Ramadan 2025 | The Power of Prophetic Prayers | Mufti Azeemuddin Ahmed | 03/05

Opening Supplications

O Lord, open my heart and ease my matter, and remove the bondage from my tongue, so that my words may remain.

O Allah, teach us what benefits us, and benefit us with what You have taught us, and increase us in knowledge and action. O Allah, enlighten our hearts with Your knowledge, and use our bodies for Your obedience. O Allah, guide us to what You love, and accept my words, my deeds, my actions, my intentions, and my guidance. You have power over all things.

Recap: Yesterday's Hadith on Powerful Dhikr

Alhamdulillah. Yesterday we covered the narration of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his wife, in which she — Juwayriya رضي الله عنها — was sitting in the same spot for many hours. And the Prophet ﷺ informed her that after he had left her from the house and had come back many hours later, all he had done — as he had said — were four statements, four words, that were, if she were to recite them, she would find them to be more weighty in her scale than everything that she had recited throughout those four or five hours.

We understood that this was the praise of Allah. This was the powerful praise of Allah. This was something that the Prophet ﷺ mentioned. This is, as we said, like a hack — a quick hack — that through this a person is able to get huge rewards that otherwise would not be available.

Today's Hadith: The Du'a of Mu'adh ibn Jabal

Today, insha'Allah, we will be covering another hadith:

(Sunan Abi Dawud, Hadith 1522; also reported in Musnad Ahmad)

In this hadith, Mu'adh ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه says that the Prophet ﷺ took him by his hand. The Prophet ﷺ took him by his hand and said, "O Mu'adh, indeed — Wallahi — indeed, I love you." And then the Prophet ﷺ did not stop there. Instead, he mentioned this again. He said, "O Mu'adh, indeed, I love you." And then the Prophet ﷺ held his hand and said:

"Do not forget to say after the end of every Salah" — like we just performed Salah right now, Asr Salah — "do not leave out reciting: O Allah, assist me to remember You, to thank You, and to worship You properly."

The Prophetic Character: Love, Care, and Advice

This story teaches us the akhlaq — the amazing humility and humbleness — of the Prophet ﷺ. His beautiful character with his Companions. That he took the hand of his companion Mu'adh, and then said, "Indeed, I love you." He expressed his genuine care and concern for Mu'adh.

From this we understand that when a person has genuine, sincere love for someone, then they should inform him of that. And this helps build relationships and cleans the heart — especially when someone wants to give advice to someone. You want to make sure that the person who is receiving the advice appreciates it. And when they know that the one giving the advice is saying it from a vantage point of love and care and concern — not from a point of trying to find fault and highlight someone's shortcomings — but rather because of the love they have, they are sharing this, then they are more than likely to listen.

So this is one of the etiquettes of how we are generally supposed to live with one another. That we should have muhabbah and love for one another. That we inform someone that we have muhabbah for them. And especially when we are going to give them advice, we should preface it by saying: this is my genuine care and love for you — that is why I am telling you this.

The problem is that people don't have clean hearts. And they don't have love for one another. And then obviously they also don't go out of their way to guide anyone. So you see all these problems happening in the world. Multiple mistakes are happening. Nahy 'an al-munkar is not taking place. And when nahy 'an al-munkar does take place, people don't like it, because many times it's not coming from a place of muhabbah, love, and concern. It is only fault-finding.

Who is going to say that he loves someone if it is fake? You can tell when something is fake and when something is sincere. So if we can simply just keep our hearts clean for one another, that would be a huge achievement.

The Hadith of Anas: A Clean Heart Is Sunnah

Anas رضي الله عنه — another Companion — the Prophet ﷺ was with him and said:

(Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 2678)

"O my dear son, if you are able to wake up in the morning and go to bed at night without having any type of ill feelings in your heart for anyone, then do so. That is my lifestyle. That is the way I lead my life. Whoever revives my Sunnah has expressed and shown his love for me. And whoever has expressed his love for me will be with me in Paradise."

What a beautiful hadith. That having a clean heart for each other is a sign that we have Sunnah in our life. And the one who revives Sunnah is loving Rasulullah ﷺ. And the one who loves Rasulullah ﷺ will not only be in Jannah but will be with the Prophet ﷺ in Jannah.

