 وأقول في القرآن ما جاءت به آياته فهو الكاريم المنزاله وأقول قال الله جل جلاله والمصطف الهدي ولا أتأوله الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على عبد الله ورسوله نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته مرحباً لكم في أخر أبسوط من هذه السلوات التي أخبرتكم بها المدرسة العمارية وعلى آية وقال ربكم ودعوني أستجب لكم ورسوله أخبرني وأخبركم نحن في هذه السلوات ستحدث عن دعاة كيف تجعل دعاة؟ هل تجعل دعاة؟ ماذا تجعل دعاة لكي تبقى بعض الأشياء في تجعل دعاة؟ ومعض الأشياء بشكل أدعي التي يجب أن تجعل دعاة من المدرسة العمارية التي تجعلها بشكل أفضل نحن نتحدث عن أساس أبسوط من دعاة وإذا كنت تذكر بشكل أبسوط من الأساس ما نفعله هو أن نجمع أساس أبسوط من دعاة ونحن نجمع أساس أبسوط من دعاة لذا one of the most important etiquettes of دعاة is to proceed your request with the praise of Allah عز و جل describing Allah in the way that He described Himself and the way that the Prophet ﷺ described Him This is a very, very common feature of the dua of the Prophet ﷺ and really there are two things that we need to highlight and be very clear about the first is that the virtue of proceeding what you say by praising Allah عز و جل and some examples of that and the second is what words do we use or what are the limitations or what are the conditions or the things that you should use to praise Allah ﷺ So if we deal with the first one the first we look at the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ and we look at examples from the Qur'an then perhaps the biggest example we can put forward from the Qur'an is Surat al-Fatiha Where is the request in Surat al-Fatiha? You could say that the request begins with إياك نعبد و إياك نستعين that there is an implied request in that of seeking help from Allah but the most obvious request in Surat al-Fatiha is when you say إهدين الصراط المستقيم that's the most the clearest part where you're directly asking Allah عز و جل for something in reality when you say إياك نعبد و إياك نستعين you are asking Allah you're asking Allah for His help to worship Him you're asking Allah عز و جل and you're seeking help from Him but the sort of the first time where we have just a simple request a plain and simple request in Surat al-Fatiha is إهدين الصراط المستقيم let's go back then الحمد لله رب العالمين الرحمن الرحيم مالك يوم الدين إياك نعبد و إياك نستعين إهدين الصراط المستقيم How did we start Surat al-Fatiha? We started it with the praise of Allah عز و جل الحمد الحمد لله All praise belongs to Allah Allah is deserving of all praise Why is Allah deserving of all praise? Because He is رب العالمين He is رب العالمين He has the اسماء الحسنة He has the perfect and beautiful names and He has صفات العليا the highest and most lofty of attributes and Allah سبحانه وتعالى from the attributes and from the most comprehensive or among the very comprehensive names and attributes of Allah عز و جل is a رب and Allah's رب العالم Allah's Lordship because that gathers together all of Allah's names and attributes within it رب العالم within the Lordship of Allah So by calling upon Allah by praising Him and praising Him because of His names and His attributes and His actions This is a clear example of the etiquette of proceeding your دعاء by praising Allah الحمد لله رب العالمين and it continues الرحمن الرحين that is implying again there is an implied that each of those has an implication when you say رب العالمين you are implying your need of Allah عز و جل to nurture you and to take care of you and to provide for you and to guide you and so on because all of that is part of Allah's رب العالمين part of Allah's Lordship and when you say الرحمن الرحيم there is an implied request for Allah's mercy but this praise of Allah عز و جل مالك يوم الدين the sovereign of the day of recompense all of this is from the praise of Allah عز و جل prior to the point where you actually ask Allah for what it is that you want ياكن عبود و ياكن استعين اهدين الصراط المستقين صراط الذين انامت عليهم غير مقضوب عليهم ولا الضالين you're asking Allah to guide you to the straight path so this is a really really beautiful example that you can put forward for the praise of Allah عز و جل and it can be applied across the board when you're making dua that you proceed your dua with praise of Allah عز و جل and what further clarifies سورة الفاتحة in this regard is a hadith that was narrated by ألمان مسلم from the hadith of أبي هوريرا رضي الله عنه أنه قال سمعته رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول he said I heard the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم say قال الله تعالى Allah the exalted said قسمت الصلاة بيني و بين عبدين الصخين I divided the prayer i.e. صورة الفاتحة I divided it between me and my servant in half و لي عبد ما سأل and my servant will have what they asked for فإذا قال العبد الحمد لله رب العالمين قال الله تعالى حمدني عبدي so when the servant says الحمد لله رب