Raman 2013 [RMCRBPt1]

The month of Raman is fast approaching. Aside from the main focus of fasting during the day and
praying at night, Raman is a time also for reflection, particularly regarding our relationship with
Allah. Given that this years fast will be particularly long, attention invariably turns to how to fill
ones time with productive acts. Hence the reason for the preparation of this short crib-sheet which
has some Duas and reminders from the Qurn and the Sunnah. I hope that this benefits you all as
it has benefited me.

Duas from the Qurn:

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There is no god but you, glory be to you; surely I am of those who make themselves to suffer loss.
[21: 87]

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Our Lord! We have been unjust to ourselves, and if you forgive us not, and have (not) mercy on us,
we shall certainly be of the losers.
[7: 23]

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Our Lord! Thou hast not created this in vain! Glory be to Thee; save us then from the chastisement
of the fire:
Our Lord! Surely whomsoever you make enter the fire, him Thou hast indeed brought to disgrace,
and there shall be no helpers for the unjust:
Our Lord! Surely we have heard a preacher calling to the faith, saying: Believe in your Lord, so we
did believe; Our Lord! Forgive us therefore our faults, and cover our evil deeds and make us die
with the righteous.
Our Lord! Grant us what Thou hast promised us by Thy apostles; and disgrace us not on the day of
resurrection; surely Thou dost not fail to perform the promise.
[3: 191 / 194]

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Importance of Dua:

And your Lord says: Call upon Me - I will answer you; surely those who are too proud for My
service shall soon enter hell abased.
[40: 60]

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( Muslim)
Told us Qutayba ibn Saeed and Zuhri ibn arb (and this is the wording from Qutayba who said) told
us Jarir from al-Amash from Abu li from Abu Hurayrah who reported Allah's Messenger (peace
be upon him) as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious stated: I am near to the thought of My
servant as he thinks about Me, and I am with him as he remembers Me. And if he remembers Me in
his heart, I also remember him in My Heart, and if he remembers Me in assembly I remember him in
assembly, better than his (remembrance), and if he draws near Me by the span of a palm, I draw
near him by the cubit, and if he draws near Me by the cubit I draw near him by the space (covered by)
two hands. And if he walks towards Me, I rush towards him.

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( Muslim)
Told us Yaya ibn Ayub and Qutayba and ibn ujr, they said: told us Ismeel Yanoon ibn Jafar
from al-Ala from his father from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)
said: When one of you makes a supplication (to his Lord) one should not say: O Allah, grant me
pardon, if Thou so likest, but one should beg one's (Lord) with a will and full devotion, for there is
nothing so great in the eye of Allah which He cannot grant.

Remembrance & Praise:

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( Muslim & Bukhri)

Told us Muammad ibn Abdallah ibn Numayr and Zuhayr ibn arb and Abu Kareeb and Muammad
ibn aref al-Bajali, they said: told us ibn Fueel from Umrah ibn al-Qahqah from Abu Zura from
Abu Hurayrah who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Two are the expressions
which are light on the tongue, but heavy in scale, dear to the Compassionate One Hallowed be
Allah and praise is due to Him ; Hallowed be Allah, the Great.

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( Muslim)
Told me Muammad ibn Abdil-Malik al-Amwe told us Abdal-Aziz ibn al-Mukhtr from Suhail from
Sumaya from Abu li from Abu Hurayrah who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon
him) said: He who recites in the morning and in the evening (these words) - Hallowed be Allah and
all praise is due to Him - one hundred times, he would not bring on the Day of Resurrection anything
excellent than this except one who utters these words or utters more than these words.

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( Muslim)
Told us Muammad ibn al-Muthanna and Ibn Bashr and Ubaidallah ibn Saeed (and this is the
wording of Ibn Saeed) they said, told us Mudth ibn Hishm told me his father from Qatdah from
Abu al-Aliyah from Ibn Abbs who reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used
to supplicate during the time of trouble (in these words): There is no god but Allah, the Great, the
Tolerant, there is no god but Allah, the Lord of the Magnificent Throne There is no god but Allah, the
Lord of the Heaven and the earth, the Lord of the Edifying Throne.

Various Dua:

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(Sunan Tirmidhi)
Told us Abu Musa al-Anri told us Muwiya ibn Mud from Abu Kab ib al-arir, told me Shahr
ibn awshab, who said: I said to Umm Salamah: O Mother of the Believers! What was the
supplication that the Messenger of Allah said most frequently when he was with you? She said:
The supplication he said most frequently was: O Changer of the hearts, make my heart firm upon
Your religion (Ya Muqallibal-Qulub, Thabbit Qalbi Ala Dinik). She said: So I said: O Messenger of
Allah, why do you supplicate so frequently: O Changer of the hearts, make my heart firm upon Your
religion. He said: O Umm Salamah! Verily, there is no human being except that his heart is between
two fingers of the fingers of Allah, so whomsoever He wills He makes steadfast, and whomever He
wills He causes to deviate.

( Muslim)
Told me ajj ibn ash-Shir told us Abdallah ibn Umar and Abu Mamar told us al-Writh told us alHusain told me ibn Buraydah from Yaya ibn Yamar from Ibn Abbs who reported that the
Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to say: O Allah, it is unto Thee that I surrender myself.
I affirm my faith in Thee and repose my trust in Thee and turn to Thee in repentance and with Thy
help fought my adversaries. O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee with Thine Power; there is no god but
Thou, lest Thou leadest me astray. Thou art ever-living that dieth not, while the Jinn and mankind
die.

( Muslim)
Told us Abu Kareeb, Muammad ibn al-Ala told us ibn Idrees who said: I heard Aim ibn Kuleeb,
from Abu Burdah from Ali who reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) told him:

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Say: O Allah, direct me to the right path and make me adhere to the straight path - and when you
make a mention of right guidance, keep in mind the right path and when you consider of the straight
(path), keep in mind the straightness of the arrow.

( Muslim)
Told us Abdallah ibn Hshim told us Waki from al-Awzi from Abdallah ibn Abi Labba from Hill
ibn Yasf from Farwa ibn Nufayl from Aisha that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used
to supplicate (in these words): O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what I did and from the
evil of what I did not.

(Sunan Nasi)
Informed us Qutayba who said told us Abu al-Awa from Abu Isq from Buraid ibn Abi Maryam
from Anas ibn Mlik who narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Whoever
asks Allah for Paradise three times, Paradise will say: O Allah, admit him to Paradise; and whoever
seeks protection from Hell three times, Hell will say: O Allah, protect him from the Fire.

[Sunan Ibn Mjah]
Told us Yaqoob ibn Ibrhim ad-Douraqi and Muammad ibn Bashr, they said, told us AbdarRaman ibn Mahdi told us Sufyn from Abu Isq from Abu al-Awas from Abdallah who reported
that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to say: Allahumma inni as'alukal-huda wattuqa wal-'afaf wal-ghina (O Allah, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity and affluence).