Remembrance and Supplication
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What is the ruling on limiting oneself to saying "Lā ilāha illā Allāh waḥdahu" (There is no god but Allah alone) without completing the remembrance with "lā sharīka lahu, lahu al-mulku wa lahu al-ḥamdu, wa huwa ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr" (He has no partner, to Him belongs all sovereignty and all praise, and He is over all things competent)? And is it permissible to adopt it as a specific daily remembrance for a certain number of repetitions, such as 100 times, based on a dream?
Is it permissible for a wife to obey her husband in engaging in anal sex if he threatens to commit indecency with others should she not obey him, knowing the act is forbidden, and given her love for her husband and her keenness to preserve her home?
Is it permissible to repeat the morning adhkar – such as Sayyid al-Istighfar and saying "Subhan Allah wa bihamdih" a hundred times – to increase good, and is Sayyid al-Istighfar considered one of the types of istighfar that can be repeated multiple times?
What is meant by the Prophet's (PBUH) saying "they remember Allah" in the Hadith: (No people rise from an assembly in which they did not remember Allah except that they rise as if from the carcass of a donkey...)?
Should one perform ablution anew to recite the supplication for sleep, after returning from Fajr prayer and sleeping?
What is the ruling on saying: "May Allah not make you lawful [to Him]," and "May Allah burn your heart"? And will such a supplication be answered and harm the one invoked against? And what is the ruling on supplicating with: "May Allah grant me better than them"?
Is there a specific supplication (du'a) or remembrance (dhikr) after the iqama and before the prayer?
Is seeking forgiveness one hundred times also part of the evening remembrance (adhkar al-masa'), and is it permissible to publish the morning and evening remembrances that include seeking forgiveness one hundred times, knowing that it was mentioned in a hadith from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, even if not in a firmly established form?
Is increasing the number of times one recites Ayatul-Kursi in the morning and evening remembrances an innovation (bid'ah), by reciting it three times instead of once?
What is the way to get rid of the fear and pessimism that afflicts a person when it rains and there are clouds, especially from lightning and thunder, and is there a specific supplication that can be said to remove this fear?
What is the expiation for one who vowed to Allah to abandon masturbation, then committed it six times, and how can he fulfill his vow when he is unable to do so?
Do the ذكر (remembrance) recitations mentioned ("SubhanAllah" (Glory be to Allah) 100 times; "SubhanAllahi wa bihamdihi zinata 'arshihi" (Glory be to Allah and with His praise, as much as the weight of His Throne); "SubhanAllahi wa bihamdihi 'adada khalqihi wa midada kalimatihi wa rida nafsihi wa zinata 'arshihi" (Glory be to Allah and with His praise, as much as the number of His creation, and the ink of His words, and the pleasure of His Self, and the weight of His Throne) 3 times) result in the mentioned virtues of gaining a thousand good deeds and having a thousand bad deeds erased, and acquiring a reward like the Throne of the Most Merciful, and good deeds equal to the number of creation, the weight of the Throne, and Allah's pleasure?
What is the meaning of "O Allah, we ask You for the joy of gazing upon Your Noble Countenance, without harmful adversity or misleading temptation"?
Does prolonging the supplication after rising from bowing (All praise is due to Allah, abundant, good, blessed praise, filling the heavens and filling the earth and filling whatever You wish of anything thereafter, O You who are worthy of praise and glory, the most rightful thing a servant has said, and all of us are Your servants) invalidate the prayer, if it is as long as, or longer than, what was recited before bowing?
What is the recommended (masnun) to say before and after a good gathering?
Will someone who forgets to recite the morning and evening adhkar one day become unprotected from the devil's schemes on that day?
Is it considered wrong to think that Dhikr is only with the tongue, and to intend to limit the reward to the number rather than to the heart and contemplation?
What is the cure for the obsessive whispers of shirk?
What is the ruling on reading and following the tweets and writings of atheists, and what are the consequences of that, such as doubt in the existence of God? And will a person be held accountable for what he read or believed during that period due to curiosity and stress? And what is incumbent upon one who favored a tweet containing mockery of prophets or companions?
Should he continue supplicating to Allah to quit masturbation after Allah has blessed him with a righteous wife, knowing that he tried by all means and did not succeed?
Which is the more correct form of Dhikr: "Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi adada khalqihi, wa rida nafsihi..." as mentioned in Sahih Muslim, or "Subhan Allah adada khalqihi, Subhan Allah rida nafsihi..." which is not mentioned in the Sahihayn (Bukhari and Muslim)?
How can one remain steadfast in repentance and abandon sins after repeatedly returning to them? And does Allah forgive what has passed of them? And what is the ruling on applying light medical foundation to conceal skin pallor?
Is it permissible to raise one's voice with Takbir and the collective remembrance of Allah (Dhikr) in order to avert a calamity?
What is the ruling on watching pornographic films during the day in Ramadan with lust and the release of pre-seminal fluid (madhy) without masturbating, and what is the expiation for that?