العالمين all praises for Allah Lord of the worlds Allah the exalted says حمدني عبدي my servant has praised me و إذا قال الرحمن الرحيم قال الله تعالى أثنى عليه عبدي and when the servant says الرحمن الرحيم Allah the exalted says that my servant has أثنى عليه has mentioned has mentioned my praise has mentioned my praise the first one relates to الحمد specifically and the second one is a general type of praise has generally praised me و إذا قال مالك يوم الدين قال الله تعالى مجدني عبدي and when the servant says مالك يوم الدين sovereign of the day of recompense الله the exalted says مجدني عبدي my servant has glorified me so all of this here is for Allah سبحانه وتعالى it is an example of دعاء العبادة it is an example of a dua where you're not asking for something specific but you are praising الله سبحانه وتعالى and you're glorifying Allah and you're mentioning the praise of Allah سبحانه وتعالى فإذا قال إياك نعبدو و إياك نستعين قال هذا بيني و بين عبدي و لي عبد ما سأل and when the servant says you alone we worship and you alone we ask for help الله says this is between me and my servant and that's because there's an element of this which is from the the praise of Allah و جل I'm mentioning Allah's deserving to be worshipped and coming near to Allah by mentioning the fact that we worshipping him we worshipping him alone but there's also an implied request which is for Allah to help you to worship him and that's why there is a part of that which is a request and a part of it which is an example of دعاء العبادة which is an example of the dua when you're not asking for something specific but you are praising Allah and you are coming near to Allah with these words فإذا قال اهدين الصراط المستقيم صراط الذين أنعمت عليهم غير المقضوب عليهم ولا الضالين and when the servant says اهدين الصراط المستقيم guide us to the straight path the path of those upon whom you have bestowed your favor not those who have earned your anger or those who are astray قال الله عز وجل says هذا لي عبدي و لي عبدي ما سأل this is for my slave and my slave will have what they asked for in other words that is the request that comes after the praise of Allah عز وجل now we want to be clear here that the praise of Allah عز وجل here it doesn't benefit Allah عز وجل Allah doesn't need you to praise him Allah isn't benefited by the actions of his creation nor is he harmed by the action of his creation he's much greater than that and much more perfect than that سبحانه وتعالى rather we will only say that this is for Allah means that it doesn't have a request in it for the servant it doesn't have something that you're asking for rather you're praising Allah because he deserves it لي الله عيب it's deserving for Allah عز وجل Allah deserves for you to praise him and ultimately that's benefiting you you're getting the reward of praising Allah but you're gaining nearness to Allah you're coming near to Allah by mentioning those names and attributes and actions and glorifying him and praising him you're coming near to Allah and it's from the greatest of the forms of توسل of getting near to Allah والله الأسماء الحسنة فادعوه بها to Allah belong the greatest of names so call upon Allah with them from the greatest of means of getting near to Allah and that is preceded before your request and then the request comes and that is better in terms of etiquette than just saying اهدن الصراط المستقيم for example in a regular dua of course in صورة الفاتحة you don't have a choice whether to you know which parts to say but if it was a regular dua instead of just saying الله مهديني or Allah guide me to proceed it with words of praise with mentioning appropriate names and attributes of Allah that bring you nearer to Allah that are appropriate to your request and then asking Allah but what it is that you want this is from the great ways to get your dua accepted and to gain extra nearness to Allah سبحانه وتعالى I give an example from the examples of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in his dua so we can see something outside of صورة الفاتحة The Hadith of Abdullah Ibn Anbas رضي الله عنهما اللهم لك الحمد أنت نور السماواتي والأرضي ومن فيهين ولك الحمد أنت قيوم السماواتي والأرضي ومن فيهين ولك الحمد أنت الحق ووعدك حق وليقائك حق والجنة حق والنار حق والنبيون حق والساعة حق ومحمد صلى الله عليه وسلم حق اللهم لك أسلمت وبك آمنت وعليك توكلت وإليك أنبت وبك خاصمت وإليك حاكمت فغفر لي ما قدمت وما أخرت وما أسررت وما أعلنت أنت إلهي لا إلهة إلا أنت Oh Allah To you belongs all praise You are the Noor The light of the heavens and the earth and whatever is in them And to you belongs all praise You are the sustainer of the heavens and the earth and whatever is in them And to you belongs all praise You are Al Haq You are Al Haq The name of Allah عز وجل Al Haq The truth Your promise is true Meeting you أي يوم القيامة Is true Jannah is true The hellfire