Month: November 2015

The Door of Repentance is Open

Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) discusses tawbah (repentance) and reminds us that Allah’s door is always open. 

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed us that Allah has opened the door of repentance, a door so wide that it would take seventy years to cross from one side to the other and that it will remain open until the sun rises from the west. Out of His immense generosity, Allah has opened to us this door and invited us to enter. Continue reading The Door of Repentance is Open

Adkhar for Someone Who Has Not Been Able to Conceive

Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)

What can someone who has not been able to conceive recite?

Our Shaykh, Habib ‘Attas al-Habashi, used to recommend reciting Surat al-Fatihah 41 times between the Sunnah and Fard of Fajr with the intention of being blessed with a child. Continue reading Adkhar for Someone Who Has Not Been Able to Conceive

What Should be Read on the Last Night of the Year?

Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)

What should be read on the last night of the year?

You should read the duas of the pious mentioned in the book ‘Kanz al-Najah wa’l-Surur,’ you should seek forgiveness from Allah (istighfar) and bestow prayers upon the Prophet ﷺ in abundance.

Habib Ali al-Habashi composed a special prayer to be recited at the end of the year. You can download the prayer with translation here.

 

On Increasing Awrad

Answered by Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him)

At what point should I increase my awrad?

You do this when you are consistent in reciting the awrad that you are already reciting and you have the desire to increase and sufficient time to do so.

How We Direct Our Love and Our Hatred

Habib Ali al-Jifri (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) explains how our love and hatred should be directed 

The Messenger of Allah said ﷺ : “Whoever possesses these three qualities will taste the sweetness of faith: that Allah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than anything else; that he only loves another person for Allah’s sake and that he would hate to return to disbelief after Allah had saved him from it just as he would hate to be cast into the Fire.” Continue reading How We Direct Our Love and Our Hatred

Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Sabur (the Most Patient)

Allah says: “Those who patiently persevere will receive a reward without measure.” (39:10) In this prayer, Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah preserve him and benefit us by him), teaches us to ask Allah through the Prophet, the most patient of people, to make us among those who patiently persevere and thus receive a reward without measure. Continue reading Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Sabur (the Most Patient)

Insights into Purification: Muhammad ﷺ , the Purest of all People

Things which are considered impurities in the case of most people are considered pure in the case of the Prophet ﷺ and the other Prophets. There are many hadith that point to this fact.

Abdullah bin Zubayr drank the Prophet’s blood after cupping him. Other Companions sucked the blood from his wounds. Continue reading Insights into Purification: Muhammad ﷺ , the Purest of all People