Nearly 25 years or so ago. I remember sitting with some friends and telling them Brothers you need to start making dua for your children and also giving regular sadaqah on their behalf it wards of calamaties and brings barakah, give whatever small amount you can give but be regular and consistent on this. After a few gatherings were I kept rambling on this subject. I finally gave up talking about this with them.
The children of my friends were still very young and the gist of my lecturing was that we live in the times of fitnah, and from what we see from parents around us. They give very little attention or focus about what will happen to their children as they enter their teenage years and beyond.
The main attitude is we will cross that bridge when we come to it. By then it becomes more difficult for a parent to influence their children. So dont wait till your children are 30 years old and start making dua for a pious partner start doing it now whilst they are still young. Dont wait till they start keeping bad company ask ALLAH now to bless them with pious friends when they get older. Dont wait till they are older and in a state of negligence but make dua now to ALLAH to bless them with love for the deen and steadfastness upon it and so on and so forth.
Needless to say my lecturing got ignored, and most I got was well my wife makes dua and does that sort of stuff. This seems to be quite common as well somehow many brothers think it is only the mothers role to make dua.
Fast-forward decades later most of them have been tested through their, children or are in a state of worry about their children.
Looking around me many parents resort to every other means from looking for peers and getting Tawiz and amulets. In seeking help in the guidance of their children. It is only after having tried all other means that they turn to ALLAH. And some still dont do that I know of people who have been going from one taweez seller to the next for years.
RABBANA HABLANA MIN AZWAJINA MEANING
Posted by Ahmed Abdulla | Duas
Assalamualaikum.
There is a dua I heard growing up a lot but at the time I was too young to appreciate. Every night before eating dinner, my Abu (dad) would make an elaborate dua which by the time he completed the food had gone cold (or at least that’s how long it felt).
He would tell me all the time, Son when you are my age you’ll understand. This was an example of that, at the time I would grow impatient because I was hungry… you know? I just wanted to eat.
I would look around the table to see if anyone else felt the same way, they all had their heads down looking into their palms while my dad continued on with the dua.
I can still hear his voice in my head after listening to it for many years, “rabbana hablana min azwajina wa dhuriyyatina qurrata A’yunin waj’alna lil- muttaqina imama”
Part of the reason I couldn’t appreciate the act is because Arabic isn’t my mother tongue I just never really appreciated the meaning behind what was being said. But now, in retrospect on my own Journey to learning about Islam I’ve grown to really love this specific dua:
The english meaning is:
“Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes, and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous.”
The beauty in reciting this dua is it asking Allah for a united family unit, something my father was praying for every day when we had our family dinners. To have a wife and children that would “bring comfort” and be a positive influence on the community by being “examples for the righteous”.
Who wouldn’t want a family like that?
These are core values and ethics we could build a good chunk of our behaviors and personalities around.
This Rabbana dua is mentioned from Surah Furqan (chapter 25) ayat 74. in Arabic with transliteration and English translation:
Transliteration: rabbana hablana min azwaajina wa dhuriyyatina qurrata A’yunin waj’alna lil- muttaqina imama
BENEFITS OF RABBANA HABLANA MIN AZWAJINA DUA (WHEN TO RECITE)
Here’s a list of benefits from reciting this dua. It can also provide a good context for when someone would say this supplication.
Asking Allah for a righteous life partner.
Asking Allah for obedient children that are good positive influence on others.
Dua can also be recited for married couple looking to get pregnant and have beautiful babies.
Or can be recited when you are pregnant and want to ask Allah for a safe pregnancy and a healthy new born.
I hope this helps you on your own personal journey to learning about Islam.
May Allah give you and others every success in their search, insha’Allah.
As you get older, and your children have families of their own. Your worry is then also encompassed by concern for your grandchildren.
The word used in the above dua is "Dhurriyatina" it includes your grandchildren and all future generations.
Here is an explanation for this Dua by Nouman Ali Khan.
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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