Love Must Be Rooted in Ittiba': Following the Sunnah

So muhabbah and love are not cheap, false, free claims that a person can make and that get him anywhere. Muhabbah is steeped in Ittiba'. Love is entrenched in Ittiba'. Many times you will see our elders and our teachers — they do not necessarily have large gatherings of praises of the Prophet ﷺ where everyone is sitting together on a regular basis, with oud, some fruits, some tea, and a whole setup. They don't have that. But these are people reading 5,000 or 10,000 salawat upon the Prophet ﷺ a day, and you cannot find anything they do in their life that is against Sunnah. That is the key thing.

We have entered a strange era in which love is a lot about presentation — how you present yourself and what type of gatherings you participate in — and that is equated with Ittiba', when a person who is participating in that gathering from top to bottom, unfortunately, has no Sunnah in his life. Haram is being done on a regular basis. Fara'id are not there. But people have a desire, a shawq — I want to sit there — and they can sit there, but that is not going to get us anywhere. What is going to benefit us is not gathering in certain places in and of itself. Instead, Ittiba' al-Sunnah is what is most important.

But then there is another extreme. The other extreme is that there is so much focus on Ittiba' that there is no focus on muhabbah. That a person is all about rules, rules, rules — but does not focus on any aspect of love. There are people out there who cry. Maybe you don't cry out of love for Rasulullah ﷺ. Maybe I don't. But someone does. So they cannot accept that someone comes to the grave of the Prophet ﷺ and cries. They just don't understand that. Someone stands in front of the Prophet ﷺ and reads out beautiful praises and poetry from a book or of their own composition — they don't understand this because they are very dry. It is all about do's and don'ts.

So we have to stay away from both extremes. There has to be Ittiba', there has to be following of Sunnah — but then it has to be coupled with love as well. And this is so beautiful — the deen that we learn from our teachers and our elders. So much moderation in it. And you see, outside of that, so many times there are extremes — going far out on one side or the other. And we ask Allah to make us from the men and women of moderation.

So keeping our heart clean is something that Rasulullah ﷺ said is his Sunnah and way of life. And if you want to be with him, you cannot be with him without loving him. And if you want to love him, you need to revive his Sunnah. And from amongst those Sunnahs, foremost is to have a clean heart and not allow Shaytan to come and put waswas and whispers in our mind regarding our Muslim brother or sister.

The Command to Express Love for the Sake of Allah

Coming back to the Prophet ﷺ and Mu'adh — he tells the Prophet ﷺ that he loves him. So in another hadith, a man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said:

(Musnad Ahmad, Hadith 12252; also reported in Abu Dawud)

"O Messenger of Allah, I love so-and-so." He said, "Have you informed him?" He said, "No, I have not." He said, "Go and express it to him." When he informed him that he had muhabbah for him, the other person said: "May that one love you for whom you have loved me" — meaning, may Allah love you for whom you have loved me for His sake. What a beautiful response.

So what we learn from here: the aspect of loving one another for the sake of Allah is of immense importance. And how important? There is the famous hadith — Sab'atun yudhilluhum Allah — seven people whom Allah will give shade:

(Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith 660; Sahih Muslim, Hadith 1031)

Seven people whom Allah will give shade under His shade on a day when there will be no shade besides His shade. From amongst those seven people, he mentioned: two people who love one another for the sake of Allah — they gather together for the sake of Allah, and they part ways for the sake of Allah. On the Day of Judgment, Allah will say:

(Sahih Muslim, Hadith 2566)

"Where are those people who loved one another for My sake, for My grace, for My greatness? Where are they? Today I will give them shade in My shade, on a day when there is no shade besides My shade."

The Hadith Qudsi: Allah's Love Is Guaranteed

In another hadith — a Hadith Qudsi — that you might hear mentioned at the beginning of many talks, and many of our Arab scholars mention this beautiful hadith, Allah says:

(Muwatta' Imam Malik, Book 51, Hadith 16; also in Musnad Ahmad)

"My muhabbah is incumbent — My muhabbah is wajib, is necessary — I have to love those people who: love one another for My sake; who sit with one another for My sake; who visit one another for My sake; and who give to one another for My sake."

Those people who have these actions amongst themselves — loving one another, sitting with one another, visiting one another, and giving to one another — Allah's love for them becomes guaranteed.

