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Dua' For Increase in Knowledge - Compiled and Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya
Dua' For Increase in Knowledge - Compiled and Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya
Dua' For Increase in Knowledge - Compiled and Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya
3 – From Anas bin Malik – Radi Allaahu anhu – that he heard the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa
sallam- supplicating:
بما علمتني وعلمني ما ينفعني وارزقني علما تنفعني به انفعني اللهم
Allahumman fa’nee bi-maa ‘allam-ta-nee wa ‘allim-nee maa yanfa’u-nee war zuq-nee ‘ilman yanfa’u-nee
‘O Allaah benefit me with what You have taught me, and teach me that which will benefit me, and grant me
knowledge which will benefit me.’
[Collected by al-Hakim, Bayhaqi, Tabraani & authenticated by Albaani in Silsilah No. 3151]
ار
ِ َاب ٱل َّن
َ س َن ٗة َوقِ َنا َعذ
َ ح ِ ٓ س َن ٗة َوفِي ٱأۡل
َ خ َر ِة َ َربَّ َنآ َءاتِ َنا فِي ٱلدُّنۡ يَا
َ ح
<< O our Lord give us good in this Dunyaa, and good in the Hereafter and save us from the punishment
of the fire >> [2:201]
Al-Hasan said: ‘al-Hasana (good) in the Dunyaa is knowledge and worship, and in the Hereafter it is
Paradise.’
Sufyan said: ‘al-Hasana (good) in the Dunyaa is knowledge and good provision, and in the Hereafter
Paradise.’
[From: ‘Lattaif al-Ma’arif p.302]
5 – Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Jafar said: ‘I heard Ibn Khuzaimah while he was asked: ‘Where did you get this
knowledge from?’
Al-Hakim said: ‘I drank Zam Zam water and I asked Allaah that he grant me the ability to compile works of
books in a good way.’
[From: ‘Tadhkiratul Huffadh’ 3/1044]
Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajr said: ‘Once I drank Zam Zam, and I supplicated to Allaah, at that time I was at the
beginning of studying Hadeeth, I asked Allaah to grant me the status of Dhahabi in memorising Hadeeth.
Twenty years later I went to perform Hajj, and I found in myself the ability to surpass that rank, so I asked
Allaah for a higher rank than before, and I hope that Allaah grants me that rank.’
[From: ‘Juz hadeeth (Mau Zam Zam lema shuriba lahu)’ p.191 – 192]
‘O My worshippers! All of you are astray except the one whom I have guided, so seek guidance from Me and I
will guide you.’
[Collected by Muslim]
And just as the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- used to say:
ماَ ك فِي
َ ن ِعبَ ا ِد َ ُم بَ ْي
ُ حك َ أَ ْن.الش َها َد ِة
ْ َت ت َّ ب َو ِ م ا ْل َغ ْي ِ ما َواتِ َواألَ ْر
َ ِ َع ال.ض َ الس
َّ ِ َفا.ل
ط َر َ س َرافِي
ْ ِل َوإ َ ل َومِي َكائِي َ ج ْب َرائِي
َ ب
َّ م َر
َّ الل َُّه
ِيم
ٍ س َتق ْ ط ُم ٍ ص َرا َ
ِ شا ُء إِلى َ َن ت ْ ك تَ ْهدِي َمَ َّك إِن
َ ِحِقِّ بِإِ ْذن ْ
َ ِن ال
َ ِف فِي ِه م
َ اخ ُتل
ْ ما َ ِاه ِدنِي ل ْ . َخ َتلِ ُفون َ
ْ َكا ُنوا فِي ِه ي
Allaahumma Rabba Jibreela wa Mikaa’eela wa Israafeel, faatir al-samawaati wa’l-ard, ‘aalim al-ghaybi
wa’l-shahaadah, anta tahkumu bayna ‘ibaadika fima kaanu fihi yukhtalifoon, ihdini lima’khtulifa fihi min
al-haqq bi idhnika, innaka tahdi man tasha’ ila siraatin mustaqeem
‘O Allaah, Lord of Jibraeel, Mikael and Israfeel, You are the Originator of the heavens and the earth, the
One who has all knowledge of the unseen and what is visible. You judge between Your worshippers in what
they differ, guide me to the truth by Your permission in what they differ, indeed You are the One who
guides whom You want to the straight path.’ [Collected by Muslim]
[Majmoo’ Fatawa 4/39]
[Taken from: ‘an-Nubdha fee Adab Talab al-Ilm’ by Muhammad Uthman p.179-181]
Above Post slightly updated by AbdurRahman. Org – added transliteration of the dua’a