497. Durood Tunajjeenah, From The Sunnah?

By Asma bint Shameem

QUESTION

Can I read Durood Tunajjeenah/Tanjina to solve my problems? Is it from the Sunnah?

ANSWER

We don’t need to read Durood Tunajjeena or any other Durood that’s not narrated from the authentic Sunnah in times of trouble.

Or ANY other time.

*Why not?*

Durood tunajjeena is NOT found in the books of Sunnah.

The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam did NOT narrate anything like that.

Then why go after something that’s not found in the Sunnah?

If you read the details about this durood, it claims that the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam came to this man in a DREAM and taught him this durood.

WHY in the world would the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam come in some person’s dreams, hundreds of years after his death, and teach him something that he didn’t teach the Sahaabah?!

Was this person, no matter “WHO” he was, claim to be “better” than the Sahaabah?!

WHY would the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam SECRETLY tell this man something that was supposed to be “SO HELPFUL” to all of us in times of trouble?

Wouldn't the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam have told EVERYONE about it?

Aoodhu billaah it's not like he hid something! Or “forgot” to tell the Ummah?!

Astaghfirullaah.

Remember the Deen is COMPLETE.

NOTHING can be added or deleted to it after the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam passed away.

The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam and the Sahaabah went through *some EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TIMES and problems.*

But there’s NO PROOF that the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam himself or the Sahaabah EVER read this Durood or ANYTHING like this, individually OR as a group.

If it was good they would have read this Durood.

*But they DIDN’T.*

So if it wasn’t good for them, *then HOW can it be good for us?!*

*What do the Scholars say about Durood Tunajjeenah?*

The scholars said regarding this Durood:

“This format of sending blessings upon the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam is MADE UP; it was NOT narrated in the Sunnah or report.

It is well known that dreams and visions can NOT be used as evidence for rulings or as the basis for righteous deeds, so it is NOT PERMISSIBLE to rely on them in order to prove the virtue of this format of sending blessings upon the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam.

The religion of Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala is COMPLETE and PERFECT, as He says: “This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion” [al-Maa’idah 5:3].

The Messenger Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam conveyed it to us in FULL and he did not conceal anything of it.

Hence it is SUFFICIENT for the Muslim to follow that which is PROVEN and soundly narrated from the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam and *there is NO NEED to prescribe any act of worship or regard it as mustahabb on the basis of dreams.*

The Muslims should be keen to follow the Prophet Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam and not introduce innovations into the religion.” (Islamqa Fatwa # 128801)

There are *PLENTY* of AUTHENTIC haadeeth in which the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam advised us what to say and what to read if we were in distress or trouble.

For example:

1. Ibn ‘Abbaas radhi Allaahu anhu said that the Messenger of Allaah (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa sallam) used to say at times of distress:

لا إله إلا الله العظيم الحليم ، لا إله إلا الله رب العرش العظيم ، لا إله إلا الله رب السموات ورب الأرض ورب العرش الكريم

“Laa ilaaha ill-Allaah al-‘Azeem al-Haleem, laa ilaaha ill-Allaah Rabb al-‘Arsh al-‘azeem, la ilaaha ill-Allaah Rabb ul-samawaati wa Rabb ul-ard wa Rabb ul-‘Arsh il-kareem

“There is no god but Allaah, the All-Powerful, the Forbearing; there is no god but Allaah, Lord of the mighty Throne; there is no god but Allaah, Lord of heaven, Lord of earth, and Lord of the noble Throne.”

(al-Bukhaari, Muslim).

2. The Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa sallam) said: “Shall I not tell you of something that, if any worldly calamity or disaster befalls any man among you and he says these words, he will be relieved of it?

(It is) the du’aa’ of Dhu’l-Noon:

لا إله إلا أنت سبحانك إني كنت من الظالمين

“Laa ilaaha illa anta subhaanaka inni kuntu min al-zaalimeen

“None has the right to be worshipped but You (O Allaah), Glorified (and Exalted) be You [above all that (evil) they associate with You]! Truly, I have been of the wrongdoers.”

According to another report:

“No Muslim man says this du’aa’ concerning anything but Allaah will answer his prayer.”

(Saheeh al-Jaami’ al-Sagheer wa Ziyaadatuhu)

3. The Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said: “There is no-one who is afflicted by distress and grief, and says:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ ، وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ ، وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ ، نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ ، أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ، أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ ، أَوْ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ ، أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي ، وَنُورَ صَدْرِي ، وَجِلاءَ حُزْنِي ، وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي

‘Allaahumma inni ‘abduka ibn ‘abdika ibn amatija naasyati bi yadika, maada fiyya hukmuka, ‘adlun fiyya qadaa’uka. As’aluka bi kulli ismin huwa laka sammayta bihi nafsaka aw anzaltahu fi kitaabika aw ‘allamtahu ahadan min khalqika aw ista’tharta bihi fi ‘ilm il-ghayb ‘indaka an taj’al al-Qur’aana rabee’ qalbi wa noor sadri wa jalaa’ huzni wa dhihaab hammi

(O Allaah, I am Your slave, son of Your slave, son of Your maidservant; my forelock is in Your hand, Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You which You have named Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or You taught to any of Your creation, or You have preserved in the knowledge of the Unseen with You, that You make the Qur’aan the life of my heart and the light of my breast, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety),’

*but Allaah will TAKE AWAY his DISTRESS and GRIEF, and REPLACE it with JOY.”*

He was asked: “O Messenger of Allaah, should we learn this?”

He said: “Of course; everyone who hears it should learn it.”

(Ahmad- saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah)

And there are others.

*Remember this GOLDEN hadeeth. ALWAYS.*

*And you’ll NEVER get confused, in any matter pertaining to the Deen*

The Prophet  Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam said: ”For indeed, those who will still be alive after me will see many differences; so hold fast to my Sunnah, and to the sunnah of the rightly guided Khalifahs after me,Adhere to it and cling tightly to it and beware of newly-invented matters, for every newly-invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is misguidance.“ (At-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, others-- hasan sahih).

May Allaah guide us and enable us to follow the TRUE teachings of the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam. Ameen.

And Allaah knows best.