18. Double Treat

By Asma bint Shameem

Alhamdulillaah today Allaah al-Kareem is giving us a DOUBLE TREAT!

How’s that?

Thats because:

Today is FRIDAY.
Today is also one of the days of FASTING.

And on BOTH THESE DAYS, there’s a SPECIAL TIME when our Duaas are GUARANTEED to be accepted.

And BOTH these times occur around MAGHRIB.

The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said:

*“The day of Friday has twelve hours, in which there is no Muslim slave who asks Allaah for anything but He will grant it to him, so seek it in the last hour after ‘Asr.”(Abu Dawood, and an-Nasaa’i- saheeh by al-Albaani)

This is known as Sa’at al-Istijaabah (a time when Duaa is answered)

And he Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam ALSO said:

“There are three whose du’aa’ will not be rejected: a just ruler, a FASTING person when he breaks his fast, and the prayer of one who has been wronged.” (at-Tirmidhi - saheeh by al-Albaani)

So the Duaa that’s made before Maghrib on Fridays is answered, and the Duaa when breaking the fast is also answered! And BOTH are just before Maghrib.

That’s why some of our pious predecessors would close their businesses, leave the world behind and confine themselves to the masjid after Asr, just to make Duaa.

When Mufaddal bin Fudhaalah would pray Asr on Fridays, he would seclude himself alone to a corner of the masjid and then continue making duaa until the sun would set.

Similarly, Sa’eed bin Jubayr would pray Asr, then he would not speak to anyone until the sun would set - meaning that he would busy himself with duaa.

Ṣalt bin Bastaam once became blind, so his brothers sat after Asr on Friday making duaa for him, and suddenly before the sun set, he sneezed and his sight returned!

Subhaan Allaah!

So be SURE to combine the POWERFUL DUAA of a FASTING person with that POWERFUL ‘HOUR’ when Duaa is accepted on Fridays, this evening.

What a beautiful opportunity for a slave to beg his Master!

Don’t let it go!