The Obligation of Seeking Refuge from Four Things Before the Dua’ in Tashahud
Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya
‘The Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- used to say:
‘If one of you finishes from the [last] Tashahud; then he should seek refuge with Allaah from four things; [he says: ‘O Allaah I seek refuge with You] from the punishment of the Hell-Fire, and from the punishment of the grave, and from the Fitna of life and death, and from the evil of the Fitna (trials) of the Maseeh ad-Dajjal.’ [then he makes Dua’ for himself with that which appears apparent to him] [He -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- would make Dua’ with it in Tashahud] [He -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- used to teach it to his Companions –Radi Allaahu anhum– just as he would teach them a Soorah from the Qur’aan.]
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