I have heard that dua is incomplete without recitation of durood. Is it necessary to recite durood when reciting the dua before using the bathroom, changing clothes etc? Or can these duas be recited without durood?
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I have heard that dua is incomplete without recitation of durood. Is it necessary to recite durood when reciting the dua before using the bathroom, changing clothes etc? Or can these duas be recited without durood?
Duas of the different occasions such as bathroom and changing would be what we call masnoon duas. For those, there's no ameen even as far as I know. When you make dua for something, I haven't heard that it's incomplete without durood, but durood is an extra means of its acceptance.
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My impression, from what I've been told, is that it's like an essential part of acceptance. I don't mind reading durood, but for masnoon duas and especially ones where you're on the go, it would be more convenient to recite without durood. Always had a doubt about this, hence I asked. Thank you for responding, CO. Let's see what other opinions we get.
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I think it only applies to the dua after namaaz.
Did not your you ask that question before, because I remember my answer.
Sandwiching a dua between awwal and aakhir durood is a tradition, but it came out of some buzurg's philosophy that when you recite durood, it's a gurantee (through hadees) that angels will take it to Allah - and when you sandwich a dua in between, angels; as they are already there, would definitely take your dua along. It's like a fail safe way of having your dua reach the court of Allah swt.
I heard from some ulema that we should not sandwich a dua between duroods. We should always start with the name of Allah, and finish with the name of rasool. So sura e fateha - dua - durood should be the right sequence.
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AsSalaamo Alaikum,
To add to what brother TLK has already stated, I have also heard the same recommendaton from various scholars that all duaas should begin with the dhikr and glorification of Allah which is why we say Subhana Rabbi al-Alaa in sujood, and the hadith that states and i'll paraphrase "A slave is the closest to Allah in sujood" then gives validity to the recommendation because you can do duaa in sujoor after praise of Allah. The same sequence can be repeated for any, all duaas.
It's generally a very rewarding act to recite Durood on its own too because firstly Quran commands us to in Surah Al Ahzab, Ayah 56:
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Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask Allah to grant him] peace.
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Also, it's evident from the hadith of Rasool Allah (s.a.w) that is mentioned in various ahadith books that those who send blessings upon the Prophet (s.a.w.), Allah (swt) sending blessing on them tenfolds.
Allah knows best.
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I understand the merits and recommendations; I just wanted to know if it was mandatory for masnoon duas.
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Did not your you ask that question before, because I remember my answer.
Sandwiching a dua between awwal and aakhir durood is a tradition, but it came out of some buzurg's philosophy that when you recite durood, it's a gurantee (through hadees) that angels will take it to Allah - and when you sandwich a dua in between, angels; as they are already there, would definitely take your dua along. It's like a fail safe way of having your dua reach the court of Allah swt.
I heard from some ulema that we should not sandwich a dua between duroods. We should always start with the name of Allah, and finish with the name of rasool. So sura e fateha - dua - durood should be the right sequence.
No, I looked through my thread history. I have asked questions about dua/dhikr/durood....in one I asked about the validity of a particular durood. To my recollection and according to the brief search of my thread history, I haven't come across this question, so I dob't think I've asked it before.
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No, it's not a requirement for masnoon duas.
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^Thank you.