and entertaining ourselves. With great, great, great sadness it must be said: when it comes to reciting the pure words of Allah, then days, weeks or even months pass by, and we are unable to make time for it. Complaining we cannot find time is one thing, when in fact we do not even remember to recite the Quran at all, and we have not even included recitation of the Quran in our list of priorities.

May Allah grant us the ability to recite the Quran.

 اٰمِیْن بِجَاہِ النَّبِیِّ الْاَمِیْن  صلَّی اللہ عَلَیْہِ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Praying for the entire ummah

Sayyidunā Ḥasan Karābīsi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه relays:

I was fortunate to spend many nights in the company of Imam Shāfiʿi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه. He would spend a third of the night in salah, reciting 50 verses of the Quran or 100 on occasion. If he recited a verse about mercy, he would make duʿā to Allah, seeking mercy for himself and all other Muslims. When he recited a verse about punishment, he would seek refuge from it and make duʿā for the safety of all Muslims.^[1]

The duʿā of Sayyidunā Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام 

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه! Dear Islamic brothers, what a beautiful facet of Imam Shāfiʿi’s life! Not only did he make duʿā for himself, but also for every single Muslim. This was also the blessed practice of Prophet Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام. Allah mentions one of Prophet Ibrāhīm’s duʿās in the Quran as follows: