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Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
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Question
What is the status of this duโaaโ? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: โJibril=Gabriel came down to me when I was praying behind the Maqam and when I had finished praying, I called upon my Lord, and said: โMy Beloved, teach me something for my ummah so that when I depart this world and leave them, they may call upon Allah and He will forgive them.โ Jibril said:
โWhoever among your ummah bears witness that there is no god but Allah and that you are Muhammad the Messenger of Allah, and fasts the three days of al-beed, the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth of each month, then calls upon Allah with this duโaaโ, which is written around the Throne. By the power of this duโaaโ, O Muhammad, I descend and ascend. By this duโaaโ the Angel of Death takes the souls of the believers. This duโaaโ is written on the covers and pillars of the Kaโbah.
Whoever among your ummah recites this duโaaโ will be safe from the torment of the grave and he will be one of those who are safe on the day of the great terror and from the death of the evildoers and Allah will grant him independence of means, and he will granted provision from a source he never could imagine,
and you will be his intercessor on the Day of Resurrection, O Muhammadโฆ: โIn the name of Allah, the Most Gracious the Most Merciful. May Allah send blessings upon Muhammad and his pure family.
Glory be to You, You are Allah, there is no god but You, You are the Guardian, the Protector; Glory be to You, You are Allah, there is no god but You, You are the Fashioner, the Most Merciful; Glory be to You, You are Allah, there is no god but You, You are All-Hearing, All-Knowing; Glory be to You, You are Allah, there is no god but You,
You are the Ever-Living, Sustainer; Glory be to You, You are Allah, there is no god but You, You are All-Seeing, the Truthful; Glory be to You, You are Allah, there is no god but You, You are the Expander, the Subtle; Glory be to You, You are Allah, there is no god but You, You are the Most High, the Most Great; Glory be to Youโฆโ etc.
Is this correct.
Answer
Praise be to Allah.
This hadeeth which is called โthe duโaaโ of Jibril=Gabrielโ has no basis in the sahih Sunnah, and not even among the daโeef=weak reports. It is a hadeeth that is falsely attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
Whoever is familiar with the wording of ahaadeeth and duโaaโs will have no doubt that it is a fabrication of the heretics. Describing the virtues of this duโaaโ it was said: โWhoever writes it on his shroud with the dust of al-Husayn (peace be upon him) will be protected from the torment of the graveโ!
Some of the phrases used are indicative of the folly of the author, as he thinks that this duโaaโ can trick the guardians of the faith. Listen to what he says: โThe Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, and I memorized it and taught it to the believers of our party and our supportersโ!
As for the exaggerations about the rewards to be earned, and the mistakes in grammar and spelling, there are many such. At the beginning it says: โO Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, there is no god but Allah, the number of those who proclaim His Oneness, Allah is Most great, the number of those who proclaim His greatness, praise be to Allah, the number of those who praise Him, glory be to Allah the number of those who glorify Him, I ask Allah for forgiveness, I ask Allah for forgiveness, the number of those who ask for forgiveness.โ
Whatever the case, in the sahih Sunnah there is enough to suffice, and we have no need of these misguided myths. Our advice to our brother is to read Husn al-Muslim (available in English under the title โThe Fortress of the Muslimโ) or Sahih al-Kalim al-Tayyib, and the duโaaโs narrated by the trustworthy imams such as al-Bukhari and Muslim in the chapters on duโaaโ in their books.
And Allah knows best.