Then he would say...
Then he would say: “There is not a Muslim who clothes a (needy) Muslim with his worn clothes – and none clothes him but Allah (SwT) – but that he is under the guardianship, protection and blessing of Allah as long as the clothes are on the body of the needy person, whether he is alive or dead.”[^10] Also: Whenever he (S) wore new clothes and stood up, and was about to leave (his house), he said: أَللٌّهُمَّ بِكَ اسْتَتَرْتُ وَإِلَيْكَ تَوَجَّهْتُ وَ بِكَ اعْـتَصَمْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ.
أَللٌّهُمَّ أَنْتَ ثِقَتِي وَأَنْتَ رَجَائِي. أَللٌّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي مَا أَهَمَّنِي وَمَا لاَ أَهْـتَمُّ بِهِ وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي عَزَّ جَارُكَ وَجَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ وَلاَ إِلٌهَ غَيْرُكَ. أَللٌّهُمَّ زَوِّدْنِي التَّقْوى وَاغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي وَوَجِّهْنِي لِلْخَيْرِ حَيْثُ مَا تَوَجَّهْتُ. “O Allah! By You have I covered myself and to You have I turned and with You have I sought protection and upon You have I put my trust. O Allah! You are my Reliance and You are my Hope. O Allah!
Suffice for me that which concerns me and that which I do not give importance to and what You know more about than me. Revered is the one who is close to You, exalted is Your Glory and there is no god other than You. O Allah! Grant me the provisions of taqwa and forgive my sin and turn me towards good wherever I turn”. Then he would proceed to what he needed to do.
^11 His Du’a when he stood up from where he was sitting From al-Ghazali in al-Ihya’: When he would stand from where he was sitting he would say: سُبْحَانَكَ أَللٌّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلٌهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ. “Praise be to You O Allah And by Your Glory! I Bear witness that there is no god but You.
I seek repentance from You and I turn to You.” [^12] His Du’a when entering and leaving the masjid From al-Shaykh al-Tusi in al-Majalis: Narrated from ‘Abdillah ibn al-Hasan from his mother Fatimah bint al-Husayn from her father from ‘Ali (as): Whenever the Holy Prophet (S) entered the masjid he would say: أَللٌّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ. “O Allah! Open for me the doors of Your Mercy.” And when he used to leave he would say: أَللٌّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رِزْقِكَ. “O Allah!
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