By: Reehab Ramadan

Trials. At times they are overwhelming. As soon as we get through one, another one seems to simply be waiting for us. Time and time again they pull us backward, and sometimes they slam us flat on our faces not even allowing time for our hands to flail as we fall. They seem never ending, and sometimes it’s just hard to even comprehend why we are going through such things. At the end of the day, we are left in a daze, asking the only question that seems fit: ‘When will this all be over?’ And then we sit, waiting for the answer, hoping that it will come soon.
 
In the Book of Guidance, which is unlike any other book, Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala (exalted is He) speaks to us about such trying times. He knows what is in our souls and He knows the tests and trials that we go through. He knows how we feel in these trying times and He knows exactly what we are thinking, what we are asking.

This is a powerful dua to be included in your daily remembrance of Allah in the morning and the evening and is protection from a whole wide range of problems that afflict us in our daily lives (specifically Debt and Anxiety).

Translation of Dua: ”Oh Allah, I seek refuge in you from grief and sadness, from weakness and from laziness, from miserliness and from cowardice, from being overcome by debt and from being overpowered by men (i.e. other people)” (Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 75, Number 380)

Narrated by Mu`adh ibn Jabal r.a.:

The Messenger of Allah (Peace Be Upon Him) took hold of my hand and said, "O Mu`adh! By Allah I love you.”  Mu’adh responded, “May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah (saw); I love you too.”

Then the Prophet (saw) said, ”I advise you, o Mu’adh to never forget to recite after every prayer: 

“Allahumma a`inni ala zikrika, wa shukrika wa husni ibadatika.”  

O Allah help me remember you, to be grateful to you and to worship you in the most excellent manner.

{Related by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Khuzaimah, Ibn Hibban and al-Hakim}

by Hazrat Maulana Yunus Patel Saheb (Rahmatullahi 'alaih) 

A common complaint of many who seek reformation, is their lack of concentration in Salaah, and finding themselves wanting in the spirit of Salaah. They write or ask for some prescription to bring in that spirit and that love of Allah Ta’ala through Salaah.

The following guidelines will, Insha-Allah, assist in improving the quality of one’s Salaah: