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Get Quranic Wisdom reminders by joining IqraSense on FaceBook.com ΠLike it on FaceBook Published By: IqraSense.com ( www.IqraSense.com ) Distributed By: HilalPlaza.com ( www.HilalPlaza.com ) To provide comments on this e -book or to join the discussion, please visit http://www.IqraSense.com/power -of -Dua The Essentials of Making Effective Dua for Self and Others
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Get Quranic Wisdom reminders by joining IqraSense on FaceBook.com Œ Like it on FaceBook Published By: IqraSense.com ( www.IqraSense.com ) Distributed By: HilalPlaza.com ( www.HilalPlaza.com ) To provide comments on this e -book or to join the discussion, please visit http://www.IqraSense.com/power -of -Dua Although every effort has been put in to ensure the accuracy of the sources provided in this e -book, you are encouraged to highlight any discrepancies by sending an E-mail to admin@IqraSense.com You are free and encouraged to distribute this publication to others as long as you don™t make any modifications to it and retain its original form. As this is an electronic publica tion, you can E -mail it as well.
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Get Quranic Wisdom reminders by joining IqraSense on FaceBook.com Œ Like it on FaceBook Published By: IqraSense.com ( www.IqraSense.com ) Distributed By: HilalPlaza.com ( www.HilalPlaza.com ) To provide comments on this e -book or to join the discussion, please visit http://www.IqraSense.com/power -of-Dua Copyright © 2010 IqraSense.com Irvine, California, USA Email: ebooks@IqraSense.com All rights reserved. Published in the United States of America. No part of this report ma y be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information retrieval or storage system, without the permission of IqraSense.com.
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Get Quranic Wisdom reminders by joining IqraSense on FaceBook.com Œ Like it on FaceBook Published By: IqraSense.com ( www.IqraSense.com ) Distributed By: HilalPlaza.com ( www.HilalPlaza.com ) To provide comments on this e -book or to join the discussion, please visit http://www.IqraSense.com/power -of-Dua 1 FOREWORD . 9 2 INTRODUCTION .. 11 3 THE ROLE OF SINS IN BRINGING MISERY TO O UR LIVES .. 12 4 WHY MAKING DUA TO AL LAH IS NOT AN OPTION , BUT A NECESSITY? 16 4.1 SEEKING ALLAH ™S ATTENTION .. 16 4.2 DUA IS CONSIDERED AS AN ACT OF WORSHIP . 16 4.3 NOT MAKING DUA MAKES ALLAH ANGRY 17 5 WHAT ARE A LLAH™S AND HIS PROPH ET™S ASSERTIONS ABOU T MAKING DUA? 18 5.1 ALLAH ™S PROMISE TO THE BEL IEVERS .. 18 5.2 THE PROPHET ™S REASSURANCE T O THE BELIEVERS . 19 5.3 DUA IS VERY DEAR TO ALLAH 20 6 HOW TO INVOKE ALLAH? .. 21 6.1 CALLING BY THE NAMES OF ALLAH OR RAHMAN 21 6.2 CALLING HIM BY HIS BEAUTIFUL NAMES . 22 7 WHAT ARE THE BENEFIT S A ND REMEDIES OF MAKIN G DUA? .. 23 8 WHY SHOULD WE MAKE D UA, WHEN EVERYTHING IS ALREADY DECREED? . 24
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Get Quranic Wisdom reminders by joining IqraSense on FaceBook.com Œ Like it on FaceBook Published By: IqraSense.com ( www.IqraSense.com ) Distributed By: HilalPlaza.com ( www.HilalPlaza.com ) To provide comments on this e -book or to join the discussion, please visit http://www.IqraSense.com/power -of-Dua 9 CAN DUA CAUSE MIRACL ES TO HAPPE N? .. 27 10 WHAT IF SOMEONE MAKE S A DUA ABOUT SOMETH ING SINFUL? . 30 11 WHY A DUA DOESN™T GE T ANSWERED? . 32 12 WHAT ARE THE ETIQUET TES OF MAKING DUA? . 35 12.1 ASK ONLY FROM ALLAH . 35 12.2 PRECEDE DUA BY PRAISING ALLAH AND SENDING BLE SSINGS UPON THE PROPHET (SAW) 36 12.3 ASK ALLAH WITH HUMILITY .. 40 12.4 BE FOCUSED AND ASK ALLAH WITH FULL CONVICTION .. 40 12.5 HAVE PATIENCE WHEN MA KING DUA .. 