A Story of Love for Visitors: Mawlana Muhammad Daud Sahib

One of my ustads, Mawlana Muhammad Daud Sahib rahimahullah, passed away a few years ago. On my last trip to South Africa — not the January one, but the previous trip — when we were leaving Darul Ulum Zakariyya, he heard we were leaving, so he said, "Come, visit one final time." He was already old. So we went, alhamdulillah — we were blessed to have our sons with us too. It was so nice to go visit our honorable ustad. He invited us to sit down, he had cut some mangoes, and he showed so much love to our sons and to our students.

And he mentioned — and it is something endearing, subhanAllah, they are so old, but they have these certain things about them — I remember how he was 25 years ago, very jalali, stern, very different. And so he mentioned that people say, "I like three things" — the Prophet ﷺ said he liked itar also, he liked milk, and Allah placed the love of women as well. So he said, from amongst the things he loves — Hazrat Mawlana Muhammad Daud Sahib said — "I love visitors. I love meeting Muslims. I love welcoming, welcoming the believers." And it was such a beautiful final gathering we had with him, and a year after that he passed away.

But subhanAllah — the idea of having no ulterior motive, just enjoying spending time and visiting and meeting and speaking and sitting with other Muslims for the sake of Allah. This is a very beautiful trait. It is like Umar رضي الله عنه — if I remember correctly — that he would go visit the marketplace. Why would he go to the marketplace? Simply to say salam. To go say salam to the people.

And there is that du'a for the marketplace — that million-dollar du'a. The one who recites it in a marketplace gets one million good deeds, one million levels increased in Jannah, one million sins forgiven. This is only for the marketplace, because the marketplace is a place of ghafla and heedlessness. So the one who goes to a place of heedlessness and then glorifies Allah in that manner — his reward is different.

So the Sahabah would sometimes go visit one another — not for any reason but to visit for the sake of Allah. May Allah grant me and all of us the tawfiq to do this. That we call each other, text one another, see one another, say salam to one another, for no reason but the fact that we are fellow Muslims. That is it. There is no other reason behind that.

Building a True Muslim Community

Imagine if this becomes a norm in our community. And this should become the norm. May Allah make us all from amongst those people who do this every day.

Look at the crowd that's coming for taraweeh. Look at the crowd that comes for iftar. Half the people — I'm not sure where they are from. You don't know them either. But subhanAllah, he doesn't know you, you don't know him. But if we all just quietly eat our pakoras, how is that a community? If we quietly eat and munch on our food, no one knows anyone. He's looking at you — he's thinking you're probably a regular here. You're looking at him — you're thinking he's probably a regular. We don't know who is here.

If we want to build a true Muslim community, we have to enjoy saying salam to one another. We have to enjoy spending time with one another. Enjoy asking, "How are you, bhai? Where are you from? What brought you this side of town?" Or maybe he lives right around the corner but never gets a chance to come to the masjid. Now that he's coming to the masjid for iftar — this is not a drive-thru food pantry. There is nobody here who doesn't have food. Alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah. We are not in Sudan. We are not in Gaza. We are not anywhere else. Alhamdulillah, we have tons and tons of food. Everyone has it at home. No one comes to the masjid to eat because they don't have food. It is supposed to be a sense of community. But if we simply eat and leave or pray and leave, a community can never be built like that. And this is something we need to change.

Women, men — we love to stick around with our own cliques. Women are also very cliquish. They'll say salam amongst their own people. And men also — they just mind their own business as they say. "Came here, did my prayer." You'll see how people rush out of the masjid. We need to have good, healthy communication and discussion — not inside the prayer hall, but in the lobby, in the outside area. But there needs to be healthy communication.

So I encourage all those who are listening to me today to spend an extra couple of minutes. It's rewarding — I promise you it's rewarding — unless you have to catch a flight. You don't need to run. You sit in the tafsir after taraweeh. If you cannot sit because you just simply don't have what it takes to sit in the tafsir, okay — you can listen online. But before you leave, spend a couple of minutes saying salam to some new people, welcoming them. And if you are new as well, then you say salam to others. And this is how we are going to build a community.

