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Comfortable?

Bismillah

The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه و سلم) said, "How can I feel comfort while the angel responsible for The Trumpet has placed The Trumpet to his mouth and lowered his forehead, awaiting when he will be commanded (by Allah to blow in it)?"

They said, "O Allah's Messenger, what should we say?''

He said, "Say: Allah is sufficient for us, and He is Al-Wakeel (the best disposer of affairs); We have placed our trust in Allah." (hasbunAllaha wa ni'mal Wakeel, 'ala Allahi tawakalnaa)

The Companions repeated this invocation, saying, "Allah is sufficient for us, and He is Al-Wakeel (the best disposer of affairs); We have placed our trust in Allah." [Sunan at-Tirmidhi, Saheeh according to Shaykh Albani]

Another example of this du'aa is the last ayah of Surah Tawbah:

Transliteration: HasbiyAllahu, la ilaha il Huwa, 'alayhi tawakaltu, wa Huwa Rabb al-'arsh al-'atheem.

Translation: Allah is sufficient for me. I have placed my trust in Him, He is the Lord of the Majestic Throne. [Surah Tawbah, verse 129]

What is the significance of saying this du'a from surah Tawbah?

The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه و سلم) said, "Allah will grant whoever recites this seven times in the morning and evening whatever he desires from this world or the next." [Saheeh, Sunan Abee Dawood]

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1. salaamalaykum, the hadeeth about saying the dua 7 times, is it the dua from surah tawbah or the dua from the first hadeeth you mentioned?
   jazakillaahu khayran

   Comment by Dr. Socks — April 10, 2008 #

2. wa alaykum assalam wa rahmatullah,

   Sorry for not mentioning that, inshaAllah i’ll add it to the post. The du’aa that is being referred to in the hadeeth is the last ayah of surah Tawbah. wa Allahu ‘alam.

   Comment by AmatulWadood — April 10, 2008 #

3. why should this dua be said 7 times and not once? im just curious.
   JazakAllahkhair

   Comment by nom — April 19, 2008 #

4. The Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam told us to say it 7 times, that’s all we know. Allah knows best.

   Comment by AmatulWadood — April 19, 2008 #

5. […] (For a more detailed discussion of this and a related dua, please check a recent IlmFruits post.) […]

   Pingback by Dhikr and the Heart « ThoughtPad — April 26, 2008 #

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