43 12.6 BE PERSISTENT IN YOUR DUA 44 12.7 AVOID HARAM FOOD , PROVISION AND SINS 45 13 WHAT ABOUT THE WAIT IN GETTING THE DUA A NSWERED? .. 48 14 WHAT IS THE BEST POS ITION FOR MAKING DUA ? . 52 14.1 BEING IN A STATE OF P ROSTRATION . 52 14.2 FACING TOWARD THE QIB LAH (KAABA ) .. 53 15 CAN DUA BE SAID DURI NG SALAT (PRAYER)? .. 55 16 WHAT ARE THE BEST TI MES FOR DUA BEING AC CEPTED? .. 58 16.1 MAKING DUA IN THE DEP THS OF THE NIGHT .. 58 16.2 DUA MADE AFTER THE PR ESCRIBED PRAYERS .. 59 16.3 DUA MADE BETWEEN THE ADHAN (CALL FOR PRAYERS ) AND THE IQAMAH . 60 16.4 DUA MADE AT THE TIME OF RAIN . 60 16.5 DUA MADE ON FRIDAY . 61 16.6 WHEN PRAYING (SENDING BLESSINGS ) ON PROPHET (SAW) .. 61 16.7 MAKING DUA WITH THE H ELP OF THE PRAYER OF DHUN -NOON (PRO PHET YOONUS ) 62
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Get Quranic Wisdom reminders by joining IqraSense on FaceBook.com Œ Like it on FaceBook Published By: IqraSense.com ( www.IqraSense.com ) Distributed By: HilalPlaza.com ( www.HilalPlaza.com ) To provide comments on this e -book or to join the discussion, please visit http://www.IqraSense.com/power -of-Dua 16.8 PRAYER OF THE OPPRESS ED, TRAVELER , FASTING PERSON AND A FATHER ™S PRAYER FOR HIS CHILD ARE NEVER REJECTED 64 16.9 WHEN DRINKING ZAMZAM WATER . 65 17 WHAT WERE THE OTHER SPECIAL OCCASIONS DU RING WHICH THE PROPHET (SAW) MADE D UA? . 67 17.1 THE SIX DIFFERENT PLAC ES WHILE PERFORMING HAJJ 67 17.2 DURING CIRCUMAMBULATION OF T HE KAABAH 67 18 WHICH IS THE BEST AM ONG THE DUA AND WHERE IS IT SAID ? . 71 19 THE BIGGEST MISTAKE THAT PEOPLE COMMIT A FTER THEIR DUA IS ANSWERED .. 73 20 WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE ASKED WHEN MAKING A DUA? 76 20.1 WISHING FOR DEATH BEC AUSE OF A CALAMITY T HAT HAS BEFALLEN ONE 76 20.2 PRAYING AGAINST ONESE LF, WEALT H AND CHILDREN 77 21 CAN ONE SAY DUA IN T HEIR OWN WORDS AND O WN LANGUAGE? 78 22 ISTIGHFAR (REPENTANC E) AS A FORM OF DUA .. 80 22.1 SAYYIDUL ISTIGHFAR (BEST AMONG THE ISTIGHFARS ) .. 83 22.2 OTHER NOTEWORTHY ISTIGHFARS (WORDS OF REPENTANCE ) .. 84 23 IS DUA ALLOWED AT OT HER PEOPLE™S GRAVES? 87 24 WHAT ABOUT WIPING ON ES FACE AFTER MAKING DUA? . 89 25 BEING CAREFUL ABOUT ONES SPOKEN WORDS . 91 26 DHIKR AS A FORM OF D UA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE DUA 92 26.1 ALLAH ™S STATEMENTS ON THE IMP ORTANCE OF DHIKR . 92 26.2 AHADITH ON DHIKR AND ITS NUMEROUS BENEFIT S . 100 26.3 VIEWS OF SCHOLARS ON DHIKR . 104
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Get Quranic Wisdom reminders by joining IqraSense on FaceBook.com Œ Like it on FaceBook Published By: IqraSense.com ( www.IqraSense.com ) Distributed By: HilalPlaza.com ( www.HilalPlaza.com ) To provide comments on this e -book or to join the discussion, please visit http://www.IqraSense.com/power -of-Dua 28.12 PROPHET DAWOOD ™S DUA IN THE FACE OF TR IALS 139 28.13 PROPHET SULAIMAN ™S DUA FOR A GREAT KINGD OM 140 28.14 PROPHET MUHAMMAD ™S DUA ON FACING DIFFICU LTIES . 141 29 DUA CHECKLIST 143 30 REFERENCES .. 145
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Get Quranic Wisdom reminders by joining IqraSense on FaceBook.com Œ Like it on FaceBook Published By: IqraSense.com ( www.IqraSense.com ) Page 9 Distributed By: HilalPlaza.com ( www.HilalPlaza.com ) To provide comments on this e -book or to join the discussion, please visit http://www.IqraSense.com /power -of-Dua 1 Foreword The intent of this e -book is to highlight the power of Dua Œ a power that many of us sometimes don™t fully comprehend Œ because if we did, we would do whatever is necessary to make dua work for us. Many of us make dua to Allah to ask for His favors, to get His attention, to seek forgiveness for our sins, or simply to get out of trouble when we get into one . Sometimes our dua to Allah bring s immediate results