THE HAPPIEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD* (A TREASURE CHEST OF REMINDERS) Episode 33

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*THE HAPPIEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD*

(A TREASURE CHEST OF REMINDERS)

Episode 33

*DU'Ā (INVOCATION) RELIEVES DISTRESS*

"... Certainly no one despairs of Allāh's Mercy, except the people who disbelieve." [Qur'an 12:87].

I have a righteous, devout friend whose wife was stricken with cancer. They had three children. He fell into despair and his world turned dark. One of the scholars advised him to pray qiyām al-layl and make du'ā' in the last part of the night, before dawn, as well as praying for forgiveness and reciting Qur-ān over Zamzam water for his wife. He continued to do these things, and his wife started to wash with that Zamzam water over which the Qur-ān had been recited. He used to sit with her from Fajr until sunrise, then from Maghrib (sunset) until 'Ishā' (evening), asking Allāh for forgiveness and supplicating to Him. Then Allāh took away her sickness and healed her, and made her hair and skin more beautiful than they had been before, and she became attached to praying for forgiveness and praying qiyām al-layl. Glory be to the Healer, the Giver of good health; there is no god but Him and no Lord besides Him.

O' my sister! If you fall sick then turn to Allāh, the Almighty, and pray to Him a great deal for forgiveness and call upon Him and repent to Him. Be for good cheer, for Allāh answers Prayers, relieves distress and takes away bad things.

Surah An-Naml, Verse 62:

أَمَّن يُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ السُّوءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَاءَ الْأَرْضِ أَإِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ اللَّهِ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Is not He (better than your gods) Who responds to the distressed one, when he calls Him, and Who removes the evil, and makes you inheritors of the earth, generations after generations. Is there any ilah (god) with Allah? Little is that you remember!

"Check your past and your present, for life is a sequence of experiences from which one should emerge victorious."