Request:
Salam Alaykum to all Eshaykh Staff and thanking Mawlana Shaykh Hisham for such a wonderful site,
I was wondering if there is something I can recite for a strong will. I notice that I am swayed by people very easily; I don’t have the will-power to tell someone ‘no.’
For example, someone gave me a taweez to get rid of on her behalf, I wasn’t comfortable taking it and my conscience told me not to because I don’t know what its made of and the harmful effects it could have, however, I didn’t have the willpower to refuse, so I took it with me and later regretted it a lot.
Please, I request for something to recite for this weakness, so I can Insha`Allah have a strong will to resist and follow my conscience instead.
JazakAllah Khair for all your help and understanding.
Response:
Wa`alaikumussalam
Shaddad ibn `Aws (r) reported that the Prophet of Allah (s) used to say in his prayer the following:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الثَّبَاتَ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَ الْعَزِيمَةَ عَلَى الرُّشْدِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِكَ وَ حُسْنَ عِبَادَتِكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ قَلْبًا سَلِيمًا وَ لِسَانًا صَادِقًا وَ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا تَعْلَمُ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَعْلَمُ وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا تَعْلَمُ
Allahuma innee as’aluka’l-nabaata fi’l amri wa’ l-`azheemata `ala ‘r-rushdi, wa as’aluka shukra ni’matika wa husna `ibadatik, wa as`aluka qalban saleeman wa lisaanan Sawdiqan, wa as`aluka min khayri maa ta’lam, wa a`udhu bika min sharri maa ta`alamu wa astaghfiruka lima ta`lamu.
Oh Allah, I ask You for strength in every matter of religion and a strong will power to be on the right path. And I ask You to make me thankful for Your bounties and give me the ability to worship You perfectly. And I ask You to make my heart sincere and my tongue truthful. I ask You for every goodness known to You and I seek refuge in you from everything bad that You know is bad. I ask Your forgiveness for all mistakes that You know.”
Abdul Shakur
