the Most Great.
Ibn ul-Qayyim رحمه الله تعالى mentioned a statement attributed to the Salaf in origin:
A Shaytan met another Shaytaan and said to him:
“Why am I seeing you so thin & skinny?”
So he replied: “I am with a man who upon eating
always mentions the name of Allah so I am unable to eat with him. When he
drinks he mentions the name of Allah so I am unable to drink with him. When he
enters his home he mentions the name of Allah so I (am unable to enter and
instead I) have to sleep outside the house”.
So the first Shaytaan said: “I am with a man who
upon eating never mentions the name of Allah so I eat with him. When he drinks
he never mentions the name of Allah, so I drink with him. When he enters his
home he never mentions the name of Allah so I enter with him. When he has
intercourse with his wife he never mentions the name of Allah so I have
intercourse with her too alongside him”.
عدة الصابرين ص٤٧
[Never mentions the name of Allah upon intercourse - i.e. does not say the prescribed the du’a mentioned in Saheeh Bukhary & Saheeh Muslim:
In the name of Allah, O’ Allah, keep the devil
away from us and keep the devil away from what you have blessed us with.*
Taken from: SalafiDawaLancs
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Note: Roman Transliteration added for the benefit
of new muslim couple who cannot read Arabic:
بسم الله، اللهم جنبنا الشيطان وجنب الشيطان ما رزقتنا
or with tashkeel to help us reach the correct pronounciation inshaa' Allaah
*Bismillāh. Allāhumma jannibnash-Shaytān,Wa jannibish-Shaytāna mā razaqtanā.
In the name of Allah, O’ Allah, keep the devil
away from us and keep the devil away from what you have blessed us with.