The book of invocations. - کتاب دعاؤں کے بیان میں - Book 81 of Sahih Bukhari with Urdu and English Translation

Narrated Abu Musa: We were in the company of the Prophet on a journey, and whenever we ascended a high place, we used to say Takbir (in a loud voice). The Prophet said, O people! Be kind to yourselves, for you are not calling upon a deaf or an absent one, but You are calling an All-Hearer, and an All-Seer. Then he came to me as I was reciting silently, La haul a wala quwwata illa bil-lah. He said, O `Abdullah bin Qais! Say: La haul a walaquwata illa bil-lah, for it is one of the treasures of Paradise. Or he said, Shall I tell you a word which is one of the treasures of Paradise? It is: La haul a wala quwwata illa bil-lah.

Narrated Ibn `Umar: Whenever Allah's Apostle returned from a Ghazwa or Hajj or `Umra, he used to say, Allahu Akbar, three times; whenever he went up a high place, he used to say, La ilaha illal-lahu wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahu-l-hamd, wa huwa'ala kulli Shai 'in qadir. Ayibuna ta'ibuna 'abiduna lirabbina hamidun. Sadaqa-l-lahu wa'dahu, wa nasara`Abdahu wa hazama-l-ahzaba wahdahu.

Narrated Anas: The Prophet seeing a yellow mark (of perfume) on the clothes of `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf, said, What about you? `Abdur-Rahman replied, I have married a woman with a Mahr of gold equal to a date-stone. The Prophet said, May Allah bestow His Blessing on you (in your marriage). Give a wedding banquet, (Walima) even with one sheep.

Narrated Jabir: My father died and left behind seven or nine daughters, and I married a woman. The Prophet said, Did you get married, O Jabir? I replied, Yes. He asked, Is she a virgin or a matron? I replied, She is a matron. He said, Why didn't you marry a virgin girl so that you might play with her and she with you (or, you might make her laugh and she make you laugh)? I said, My father died, leaving seven or nine girls (orphans) and I did not like to bring a young girl like them, so I married a woman who can look after them. He said, May Allah bestow His Blessing on you.

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, If anyone of you, when intending to have a sexual intercourse with his wife, says: 'Bismillah, Allahumma jannibna-sh-shaitan, wa jannibi-sh-shaitan ma razaqtana,' and if the couple are destined to have a child (out of that very sexual relation), then Satan will never be able to harm that child.

Narrated Anas: The most frequent invocation of The Prophet was: O Allah! Give to us in the world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good, and save us from the torment of the Fire. (2.201)

Narrated Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas: The Prophet used to teach us these words as he used to teach us the Book (Qur'an): O Allah! seek refuge with You from miserliness, and seek refuge with You from cowardice, and seek refuge with You from being brought back to (senile) geriatric old age, and seek refuge with You from the affliction of the world and from the punishment in the Hereafter.

Narrated `Aisha: that Allah's Apostle was affected by magic, so much that he used to think that he had done something which in fact, he did not do, and he invoked his Lord (for a remedy). Then (one day) he said, O `Aisha!) Do you know that Allah has advised me as to the problem I consulted Him about? `Aisha said, O Allah's Apostle! What's that? He said, Two men came to me and one of them sat at my head and the other at my feet, and one of them asked his companion, 'What is wrong with this man?' The latter replied, 'He is under the effect of magic.' The former asked, 'Who has worked magic on him?' The latter replied, 'Labid bin Al-A'sam.' The former asked, 'With what did he work the magic?' The latter replied, 'With a comb and the hair, which are stuck to the comb, and the skin of pollen of a date-palm tree.' The former asked, 'Where is that?' The latter replied, 'It is in Dharwan.' Dharwan was a well in the dwelling place of the (tribe of) Bani Zuraiq. Allah's Apostle went to that well and returned to `Aisha, saying, 'By Allah, the water (of the well) was as red as the infusion of Hinna, (1) and the date-palm trees look like the heads of devils.' `Aisha added, Allah's Apostle came to me and informed me about the well. I asked the Prophet, 'O Allah's Apostle, why didn't you take out the skin of pollen?' He said, 'As for me, Allah has cured me and I hated to draw the attention of the people to such evil (which they might learn and harm others with).' Narrated Hisham's father: `Aisha said, Allah's Apostle was bewitched, so he invoked Allah repeatedly requesting Him to cure him from that magic). Hisham then narrated the above narration. (See Hadith No. 658, Vol. 7)

Narrated Ibn Abi `Aufa: Allah's Apostle asked for Allah's wrath upon the Ahzab (confederates), saying, O Allah, the Revealer of the Holy Book, and the One swift at reckoning! Defeat the confederates; Defeat them and shake them.

