She not only mentions his sacrifices and his service, but she also asks Allah for the reward of her sacrifice and her service. May Allah (glorified and exalted is He) make us better than people think of us, may He forgive us for things people don’t know of us, and may He not hold us accountable for the things that they say about us.

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Do not punish me, because if you punish me people will say that Allah punished the one that used to teach us about him’. Often, when you see people making an exquisite supplication, they have already defeated the purpose of the supplication because they don’t believe in what they’re saying. may Allah be pleased with him) also made this du ʿ ā’ , ‘O Allah, do not let my killing be at the hand of someone who ever prostrated to You, lest he uses that against me on the Day of Judgement’. Indeed, Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with him) says he knew of no other action that brings one closer to Allah than the honouring of one’s mother.

He made this du ʿ ā’ , this supplication, at the end of his life, and al-Asmaʿi (may Allah be pleased with him) actually said that he envied Ibn Marwan to be able to make that supplication at the end of his life for the beauty of the words that he makes.

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Often, when Allah (glorified and exalted is He) takes something away from you, He gives you something better, and the greatest thing that Allah can give you in exchange for something you lose in this world is Himself. Hudhayfah said that people used to ask the Prophet (peace be upon him) about the good things, like Jannah, and hopeful things, ‘but I used to ask him about evil and evil consequences so that I could avoid those things’. This is a lesson that Sufyan ibn ʿUyaynah (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned: only human beings can make a perfect sujūd .Ilāhī ghārati al-nujūmu, wa-nāmati al-ʿuyūnu wa-ghallaqati al-mulūku abwābahā, wa-bābuka maftūḥun, wa-khalā kullu ḥabībin bi-ḥabībihī, wa-hādhā maqāmī bayna yadayka O Allah, the stars have vanished, the eyes have slept, the kings have locked their doors, and Your door remains open. Prayers of the Pious provides spiritual gems that serve as valuable wisdom and practical advice for the soul.