The whole supplication is encompassed within the first few words as it is all encompassed within asking Allah for pardon and wellbeing, however, we repeat this request and detail our requirements further so that we show insistence in our request, and this is something that Allah loves• Hadith, reported by Tirmidhi, hadith number 3557• O Allah, I seek Your pardon and my wellbeing in this world and the next | Wellbeing in our family means that we are all saved from trials and evil, including to be saved from having problems with each other• Wellbeing in our life means to be saved from calamities and errors that cause us to be heedless of the remembrance of Allah or completing acts of worship• Wellbeing in this life includes protection from physical and spiritual ailments, including sins• the Pharoah and Qarun, so we are asking Allah to protect us from committing something that deserves for us to be punished in this life by Him Action Points• We ask Allah for wellbeing in this life and the next, therefore this encompasses all states we will be in• To be recited once Brief Commentary• For the final part of the hadith, we ask Allah to protect us from all angles |
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O Allah, guard me from what is in front of me and behind me, from my left, and from my right, and from above me | O Allah, conceal my faults and preserve me from anguish |
Wellbeing in our religion means to be saved from committing sins or having incorrect beliefs, and ensuring our tawheed of Allah is complete• The request to be saved from beneath us is a stronger request, as those who are attacked from beneath them are usually those punished by Allah e.
8In addition to those four angles that shaytan promised to attack us from, we also ask Allah to protect us from the remaining two angles, which are from above us and from beneath us• Wellbeing in our wealth is to protect it from being lost or stolen, and to be saved from spending it in a way that displeases Allah• I seek refuge in Your Greatness from being struck from beneath me | |
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