Dhikr for Nisf Shaban - Laylatul Bara'ah - Shab-e-Barat

 Nisf Shaban - 15th of Sha'ban Laylatul Bara'ah
- The Night of Decree.
 known in Urdu as or Shab-e-Barat

by Sajad Ali - Tariqah Qadiri Dastagir

 About the 15th Night of Sha'ban and the Dhikr and some warnings to careful, Not to have Ghill (ill feelings, holding a Grudge) in your hearts, otherwise you are wasting  your time with ibadah this night and Ramadhan, 

- The 3 Surah Yasins with Nafil

- Arabic - Dua Nisf Shaban - Allahumma Ya Dhal Manni

- Transliteration and English of Dua Nisf Shaban 

- Dua Nisf Shaban - Allahumma Ya Dhal Manni Audio

- Warning for Some people Mid Sha'ban has NO Blessings!

- Those wanting to pray the Nafil, but have missed Fardh Salah or Women on their Periods and cannot Pray.

- Reading Ayat Hirz (see below) 500 times either on; 15th Night of Shaban on 15th Day of Shaban. 

- Sisters on their periods, cannot pray. They can sit on the Pray mat, and read the following and repeat it 3 times

The 3 Surah Yasins with Nafil

The Least you should do tonight 15th Shaban the (Night of Decree) 2 rakah Nafil, Surah Yasin and Dua Nisf Sha'ban with each make specific intention as below followed by Dua Nisf Shaban (Allahumma Yaa Dhal Manni).

Its recommended to the following on the Night of Sha'ban, after Maghrib;

6 Nafil after Maghrib - The method is as follows, 2 rak'at, each with different niyyah closing with Surah Yasin Dua of Sha'ban-Nisf Shaban for each. 

1st make niyyah-intention for (long pious life) read 2 rak'at, then Surah Yasin close with Dua Nisf Shaban (Allahumma Yaa Dhal Manni) see below;

2ndniyyah-intention is for (being safe from the calamities and misfortunes) read 2 rak'at, then Surah Yasin close with Dua of Sha'ban-Nisf Shaban.

3rd niyyah-intention is (for the increment of Rizq subsistence) read 2 rak'at, then Surah Yasin close with Dua of Sha'ban-Nisf Shaban.

Note:Rizq is many things; marriage, blessing of children, education increase in wealth or a job).

The Following will be covered here;

- Arabic - Dua Nisf Shaban - Allahumma Ya Dhal Manni

- Transliteration and English of Dua Nisf Shaban 

- Dua Nisf Shaban - Allahumma Ya Dhal Manni Audio

- Warning for Some people Mid Sha'ban has NO Blessings!

- Those wanting to pray the Nafil, but have missed Fardh Salah or Women on their Periods and cannot Pray.

- Reading Ayat Hirz (see below) 500 times either on; 15th Night of Shaban on 15th Day of Shaban. 

- Sisters on their periods, cannot pray. They can sit on the Pray mat, and read the following and repeat it 3 times.

Dua Nisf Shaban.

Allahumma Yaa Dhal Manni walaa yumannu 'Alayh 

Yaa Dhal Jalaali wal Ikraam Yaa Dhat-Tawli wal In'aam

Laa Ilaaha illa anta Zahru'llaajeen wa jaarul mustajeereen 

wa amaanul khaaifeen

Allahumma in kunta katabtanee 

'Indaka fee Ummil Kitabi Shaqiyyan aw mahruman aw matrudan 

aw muqattaran 'alayya fir-rizqi Famhu

Allahumma bi-Fadlika

Shaqaawatee wa hirmaanee wa tardee wa'qtitaara rizqee 

Wa-athbitnee 'Indaka fee Ummil Kitabi

Sa'eedan marzuqan muwaffaqan li'lkhayraati 

Fa Innaka Qulta wa Qawlukal Haqq

Fee Kitabikal munzal 'alaa lisaani Nabiyyikal Mursal

Yamhullahu maa Yashaa'u wa yuthbit Wa 'Indahu Ummul Kitab

Ilaahi Bit-tajalli'l A'zam Fee laylatin-nisfi min shahri Sha'banal-Mukarram 

Allatee yufraqu feehaa kullu amrin hakeemin 

wa yubram An takshifa 'annaa minal ballaai wal balwaai 

Maa na'lamu wa maa laa na'lam

Wa anta bihi a'lam Innaka anta'l A'azzul Akram

Wa Sallallahu Ta'ala 'alaa Sayyidina Muhammad-in

Wa 'alaa aalihi wa as'haabihi wa sallam

Wa'l Hamdu Lillahi Rabbil 'Aalameen

Mid Shaban Dua - Allahumma Ya Dhal Manni.

