So to defend your brother behind his back is one thing but
to mention him to Allah behind his back is another thing.
and you find yourself in these moments where you're coming
across, you know, a message about what's happened with this
person, what's happened with that person or something causes
you to remember your brother or sister.
One of the best things that you could do is to tune yourself
to immediately praying for someone as soon as you see something with them.
So, you know, that's one of the ways that we ward off Envy
is that you see something that someone has and you immediately
say allahumma barik laha, Allahumma Barik Lahu, Allah bless
them with that thing, right? you accustom yourself to making
duaa to supplicating for them.
As soon as you see something. one of the beautiful things
about dua for your brothers or sisters is what the prophet
salallahu alaihe wasalam said that when a person makes dua
for their brothers or sisters behind their back, so this
is not something That you go and you tell someone constantly,
Hey I was making dua for you.
I was praying for you.
Now, you can do that as a means of showing solidarity but
not as a means of ...which is a means of boasting or claiming
some sort of favor over someone else like I made dua
for you last night so that you can make that person feel
like they're indebted to you, the same way with the sadaqah,
which is charity, you might let someone know you're giving them
charity as a means of solidarity but not as a means of giving
yourself an upper hand over them to where they feel like
they owe you and your you could chip away at their self-esteem
by mentioning your favor upon them.
So this is making dua in complete absence, a person is
with Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and they mentioned their brothers
or sisters, the prophet (saw) said
No one does that except that Allah sends an angel
So this is a specific Angel ... that is entrusted
and that dua is mustajab.
So the prophet (saw) said in one narration,
It's an accepted dua and the angel will say each time ameen,
ameen for you as well, so that the dua will be accepted
for you and for your brother and sister because the angel
is the one that's making the dua, subhanAllah, you've got
to ask yourself
Who do I feel more confident and having dua accepted from
myself or an angel that Allah sent to specifically say ammen
for duas and this Fosters a sense of selflessness also
just like I don't feel the need to respond on behalf
of myself but I feel the need to respond on behalf of
my brothers and sisters and this case I do make dua for
myself, but I can engage myself in a prolonged fashion of
making dua for my brothers or sisters without them knowing
about it. knowing that an angel will say ameen and for you
as well, so how... what's the best thing to do with this practice?
number one, make it a habit something that you do every single
time. You come across someone randomly.
You see someone just say may Allah bless them.
may Allah (swt) increase them, if you see something good
that Have may Allah make it easy for them.
If you see that they're going through hardship, may Allah purify
them, immediately accustom yourself to being able to respond
to the mention of a person's name with a dua from the heart.
That's the first thing. number two, you know, we find Imam
Ahmed (rah) actually had a list of people that he would
make dua at night, and he actually said one time
that I actually feel more confident in the dua being accepted
for someone else than what I make dua for myself.
What's the point of even engaging in the prolonged dua for myself
All the time? if I can make it for my brothers and sisters and
that would be accepted for them,
And for me and the third thing is that a person diversifies
the nature of the supplications that they're making based
upon the needs of the people.
So for example, one person has an issue with their health
make Dua for their health, one person has an issue with their
sustenance, make Dua for their sustenance, one person has an
issue with their family make Dua for their family and so
on so forth, thereby, you are covering
all of the different facets of dua for a whole bunch
of people and at the same time covering all of the facets
of your life because you would make Dua for sincerity for
yourself, for health, for yourself, for your own family, for
your own wealth and so on so forth.
So you cover all of those people with that dua and the angel
says ameen and for you as well and that goes on your record
also and increases your sincerity and increases your station
with Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala and you know that Allah would
not just send an angel
To say ammen and for you as well, but Allah will also put
blessed people in your life.
If you're that type of person who does so for others.