The Power of My Dua.

The question that comes to our mind always is that “What’s happening to my Dua?” But have we ever realized where the fault lies? Allah the Almighty is always there for us. He is always waiting to ask our concerns to fulfill it. But are we worthy of it? The answer for all these points is yes, for maximum people. It’s a great feeling when we see how great Dua is. In one of the Hadith which is recited by Abu Hurayrah, the prophet stated, “In the court of Allah, there is nothing greater than Dua”.

There are certain benefits of making Dua, and they are as under:

• The Loss of Arrogance: Someone who is frequently making Dua, arrogance is something which will just vanish from their characteristics because when one preaches Allah, he is assuring his powerlessness.

• The fulfillment of Dua: As your Dua gets fulfilled your faith becomes deeper. For the people who sometimes see that their Duas are not being answered, then either they have a option that their Dua will be accepted in the later part of their life or the option that the Dua will be accepted by another medium as one of the Hadith stated, Jabir narrates from the Prophet, “Whoever does duaa to Allah, Allah fulfils his seeking or in exchange averts misfortune until the dua is not related to sin or breaking some relation.”

• Dua has the power to change the destiny (only the minor Qadr- not major ones such as the signs of the Day of Judgement) – Salman Farsi recited what Prophet has said, “Dua turns away destiny and good deeds lengthen age.”

• The doors of mercy are opened: The divine words of Prophet are narrated by Abdullah bin Umar, “For whomever, the door of Dua opened, for him the door of mercy is also opened.”

There are some things that should be kept in mind before making the Dua:

• Prophet once said, “Dua is Ibadah.” Since the type of worship is performed by almost everyone. This is even to the extent that the Prophet said, “Allah is extremely displeased with the person who does not do duaa to Allah.”

• As mentioned before, Dua is mandatory. But, nowadays we only perform Duas when we have a need and considers it as the last resort if everything else gets failed. Prophet said, “Whosoever desires that Allah answers his Duas in unfavorable and difficult conditions, he should make plentiful Duain days of ease and comfort.”

• Try and make Dua for others as if you do so, the same thing may happen to you also.

• After completing the conviction with Allah will accept the Dua as if you don’t do it there is a high chance of not getting accepted. Prophet said, “Oh Allah! Forgive me if you want”, Have mercy on me if you want”, “Give me subsistence if you wish”.

• The best times to offer Dua is when you are observing Sujood, which refers to the time between Adhan and Iqamah as indicated in the Hadith.

May the points mentioned above strengthen your Dua and may it benefit you in several ways. 

Basic Rights of Wives in Islam According to Quran and Hadith

Once Prophet Muhammad said, “Such a woman when her husband sees her; she should please him and when her husband orders her, she should obey him and she should not adopt a manner of chastity and property which should displace her husband”. According to Hadith, there is an importance of husband in wives’ world but as per the Islamic laws, there are certain rights of wives’ in the husband’s life. Below, some of them are mentioned:

• As per the command of Allah Almighty in holy Quran, the basics are to feed her and to spend on her. In one of the hadith by Prophet Muhammad (SAW); “Give charity.’ A man said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have a Dinar.’ He said: ‘Spend it on you.’ He said: ‘I have another.’ He said: ‘Spend it on your wife.’ He said: ‘I have another.’ He said: ‘Spend it on your son.’ He said: ‘I have another.’ He said: ‘Spend it on your servant.’ He said: ‘I have another.’ He said: ‘You know best (what to do with it).”
• In the holy Quran (SWT) Allah has stated about the rights of dowry to the wife. “And give women their dowries as a gift. Then, if they are pleased to give some of it to you, consume it with good health and enjoyment.”(Quran, 4:4)
• One of the most important rights of the wife over her husband is the support. As per the statement of Allah Almighty in holy Quran, “And upon the father is the mother’s sustenance and her clothing according to what is reasonable. No person shall have a burden on him greater than he can bear” (Quran, 2:233)
• To save her and to be kind to her is also counted as the vital duty of her husband. As per the statement of Prophet (PBUH) in one of the Hadith, “The perfect man in his faith among the believers is the one whose behavior is most excellent, and the best of you are those who are the best to their wives.”
• The husband should never disclose any secret of his wife to anyone. The Messenger of Allah stated, “The wicked among the people in the eye of Allah on the Day of Judgment is the man who goes to his wife and she comes to him, and then he divulges her secret.” (Sahih Muslim)
• Any Muslim must never curse or swear on his wife or insult on her looks.
• Any Muslim man should never hate his wife. As per Allah’s messenger, “A believer must not hate (his wife) believing woman; if he dislikes one of her characteristics he will be pleased with another”.

In a nutshell, it has been proven that the Islam religion renders enough rights to the women as the religion, but it depends on the men to further to attain their law f equality which women deserve. May Allah Almighty bless us with the life that all the women around the world deserve according to the Islamic teachings? Ameen!!