Authentic Supplications of the Prophet by Waleed K.S. Al-Essa

Table of Contents System of Transliteration Introduction The Meanings of the word 'iläh The Virtues of Remembrance The Virtues of Tahmeed, Tahleel, and Tasbeeh Remembrance of Allah at Both Ends of the Day At Sleeping Time Upon Having a Dream When Waking Up at Night Entering, and Exiting the Rest-Room About Wudhu' The Virtue of Praying After Wudhu' The Virtue of Worship at Night About the Witr Prayer Upon Going Out of the Home Upon Entering the Home The Athan and Whoever Hears it Upon Entering the Masjid and Leaving it What the Imäm Says Before the Prayer Opening Supplications in Salät On Saying 'Ämeen Crying in Salät When Bowing,Getting up from a Bow, Prostrating,or Sitting in Between Prostrations Supplication in the Prayer and after the Tashahhud Loud Remembrance After Salät Announcing Lost Property, or Selling in the Mosque The Virtue of Reciting Surat Al-Kahf on Friday Praising Allah Within Speech Description of the Khutbah and the Prayer State of the Khateeb, and What he Says Saying Shahädah in the Khutbah About the Takheer in the `Eid Prayer Surrender to Predestination Neither in Deficit nor in Exaggeration Asking for Allah's Guidance in a Certain Affair (Istikhara) Not to say "If You will then grant me" Prohibition of Asking that Punishment be Hurried What to Say at Times of Grief, Concern, and Sadness About Minor and Great Afflictions upon the Believer On Debt Abandonment of Supplication for Sin and for the Severance of the Ties of Kinship Truthfully Asking for Martyrdom What to Say upon Confrontation of the Enemy and of People with Power About Devils Presenting Themselves to Humans On Incantations (Charms & Spells) When Passing by the Graves of the Polytheists Condition for Entering the Graveyards of the Tortured Upon Entering Graveyards How to Pray Upon the Dead What is Said When Placing the Body in the Grave With Respect to Allah's Bounties upon Man What to Say to Someone Wearing New Clothes What to Say When you Wear Something New Being Presented A Gift and Supplicated for Let your Brother Know you Love Him Rewarding one that does you Good On Seeing the First Fruits Liked things and Fear of The Evil Eye On Drawing Good and Bad Omens Upon Seeing Inflicted People Supplication for the Guidance of the Polytheists On Asking tor Rain When Windy Time of Thunder Upon Rainfall Upon Sighting the Crescent About Eclipses When Going on a Journey When Someone Else is Going on a Journey Upon Mounting Mean of Transportation When Beast of Burden Stumbles Upon Entering a Town When Lodging Somewhere When Slaughtering Eating and Drinking What a Fasting Person Says Upon Iftar On Asking Permission to Enter Dislike of Saying: It's me! What to Supplicate for your Host About As-Salam Conveyance of As-Salam Who Should Petition Salam First Prohibition of Beginning the Jews and Christians with As-Salam Greeting Only Those Whom you Know is of the Signs of The Day of Judgment On Letter Writing Format On Praising and Complementing On Sneezing and Yawning What to Say to a Non-Muslim if he Sneezes About Marriage Upon Child Birth Upon Crowing of the Rooster, Braying, and Barking On Seated Gathering Places About Anger Upon Entering A Market Place © 1993 Waleed Al-Essa This book may be photocopied for personal non profit use; otherwise, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the author. al-Qur'an was-Sunnah Society has obtained the necessary permission to put this book on the World Wide Web.