Riyad as-Salihin, 1489
Shahr bin Haushab reported:
I asked Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her), "O Mother of the Believers! Which supplication did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) make frequently when he was in your house?" She said: "He (ﷺ) supplicated frequently: 'Ya muqallibal-qulubi, thabbit qalbi 'ala dinika (O Controller of the hearts make my heart steadfast in Your religion)." <b>[At- Tirmidhi]</b>.
وعن شهر بن حوشب قال: قلت لأم سلمة، رضي الله عنها، يا أم المؤمنين ما كان أكثر دعاء رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، إذا كان عندك؟ قالت: كان أكثر دعائه:
يا مقلب القلوب ثبت قلبي على دينك
((رواه الترمذي، وقال: حديث حسن)).
References1 variant
- In-Book Reference
- Book 16, Hadith 25
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br>
1) What counts in deeds is their last ones. So, one should ask Allah Almighty to make him die as a believer.<br>
2) The best gift a slave can ever receive is for him to adhere firmly to Islam.<br>
3) The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) who was honored by messengerhood and prophethood, and whom Allah has forgiven his earlier and later sins, asked Allah Almighty to make him adhere firmly to Islam. So, what would be the case for the negligent sinners like us? We must ask Allah Almighty to make us adhere firmly to Islam until death.