A Special Du‘ā for Guidance and Help Surah al-Fatiha meaning
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Bismillāhir Rahmānir Rahīm
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِيْنَۙ
All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.
Alhamdu lillāhi Rabbil-‘Ālamīn
اَلرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِۙ
The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,
Ar-Rahmānir Rahīm
مٰلِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِؕ
Master of the Day of Judgment.
Māliki Yawmid-Dīn
اِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَاِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِيْنُؕ
You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help.
Iyyāka na‘budu wa iyyāka nasta‘īn
اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيْمَۙ
Guide us to the straight path.
Ihdinas-sirātal-mustaqīm
صِرَاطَ الَّذِيْنَ اَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۙغَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوْبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّآلِّيْنَ
The path of those upon whom You have bestowed Your grace – not of those who incurred (Your) wrath, nor of those who went astray.
Sirātalladhīna an‘amta ‘alayhim ghayril-maghḍūbi ‘alayhim walāḍ-ḍāllīn
Sūrah al-Fātiḥah – 1:1–7
Some Ḥadīth related to Guidance:
أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ الْبَتِّيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ: أَنَّهُ أَسْلَمَ وَأَبَتْ امْرَأَتُهُ أَنْ تُسْلِمَ، فَجَاءَ ابْنٌ لَهُمَا صَغِيرٌ لَمْ يَبْلُغِ الْحُلُمَ، فَأَجْلَسَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْأَبَ هَاهُنَا وَالْأُمَّ هَاهُنَا ثُمَّ خَيَّرَهُ، فَقَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِهِ» فَذَهَبَ إِلَى أَبِيهِ
Narrated from ‘Abdul Ḥamīd ibn Salamah al-Anṣārī (RA):
When he accepted Islam, his wife refused to accept Islam. They had a young son who had not yet reached maturity. The Prophet (ﷺ) seated the father here and the mother there, and then gave the boy the choice. The Prophet (ﷺ) then supplicated: “O Allah, guide him.” So the boy went to his father.
Sunan an-Nasā’ī, Ḥadīth No. 3495
Status: Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)
Source: Al-Ḥadīth App
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمَّارٍ الدُّهْنِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ سُئِلَ عَمَّنْ قَتَلَ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا، ثُمَّ تَابَ وَآمَنَ، وَعَمِلَ صَالِحًا، ثُمَّ اهْتَدَى، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: وَأَنَّى لَهُ التَّوْبَةُ، سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّكُمْ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: ” يَجِيءُ مُتَعَلِّقًا بِالْقَاتِلِ تَشْخَبُ أَوْدَاجُهُ دَمًا، فَيَقُولُ: أَيْ رَبِّ، سَلْ هَذَا فِيمَ قَتَلَنِي، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ، ثُمَّ مَا نَسَخَهَا ”
Narrated from Sālim ibn Abī al-Ja‘d (RA):
Ibn ‘Abbās (RA) was asked about a person who killed a believer deliberately, then repented, believed, did righteous deeds, and sought guidance. Would his repentance be accepted? Ibn ‘Abbās (RA) replied: “How can the repentance of a murderer of a Muslim be accepted? I heard your Prophet (ﷺ) say: On the Day of Judgment, the murdered person will come holding onto his killer, with his veins flowing with blood, and he will say: ‘O Lord! Ask this one why he killed me.’ Ibn ‘Abbās (RA) said: Regarding this Allah revealed the verse: [Arabic] – meaning: Whoever kills a believer deliberately, his recompense is Hell (Qur’an 4:93).”
Sunan an-Nasā’ī, Ḥadīth No. 3999
Status: Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)
Source: Al-Ḥadīth App
Narrated from ʿAlī (RA):
He said, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told me: “Say: O Allah! Grant me guidance and grant me the ability to act correctly.” And he forbade me from wearing a ring on these fingers – and he pointed towards the index and middle fingers.
Sunan an-Nasā’ī, Hadith No. 5212
Status: Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)
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