Dua #765•Hasan (Ibn Hajar). Takhrij Mishkat: 3/24

Dua to Ask for the Right Path and Safety from Your Own Nafs

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#765

اَللَّهُمَّ أَلْهِمْنِيْ رُشْدِيْ وَأَعِذْنِيْ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِيْ

Transliteration

Allaahumma alhimni rushdi, wa a-‘idhni min sharri nafsi

Translation

O Allah, inspire me with my guidance, and protect me from harm of myself.

Hadith about the Dua

"وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَة مَعَ اخْتِلَافٍ وَفِيهِ: "" وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْحُفَاةَ الْعُرَاةَ الصُّمَّ الْبُكْمَ مُلُوكَ الْأَرْضِ فِي خَمْسٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلَّا اللَّهُ. ثُمَّ قَرَأَ:

Translation

(إِنَّ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ) الْآيَة Abu Huraira transmitted it with a difference containing the following: When you see the barefooted, the naked, the deaf, the dumb as kings of the earth, as -well as five things which no one but God knows. Then he recited, ‘‘God has knowledge of the Hour, and He sends down the rain…” (Bukhari and Muslim.) [Hasan (Ibn Hajar). Takhrij Mishkat: 3/24]

Common Questions

Stop your nafs from doing wrong things. When your nafs goes bad, it pushes you to do bad. Keep making dua and stay close to Islamic duas. This helps you control your nafs.

Ask Allah to save you from your own bad ways. Say duas like Allahumma alhimni rushdi. It keeps you safe from wrong thoughts and actions.

Muslims have special duas that protect them from harm. They ask Allah to keep them safe from all evil and give them peace with these Islamic duas.

Muslims say a special prayer called istikhara. They ask Allah to show them the best choice and help them pick the right path. They trust that Allah knows better.

Surah Al-Baqarah shows people the good path. It teaches Muslims how to live right and gives lessons about belief and doing good in Islam.