Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

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396 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @&$&!%?3 (Vol-3)
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du'aas and would make them rather than any other."
Hadhrat Aa'isha also reports that she was busy performing salaah when
(her father) Hadhrat Abu Bakr %UGW45 came to tell Rasulullaah @?% something
that she was unable to hear. "0 Aa'isha!" Rasulullaah $%% said to her, "Ensure
that you make comprehensive du'aas. When she had completed her salaah,
Hadhrat Aa'isha lZWW4 asked Rasulullaah &'@ about this and he advised her to
make the following du'aa:
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"0 Allaah! I ask You for all good that is immediate and that is still to
come, whether I am aware of it or not. I seek Your protection from all
evil that is immediate and that is still to come, whether I am aware of it
or not. I ask You for Jannah and every word and deed that will take me
closer to it. I also seek Your protection from Jahannam and every word
and deed that will take me closer to it. I ask You for every good that
Your servant and Rasul Muhammad @%% asked You for and I seek Your
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protection from everything that Your servant and Rasul Muhammad
&%% sought Your protection from. I also beseech You to make the
outcome be good of everything that You have decreed for me"(2)
In another narration, Hadhrat Aa'isha I= says, "I was busy performing salaah
when Nabi @& entered the room. He needed something and because I was
delaying him, he said, '0 Aa'isha! You ought to make du'aa that is concise and
comprehensive.' When I completed, I asked, '0 Rasulullaah @&! What du'aa is
concise and comprehensive?"' Rasulullaah @& then taught her the du'aa quoted
above. (3)
Rasulullaah @@ Teaches a Comprehensive Du'aa
to Hadhrat Abu Umaamah BGWj and to some
other gahabah @gX&j'
Hadhrat Abu Umaamah WW says that because Rasulullaah made so
many du'aas, they were unable to remember them. They therefore said to him
one day, "0 Rasulullaah @@! You make so many du'aas, that we are unable to
(1) Ibn Abi Shaybah, as quoted in anzul Ummaal(Vol.1 Pg.291).
(2) Haakim, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vol.1 Pg.306). Ahmad and Ibn Maajah have reporkd a
similar narration, as quoted in the Adhkaar of Nawawi.
(3) Bukhaari in his Adab (Pg.506).