Dhikr and du‘a · Daily
Ask for guidance, piety, chastity and sufficiency
- The practice
- Say: Allahumma inni as'alukal-huda wat-tuqa wal-'afafa wal-ghina.
- When
- After an obligatory prayer you choose, or in sujud
- In daily life
- Make it your first request of the day, after Fajr or on the way to work. Save it on your lock screen until the four words, guidance, piety, chastity and sufficiency, come by heart.
The source
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ " اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعَفَافَ وَالْغِنَى " .
“Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger ﷺ used to supplicate (in these words):" O Allah. I beg of Thee the right guidance, safeguard against evils, chastity and freedom from want”Narrated by 'Abdullah ibn Mas'udSahih Muslim 2721a
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →Arabic: ara-muslim · Translation: Abdul Hamid Siddiqui (eng-muslim), from the eng-muslim edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.
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Get early accessSources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.