Supplication on the Night of 15th Sha'ban

O Allah! You shower favours on everyone

And no one can do You any favour.

O The Possessor of Majesty and Honour,

O The Distributor of bounty and rewards,

There is no one worthy of worship except You.

You help the fallen And provide refuge to the refugees

 And give peace to those who are in fear.

O Allah! If in the Mother of All Books that is with You

You have written me down as someone who is

Doubtful of achieving salvation, or deprived,

Or rejected or without enough sustenance,

Then, O Allah, with Your Grace

Remove all of these misfortunes from me

and in the Mother of All Books that is with You,

establish me as someone who is blessed, 

with abundant provision and charitable good deeds.

Indeed, what You said in The Book You sent

Through the tongue of Your Blessed Prophet is true

That Allah changes and establishes what He wants

And with Him is the Mother of All Books.

O My Lord! For the sake of Your Divine Manifestation

On this fifteenth night of the blessed month of Sha'ban

In which You issue all Wise and Irrevocable Decrees

Remove from us all calamities and hardships,

those that we know about as well as those that we don't, 

while You know everything.

Truly, You are the Most Powerful, Most Generous.

And may Allah the Exalted shower blessings 

and peace on Sayyidina Muhammad, 

and on his family and his companions 

And all praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Mid Shaban Dua - Allahumma Ya Dhal Manni.

The whole Night from Maghrib to Fajr has Maghfira-forgiveness and Rahma-Mercy, Allah arranges the affairs of His servants; arranges the affairs of the year. He transfers [some of] the living to the list of dead, and records those who will make pilgrimage [Hajj] to the House of Allah that year, neither adding one too many nor leaving a single one of them out.

The 15th Night of Sha‘bān:

On the relation of ‘Atā’ ibn Yasār, may Allah be well pleased with him, who said, “On the 15th night of Sha‘bān the Angel of Death, peace be upon him, copies down the names of all those who will die from that Sha‘bān to the next Sha‘bān…and there is no night after Laylat Al-Qadr better than the 15th night of Sha‘bān.”

Other hadiths also describe the 15th night as being the night in which Allah decrees everyone’s provisions, even after-worldly provisions (Paradise, Hell), therefore it is important to bring that night to life through Prayer, reading Qur’an, and repentance.

Related by Ibn ‘Umar, may Allah be well pleased with him and his father, that the Prophet, peace and mercy of Allah be upon him, said, “There are five nights on which du‘ā’ is not turned back: Friday eve, on the eve of Rajab, the 15th night of Sha‘bān, Laylat Al-Qadr, and on the eve of the two ‘Eids.”

It is also recommended to say the du‘ā’:

اللّهُمَ إنَّكَ عفوٌ كريمٌ تُحِبَّ العَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَني، اللّهُمَّ إنّي أسْألُكَ العَفْوَ والعَافية والمُعَافَاةَ الدَّائِمة في الدِّين والدُّنيا والأخِرَة

Allahumma innaka ‘Afūwun Karīmun tuḥib ul ‘afwa fa‘afu ‘annī, Allahumma innī as’aluka al-‘afū, wa al-‘āfīyah wa al-mu‘āfāt ad-da’imah fī ad-dīni wa ad-dunyā wa al-ākhirah.

O Allah, You are Pardoning and Generous and You love to pardon, so pardon me. O Allah, I ask You for pardoning, good health [in body], and to be [spiritually] health always in my religion, and in this life, and in the hereafter.

Clarification: “Giving life to the night” is said to be staying up most of the night in worship, although other scholars have said just one hour. Others have said just be determined to pray ‘Ishā in congregation and Fajr in congregation and that will fulfill “giving life to the night.”

Arabic transcript of the section on the month of Sha’ban from the well-acclaimed book Kanz an-Najah was-Surur as well as an English translation by Amjad Tarsin.

Warning for Some people Mid Sha'ban has NO Blessings!

The hadith of Mu'adh b. Jabal that relates the Prophet ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) saying: 'God looks at His creation during the middle night of Sha'ban and forgives all of them, except an idolator and one who harbours rancour-(Ghil).

The hadith of 'Abd Allāh b.'Amr where the Prophet ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) said: 'God, majestic is He, looks at His creation on the middle night of Sha'ban and forgives all of His slaves, save an idolater and a murderer.

15th Sha'ban Night 300 Gates of Mercy are Opened, it Rains Forgiveness, Du'as are not turned back, and Destiny can even change.

