Treasure House of Prayers — Page 79
PRAYERS 79 save us from accidental death and Your sudden censure. Do not call us back swiftly before our fulfilling our obligations and discharge of our covenants. O All a h , we implore You to give us life of chastity, opulence, piety and grant us best outcome of this world and the Hereafter. We seek refuge in You from doubt, conflict, ostentation and from seeking honour in the expression of our faith. O the Changer of the hearts, Let not our hearts become perverse after You have guided them and with Your mercy shower blessings on us as You are the best Bestower. ’’ Traditional Friday and ‘ I d Sermons Hadrat J a bir bin Samurah ra relates that on ‘ I d or Friday the Holy Prophet sa delivered two sermons. He used to sit quietly in between the two. In the sermons he used to recite the Holy Qur’ a n and give advice to people. 145 Hadrat J a bir bin ‘Abdull a h ra relates that during the Friday sermon the Holy Prophet sa used to glorify and praise All a h first and then in a loud voice he used to deliver the rest of the sermon. 146 ( ‘ I d sermon used to follow the same pattern). Hadrat ‘Abdull a h bin Mas‘ u d ra and ‘Abdull a h bin ‘Abb a s ra narrate the words of the sermon: َْ ْ اَحل ِ ﻤ ªَّْٰﺪ ُ ﻟِﻠ حن ﻤَﺪُہ ْ ْ وَﻧَﺴ ﺘَﻌِ[ ﻨªُ ْ ْ وَﻧَﺴ ﺘَﻐ ﻔِﺮُہ ْ ُ وَﻧَﻌُﻮ ْذ ْﺑِﺎﷲ ِ ﻣِﻦ ْ ﺷُﺮُو ر ِ اَﻧ ْﻔُﺴِﻨَﺎ ْوَﻣِﻦ ْ ﺳَ[ِّﺌَﺂتِ اَﻋ ﻳَﻬ ﻣَﻦ ﻤَﺎﻟِﻨَﺎ ﺪِہِ اﷲُ ﻓَﻼَ ﻣُﻀِﻞَّ ﻟªَ ْ ُّوَﻣَﻦ ْ ﻳ ِ ﻀ ْ ﻠ ﻞ ﻓَﻼَ ﻫَﺎدِیَ ﻟªَ ْ ْ وَاَﺷ َﻬَﺪ ُ اَن اِﻻ َّ اﷲ ُ و َ ªٰﻻ َّ اِﻟ ْ ﺣ ﺪَہ ْ ﻻ َ ﺷَﺮِﻳ ªَﻟ َ ک ْ وَاَﺷ ْ ﻬَﺪ ُ اَن َّ حمَُﻤَّﺪًا ﻋَﺒ ﺪُہ وَرَﺳُﻮﻟªُ . 147 All praise belongs to All a h. We glorify Him. We seek His help and His forgiveness. We beseech