Any surahs that make you stronger in faith?
Question
As salam aleikum. I am a 14 year old girl from the United States. I?m from a muslim community where nobody cares about religion. The good news is that I pray five times a day and try to do hijab, but the bad news is that nobody else in my family does. They just don?t care. The first time I started wearing a head scarf, they laughed at me and made fun of me. I look at mid-eastern people from my school and I wish I could be them. They actually act like muslims. I have faith in Allah but right now I?m really scared to keep doing hijab because I keep thinking about what my family is going to say. Can you please tell me if there?s any surahs or anything that makes you stronger in faith and how I can ignore all the comments that my family makes about me. Thank you.
Answer
Alhamdulillah Allah has given you the desire to be like those who practice Allah's religion.
Hazrat Huzaifah Ra states that when a hardship came upon Nabi Ssallallaahu Alayhi wasallam, then immediately he would turn towards Salaat. (abu Dawud)
Allah ta'ala states in the Quran: "O you who believe, seek help through patience and prayer (salaat)" [2:153]
Hazrat Abdullah bin Abu Aufa Ra has said that the Messenger of Allah S said, "If anyone wants something from Allah, or from a human being, let him perform ablution, then offer two rak'ats, then extol Allah and invoke blessings on the Prophet Sallallaahu Alayhi wasallam, then say: "laa ilaaha illallah-ul-haleemul kareem subhaanallahi rabbil a'rshil a'zeem walhamdu lillahi rabbil a'alameen, asaluka moojibaata rahmathika wa a'zaaima maghfirathika wal ghaneematha min kulli birr wassalaamatha min kulli is'mi-lla-thadaa' li zanban illa ghafarthahu wa la hamman illa farrjthahu wa laa h'aajathan hiya laka ridh'an illa qadh'aythaha ya arh'am-ar-raah'imeen" (thuhfa khawateen -A gift for women, page 429
Any zikr will make faith stronger. Some zikr which you may recite is as follows:
-'Hasbi yallahu wa ni'mal wakeel'
-ayatul kursi
-the last ayats [verse 129] of surah taubah from 'hasbiyallau laa ilaaha illa hu... a'zeem'. The translation of this verse is "So, if they turn away, say, Enough for me is Allah. there is no God but He. in Him I have placed my trust, and He is the Lord of the Great Throne."
COMMENTARY: The basic responsibility of the prophets is to invite people to the way of Allah with love, affection, sympathy and an earnest desire for their well-being; if they have to face aversion from the people or have to suffer some hardships, they are supposed to leave it to Allah and place their trust in Him, for He is the Lord of the Great Throne. Great merits of these (last) two vers! es appear in Hadith. Sayyidna Abu-d-Darda R says, 'one who recites these verses three times, morning and evening, shall find that Allah Ta'ala makes things easy for him. (Qurtubi) [Ma'ariful Quran vol.4 by Moulana mufti Muhammad Shafi]
Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi wasallam has said that the following seven people will be accommodated by Allah in the shade of His Mercy on the Day when there will be no other shade except His: 1) A just ruler 2) one who is young and worships Allah in his youth 3) A person whose heart yearns for the Masjid 4) Those two persons who love, meet and depart only for the pleasure of Allah 5) A man who is tempted by a beautiful woman and refuses to respond ofr fear of Allah, 6) a person who gives alms so secretly that the charity of one hand is not known to the other hand 7) A person who practises Zikr of Allah in solitude, so that tears flow of his eyes." (Bukhari and Muslim)
Therefore we should be like the one who is young and worships Allah in his youth.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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