is true The prophets are true The hour is true محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم is true Oh Allah I have submitted myself to you And I have believed in you And I have placed my trust in you And I have repented to you And for your sake I have argued And to you I have left judgment So forgive me What has preceded from me And what is yet to come And what I have done secretly And what I have done openly You are my God My object of worship And there is no God worthy of worship Except you Notice the different types of tawassul That are found in this du'a Of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم And how the actual request Where does the request come After all of that You go through all of that du'a The request comes where فغفرلي Forgive me Forgive me Prior to that There is a long introduction Of praising Allah All praises for you Mentioning that Allah is نور السماوات The light of the heavens and the earth That Allah is the sustainer Of the heavens and the earth That Allah is true And His promise is true And His meeting is true And جنة is true And so on That is coming near to Allah through So the beginning is the praise of Allah Then coming near to Allah Through our belief And that is from the greatest Of the good deeds That you can come near to Allah with Is to come near to Allah Through your إيمان Through what you believe You are أقل that what you hold to be true That I believe is to be true Coming close to Allah By mentioning your good deeds Or Allah I have submitted myself to you And believed in you And trusted in you And repented to you And argued for your sake And rendered judgment Or and have left judgment to you After all of that Praising Allah And coming near to Allah أزواجل Through your belief And coming near to Allah أزواجل Through the good deeds That you have done And then after all of that فغفرلي Forgive me Forgive me And then even at the end It still comes back To the same concept أنت إلهي You are my God My object of worship There is no object of worship But you And that is again Coming back to Praising Allah Through his names and attributes Because one of his names is أل إله The one who is worshiped And likewise Through your belief Which is لا إله إلا الله And this is just another Example of Praising Allah أزواجل Now it's still permissible When you make du'a For you just to simply make du'a For you just say اللهم اغفرلي رب اغفرلي My Lord forgive me Oh Allah forgive me But For you to praise Allah أزواجل like that That is definitely something Which is from the etiquette Of du'a Which we find Throughout the du'a Of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم So it's something that we should We should make a habit of doing And we should try our best To Make it a feature of our du'a As much as we can And again You know in general We're going to stick to the wording Of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Because What sometimes people might try and do is To try and Bring something from their own side And this is where we come to the second part Of what I said We would explain in this point Which is how you praise Allah أزواجل How do you praise Allah It's very important that you praise Allah The way that he praised himself And we can take this from The statement of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم لا أحصي ثاناء عليك أنت كما أثنيتا على نفسك I cannot Enumerate Praise of you I can't Praise you I can't find words that do justice To praise you with You are as you praise yourself And it's so important Because so many people could in their du'a Try to praise Allah with words from themselves Which actually are examples of speaking about Allah without knowledge Or saying something inappropriate about Allah Or just not doing a good job of it Whereas To use the words that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used And to praise Allah The way that Allah praised himself This is what is required from a Muslim in their du'a So you want to try as much as possible To stick to the wording of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم When you do bring a du'a from yourself occasionally As we said it shouldn't be a regular thing But an occasional time that you Don't find the right words from that hadith And from the sunnah And you bring some request from yourself You try in terms of your praise To take the praise of Allah That you praise him with From the words that were said by the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم And from what Allah said about himself Because as the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said أنت كما أثنيتا على نفسك أنت كما أنت قلت أنت yourself And so we need Allah To teach us how to praise him And we don't want to be inventing Something that doesn't have an evidence Or doesn't have something A basis in the