Allah says to His Beloved ﷺ in Surat al-Duha: “Did He not find you in need and make you independent?”
Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz says about this: “Allah is the One who makes independent all those who realise that they are in need of Him. Due to your inward neediness, Allah made you independent of everything other than Him, for true wealth is the wealth of the soul.” Continue reading Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Ghani (the Independent One)
This prayer is taken from Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz’s collection of prayers using Allah’s beautiful names in which he calls upon Allah by His beautiful names and then asks Him to bestow prayers upon His Beloved by those names. Finally, he asks Allah for a portion of those attributes which belong to Allah and which He has bestowed upon His Messenger ﷺ. Continue reading Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Jami’ (the Uniter)
Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz teaches us to ask Allah by His name the Equitable to bestow prayers upon His equitable Prophet ﷺ and by him to make us among those who are just and equitable, for “Allah loves those who judge with equity” (5.42). Continue reading Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Muqsit (the Equitable)
Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz teaches us to thank Allah for the immense blessings that He has bestowed upon us, the greatest of those being our beloved Prophet ﷺ . He also directs us to ask for an increase in those blessings, for gratitude and for those blessings to be preserved. Continue reading Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Mun’im (Bestower of Blessings)
Allah says: “Blessed be the name of your Lord, the Lord of Majesty and Generosity (55:78).” The Prophet ﷺ would often call upon Allah by this name and it has been narrated that it is Allah’s greatest name. It combines the attributes of majesty and beauty and inspires in the slave both hope and fear. Continue reading Salawat with Allah’s Beautiful Names: Ya Dha’l-Jalal wa’l-Ikram
Allah called his Beloved ﷺ by one of His names, al-Ra’uf – the Most Kind. Allah said to him that he is: “to the believers most kind and merciful” (9.128). In this prayer, Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz teaches us to ask for Allah’s kindness for ourselves and all believers through the means of the most kind Prophet ﷺ .
O Allah, O Most Kind, bestow abundant prayers and peace upon Your slave and beloved, our Master Muhammad, the most kind Prophet and upon his Family and Companions, and bless us with a huge portion of Your kindness and be kind and merciful to us and all believers.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught us to call upon Allah by His name, al-‘Afuww – the All-Pardoning – on Laylat al-Qadr specifically but of course we are constantly in need of Allah’s pardon. In this prayer upon the Prophet ﷺ Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz teaches us to be among those who pardon others and thus receive Allah’s pardon. Allah says: “He who pardons and seeks reconciliation, his reward is with Allah (42:40).”
O Allah, the All-Pardoning, bestow abundant prayers and peace upon Your servant and beloved, our Master Muhammad, the all-pardoning Prophet and upon his Family and Companions, and by him pardon us. Make us among those who pardon others and seek reconciliation – those whose reward is due from You and those whose efforts are recognised by You.
This prayer is taken from Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz’s collection of prayers using Allah’s beautiful names in which he calls upon Allah by His beautiful names and then asks Him to bestow prayers upon His Beloved by those names. Finally, he asks Allah for a portion of those attributes which belong to Allah and which He has bestowed upon His Messenger ﷺ.
O Allah, the Beneficent, bestow abundant prayers and peace upon Your slave and beloved, our Master Muhammad, the beneficent Prophet and upon his Family and Companions, and by him be beneficent and kind to us.
This prayer is taken from Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz’s collection of prayers using Allah’s beautiful names in which he calls upon Allah by His beautiful names and then asks Him to bestow prayers upon His Beloved by those names. Finally, he asks Allah for a portion of those attributes which belong to Allah and which He has bestowed upon His Messenger ﷺ.
O Allah, the Exalted One, bestow abundant prayers and peace upon Your slave and beloved, our Master Muhammad, the Prophet whose rank and station are exalted and upon his Family and Companions, and raise us in the lofty ranks of closeness to You.
“Your Lord is the First, the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden. The Prophet ﷺ is also First, the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden. On the night of the Isra’ and Mi`raj, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was greeted by one of the Prophets as follows: “Peace be upon you, the First One; peace be upon you, the Last One; peace be upon you the Manifest One; peace be upon you, the Hidden One.” Continue reading Muhammad ﷺ: the First, the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden
