Advice #1 - Masnoon Duas
Advice # 2 - Lengthen the Prayer
Allah mentions in many places in the Quran
about doing a lot of dhikr (remembrance):
The second tip is to lengthen our prayer. What
does that mean? Allah has given us an
opportunity to connect to Him by performing
salah (daily prayers). These five daily prayers are
in fact a means to draw closer to Allah as is
mentioned in the following hadith qudsi :
َّ ْ ُ ُ ُ ُ َُّّ نَ َ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ ئ ن
ال ِذ ي� آمنوا وتطم ِ� قلو�م ِب ِذك ِر الل
ِ
ب
ْ َُّّ ْ ن
ُ َأ َل ب ِذ ْكر الل َتط َم ئ ِ� ال ُق ُل
وب
ِ ِ ِ
“Those who believe, and whose hearts find
satisfaction in the remembrance of Allah for
without doubt in the remembrance of Allah
do hearts find satisfaction.”
So, the first tip is to try to remember Allah
throughout your day. This is part of what is
called ‘Wuquf ul Qalbi’. That means remembering
Allah in the heart but still continuing to
being engaged in your day to day activities (work
etc). The Mashaikh (spiritual masters) have
recommended that we should try to memorise
and implement the masnoon duas that were
taught by the Prophet in order to remember
Allah throughout the day.
SubhanAllah, if one looks into the duas recorded
in the ahadith (narrations) there are duas for
almost every situation. The more you use the
duas the quicker they will stick in your mind. Set
yourself a goal of learning maybe one dua per
week or one per month and try implementing it.
Insha’Allah, with perseverance and consistency
these duas will become second nature!
“Whoever draws near to