Many people — this masjid is a place of new people. Very few people are here from decades back. Most of the people sitting here are actually muhajir, who did hijrah. I can say maybe 90% or 95% of the crowd sitting right now in front of me are also muhajir. This is a place of Dar al-Hijrah. People come and make hijrah here. That is why we have to understand: if we want to feel that we're part of the community, the chain starts with me. You start saying salam. How often is someone going to refuse? "As-salamu alaykum, brother." Which person is going to say, "No, I don't want to talk to you?" We are just lost in our own little worlds of our phones and social media and whatever else, and we're forgetting to see who is in front of us.

So I encourage all those who are listening to please make a habit of intermingling with people. Downstairs at iftar, before you go, say salam. Upstairs when you're coming back. After Maghrib, say salam to people.

Now, we don't say salam to everyone after every salah — this is not Sunnah the way some do it in the Arab world, with such a level of religiosity that most people think it must be wajib. It's not wajib. The person you came in the same car with to the masjid — you don't need to shake hands with him after salah. But if someone is new, if you didn't see him before — yes, say salam to him.

The Signs of the Hour: Salam Only to Those We Know

From the signs of the Day of Judgment — the Prophet ﷺ said: people will give salam to one another only if they know each other. If they don't know each other, they will not say salam to one another.

(Musnad Ahmad, Hadith 3848; also reported in al-Tabarani)

Look at all these beautiful hadiths we were able to cover today on the aspect of loving one another. What type of reward Allah is giving. What greater reward — He is going to give you a spot under His throne. It is called from the most beloved of actions to Allah. Allah says His muhabbah will become necessary and obligatory for the people who have this type of relationship with one another.

The Effort of Da'wah and Tabligh: Love for the Sake of Allah in Action

The effort of da'wah and tabligh is one of those beautiful efforts where you go knock at someone's home, he says: "Wait, do I know you? No. Do I relate to you? No. You're from this area? No. You're from a different country? Yes. Why? Why are you here?" This is it. It is to revive this aspect of loving for the sake of Allah. A person is bringing food to the masjid, serving — do I know you? Nothing in common. But this is called love for the sake of Allah.

A Powerful Memory: A Village Masjid in Malawi

I recall sharing with some of you my memoirs from Malawi. For those who didn't hear it, I just want to mention one point. Some businessmen — young, masha'Allah wealthy young men — whose wives had presumably home-cooked food and put it in pots, asked me to jump in the car if I wasn't doing anything. I said, "Yeah, I'm available." So we jumped into their SUV and they drove about an hour into a village. An hour through the most bumpy, muddy roads you could have ever seen.

After an hour going through rain and this unbelievable level of mud, we got lost. We found one brother on the street — some villager — told him, "Jump in, we'll pay you, guide us to this masjid." He also got lost. Google Maps was not working much there, very choppy. Eventually, we came to this small masjid. It was Maghrib time — we were supposed to get there before Maghrib. We got there at Maghrib. There was a hand-pump well, just a bunch of mud huts, and a small masjid in between — I would say maybe 100 to 150 square feet, no lights, no electricity, a simple masjid.

And lo and behold, there were six brothers waiting. These were six brothers who had come all the way from Palanpur, India, in jamaat, to this village. And out of the six, four of them were ulama. I was shocked — like, really, you came from India all the way to this village? Just from one city to come to that village took me over an hour.

We gave adhan at Maghrib, led the salah there, they gave a bayan in the local language. All the local Africans were sitting. It was only the six brothers from India, myself, and other South Asians. The rest were the African people. The bayan was in Chichewa, in the local language. And then they made tashkeel for four months and forty days. Three brothers gave their name for four months. Five brothers gave their name for forty days. And the rest for three days.

I was overwhelmed with emotion sitting there. I was just thinking — how special was Mawlana Ilyas? And it just made me think: how do I compete with him? Because I do have the desire. Mawlana Ilyas did this amazing work — why should we stay behind? Why can't we do something amazing and bring a revival? Hence we have this year's annual retreat — April 26th weekend — which is going to be about the revivers. Because we are going through an unbelievable era of fitna, and we need revivers — not one reviver, but many — who can take from the revivalist movements of the past century and beyond.

