Do not ask for trials
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) visited a person from amongst the Muslims in order to inquire (about his health) who had grown feeble like the chicken. Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
Did you supplicate for anything or beg of Him about that? He said: Yes. I used to utter (these words): Impose punishment upon me earlier in this world, what Thou art going to impose upon me in the Hereafter. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Subhaan Allaah, you have neither the power nor forbearance to take upon yourself (the burden of His Punishment). Why did you not say this: O Allah, grant us good in the world and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the torment of Fire. He (the Holy Prophet) made this supplication (for him) and he was all right.
Sahiih Muslim Hadiith No. 2688
-[فقه الحديث]-
The Fiqh of this Hadiith
1 - قال النووي في هذا الحديث النهي عن الدعاء بتعجيل العقوبة
*al-Nawawi* said: One has been forbidden, in this Hadiith, to make du'aa for the hastening of punishment
2 - وجواز التعجب بقول سبحان الله
It is permissible to say Subhaan Allaah to show ones amazement at something
3 - واستحباب عيادة المريض والدعاء له
It is mustahabb to visit the one who is sick and make du'aa for him
4 - وفيه كراهة تمني البلاء لئلا يتضجر منه ويسخطه وربما شكا
The hadiith shows that it is disliked to wish for a trial lest one becomes displeased with it and then complains
5 - وفضل الدعاء باللهم آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار
The virtue of making du'aa with
اللهم آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار
"O Allah, grant us good in the world and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the torment of Fire."
Reference(s):
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Did you supplicate for anything or beg of Him about that? He said: Yes. I used to utter (these words): Impose punishment upon me earlier in this world, what Thou art going to impose upon me in the Hereafter. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Subhaan Allaah, you have neither the power nor forbearance to take upon yourself (the burden of His Punishment). Why did you not say this: O Allah, grant us good in the world and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the torment of Fire. He (the Holy Prophet) made this supplication (for him) and he was all right.
Sahiih Muslim Hadiith No. 2688
-[فقه الحديث]-
The Fiqh of this Hadiith
1 - قال النووي في هذا الحديث النهي عن الدعاء بتعجيل العقوبة
*al-Nawawi* said: One has been forbidden, in this Hadiith, to make du'aa for the hastening of punishment
2 - وجواز التعجب بقول سبحان الله
It is permissible to say Subhaan Allaah to show ones amazement at something
3 - واستحباب عيادة المريض والدعاء له
It is mustahabb to visit the one who is sick and make du'aa for him
4 - وفيه كراهة تمني البلاء لئلا يتضجر منه ويسخطه وربما شكا
The hadiith shows that it is disliked to wish for a trial lest one becomes displeased with it and then complains
5 - وفضل الدعاء باللهم آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار
The virtue of making du'aa with
اللهم آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة وقنا عذاب النار
"O Allah, grant us good in the world and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the torment of Fire."
Reference(s):
فتح المنعم شرح صحيح مسلم
Volume 10 Page 240