and sometimes it doesn™t . For those of us who fully comprehend the dynamics behind dua, the process can be straightforward and less stressful, but for others who don™t understand it as such, the lack of results as we perceive them to be , sometimes can cast doubt on our faiths. This e -book compiles divine guidance (Quranic verses, Ahadith, etc.) on the topic of dua and is meant to bring into limelight topics that can make you unders tand the dynamics behind dua. Again, when made properly, dua can transform our lives. However, as you embark on this understanding, you will find yourselves sometimes making certain changes to your life Œ a positive change Œ a change that can have far reac hing effec ts than simply getting your dua accepted for the short term . You may have read a number of these Quranic ve rses and Ahadith of the prophet before , but here you are requested to constantly question yourself whether you indeed understand and appl y each topic in your life. People™s lives have changed
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Get Quranic Wisdom reminders by joining IqraSense on FaceBook.com Œ Like it on FaceBook Published By: IqraSense.com ( www.IqraSense.com ) Page 10 Distributed By: HilalPlaza.com ( www.HilalPlaza.com ) To provide comments on this e -book or to join the discussion, please visit http://www.IqraSense.com /power -of-Dua when they have taken the time to apply the divine guidance compiled in this e -book. You are encouraged to print the checklist page at the end of the e-book and post it in a place as a reminder to the topics in this e-book. That can help you focus on getting the gradual but permanent change that you need in your life. This e -book doesn™t claim to have included ALL the divine guidance on the topic of dua. However, an effort has been made to include as many references as possible. For any suggestions, you are encouraged to E -mail to ebooks@IqraSense.com or join the discussion at Iqrasense.com at this link http:// www.IqraSense.com/power -of-Dua . May Allah help every one of us to APPLY what is in this e -book to our personal lives, to help transform words in action and to help inculcate a deeper understanding of this guidance in our lives.
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Get Quranic Wisdom reminders by joining IqraSense on FaceBook.com Œ Like it on FaceBook Published By: IqraSense.com ( www.IqraSense.com ) Page 11 Distributed By: HilalPlaza.com ( www.HilalPlaza.com ) To provide comments on this e -book or to join the discussion, please visit http://www.IqraSense.com /power -of-Dua 2 Introduction Dua Œ the act of asking Allah (God) Œ is about each one of us asking Allah (God) Himself Directly for what we want changed in ours and in other people’s lives. The goal of this e -book is simply to educate you and provide you with enough knowledge to help make yo ur duas effective. Because it probably is more common than we think (according to religious guidance provided in this e -book) that our duas either remain suspended or are not answered – simply because we ignore a few basics. If your duas are answered m ore than what they are today, it can have a miraculous or transformational effect on your life. In many cases, dua CAN change what is already decreed (see the explanation in the e -book). For those who make dua often but sometimes fail to see the results, the divine and religious guidance highlighted in this e -book will shed light on the reasons and what can specifically be done to increase the chances of dua being answered. The following pages delve into the various topics related to dua that can help you get a better feel for dua, how it is to be made, and what factors affect its acceptance.
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