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Tue 17 Dhul Qidah 1444AH 6-6-2023AD at 3:31 pm #90158
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⚠️ Du’a for Exams: Authentic?.And what is authentic Du’a for increasing knowledge⁉️
⏩ Question :
What is the ruling on reciting some du`as before exams and afterwards?
⏩ Answer:
Praise be to Allah Azza Wa Jalla
1️⃣ Firstly
❓ Du’a for exams: Authentic?
🚫 There is no report in the Sunnah which suggests any du`a for exams.
🚫 The du`as that are widespread among students and are said during revision or when receiving the exam papers or when stumbling over an answer or when handing in the paper, etc., all have no basis in the Sunnah, either in authentic or weak reports.⚠️
⚠️ Rather they are all fabricated and are falsely attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
⚠️ Prohibition of telling lies against the Prophet
🚫 Attributing any such thing to the Sunnah when one knows that it is not part of the Sunnah makes a person one of those who tell lies against the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)
✍️Al-Mughirah ibn Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say:
“Telling a lie against me is not like telling a lie against anyone else. Whoever tells a lie against me deliberately, let him take his place in Hell.”
📚 (Narrated by al-Bukhari, 1229; Muslim, 4)
⚠️ Whoever spreads these false hadiths and others like them, knowing that they cannot be soundly attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is telling lies against the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and his sin is the same as the sin of the one who fabricated them.
✍️It was narrated from al-Mughirah ibn Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:
“Whoever narrated from me a hadith which he thinks is false is one of the liars.”
📚(Narrated by Muslim in the Introduction to his Sahih)
❓ Du’a at during times of hardship and difficulty
▶️The phrase is “Ya Hayyu ya Qayyum bi rahmatika astaghith (O Ever Living, O Sustainer, by Your mercy I seek help).”
▶️There are hadiths which indicate that this is to be said at times of hardship and difficulty. All of that includes exams and other difficulties . There follow the hadiths which have been narrated concerning that:
✍️Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
If something upset him, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would say:
“Ya Hayyu ya Qayyum bi rahmatika astaghith (O Ever Living, O Sustainer, by Your mercy I seek help).”
📚 (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 3524; classed as hasan by al-Albani in al-Silsilah al-Sahihah, 3182)
✍️Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:
“O Allah, nothing is easy but that which You make easy and You can make hardship easy if You will.”
📚 Narrated by Ibn Hibban, 3/255; classed as sahih by al-Albani in al-Silsilah al-Sahihah, 2886.
▶️To sum up, it is not permissible to invent du`as and attribute them to Islam. What has been narrated in the hadiths that may be said during times of hardship and difficulty is sufficient.
✅ So there is not any specific Du’a for prepare exams❌.but There is Du’a for increasing knowledge✅
✅ Dua ‘ for Increase in Knowledge
1 – Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajr al-Assqalani (d.852 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said:
✍️‘Regarding the statement: ‘The saying of Allaah Azza wa Jal:
وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدۡنِي عِلۡمٗا
‘Rabbi Zidni Ilma’
<< O my Lord increase me in knowledge >>
▶️This is a clear proof of the Excellence of knowledge. This is because Allaah Ta’ala did not order the Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- with request for increase in anything except for an increase in knowledge.’
📚[From: ‘Fath al-Bari’ 1/141]
2 – Umm Salma –Radhi Allaahu anha– said, the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- used to say in the supplication in the morning prayer:
اللهم إني أسألك علماً نافعاً، ورزقاً طيباً، وعملاً متقبلاً
‘Allaahumma innee assaluka ilman nafia, wa rizzqan tayyeebun, wa amalan mutaqabilan,.’
‘O Allaah indeed I ask You for beneficial knowledge, and a good Halal provision, and actions which are accepted.’
