8/25. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1510 — Dua for Guidance
What A Person Should Say When He Says The Taslim
Dua for Guidance: Help, Repentance, and a Sound Heart
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1510
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1510
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ طُلَيْقِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَدْعُو " رَبِّ أَعِنِّي وَلاَ تُعِنْ عَلَىَّ وَانْصُرْنِي وَلاَ تَنْصُرْ عَلَىَّ وَامْكُرْ لِي وَلاَ تَمْكُرْ عَلَىَّ وَاهْدِنِي وَيَسِّرْ هُدَاىَ إِلَىَّ وَانْصُرْنِي عَلَى مَنْ بَغَى عَلَىَّ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي لَكَ شَاكِرًا لَكَ ذَاكِرًا لَكَ رَاهِبًا لَكَ مِطْوَاعًا إِلَيْكَ مُخْبِتًا أَوْ مُنِيبًا رَبِّ تَقَبَّلْ تَوْبَتِي وَاغْسِلْ حَوْبَتِي وَأَجِبْ دَعْوَتِي وَثَبِّتْ حُجَّتِي وَاهْدِ قَلْبِي وَسَدِّدْ لِسَانِي وَاسْلُلْ سَخِيمَةَ قَلْبِي " .
Abdullah ibn Abbas Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to supplicate Allah: "My Lord, help me and do not give help against me; grant me victory, and do not grant victory over me; plan on my behalf and do not plan against me; guide me, and made my right guidance easy for me; grant me victory over those who act wrongfully towards me; O Allah, make me grateful to Thee, mindful of Thee, full of fear towards Thee, devoted to Thy obedience, humble before Thee, or penitent. My Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sin, answer my supplication, clearly establish my evidence, guide my heart, make true my tongue and draw out malice in my breast."
[1] There was a doubt in the narration of whether it was this word or the one before it.Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1510In-book reference : Book 8, Hadith 95English translation : Book 8, Hadith 1505
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1510
This hadith presents a broad supplication of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. He asked Allah for help, victory, good planning on his behalf, guidance, and ease in right guidance. He also asked Allah to make him grateful, mindful, fearful of Him, obedient, humble, and penitent. The dua continues with requests for accepted repentance, washing away sin, answered supplication, firm evidence, guidance of the heart, truthfulness of the tongue, and removal of malice from the chest. This hadith about dua for guidance is rich in personal requests. It teaches a person to ask Allah not only for outward success, but also for inner reform, clean speech, repentance, and a heart free from ill feeling.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم asked Allah for help, guidance, and victory.
- The supplication includes gratitude, obedience, humility, and repentance.
- The dua asks for a guided heart and truthful tongue.
- The hadith mentions asking Allah to remove malice from the heart.
