The Excellence of Supplication

Your Lord has said: “Pray to Me, (and) I will answer you.” Those who are too haughty to worship Me will enter Hell abased. (al-Mumin 40:60)

Call upon your Lord (O humankind) with humility and in the secrecy of your hearts. Indeed your Lord does not love those who exceed the bounds. (al-A’raf 7:55)

And when (O Messenger) My servants ask you about Me, then surely I am near: I answer the prayer of the suppliant when he prays to Me. (al-Baqarah 2:186)

He Who answers the helpless one in distress when he prays to Him, and removes the affliction from him, and (Who) has made you (O humankind) vicegerents of the earth (to improve it and rule over it according to Allah’s commandments) (27:62)

714. Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, reported said that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to prefer comprehensive supplications and abandoned other kinds.” (Sunan Abu Dawud, Witr, 23).

715. Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “A frequent supplication of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was, “Our Lord, grant us in the world what is good, and in the Hereafter what is good, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire” (al-Baqarah 2:201)” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Da’awat, 55; Sahih Muslim, Dhikr, 23–27).

716. Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to say, “O Allah, I ask You for guidance, fearful awareness, chastity and self-sufficiency.” (Sahih Muslim, Dhikr, 72).

Nawawi, Imam. Riyad As-Salihin; The Gardens of the Righteous: A collection of authentic hadiths. Tughra Books Press, Inc. 2014