Dua of the Week

Dua of the Week

In the name of Allah who with His name nothing can be harmed in the earth nor in the heavens and He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing

(Bismillahi Lathi laa yadurru ma’a ismihi shay’oon feel ardi wa laa fee samaa’ee we huwa Samee’ul Aleem)

This is from the great supplication that is necessary for the Muslim to preserve and recite every evening and every morning, so that by it one can be safeguarded and protected, by the permission of Allah, so that you are not struck by a sudden tribulation and harmed by something evil or the likes.

Al-Qurtubi (may Allah have mercy on him) stated in regard to this hadith.  This is an authentic narration and it was stated by the trustworthy (saws) and he taught its proof.   Al-Qurtubi states, “Since I heard this narration I have acted upon it and nothing has harmed me until I left it off.  When I left it off I was stung by a scorpion in the city at night, and I remembered that I forgot to seek refuge in Allah with those words.” 

The sunnah in this narration is that you state it three times every morning and every evening, just as the prophet (saws) has guided us to do.

And he stated in the hadith “bismillah (in the name of Allah)” which means:  In the name of Allah I seek refuge, as every act needs an appropriate action for that situation, so due to that, we say In the name of Allah. 

And his statement “Al-lathi laa yadurru ma’a ismihi shai’oon feel ardi wa laa fee samaa’e (Who with His name nothing is harmed in the heavens or in the earth)” which means: whoever seeks refuge with the name of Allah then verily, no trial will strike you whether it is from part of the earth or part of the heavens.

And his statement “wa huwa Samee’ul Aleem (He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing)” which means: The One who hears the statements of His slaves, and the One who is All Knowing of the actions that cannot be concealed within the heavens or the earth.

It is established in the hadith narrated by Saheeh Muslim on the authority of Abee Hurairah (ra) that a man came to the prophet (saws) and said, “O messenger of Allah! Yesterday I was bitten by a scorpion.”  The prophet (saws) said to him, “Had you said when you woke up: I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what he has created, you would not have been harmed.”