Sitting there in that village, it just took it to another level. It's like when Umar رضي الله عنه — and we are not Umar, none of us are Umar, we're not even equivalent to the dust of his shoes — but there was a moment in Tabuk when he said, "Okay, forget it. I can't compete with Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه. I brought half of my wealth — that's a lot." And when asked what Abu Bakr brought, Abu Bakr said, "What do you mean, ask me what I left? I left only Allah and His Messenger at home, everything else is here." Umar said: "That's it. You can't compete with him." So there are moments when you realize some people are just the sabiqun — they are just meant to be at the front.

May Allah make us like that. When was the last time you and I even prayed for that? When was the last time you and I even made intention for that? How are we ever going to get to the front row if we don't even aim for the front row?

Anyway — the point is, what were these people doing? With their own hard-earned money, they bought expensive tickets. They are ulama. Why are they sitting in that village? They told me they had been to 13 villages so far. And every place is just like this — African local people, you can't eat their food, there's no electricity, there's no running water. It is an unbelievably difficult situation. All those hadiths apply there — these are people who love one another for the sake of Allah.

Do Not Speak Ill of Those Who Make Effort for the Deen

I know some people get irked by those who go out in khuruj. I get this question every single week in my Tuesday night tafsir: Is it wajib to go? Is it fardh to go? There is a time and place for answering that. But the point is — remember, those of us sitting here, listening to me, or listening in your kitchen, or driving wherever you are — it is because someone made effort on you. I am not saying that person went in jamaat and made effort on you necessarily. But someone, somewhere made effort on you, on your dad, your mom, your grandmother, your grandfather. And that is why we are sitting here today as Muslims, listening to the talk of deen. If everyone was nafsi nafsi — me, myself, and I — we would be atheists, agnostics, Hindus, Buddhists, Christians, Allah knows what we would be. Effort was made — like the Sahabah made effort, and the ones who came after them continued that effort.

So if we cannot go out in khuruj, we cannot go for three days — okay, don't go. But my brothers, please do not speak ill of those who do it. Because this is something done only for the sake of Allah. Are there bad apples? Of course. And guess what — some of the largest and worst bad apples we have are within Islam itself. Many reverts will say: "If I had interacted with Muslims before I discovered the Quran and Islam, I would never have become a Muslim." I have heard this myself, from reverts who are ulama. They told me: "Had we come across Muslims before Islam, we would have never become Muslim."

So if you think the effort of da'wah and tabligh has bad apples and say we should bash it for that — well, what is your response for someone who says, "I've seen so many bad Muslims, why should we even remain Muslim?" Those are not representatives of Islam, we say. And similarly, those who have sins, mistakes, or bad character within this effort are not representatives of this beautiful effort that Allah used Mawlana Ilyas rahmatullah alayhi to revive.

From amongst the thousands of benefits within this effort, one great benefit is it creates a sense of Ummah. It creates a sense of community. It creates a sense of loving one another for the sake of Allah. And that is gone from the Ummah right now. If you try to shake hands, they say, "But do I know you?" — that's what they'll say. "As-salamu alaykum, how are you?" — "Do I know you?" No, I don't know you, you don't know me. But brother, we don't need to know each other to say salam. And this — the Prophet ﷺ told us — is from the signs of the Hour.

So one of the beautiful things we learn through this beautiful effort is that you go break those barriers. You say, "No, brother — I am your brother for the sake of Allah." You go to that tobacco store, that vape store. And this person sitting there who is the owner — he is also an ummati of Rasulullah ﷺ. He is a reciter of the kalimah لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ. Just because he is sitting there does not mean he has no place in Islam. He is a Muslim.

I myself had the honor of going and visiting people — owners in their liquor stores. I spoke to them in Arabic because they were Arabs. And as I started a hadith or verse of the Quran — by Allah, Allah is my witness — they would finish it. Not only would they finish it, they would complete the ayah of the Quran, they would complete the hadith. One hand, a bottle of liquor. The other hand, cigarettes or lottery. "Brother, I'm very busy." Yes. Qala Rasulullah ﷺ — and he completed the hadith for me.

What is going on? We were one block away from the masjid. Those of us who go on the path of Allah — the entire states, almost every single liquor store, vape store, tobacco store — it is all our Muslims. All the Ummah of Rasulullah ﷺ. Who is going to go work on them?