"On the 15th night of Sha'ban the Angel of Death, peace be upon him, copies down the names of all those who will die from that Sha'ban to the next Sha'ban… and there is no night after Laylat Al-Qadr better than the 15th night of Sha‘ban.”

Salawat:Salutations Upon the Prophet (peace be upon him): Sha‘ban is the month of the Prophet peace and mercy of Allah be upon him, for he said, “Sha‘ban is my month.”  What does mean?

Sha'ban is the Month Allah sent down the verse;

Inn Allaha Wa Malaikatahu YuSalluna Alan-Nabi Ya Ayyuhal Ladheena Amanu Sallu Alaihi Wa Sallimu Taslima.

"Allah and His Angels send their blessings upon the Prophet, O you who believe send blessings upon him and salutations of peace (33:56)" and Made Salawat a Fardh:

That is why, Sayyidina Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam said "Sha'baan is my month"  

That's why its a Month of Salawat, more then anything else.

It's also the Month Sayyidina Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wasallam, split the Moon in Half.

Scholars have said, “Rajab is the month of Repentance, Sha'ban is the month of sending salutations upon the Prophet, peace and mercy of Allah be upon him, and Ramadhan is the month of the Qur’an.”

Reading Ayat Hirz (see below) 500 times either on; 

15th Night of Shaban on 15th Day of Shaban. 

Doing this Allah will save him from the Questioning of the two Angels in Grave.  And he will enjoy bliss in his Grave as they will be turned towards his place in Jannah in the Grave.   - Sidi Ahmad Tijani (qaddas Allahu sirru).

These two Ayats below bare very Powerful and are called Ayatul Hirz;

Laqad jaa'akum rasulum-min anfusikum 'azeezun 'alayhi ma 'anittum hareesun 'alaykum bil-mu'mi-neena ra'uw-fur-raheem.

Fa-in ta-wal-law faqul-hasbiya-allahu laailaha illa-hu 'alayhi tawakkaltu wahuwa rabbul-'arshil-'adheem (9:128-129)

Meaning: "Indeed there has already come to you a Messenger among yourselves, Mighty (grievous) to him is your sufferings; most eager is he for your (welfare), to the believers (he is) constantly compassionate, constantly merciful" (9:128)

Still, if they turn away from you (O Messenger), say: "God is sufficient for me; there is no deity but He. In Him have I put my trust, and He is the Lord of the Supreme Throne (as the absolute Ruler and Sustainer of the universe and all creation, Who maintains and protects it)." (9:129)

Note: For those wanting to pray the 6 Nafil after Maghrib, but have missed Fardh Salah or Women on their Periods and cannot Pray.

Those with Qadha (missed Fardh Salah) are wasting their time, on the Tonight of 15th Shaban praying Nafil. As Fardh has more Haqq on them. They should spend the Time doing there Qadha (missed Fardh Salah) and is the same for them in Ramadhan. They should be Praying their Qadha (missed Fardh Salah) and not Taraweeh, on such nights too.

That doesn't mean one cannot still do the 6 Nafil, but should make Niyyah 2 Rakah for Missed Salah-(Qadh or Qaza in urdu) for they should then continue the night praying Qadha (missed Fardh Salah) as it's Haqq they MUST pay to Allah. 

So those with missed Pray should make this Niyyah; I'm making Niyyah (Niyyat) to Pray 2 Rakah Qadha or Qaza Salah on this holy night of Nisf Shab'an or Shab-Raat in urdu). 

Sisters on their periods, cannot pray. They can sit on the Pray mat, and read the following and repeat it 3 times;

1st make niyyah-intention for (long pious life) and then the following;

1 - 100 Salawat any short Salawat, such as the Asr Friday Salawat.

2 - 100 Surah Al-fatiha.

3 - 100 subhanallah walhamdulillah wala ilaha illallah wallahu akbar wala hawla wala quwwata illa billahil Aliyyil Adheem.

4 - 1000 Astaghfirullah Ya Kareem

5 - 1000 Ya Hannan Ya Mannan 

6 - Dua Nisf Shaban once and Close with salawat once.

Repeat each of 6 points above, with each Niyyah. So example you are reading 1000 Ya Hannan Ya Mannan in total of 3000 times, as it done 3 times with each of the 3 different Niiyah.

1st make niyyah-intention for (long pious life)  

2nd niyyah-intention is for (being safe from the calamities and misfortunes) 

3rd niyyah-intention is (for the increment of Rizq subsistence) 

Rizq is many things; marriage, blessing of children, education increase in wealth or a job)

No Sufi Shaykh or anyone one else can forgive this. If you die with Qadha (missed Fardh Salah) on your Soul,  others (with wisdom) can given Sadaqah for your soul as (kaffarah penalty compensation) for the missed Salah. 