📚[Collected by Tayalisee, Tabraani & regarded Hasan by Hafidh Ibn Hajr]
3 – From Anas bin Malik – Radi Allaahu anhu – that he heard the Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- supplicating:
اللهم انفعني بما علمتني وعلمني ما ينفعني وارزقني علما تنفعني به
Allahumman fa’nee bi-maa ‘allam-ta-nee wa ‘allim-nee maa yanfa’u-nee war zuq-nee ‘ilman yanfa’u-nee
‘O Allaah benefit me with what You have taught me, and teach me that which will benefit me, and grant me knowledge which will benefit me.’
📚[Collected by al-Hakim, Bayhaqi, Tabraani & authenticated by Albaani in Silsilah No. 3151]
4 – Allaah Ta’ala said:
رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةٗ وَفِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ حَسَنَةٗ وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ
<< O our Lord give us good in this Dunyaa, and good in the Hereafter and save us from the punishment of the fire >>
📚 [2:201]
✍️Al-Hasan said:
‘al-Hasana (good) in the Dunyaa is knowledge and worship, and in the Hereafter it is Paradise.’
✍️Sufyan said:
‘al-Hasana (good) in the Dunyaa is knowledge and good provision, and in the Hereafter Paradise.’
📚[From: ‘Lattaif al-Ma’arif p.302]
5 – Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Jafar said:
‘I heard Ibn Khuzaimah while he was asked: ‘Where did you get this knowledge from?’
He answered: ‘The Messenger of Allaah -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- said:
ماء زمزم لما شرب له
‘Zam Zam water is what it is drank for.’
So, when I would drink Zam Zam water I would ask Allaah for beneficial knowledge.’
📚[From: ‘Tadhkiratul Huffadh’ 2/721]
✍️Al-Hakim said:
‘I drank Zam Zam water and I asked Allaah that he grant me the ability to compile works of books in a good way.’
📚[From: ‘Tadhkiratul Huffadh’ 3/1044]
✍️Al-Hafidh Ibn Hajr said:
Once I drank Zam Zam, and I supplicated to Allaah, at that time I was at the beginning of studying Hadeeth, I asked Allaah to grant me the status of Dhahabi in memorising Hadeeth. Twenty years later I went to perform Hajj, and I found in myself the ability to surpass that rank, so I asked Allaah for a higher rank than before, and I hope that Allaah grants me that rank.
📚[From: ‘Juz hadeeth (Mau Zam Zam lema shuriba lahu)’ p.191 – 192]
6 – Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymeeyah (d.728 A.H.) -Rahimullaah- said:
‘The reality of the issue is that a slave of Allaah is in dire need of asking someone for knowledge and guidance, seeking and asking, then he remembers Allaah and of his dire need of Allaah, then Allaah guides and shows him. Just as Allaah said:
يا عبادي كلكم ضال إلا من هديته فاستهدوني أهدكم
‘O My worshippers! All of you are astray except the one whom I have guided, so seek guidance from Me and I will guide you.’
📚[Collected by Muslim]
✍️And just as the Prophet -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- used to say:
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ جَبْرَائِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيلَ. فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ. عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ. أَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ. اهْدِنِي لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ إِنَّكَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
Allaahumma Rabba Jibreela wa Mikaa’eela wa Israafeel, faatir al-samawaati wa’l-ard, ‘aalim al-ghaybi wa’l-shahaadah, anta tahkumu bayna ‘ibaadika fima kaanu fihi yukhtalifoon, ihdini lima’khtulifa fihi min al-haqq bi idhnika, innaka tahdi man tasha’ ila siraatin mustaqeem
‘O Allaah, Lord of Jibraeel, Mikael and Israfeel, You are the Originator of the heavens and the earth, the One who has all knowledge of the unseen and what is visible. You judge between Your worshippers in what they differ, guide me to the truth by Your permission in what they differ, indeed You are the One who guides whom You want to the straight path.’
📚 [Collected by Muslim]
📚[Majmoo’ Fatawa 4/39]
📚[Taken from: ‘an-Nubdha fee Adab Talab al-Ilm’ by Muhammad Uthman p.179-181]
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