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🕌 The dua the Prophet (pbuh&hp) reportedly taught Imam Ali (p) 🕌
It’s reported that the Prophet (pbuh&hp) taught Imam Ali (p) the following dua for the Day of Arafah:
لا إِلهَ إِلا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَيُمِيتُ وَيُحْيِي وَهُوَ حَيٌّ لا يَمُوتُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَهُوَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
“There is no deity but God alone, with no partner. To Him belongs the sovereignty and the praise. He gives life and causes death, and He is living and does not die. In His hand is all good, and He is over all things powerful.”
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ كَمَا تَقُولُ وَخَيْرُ ممَا يَقُولُ الْقَائِلُونَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صَلاتِي وَدِينِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي وَلَكَ تُرَاثِي وَبِكَ حَوْلِي وَمِنْكَ قُوَّتِي
“O God, all praise is for You as You say, and better than what anyone can say. O God, to You belong my prayer, my faith, my life, my death, my legacy, my strength is through You, and from You is my power.”
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَمِنْ وَسْوَاسِ الصَّدْرِ وَمِنْ شَتَاتِ الْأَمْرِ وَمِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ وَمِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
“O God, I seek refuge in You from poverty, from the whispers of the chest, from disorder in affairs, from the punishment of the Fire, and from the punishment of the grave.”
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا تَأْتِي بِهِ الرِّيَاحُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَأْتِي بِهِ الرِّيَاحُ وَأَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ اللَّيْلِ وَخَيْرَ النَّهَارِ
“O God, I ask You you for the good that the winds bring, and I seek refuge in You from the evil that the winds bring. I ask You for the good of the night and the good of the day.”
[“Man la yahduruhu al-faqih,” v. 2, pp. 542-43]
🕌 The Prophet’s (pbuh&hp) dua before sunset on the Day of Arafah 🕌
Imam Sadiq (p) reportedly said that when the sun was about to set at Arafat, the Prophet (pbuh&hp) would recite this short dua:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَمِنْ تَشَتُّتِ الأَمْرِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا يَحْدُثُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ أَمْسَى ظُلْمِي مُسْتَجِيراً بِعَفْوِكَ وَأَمْسَى خَوْفِي مُسْتَجِيراً بِأَمَانِكَ وَأَمْسَى ذُلِّي مُسْتَجِيراً بِعِزِّكَ وَأَمْسَى وَجْهِيَ الْفَانِي مُسْتَجِيراً بِوَجْهِكَ الْبَاقِي يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ سُئِلَ وَيَا أَجْوَدَ مَنْ أَعْطَى جَلِّلْنِي بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَأَلْبِسْنِي عَافِيَتَكَ وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي شَرَّ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِكَ
“O God, I seek refuge in You from poverty, from disorder in affairs, and from the evil that occurs by night and day. My wrongdoing seeks refuge in Your pardon, my fear seeks refuge in Your security, my humiliation seeks refuge in Your honor, and my mortal face seeks refuge in Your eternal face. O best of those who are asked and most generous of those who give, cover me with Your mercy, clothe me with Your well-being, and ward off from me the evil of all Your creation.”
[“Wasail al-Shia,” v. 13, p. 559]