Below from other sources some extra Dhikr that can be done;

15th Shaban Checklist

1. Remove unwanted hair - Take Ghusl Bath.

2. Use Miswak, apply oil, Surmah and fragrance

3. Wear nice clothes (pref. white) and Amamah

4. Recite "La Hawla Wa La Quwwata Illa Billahil Aliyyil Adheem" 40 times before sunset.(meaning for Maghrib today)

5. Maghrib read 6 Rakahs in two plus Yasin & Dua Mid-Shaban

6. Visit cemetery

7. Give charity

8. Ask forgiveness from fiends and family

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Some basic Dhikr

-Read SubhanAllah 100 times (reward of 100 hajj)

-Read Alhamdulillah 100 times (reward of giving 100 horses in path of Allah)

-Read Laa Ilaaha Illah 100 times (reward of freeing 100 slaves)

-Read Allahu Akbar (no one will be able to do more goods than him) [Taken from Mishkat, vol. 2, p. 346]

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-100 times Astaghfirullah

-313 times Durood sharif  any Salawat

- Ask forgiveness for whole Ummah 27 times

-Pray Isha and Fajr with Jamat reward equal to spending whole night in worship

-Read Surah Dukhan (25th para)

-Read Salat al-Tasbih

-Read 2 Rakat Salat al-Tawba for sincere forgiveness thereafter make Du'a for yourself and those who requested for Du'a (including myself)

Shaykh Ibn Abi Jamra intro Part 1

 Shaykh Ibn Abi Jamra al-Andalusi qaddas Allahu sirru (d. 675 H. in Cairo)

The Holy Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wasallam said;Whoever Guides someone to Goodness, will have similar reward. Sahih Muslim

Shaykh Ibn Abi Jamra qaddas Allahu sirru often used to repeat the hadith:

"Who transmit to my Ummah a single hadith, thereby establishing the sunna or intending to call [people to Islam], will have Jannah."

Shaykh Ibn Abi Jamra qaddas Allahu sirru is famous for 70 visions of the Prophet (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) that occurred to him while writing, an abridged commentary to Sahih al-Bukhari.

He is `Abd Allah ibn Sa`d ibn Abi Jamra al-Andalusi, whose lineage goes back to the great sahabi Sa`d bin `Ibada al-Ansari, may Allah ta'ala be pleased with him. He used to see the Prophet ((Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) in waking. 

His most famous book is Bahjat al-Nufus, an abridged commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari. Buried in al-Qurafa in Cairo.

He is `Abd Allah ibn Sa`d ibnAbi Jamra al-Andalusi, whose lineage goes back to the great sahabi Sa`d bin `Ibada al-Ansari, may Allah ta'ala be pleased with him. His kunya was Abu Muhammad.

Born in al-Andalus, he was raised in the Deen. He memorized the Quran at a young age, and became proficient in the hadith about the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam). 

He often used to repeat the hadith:

"Who transmit to my ummah a single hadith, thereby establishing the sunna or intending to call [people to Islam], will have Jannah."

He travelled around much until he settled in Egypt. His du'a was answered, and he used to see the Prophet (sall Allah `aleihi wa sallam) often while awake. When people heard about this, they disavowed him. After that he isolated himself in his home, until his death year 675 H.

He is buried in al-Qurafa in Cairo, near the maqam of Ibn `Ata Allah al-Sakandari.

In his book "Al-Mara'i al-Hisan", he describes 70 visions of the Prophet (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) that occurred to him while writing "Bahjat al-Nufus", an abridged commentary to Sahih al-Bukhari.

When he saw a lack of enthusiasm in preserving the chains of transmission, al-Hafidh ibn Abi Jamrah was determined to write an abridged book, which is easy to memorize and had many benefits, so he chose from “Sahih Al-Bukhari” nearly 300 Hadiths

This summary is ideal for the beginner in the science of Hadith because it is short.

 1. Tomb of Ibn Abi Jamra in al-Qurafa, Cairo.

2. Tomb of Ibn Abi Jamra in al-Qurafa, Cairo.

This article discusses experiences of Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allah ibn Saʿd ibn Saʿīd ibn Abī Jamrah al-Azdī al-Andalūsī, a great Sufi ḥadīth scholar of seventh century Hijrah.

