DUA OF COVENANT WITH ALMIGHTY ALLAH (S.W.T)

Eleventh: Al-Tusi, al-Kaf’ami, and other scholars have reported that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said to his companions, “Will you be too feeble to make a covenant with Almighty Allah every morning and evening?”

“How can we do that?” they asked.

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) instructed, “You may say this supplicatory covenant. When you do so, the covenant will be sealed and put under the Divine Throne. On the Resurrection Day, a caller will call out at those who have made a covenant with the All-beneficent Lord. You will be then given that covenant and allowed to enter Paradise.”

Shaykh al-Tusi has mentioned this supplicatory covenant to be said after the dawn (fajr) Prayers:

O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth,

Knower of the unseen and the seen,

All-beneficent, and All-merciful;

I make to You a covenant in this world

that You are Allah; there is no god save You,

One and Only and having no partner;

and that Muhammad, may Allah bless him and his Household,

is Your servant and messenger.

O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household

and never relegate me to myself even for a winking of an eye

or to any of Your creatures,

because if You relegate me to them,

You will move me away from goodness

and draw me near to evil.

O my Lord, I trust in none but Your mercy;

so, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household

and keep for me a covenant with You

that You will give it back to me on the Resurrection Day.

Verily, You never fail to fulfill Your promise.

Twelfth: In the book of ‘Uddat al-DAI, it is recorded that Imam al-Sadiq(a.s.) has said: He who invokes Almighty Allah’s blessings upon the Holy Prophet and his Household using this form after the dawn (fajr) Prayers before speaking, Almighty Allah will save his face from being burnt with Hellfire:

O my Lord, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad, Muhammad’s family, and Muhammad’s Household.

In his book of Thawab al-A’mal, Ibn Baabwayh has reported the following through a valid chain of authority: In order that Almighty Allah will save your face from being burnt with Hellfire, you may repeat the following invocation of blessings one hundred times after the dawn (fajr) Prayers:

O Allah, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad.

According to another tradition, you may repeat the following invocation of blessing and supplicatory prayer one hundred times before you say any other word (after the accomplishment of a ritual prayer):

O my Lord, (please) send blessings upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad

and set my neck free from Hellfire.