Question:
Asalam Alikum,
I am 15 years old and study in Singapore.However, my family lives in Indonesia.I live in a dorm in Singapore.Occasionally, I would feel homesick and miss my family. Are there any prayers for this? and please pray for me.
Answer:
When Prophet (upon him blessings and peace) stopped using the tree-stump as his pulpit, the tree-stump wept and moaned out of longing for him. This Prophetic miracle is known in the books of Sira as hanin al-jidh` or the “homesickness of the trunk.” After that the Prophet placed his blessed hand on it and it stopped moaning. That tree-trunk was given Paradise. Homesickness is a sign of belief, as the home of the believer is Paradise and nearness to Prophet, upon him blessings and peace. When you feel homesick, make wudu‘, pray two rakaat then sit and reflect on this incident and make this duaa often: Rabbana atina fil-dunya hasanatan wa fil-akhirati hasanatan wa-qina `adhaba al-nar. You may also make weekly dhikr with the Haqqani group in Singapore.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
