Secret of Earning More Reward (Sawāb)

23. Intentions for walking/ascending and descending stairs

·         Wherever possible I will walk, keeping my gaze lowered.

·         I will avoid looking at women and advertisement boards displaying women without Shar’ī Purdah.

·         When I see a Masjid I will recite alāt-‘Alan-Nabī and when I enter a market I will recite the Du’ā[1] of entering a market.

·         On the way, if I see a piece of paper with any sacred writing on it, I will pick it up and keep it somewhere at a higher place respectfully.

·         I will make Salām and shake hands with Muslims.

·         I will reply to the Salām of Muslims.

 



[1] The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: Whoever recites this Du’ā when entering a market:

لَاۤ  اِلٰہَ  اِلَّا اللّٰہُ  وَحْدَہٗ  لَا شَرِیْكَ  لَہٗ   ط  لَہُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَہُ الْحَمْدُ  یُحْیِیْ  وَ یُمِیْتُ  وَ ھُوَ حَیٌّ                لَّا  یَمُوْتُ  بِیَدِہِ  الْخَیْرُ  وَ ھُـوَ  عَلٰی  کُلِّ  شَیْءٍ  قَدِیْرٌ

(Translation: There is no God except Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ); He is alone; He has no partner, the kingdom is His, all praise is only for Him. He gives life and death; He is Alive and will not die; in His hand is all goodness and He has power to do anything.)

Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will grant him 100,000 virtues, remove 100,000 sins, raise his 100,000 ranks and make a palace for him in Heaven. (Tirmiżī, vol. 5, pp. 270, Ḥadīš 3439, 3440)

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