The person said, "Brother, I'm busy until 2 a.m." I said, "Where are you staying at?" "I'm staying in the masjid next door." "Okay — if you're awake at 2 a.m., I will stay awake for you. If you're going to come at 2, I'll be here." Everyone needs reminders. So let's not act like we are some special angels chosen to be the most pious. We are all sinners. We will always be sinners. We come from sinners. Allah used someone to guide us and to guide our parents. Hence, we should never look down upon or speak ill of those who are involved in the effort of da'wah — whose goal is to bring guidance to people while trying themselves to remain guided.

The Du'a of Mu'adh: Never Forget It After Every Salah

All of this was about the aspect of love, which we started with the hadith of Mu'adh ibn Jabal رضي الله عنه. When Nabi ﷺ highlighted the love he had for him, and then said, "Because I love you, I am telling you — do not forget to recite after every single salah."

Can we all read it together?

"O Allah, assist us." We are asking Allah for assistance. Number one — we are asking Allah to assist us in remembering Him. We cannot do dhikr from the tongue nor from the heart without His enabling us. If Allah inspires you, you'll be able to do 10,000 salawat a day. You'll be able to do 10,000 istighfar a day. Wherever you are, your tongue will be moving. Your heart will be beating with Allah, Allah, Allah. It happens. There are many people like that — thousands. How do they do that? Because Allah has given them tawfiq. So we need tawfiq. So ask Allah after every salah: Ya Allah, I need Your help to be able to remember You.

Number two — we need Allah's help to be grateful and thankful to Him. Shukrika. We say, Ya Allah, please enable me to always be grateful. Allah says:

"If you are grateful, I will increase you more." So if you want to be able to do more dhikr, more shukr, more taraweeh, more qiyam al-layl, more sadaqah — constantly thank Allah for the tawfiq He has already given you.

And number three — wa husni ibadah. Not just ibadah — husni ibadah. "Allow me, help me to worship You beautifully." Because we don't want to just worship Allah mechanically, up and down, kissing the ground. We want to worship Allah properly — with heart, mind, and soul. And who is going to give us that tawfiq? Allah will. So this is the du'a that we need to be reciting after every salah.

Imagine — Nabi ﷺ is saying this, "I'm saying this out of love for you." So may Allah make you and I amongst those who not only recite this du'a after every salah, but also for whom this du'a is accepted. Ameen.

Closing Du'a

Oh Allah, we ask You to forgive our major and minor sins — those that are committed by day and by night, collectively and individually, once or repeatedly, knowingly or unknowingly. Ya Allah, we ask You to grant us forgiveness.

Oh Allah, we ask You that as we repent to You, please accept our repentance. Oh Allah, create within us an immense level of remorse from our sins. Oh Allah, create within us a resolve and self-discipline. Oh Allah, a self-determination not to return back to a life of sin.

Oh Allah, we ask You to grant us the willpower — grant us strong and large amounts of willpower — to stay away from any and all disobedience of Yours. Oh Allah, we ask You to grant us a life that is pleasing to You in every sense of the word. Oh Allah, we ask You to grant us the ability to follow the Prophet's ﷺ lifestyle in every aspect of our life. Oh Allah, allow us to become a representation of the Prophet ﷺ in all aspects of our life.

Oh Allah, allow us to have our hearts clean for one another. Save us from having hard feelings and ill feelings towards one another. Oh Allah, save us from harboring jealousy and hatred. Oh Allah, save us from harboring misunderstandings and waswas about one another. Oh Allah, we ask You to join our hearts and unite our hearts together.

Oh Allah, we ask You to grant us all muhabbah and love — the ishq of the Quran. Oh Allah, make us all lovers of the Quran. Allow us to recite the Quran the way it was revealed to the Prophet ﷺ. Oh Allah, please allow us to recite Quran beyond our expectations. Oh Allah, every single hour of the time that we are awake, allow us to dedicate a portion of that hour to recitation of the Quran. Oh Allah, make us amongst those who make an effort to understand the meanings of the Quran, and make an effort to understand and listen to the tafsir of the Quran, and implement it into their lives.

Oh Allah, we ask You to accept the services and the khidmah of all of our volunteers, our patrons, our well-wishers, our asatidh, our tulabah. Oh Allah, our musallis, our attendees of the programs. Oh Allah, we ask You to grant protection for all of us from any and all evil effects of hasad, of sihr, of 'ayn, the evil effects of shaytan, and the evil effects of our past sins.

آمِين