Remembrance and Supplication
1,179 questions
What is the reason for the questioner's constricted chest, is it due to her illicit relationship with a young man, and how can she rid herself of her attachment to him?
What is the ruling on one who sits with people who raise their voices in collective Dhikr after prayers, while knowing that this is an innovation (bid‘ah), and justifies his participation with them by saying: "I only join them to win over their hearts"?
Is it permissible to say: "I seek forgiveness from Allah for every sin I have committed... and I repent to Him"?
What is the ruling on using the symbol of the the cross to indicate supplication, which is the clasped hands after supplication, and is that considered imitation of disbelievers?
Is it permissible to raise one's hands when supplicating with the Kaffarat al-Majlis (expiation for the sitting) and what is the evidence for this?
Is there a supplication (dua) before sleep that helps one wake up easily for Fajr prayer?
Is it permissible for me to marry a female عرفياً (customarily/unofficially) for one day to have intercourse with her and enjoy her, with the aim of regulating my nervous and psychological system and transitioning to the other gender, and then divorce her three times, and would this customary marriage remove me from the realm of fornication (zina)?
Is the supplication of Prophet David (peace be upon him): "O Allah, by Your light I am guided, and by Your grace I am made content (or self-sufficient)" authentic?
Does the noble verse, "And whoever He wills to send astray, He makes his breast tight and constricted," apply to me, given the setbacks I experience in worship, and feelings of tightness, doubt, and hardness of heart? Is there a way back to a spacious breast and certainty?
Is supplicating by reciting a surah or an ayah or a specific supplication at a specific time and for a specific period, upon the occurrence of a particular problem, a sound Sunnah?
What is the ruling on seeking refuge with Allah from Satan inside the toilet, silently and aloud? And when is the supplication for entering the toilet recited, and is it recited aloud or silently?
Is it permissible for an imam of a mosque in Libya to lead communal supplications (du'a) after the Tarawih, Shaf' and Witr prayers in Ramadan, knowing that he does not consider communal supplications after obligatory prayers to be established, and that Qunut in the Tarawih prayer is forbidden in his country under the pretext of avoiding disagreement?
How should one supplicate when reciting the Qur’an? Is it by intention, or by supplication before or after the recitation, in light of the hadith: "Recite the Qur’an and ask Allah by it before there comes a people who recite the Qur’an and ask people by it"?
Does God respond to what we say with our tongues or to what we intend in our hearts, and is what God fulfills what we intended within ourselves?
Is a wife held accountable for praying for her husband to fall ill in retaliation for his harming her and ridiculing her illness, and how can she retract this prayer, and what is the ruling on his ridiculing her illness?
Will the prayer of one who is cursed and speaks obscenities on websites be answered, if he prays against the one who cursed him?
How sound is the Hadith: "O Allah, You created me and You guide me, and You feed me and You water me, and You cause me to die and You bring me to life"?
Is it permissible to say: "My God, You are my aim, and Your رضا is my quest"?
How can I overcome the religious obsessive-compulsive disorder that afflicts me?
Does the string of prayer beads—used for glorifying God or for the remembrance of God, having a specific number of beads (33 or 101) and two distinct beads at which nothing is recited—have a legal basis in Islamic law?
Is one who curses another who has wronged him by praying that God prolong his life, worsen his deeds, expose him in this world and the Hereafter, and take his soul in the embrace of a harlot, sinful?
What is the ruling on supplicating, "My Lord, forgive me and my parents," after every prayer?
Does the supplication, "May Allah prolong your life," change a person's lifespan, and does a person's lifespan decrease and increase, taking into account the narration of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when he heard Fatimah, may Allah be pleased with her, supplicating: "O Allah, grant me enjoyment through my husband, O Allah, grant me enjoyment through the Messenger of Allah"?
What is the ruling on someone whose house is next to the mosque but does not pray in it, what are the conditions for the acceptance of supplication, and what are the best supplications for the deceased?