Narrated Abu Huraira: When the Prophet said, Sami' al-lahu liman hamidah (Allah heard him who sent his praises to Him) in the last rak`a of the `Isha' prayer, he used to invoke Allah, saying, O Allah! Save `Aiyash bin Abi Rabi`a; O Allah! Save Al-Walid bin Al-Walid; O Allah! Save the weak people among the believers; O Allah! Be hard on the Tribe of Mudar; O Allah! Inflict years of drought upon them like the years (of drought) of the Prophet Joseph.

Narrated Anas: The Prophet sent a Sariya (an army detachment) consisting of men called Al-Qurra', and all of them were martyred. I had never seen the Prophet so sad over anything as he was over them. So he said Qunut (invocation in the prayer) for one month in the Fajr prayer, invoking for Allah's wrath upon the tribe of 'Usaiya, and he used to say, The people of 'Usaiya have disobeyed Allah and His Apostle.

Narrated `Aisha: The Jews used to greet the Prophet by saying, As-Samu 'Alaika (i.e., death be upon you), so I understood what they said, and I said to them, As-Samu 'alaikum wal-la'na (i.e. Death and Allah's Curse be upon you). The Prophet said, Be gentle and calm, O `Aisha, as Allah likes gentleness in all affairs. I said, O Allah's Prophet! Didn't you hear what they said? He said, Didn't you hear me answering them back by saying, 'Alaikum (i.e., the same be upon you)?

Narrated `Ali bin Abi Talib: We were in the company of the Prophet on the day (of the battle) of Al-Khandaq (the Trench). The Prophet said, May Allah fill their (the infidels') graves and houses with fire, as they have kept us so busy that we could not offer the middle prayer till the sun had set; and that prayer was the `Asr prayer.

Narrated Abu Huraira: at-Tufail bin `Amr came to Allah's Apostle and said, O Allah's Apostle! The tribe of Daus has disobeyed (Allah and His Apostle) and refused (to embrace Islam), therefore, invoke Allah's wrath for them. The people thought that the Prophet would invoke Allah's wrath for them, but he said, O Allah! Guide the tribe Of Daus and let them come to us.

Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet used to invoke Allah with the following invocation: 'Rabbi-ghfir-li Khati 'ati wa jahli wa israfi fi `Amri kullihi, wa ma anta a'lamu bihi minni. Allahumma ighfirli khatayaya wa 'amdi, wa jahli wa jiddi, wa kullu dhalika'indi. Allahumma ighrifli ma qaddamtu wa ma akhartu wa ma asrartu wa ma a'lantu. Anta-l-muqaddimu wa anta-l-mu'akh-khiru, wa anta 'ala kulli shai'in qadir.'

Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari: The Prophet used to invoke Allah, saying, Allahumma ighfirli khati'ati wa jahli wa israfi fi `Amri, wa ma anta a-'lamu bihi minni. Allahumma ighfirli hazali wa jiddi wa khata'i wa amdi, wa kullu dhalika 'indi.

Narrated Abu Huraira: Abu-l-Qasim (the Prophet) said, On Friday there is a particular time. If a Muslim happens to be praying and invoking Allah for something good during that time, Allah will surely fulfill his request. The Prophet pointed out with his hand. We thought that he wanted to illustrate how short that time was.

Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika: `Aisha said, The Jews came to the Prophet and said to him, As-Samu 'Alaika (i.e., Death be upon you). He replied, 'The same on you.' `Aisha said to them, Death be upon you, and may Allah curse you and shower His wrath upon you! Allah's Apostle I said, Be gentle and calm, O `Aisha! Be gentle and beware of being harsh and of saying evil things. She said, Didn't you hear what they said? He said, Didn't you hear what I replied (to them)? have returned their statement to them, and my invocation against them will be accepted but theirs against me will not be accepted.

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, When the Imam says 'Amin', then you should all say 'Amin', for the angels say 'Amin' at that time, and he whose 'Amin' coincides with the 'Amin' of the angels, all his past sins will be forgiven.

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, Whoever says: La ilaha illal-lah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahul- hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli shai'in qadir, one hundred times will get the same reward as given for manumitting ten slaves; and one hundred good deeds will be written in his accounts, and one hundred sins will be deducted from his accounts, and it (his saying) will be a shield for him from Satan on that day till night, and nobody will be able to do a better deed except the one who does more than he.