Born in Islamic Spain and passed away in Egypt in 675 AH[i]  who encountered with the Prophet ﷺ in a dream while engaging with his ḥadīth commentary, Bahjat al-Nufūs wa Taḥallīhā bi Maʿrifat mā Lahā wa mā ʿalayhā’ (Joy of soul and its adorning by knowing what it has and what it owes). 

It is a commentary of his own work, an abridged version (Mukhtaṣar) of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī in which he selected around 300 hadīths by reducing the Isnāds to the first narrator, i.e. the companion. 

It starts with the chapter of ‘beginning of revelation’ (Badʾ al-Waḥy) and ends with that of people of paradise entering paradise' (Dukḥūl ahl al-jannah al-jannah).

Indicating to this organization, Ibn Abī Jamrah entitled this collection ‘Jamʾ al-nihāyah fī badʾ al-khayr wa al-ghāyah (The Gathering of the End at the Beginning of the Good and its Aim).

Ibn Abī Jamrah’s intention behind the abridged version was easy memorization of ḥadīths from al-Bukhārī’s great work. Moreover, he was strongly convinced about its blessedness that ‘distress would be dispelled if Ṣaḥīh al-Bukhārī is read, and ships would be saved from drowning if it is kept in.’[ii]

 Ibn Abī Jamrah notes that Imām al-Bukhārī had followed a unique method to narrate and organize ḥadīths, therefore, repeated a ḥadīth several times, and sometimes cut down the ḥadīth and mentioned only a tiny part of it. Considering all these distinct features, Ibn Abī Jamrah selected the complete version of ḥadīths from the Ṣaḥīḥ and reorganized it without repetition.[iii]

The most distinctive feature of Ibn Abī Jamrāh’s commentary, Bahjah, is the mystical interpretation. He tried to elaborate on the esoteric meanings of ḥadīths without rejecting its exoteric ones. Mostly, he explained the implied meanings after explaining its apparent meanings.

As he explains in the preface, his book consists of indications to the mystical truth (Ishārah ilā al-haqīqah) along with the rulings, ethics, obligations and voluntary acts of Sharīʾah. This statement designates the obvious feature of this commentary, the Ishārī interpretation, which is also known as mystical exegesis. Moreover, he tried to reconcile between the paths of Sharīʿah and Ḥaqīqah.

As obvious from his works, there is no doubt that the author was a great Sūfī and devoted scholar of ḥadīth. 

Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, the later well-known commentator of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, quoted Ibn Abī Jamrah many times in his magnum opus, Fatḥ al-Bārī, with due respect, calling al-Qudwah, al-Shaykh Ibn Abī Jamrah and giving enough attention to his esoteric meanings.

The most pertinent here are his dreams while composing his marvellous commentary. He encountered the Prophet ﷺ in dreams encouraging, and sometimes even instructing simple additions to the book. 

Such seventy sweet dreams were collated into a book entitled al-Marāī al-Ḥisān (Beautiful dreams) by him. 

In the preface, the author said: “these are the dreams I experienced while composing the interpretation of Mukhtaṣar Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī which has been named as Bahjat al-Nufūs”.[iv]

 Al-Marāī al-Ḥisān begins with the narration of a trusted person who saw in dream Ibn Abī Jamrah sitting in front of the Prophet ﷺ justifying his explanations in Baḥjat al-Nufūs, and when reached the ḥadīth of Ṣalāt al-Wuṣtā (The middle prayer), and justified his stance, the Prophet ﷺ  applauded it. According to him, Ṣalāt al-Wusṭā is both the ʿaṣr and ṣubḥ prayers.

In another dream, as found in the second narration, he presented his commentary to the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ was so impressed reading its forward and passed it to some of his vicegerents and said his attempts in our matters never fell short. 

One day the Prophet ﷺ instructed him to add some sentences in the preface. At times he saw the Prophet ﷺ entered his house with his companions. Reading Ibn Abī Jamrah’s commentary, his explanation on the ḥadīth of the slander (al-Ifk) impressed the Prophet ﷺ too much, whereupon he passed it to ʿᾹishah, the mother of the believers, asking to pray for Ibn Abī Jamrah since he had done a good job explaining her innocence. 

In another dream, he was in Maḥshar in the day of judgment wherein he and his disciple were highly respected and gathered with Messengers and the companions of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ due to his service for ḥadīth through this commentary. Seventy such beautiful dreams are explained in 53 pages.

The deeper understanding of the author and his ability to connect ḥadīth with Sūfī concepts is very clear from his explanation on the first ḥadīth itself. “The commencement of the Divine Inspiration to Allah's Messenger ﷺ was in the form of good dreams which came true like bright daylight, and then the love of seclusion was bestowed upon him. 