religion There are other things That we should be proceeding Or we should be bringing into our du'a Around our request Either before or after And one of the most important is To send الصلاة والسلام على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم Is to ask Allah to exalt the mention In Grand Pista Our Messenger Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم And it's not really We're not going to go into too much detail About the meaning of that But الصلاة Is for Allah to exalt the mention Of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم In الملأ العالم To mention the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم And his noble qualities To the angels And those who are near to Allah And the salam is for Allah To send peace Or to send security And safety upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Across all of the different Situations And all of the things that that implies So الصلاة والسلام Allah is the commander To send صلاة والسلام Upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم يهل الذين أامنوا صلوا عليه وسلموا تسليما إن الله وملائكة يهل صلون على النبي يهل الذين أامنوا صلوا عليه وسلموا تسليما يهل الله وملائكة يهل صلاة والسلام صلى الله عليه وسلم يهل الذين يهل يهل صلاة والسلام يهل صلاة والسلام يهل السلام يهل السلام So That is a command From Allah عز وجل And that command can Be included Or what can be included within that Is دعاء So from the sunnah in دعاء Is to proceed your دعاء And to conclude your دعاء With الصلاة والسلام على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم So there are different ways of doing this From the different ways of doing this Is that you first of all Send صلاة والسلام Upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم After praising Allah عز وجل At the beginning of your دعاء Or you do it at the end of your دعاء Or the beginning On the middle On the end And ريمان لمن القيب رحم الله عليه وسلم Said فمفتاح الدعاء الصلاة على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كما أن مفتاح الصلاة الطهور He said that The key to دعاء Is sending صلاة والسلام Upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Just like the key to صلاة The key to praying Is Wudu or purification And in this regard We have an amazing hadith حديث فضالة بن عبيد ربي الله عنه أنه قال سمع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم رجل يدعو في صلاة فلم يصلي على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم He said The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Heard a man Making dua in his prayer Without having Sent صلى Upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عجل هذا The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم Said this man has been hasty ثم دعاه Then he called Him He invited him To come فقال له ولي غيره He said to him and everyone else Who was there إذا صلى أحدكم فليبدأ بتحميد الله وثنائي عليه If one of you Prays let him begin With The Hamd of Allah And by mentioning Allah's praise ثم يصلي على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم Then let him send Salah upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم ثم يدعو بعده بما شاء Then let him Make dua After that for whatever For whatever He wants And even though this particular حديث is talking about تتشاهد Which also follows The same pattern التحيات ولي الله وصلاوات وطيبات And then it talks about اللهم صلى على محمد وعلى آل محمد And then comes the dua That is a general rule For dua in general And that we Make an effort To apply that in our دعاء That we regularly Send صلى الله عليه وسلم Upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم For this reason أبو سليمان تاراني He said من أرادة أن يسأل الله حاجته Whoever wants to ask الله for a need فليبدأ بالصلاة على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وليسأل حاجته Whoever wants to Ask Allah for a need لأهم begin by sending صلى الله عليه وسلم And ask for that need ولياختم بالصلاة على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم And let him finish his dua By sending صلى الله عليه وسلم Upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم فإن الصلاة على النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم مقبولة Because sending صلى الله عليه وسلم Upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم is something accepted by Allah والله أكرم أن يرد ما بينهما And Allah is more generous than than not accepting ما بينهما And Allah is so generous He will accept ما بينهما So you don't know your dua in the middle Is it going to be accepted by Allah or not But if you bring something at the beginning which is accepted and something at the end which is accepted then Allah through his infinite generosity and mercy will accept what is what is in the middle So that brings us to the conclusion of this episode And we're going to be continuing on in the next 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