Assalamualaikum everyone. Please find attached a presentation on the morning and evening athkaar as completed by one of my students from a 2 day course I taught in the subject.
I’ve asked her to plan a version 2 which will list a transliteration of the supplications along with some of the lessons we shared related to each supplication.
May Allah reward her and us all. Ameen.
Shaikh Sajid Umar
Today, we’ve lost sight of common sense.
We place our trust in things and other people.
We feel that if we have contact with such and such a person or prominent figure; our work will be sorted, or problem solved. We end up relying on the “means” rather than the One behind the “means”.
Ponder over your life and think about how Allah Almighty, time and time again, has taught you how haqeer (worthless) the “means” are without Him.
He teaches us that we cannot do anything by ourselves, and that it is not in the creation’s power to do so by themselves.
Rather; its a case of laa hawla wa laa quwwata illaa billah! (There is no power nor might except for Allah alone).
Allah can take us out of our miseries. He will send us the help we crave, in the right way, and at the right time.
Imam asSuyooti (may Allah shower His mercy upon him) mentioned that there are 5
characteristics found in children; that if present in adults; would make them (the adults) saints.
The 5 special characteristics of children that adults should adopt are as follows:
1. They do not worry about their provisions (sustenance).
2. When sick; they do not complain about their Creator.
3. They eat their meals as a group (not alone).
4. When they are in fear; their eyes flow with tears.
5. When they quarrel; they rush to make peace.
Shaikh Sajid Umar