He used to go in seclusion in the cave of Hira where he used to worship (Allah alone) continuously for many days before his desire to see his family. He used to take with him food for the stay and then come back to (his wife) Khadīja (May Allah be pleased with her) to take his food likewise again till suddenly the “Truth” descended upon him while he was in the cave of Hira. The angel came to him and asked him to read. The Prophet ﷺ replied, "I do not know how to read…"

He observes that the beginning of the Prophethood was in the form of true dreams, and when he persisted with his Khalwah (seclusion) and worship, he could finally meet the archangel, Gabriel. 

Likewise, a Walī, seeker of sūfī path, must maintain the manners of each stage of wilāyah to successfully enter to the higher level.[v] Many such ishārī explanations are found with almost all ḥadīth in work.

It is enough of honour for Ibn Abī Jamrah that the Prophet ﷺ had felicitated his commentary.  In fact, it is a manifestation of the Prophet’s statement that he (ﷺ) said: God brightens a man who hears what I say, gets it by heart, retains it, and passes it on to others! Many a bearer of knowledge is not versed in it, and many a bearer of knowledge conveys it to one who is more versed than he is.[vi]

Encountering the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ in a dream is considered by Muslims as a reliable experience with probative value. 

That is based on two authentic ḥadīths: ‘Nothing of Prophethood will remain after me except righteous nightly dreams’[vii] and ‘Whoever has seen me in a dream has seen me while awake, for indeed Satan does not assume my form.’[viii]

Many righteous people had narrated their experience of seeing the Prophet ﷺ in dreams revealing the truth to them on personal matters. The unrecorded incidents would be even more.

But from the above explanation, it is understood that the dedicated ḥadīth scholars, who always engage with reporting of Prophet’s words, deeds, and chain of narrations, had kept a very special relationship with the Prophet ﷺ. They had communication on various issues related to the ḥadīth, including authenticity and meanings.

Though the dream is not treated as a medium of validating ḥadīth or establishing a ruling, it can add value to ḥadīth. A dream will reaffirm the authenticity of a ḥadīth which is already proven by verifying Insnād and content. Likewise, a dream may reveal some implied meanings of a ḥadīth which is in line with the principles of Islam.

 Endnotes 

[i] For his biography, see Aḥmad Bābā bin Aḥmad ibn al-Faqīh al-Tunbuktī, Nayl al-Ibtihāj bi Taṭrīz al-Dībāj, (Ṭarābals: Dār al-Kātib, 2000), p 216

[ii] Ibn Abī Jamrah, ‘Jamʾ al-Nihāyah fī Badʾ al-Khayr wa al-Ghāyah, (Bayrūt: Muʾassasat al-Kutub al-Thaqāfiyyah, 1986), vol.1, p. 14

[iii] Ibn Abī Jamrah, Bahjat al-Nufūs wa Taḥallīhā bi Maʿrifat mā Lahā wa mā ʿalayhā’, (Bayrūt: Dār al-Jīl, n.d.), vol. 1, p. 2

[iv] Ibn Abī Jamrah, al-Marāī al-Ḥisān, (Bayrūt: Bayrūt: Dār al-Jīl, n.d.), 2

[v] Ibn Abī Jamra, Bahjah, vol. 1, p. 10

[vi] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, Musnad Aḥmad, (n.p., Muʾassasat al-Risālah,2001), vol. 21, p. 60

[vii] Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, k. al-Taʾbīr, b. al-Mubashīrāt, Būlāq: Maṭbaʿah al-Kubrā al-Amīriyyah, vol. 9, p. 31

[viii] Al-Bukhārī, Ṣaḥīḥ, k. al-Taʿbīr, b. man raʾā al-nabiyya (s) fī al-manām, vol. 9, p. 33

(Salahudheen Kozhithodi is a  Researcher, International Islamic University Malaysia)

Taken https://en.islamonweb.net/study-of-sunnah-significance-and-challenges

Taken from https://damas-original.nur.nu/Texter/bionotes/bio_ibnabijamra.html

Maximum Reward Morning & Evening Dhikr, Light on Tongue, but Extremely Heavy on scales

This is a list of very short simple yet, the reader receives Maximum Rewards reading them each Morning and Evening Dhikr.  They are very Light on Tongue, Yet very Extremely Immense and Heavy on scales of rewards.

They are Composed by myself, Muhammad Sajad Ali. I've spent many years collating them over the years and read daily.

The 1st is a Salawat Taught to Imam Abul Abbas al-Mursi Shadhili (qaddas Allahu sirru) from Al-Khidr alayhis salaam.

