Remembrance and Supplication
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What is the authenticity of the supplication: "O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for every sin my body committed with Your wellness or my ability attained through the favor of Your grace..." and is the reported narration from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) authentic, and is it permissible to seek forgiveness with it?
What is the ruling on raising the hands in supplication after the obligatory prayers?
What is the meaning of "أستغفرك لما لا أعلم" (I seek Your forgiveness for what I do not know) in the supplication: "اللهم إني أعوذ بك أن أشرك بك وأنا أعلم، وأستغفرك لما لا أعلم" (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from associating partners with You knowingly, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I do not know)?
How can we avoid the temptation (fitna) of women? And what is the remedy for that?
Is the supplication and raising of hands after finishing a meal and before departing among the newly invented innovations (bid'ah)? And what should one do when facing such a situation?
Is it permissible to mention the name of Allah in a place that has a foul odor?
What is the ruling on composing a supplication that includes remembrance (dhikr) and requests to Allah Almighty?
What are the supplications (duas) by which a person's wishes, such as excelling in studies or getting married, are fulfilled?
What is the ruling on wearing prayer beads (rosary) around the neck?
Does a Muslim's saying of "There is no god but Allah, and Allah is the greatest, and there is no might or power except with Allah" atone for his sins, even if they are like the foam of the sea?
Is saying: "Praise be to Allah, commensurate with the virtues of Your blessings" rewarded and meritorious?
Is it permissible for a husband and wife to bathe together before or after intercourse, and how can a Muslim woman protect herself from that which protection is sought from in the bathroom if she is bathing with her husband, knowing that she recites the supplication for entering the lavatory and covers the place of the lavatory?
What is the ruling on reciting Al-Fatihah after supplication?
Is there a specific supplication reported from the Prophet (peace be upon him), or the Companions, or the Tabi'een, for purifying one's liability, for someone who fears that some rights of others may remain due from him, which he has forgotten or overlooked, and he supplicates to his Lord that nothing remains due from him during his life and at his death?
Is ablution required to fully obtain the reward of supplication, seeking forgiveness, and the remembrance of Allah?
What is the ruling on writing papers containing Quran and remembrance (dhikr) and sticking them on the body, or placing them on a tooth, or writing amulets (huruz) from legitimate supplications and placing them under the bed, or hanging talismans if they are from the Quran, remembrance (dhikr), and supplication (du'a)?
How authentic is the Hadith: "O Allah, as I have entered the morning, I bear witness to You, and to the bearers of Your Throne, Your angels, and all of Your creation, that indeed You are Allah, there is no god but You, alone, without partner, and that Muhammad is Your servant and Your Messenger"?
How can a person commit a sin despite their intense love for God and the strength of their faith in Him, and why do they repeatedly return to it despite their repeated attempts to abandon it and their struggle against themselves?
Is performing dhikr a specific number of times, as mentioned in unapproved books, considered an innovation (bid'ah)? And what are the reliable books for daily dhikr?
Is it correct to say "Allah heard him who supplicated," by analogy with the saying "Allah heard him who praised Him"?
Why do we seek refuge from poverty, when the poor, specifically the poor among the Muhajirun, will have priority in entering Paradise after the Prophet (peace be upon him)?
What is the ruling on supplicating with the words: "O Allah, I entrust to You what I have memorized, so return it to me when needed," to aid in exams?
How can one reconcile the virtue of saying "Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi" (Glory be to Allah and with His praise) one hundred times with the prohibition of exceeding the number mentioned in adhkar (remembrances)?
What is there in the Qur’an and Sunnah that helps strengthen memory for forgetting things related to daily activities?