Du’a for the Devine Assistance of Allah
We are living at a time when we constantly experience fear, anxiety and apprehension.Murders, high jackings, theft, robberies etc. are commited around us all the time. Here below is a beautiful incident which I came across in Hayatus Sahab.
Anas Radiyallahu Anh narrates that there was a companion of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam called Abu Mu’liq. He was a trader who traded both his own goods as well as those of others. He was a person who was always engaged in Ibaadah and was extremely abstinent. Once whilst he was out on business an armed robber confronted him .” Put down your goods,” the robber demanded, “ because I am going to kill you’ Abu Mu’liq RA told him: “ You may have all the goods.” “ It is your life that I want,” the robber barked. “Then permit me to perform salaah,” Abu Mu’liq requested. The robber laughed, “You may perform as much Salaah as you please.”
Abu Mu’liq RA made wudhu and started performing salaah. One of the Du’aas he made was:
يَا وَدُوْدُ يَا ذَالْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيْدِ يَا فَعَّالَا لِمَا يُرِيْدُ أَسْأَلُكَ بِعِزَّتِكَ الَّتِيْ لَا تُرَامُ وَمُلْكِكَ الَّذِيْ لاَ يُضَامُ وَبِنُوْرِكَ الَّذِيْ مَلَأَ اَرْكَانَ عًرْشِكَ أَنْ تَكْفِيْنِيْ شَرَّ هَذَا اللِّصَّ يَا مُغِيْثُ أَغِثْنِيْ يَا مُغِيْثُ أَغِثْنِيْ يَا مُغِيْثُ أَغِثْنِيْ
Translation ; O The Most Loving! O Master of the Glorious Throne! O the One Who does as He please! By Your Honour that none can hope to have, by Your Kingdom that none can harm and by Your light that fills the foundation of Your throne do I implore You to protect me from the evil of this robber. O helper, do help me. O helper, do help me. O helper, do help me.
When he had made this Du’a thrice, a rider suddenly appeared with a spear held high above his head. The rider stabbed the spear at the robber and killed him. Abu Mu’liq Radiyallahu Anhu went up to the rider and asked, “ Who are you?” He replied, “I am the one whom Allah has rescued you through me. The rider went on to explain: “I am an angel of the fourth heaven. When you first made the du’aa for the first time, I heard the doors of the heaven rattle. When you made the du’aa the second time, I heard the inhabitants of the heavens cry out. When you made the du’a for the third time it was announced that this was the du’aa of a person in distress. I then sought permission from Allah to grant me the ability to kill the robber. “
You ought to know the good news that whoever makes wudhu, performs four Rakaats Salaah and then makes this Du’a, his Du’a will be answered whether he is in distress or not.[ibn Abi Dunya in his Majaabad Da’wah, as quoted in Isaabah(Vol 4/Pg 182]