(Imam Abul Abbas al-Mursi (qaddas Allahu sirru) was also the Son-in-Law of Imam Shadhili qaddas Allahu sirru).

These four Salawats raises you to the Maqam to Abdal-(1 of 40 High Ranking Saints)

Allahum-maghfir li Ummati Muhammad sal-lallahu `alayhi wa sallam

Allahumm aslah Ummata Muhammad sal-lallahu `alayhi wa sallam

Allahumma Tajaawaz 'an Ummati Muhammad sal-lallahu `alayhi wa sallam

Allahummaj 'alna min Ummati Muhammad sal-lallahu `alayhi wa sallam 

O Allah, Forgive the community of Muhammad blessing of Allah and peace be upon him.

O Allah, grant Ease to the community of Muhammad blessing of Allah and peace be upon him.

O Allah, Reward the community  of Muhammad blessing of Allah and peace be upon him.

O Allah, Make us from the community of Muhammad blessing of Allah and peace be upon him.

Note: Abdaal– The Forty  Compensators, who ‘Substitute’ for the Prophets of Bani ’Israel. 

They are the hidden pillars of the Community who are constantly replaced upon their death  by another member of Awliya-Saints

Taken from Book: Orison of The School of the Shadhdhuliyyah, volume one by Shaykh Abdullah Nooruddeen Durkee al-Shadhuli.

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2nd Istaghfaar plus doing it Sunnah of 27 times its another hadith that Duas are answered

Easy rewards and Power of praying Forgiveness for the Ummah and your Duas surely being answered. We can earn Billions of Rewards in Just a few seconds.

“Whoever seeks forgiveness for the believing men and believing women, Allah will write for him a good deed for each believing man and believing woman.” - Hadith  

And in another “The one who seeks forgiveness for [Mu'min] males and females from Allah Ta’aala twenty six or twenty five times every day, Allah Ta’ala will count that person among those whose Du’a is accepted, and through the barakah of whom those on earth gain rizq (sustenance).”- Hadith

How do to apply the above simple read dua below 25/27 times or more as mentioned in 2nd hadith (and then as first hadith says for every soul you ask Forgiveness and there are over 1.5 billion Muslims, and then after a dua for yourself and thus your duas will be surely answered insh'allah.

اللَّهُمَّ اغفِر لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ والْمُسْلِمَاتِ وَالمُؤمِنِينَ وَالمُؤمِنَاتِ، الأَحيَاءِ مِنهُم وَالأَموَاتِ

Allahummaghfir lil-muslimeena wal-muslimat, wal-mu’mineena wal mu’minat, al-ahyaa'i minhum wal-amwat.

"O Allah, forgive the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and the believing women, the alive from them and the dead"

*Then finally remember the Hadith says a Good Deed is given each of the believing men and believing women you ask forgiveness for, but this duas ends with the living dead, the living are 1.5 Billion Muslims, plus all the dead from the past then its Billions!*

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3rd is a Salawat based on the Istaghfaar - so same rewards but in the form of Salawat.  - more notes to add.

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4th Sunnah Dua of Morning - that outweighs dhikr.

Juwairiyah (radhi Allahu anha) reported that one day the Prophet, peace be upon him, left her apartment in the morning as she was busy observing her dawn prayer in her place of worship. 

He came back in the forenoon and she was still sitting there. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said to her, “You have been in the same place since I left you?” 

She said, “Yes.” Thereupon the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 

“I recited four words three times after I left you and if these were to be weighed against what you have recited since morning these would outweigh them, and these words are:

سُبْحـانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْـدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْـقِه ، وَرِضـا نَفْسِـه ، وَزِنَـةَ عَـرْشِـه ، وَمِـدادَ كَلِمـاتِـه

Subhaanallaahi wa bihamdihi: ‘Adada khalqihi wa ridhaa nafsihi, wa zinata ‘arshihi wa midaada kalimaatihi.

Glory is to Allah and praise is to Him, by the multitude of his creation, by His Pleasure, by the weight of His Throne, and by the extent of His Words (Recite 3 times in Arabic)

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5th is Tasbih Secret of Subhanallaahi  ‘Adada khalqihi fis samaa'i  Subhanallaahi  ‘Adada khalqihi fil ard..

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and I went to see a woman. She had date stones or pebbles in front of her, and she was counting and reciting Tasbih. ['Subhan-Allah' (Allah is free from imperfection)]. He said, "Shall I not inform you of what is easier or better than this for you?" 

