Wishing Well for Creation
Hazrat Thanwi (Rahmatullahi alaih) would make Du’aa after every Salaah for the Muslim Ummah with these words:
اَللّٰهُمَّ عَافِنَا وَاعْفُ عَنَّا
O Allah! Keep us well and pardon us.
اَللّٰهُم َّكُلَّ خَيْرٍ لِّكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ وَّمُسْلِمَةٍ
O Allah! Grant every good to every Muslim male and female.
اَللّٰهُمَّ اَعِزِّ الْإِسْلَامَ وَالْمُسْلِمِيْنَ وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ
O Allah! Honour Islam and Muslims and make us among them.
وَاخْذُلِ الْكَفَرَةَ وَالْمُشْرِكِيْنَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنَا مِنْهُمْ
Disenchant the kuffaar and mushrikeen and do not make us among them.
اَللّٰهُمَّ اَصْلِحْ اُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
O Allah! Reform the condition of the Ummat of Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
اَللّٰهُمَّ انْصُرْ اُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
O Allah! Help the Ummat of Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
اَللّٰهُمَّ ارْحَمْ اُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
O Allah! Have mercy upon the Ummat of Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
He would even make Du’aa for animals.
When news of the Turk’s defeat reached him, he was hit very hard.
He used to say: “Allah Ta’ala has always kept me in comfort and ease. Hence, I was unaware how grief feels. But now I know what it is to be sad. The defeat of the Turks and the abject condition of Muslims have struck such a severe blow on my heart that my food and drink have become bitter and unpalatable.”
Similarly, upon listening to news of the earthquakes of doomsday proportions in Bihar [a state in India], he became extremely uneasy and repeatedly and impulsively such emotional words of Du’aa for the distressed came out of his lips that those sitting by him felt as if their hearts were about to explode.
Sometimes he would become so affected [by the abject condition of Muslims] that he would say: “I feel so bad sometimes that I fear that this sympathy induces me, Na’uthu Billah, to complain to Allah Ta’ala. It is an extremely delicate matter. If the heart does not feel bad, then there will be a lack in benefit to creation; and if it feels bad then there is fear of complaining. Truly, to stay within the confines of the Shariah is treading on Pul Siraat [the Bridge over Jahannam].
It is only Allah Ta’ala Who bestows upon us His favour; otherwise, to stay within limits is extremely difficult.”
