Du'as before/during study

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Allahumma la sahla illa ma ja'altu sahla, wa 'anta taj-alul hazna idha shi'ta sahla O Allah! There is nothing easy except what You make easy, and You make the difficult easy if it be Your Will [Ibn Hibban]

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Allahumma Tufiltuf bi fi taysiri kulli 'asirin, fainna taysirra kuuli 'asirin 'alaika yassirun O Allah! Make easy for me every difficult thing, with Your special favour and Kindness, for it is easy for You to make every difficult thing easy

Allahumma infa'nii bimaa 'allamtanii wa'allimnii maa yanfa' unii O Allah! Make useful for me what You taught me and teach me knowledge that will be useful to me.

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Allahumma inni as'alukal 'afuwawal-afiya O Allah! I seek your forgiveness and well being (meaning in examination, memory, and concentration etc)

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Allahumma inni as'aluka 'Ilman naafi'an, wa rizqan tayyiban, wa 'amalan mutaqabbalan O Allah! I ask You for knowledge that is of benefit, a good provision and deeds that will be accepted. [Ibn Majah and others]

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Allahumma inni as'aluka min al khairi kullihi 'ajilihi wa ajilihi, ma 'alimtu minhu wa ma lam a'alam O Allah! I ask You for all the good which is in the present or in the future, which I know and which I do not know [a comprehensive du'a taught to Aisha by the Prophet (saws)]

Du'as for anxiety/difficulty

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Allahumma inni a'udhubika minal hammi wal hazan, wal 'ajzi wal kasal, wal bukhli wal jubn, wa dhala'id-dayni wa ghalabatir rijaal O Allah! I seek refuge in You from grief and sadness, from weakness and from laziness, from miserliness and from cowardice, from being overcome by debt and from being overpowered by men (other people) [Sahih al-Bukhari 7:158]

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Allahumma inni unzila bika haajati wa-in qasuura rubbi wa du'fa 'amali iftaqartu illa Rahmatika O Allah! I ask You to answer my needs, though my intellect is weak, and my actions are defective, O Allah! I am in need of Your Mercy

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HasbiyAllahu wa ni'mal wakeel Allah is my availer and protector and the best of aids.

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Rabbi inni maghlubun fan-tass-ssir O Allah! I am overpowered, so help me. [surah al-Qamar, 54:10] This was the du'a of sayyidna Nuh (alayhis salam) after 950 years of preaching to a stubborn people.

Du'as for Knowledge

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Allahumma inni as'aluka 'ilman-naaji'han O Allah! I ask You for useful Knowledge

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Subhanaka la 'ilma lana 'illa ma 'allamtana 'innaka 'antal-'Alimul Hakim Glory be to you, we have no knowledge except what you have taught us. Verily, it is You, the AllKnower, the All-Wise [surah Baqarah; 2:32]

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Rabbi zidni 'ilman war zuqni fahman O Allah! Advance me in Knowledge and true understanding

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Ya Alimu, alimni O All-Knowing, grant me knowledge

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Rabbi zidni ilma O my Lord! Advance me in Knowledge [surah Ta-Ha; 20:114]

Du'as after studying

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Allahumma zakkirni minhu, wa 'alimni minhu ma jahiltu O Allah! Assist me to remember it, and teach me whatever I am ignorant of it Allahhumma inni astaodeeuka ma qara'tu wama hafaz-tu. Faradduhu 'allaya inda hagati elayhi O Allah! I entrust You with what I have read and I have studied. (O Allah!) Bring it back to me when I am in need of it.

SallAllahu 'ala Muhammad wa 'aali Muhammad. Allahumma inni as'aluka ya Mudhakkiral khayr wa faa'ilahu wal-aamimira bihi dhakirni ma ansaanihi-shaytan Blessings of Allah be upon Muhammad and his progeny. O Allah! I ask You, The One who mentions goodness and actualizes it and commands it, Remind me of that which the shaytan makes me forget

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Allahummanf'ani bima 'allamtani, wa 'allimni ma yaufa'uni O Allah! Let the knowledge that You have granted me, be useful for me, and teach me whatever can be fruitful for me

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Rabbana ta-qabbal minna 'innaka 'Antas-Sami-'ul-'Aliim Our Rabb! accept from us. You indeed, You are the all-Hearing, the all-Knowing. [Surah Baqarah, 2:127]

Study Tips: 1. Do the prayers at their correct times. 2. Pray a 2 rakat nafl prior to exam 3. Write "

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- In the Name of the Most High - (instead of Bismillah...) at the top of the page or cover.

4. Say

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(In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind) before commencing the exam - indeed before anything that you do.

5. Recite some du'as (like the ones listed above), and keep in constant dhikrullah (i.e. the daily dhikrs when waking, dressing, eating, sleeping, etc) 6. Come home and pray 2 rakat nafl after the exam for shukr (offer thanks to Allah) for granting you the strength and persistence and ability to complete the exam and accomplish goals inshaAllah 7. Increase in your reading and listening of the Qur'an and performing more ibadah (worship) (i.e. nafilah (voluntary) prayers and deeds). Keep away from bad actions and deeds - Follow up a bad deed with a good deed, to cancel it out. Some Dua's for you students may Allah make your paths easy for you....Ameen.. ma'salaam __________________

Surah Ghafir 39. "O my people! Truly, this life of the world is nothing but a (quick passing) enjoyment, and verily, the Hereafter that is the home that will remain forever."

SOME IMPORTANT HADITHS 1 It was narrated that Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: Whoever says when leaving his house

Bismillaah, tawakkaltu ala Allaah, laa hawla wa laa quwwata illa Billaah In the name of Allaah, I put my trust in Allaah, there is no power and no strength except with Allaah
It will be said to him: You are taken care of and you are protected, and the Shaytaan will keep away from him.

2 It was also narrated that Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: If something upset him, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would say:

Yaa Hayyu yaa Qayyoom bi rahmatika astagheeth O Ever Living, O Sustainer, by Your mercy I seek help
3 It was also narrated from Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: O Allaah, nothing is easy but that which You make easy and You can make

hardship easy if You will.

4 It was narrated that Sad ibn Abi Waqqaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: The prayer of Dhul-Noon when he was in the belly of the fish:

Laa ilaaha illa Anta, subhaanaka inni kuntu min al-zaalimeen (There is no god but You, glory to You, verily I was one of the wrongdoers).
A Muslim never calls upon his Lord with these words concerning any matter, but his prayer is answered.
[1]Narrated by Abu Dawood, 5095; al-Tirmidhi, 3426; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood. [2]Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 3524; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 3182. [3]Narrated by Ibn Hibbaan, 3/255; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 2886. [4]Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 3505; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 1644.}