You should say: 'Subhan-Allahi 'adada ma khalaqa fis-sama', wa subhan-Allahi 'adada ma khalaqa fil-ardi, wa subhan-Allahi 'adada ma baina dhalika, wa subhan-Allahi 'adada ma Huwa Khaliqun, wallahu Akbaru mithla dhalika, wal-hamdu lillahi mithla dhalika, wa la ilaha illallahu mithla dhalika, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billahi mithla dhalika (Subhan-Allah, equal to the number of what He created in the heaven; 

and Subhan-Allah, equal to the number of His creatures in the earth; and Subhan-Allah, equal to the number in between them; and Subhan-Allah equal to the number of those He will create).' Then say: 'Allahu Akbar' (Allah is Greatest) in the same way. Then say: 'Al-hamdu lillah' (praise be to Allah) in the same way. Then say: 'La ilaha illallah' (there is no true god except Allah) in the same way. Then say: 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' (there is no change of a condition nor power except by Allah) in the same manner." Tirmidhi.

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6th is Salawat Qurani read after Salah and receive the rewards of (Full Khatm of Qur'an). 

And read after reciting the Qur'an and for Great rewards in Sharhu Ramadhan-Month of Fasting and the Month of reading the Qur'an. 

Allahumma Salli 'Ala Muhammadiw-wa Aalihi wa Ashabihi bi-Adadi Maa fi Jamiyil-Quraani Harfan Harfaw-wa bi-Adadi Kulli Harfin Alfan Alfa

O Allah Send on Muhammad and on his family and his Companions by the number of every letter in the beautiful Qur'an and each letter a blessing by one Million times.

(Note from me others has translated Alfa Alfi as thousands but its not, Alfa is 1000 and Alfa Alfi is 1000 x 1000  which is One Million)

If read this salawat (Salawat Qur'ani) after every Salah-prayer, it is said that the reciter will receive the rewards equivalent to the recital of the entire Holy Quran-(meaning a Khatm of Qur'an)

Also read Salawat Qurani after reading any verses of the Holy Qur'an or section of Holy Qur'an this Salawat Qurani should be recited 3 times.

Sharhu Ramadhan is one of best time to read this Salawat, as its the Month of Reading the Holy Qu'ran the divine words of Allah. 

It can also be read regardless for blessings blessing, whether you have read Salah or not or Qur'an or not.

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7th Salawat as-Sa`adah - reading once is worth 600'000 rewards.

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ عَدَدَ مَا فِي عِلْمِ اللهِ صَلاَةً دَائِمَةً بِدَوَامِ مُلْكِ الله

Allahumma salli wa sallim `alaa Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammadin `adada maa fee `ilmillahi salaatan daa’imatan bi-dawaami mulkillah.

From the book Afdal as-Salawaat by Shaykh Ahmad as-Saawee is said if you read this salawat once, it is rewarded as if you said salawaat 600,000 times and if you recite it seventy times a day you will be released from Hellfire!

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8th is ‘Alhamdu lillahil ladhi tawada’a kullu shay'in li’azamatih..

"The Most Concentrated and condensed healing formula, that exists, the Divine Remembrance, the Celestial Conversation, the favourite of Allah and the lifeblood and life breath of the Sufis; Dhikr" - Taken from (The book of Sufi Healing) by Shaykh Hakim Moinuddin Chishti. 

The Secret of this dua taken from "The words of wisdom vol 5" (Makshoofat) of the Great Sufi Shaykh Abu Anees Muhammad Barkat Ali (there are 21books from Dar-ul-Ehsan Publications on English available of the (Makshoofat); 

It is narrated on the authority of Hadrat Ibn Umar that the Holy Prophet peace be upon him said: "The man who recites; 

‘Alhamdu lillahil ladhi tawada’a kullu shay'in li’azamatih wal hamdu lillahil ladhi dhalla kullu shay in li ‘izzatih wal hamdulillahil ladhi khada’a kullu shay in li mulkih wal hamdulillahil ladhis taslama kullu shay in li qudratih’,

And because of this requests Allah the Almighty for something (such as His Grace and Forgiveness), He writes recompense of 1,000 good (deeds) for him, exalts him by 1,000 stages and appoints 70,000 angels who supplicate for his forgiveness until Doomsday." -(Kanzal-'Amal)

Allah will record for him one thousand good deeds, Allah will elevate one thousand stages and Allah will appoint seventy thousand angels to seek forgiveness on his behalf till the day of Qiyamah...

Imam Tabarani (rahimahullah) has recorded this narration in Al Mu’jamul Kabir.

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8th and 9th are 2 Salawat I've composed based on Qadiri pleas of asking help through Salawat when in Major (Musiba) Misfortune.