Ratib Al Haddad (After Magrib)

The (reading of) the Fatihah to the presence of the Prophet Muhammad, may the blessings and peace of Allãh be upon him: I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan In the Name of Allāh, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful All Praise be to Alläh, Lord of the Universe; Most Compassionate, Most Merciful; Lord of the Day of Judgement You alone do we worship, and to You alone do we turn for help Guide us to the Straight Way The Way of those on whom You have bestowed Your grace; not the way of those who have earned Your anger, nor of those who went astray Amin Allah! There is no god, but Him; the Ever-Living, the Self Subsisting, the Eternal One Neither slumber nor sleep can overtake Him To Him belongs whatsoever is in the Heavens and whatsoever is on the earth Who is there that can intercede in His Presence, except by His Permission? He knows what will happen to them (His creatures) in this world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter; nor shall they comprehend anything at all of His Knowledge except as He Wills His Throne extends over the Heavens and the earth, and guarding and preserving it, does not exhaust Him, for He is the Exalted, the All-Mighty The Messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers They all believe in His Angels, His Books and His Messengers They say: "We do not differentiate between any of His Messengers We hear and we obey We ask You forgiveness our Lord, and to You will we all return Alläh will not burden any soul with more than what it can bear It has [the good] it has earned, and [the evil] it has incurred Our Lord! Do not take us to task if we forget or make a mistake. Our Lord, do not place on us a burden like that which you have placed on those before us Our Lord, do not place on us a burden that we do not have the strength to bear Pardon us, and grant us forgiveness; and have mercy on us You are our Protector; so grant us victory over the disbelieving people There is no god but Allāh alone, He has no partner, His is the kingdom and His is the praise, He gives life and He causes death, and He is capable of all things Glory be to Allāh, and praise be to Him; Glory be to Allah, the Magnificent Our Lord, forgive us and grant us repentance; indeed, You are the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful O Allah! Bestow blessings on Muhammad, O Allah! Bestow blessings and peace on him I seek refuge in the Perfect Words of Alläh from the evil that He has created In the Name of Allāh, with Whose Name nothing can cause harm on earth and in the heaven, and He is the All-Hearing and All-Knowing We are content with Alläh as Lord, with Isläm as religion, and with Muhammad as Prophet In the Name of Allah, and all praise is for Alläh, both good and evil are by the will of Alläh We believe in Allah and the Last Day (of Judgement), we turn to Allah in repentance, inwardly and outwardly O Our Lord, pardon us and wipe out whatever (sins) we may have committed O Lord of Sublimity and Generosity, let us die in the religion of Islam O Most Powerful, O Invincible, protect us from the evil of the oppressors May Allah remedy the affairs of the Muslims; may Allah turn away from them the evil of the harmful O Most High, O Most Great, O All-Knowing, O Powerful One, O All-Hearing, O All-Seeing, O Gentle, O All-Aware! O the Dispeller of anxiety, O the Remover of grief, O the One who is forgiving and merciful to His servant I seek forgiveness from Allah, the Lord of all creation I seek forgiveness from Alläh for all my mistakes There is no god but Alläh Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him, grant him peace, and honour, elevate, glorify and exalt him. May He be well-pleased with his purified household, his rightly guided companions, and those who follow them with excellence till the Day of Judgement In the Name of Allah the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allāh, the Eternal, Absolute; He was not born, nor does He give birth And there is nothing like Him In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the daybreak; From the mischief of created things; From the mischief of darkness as it becomes intense From the mischief of those who practise secret arts; And from the mischief of the envious one as he practises envy In the Name of Allãh, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful Say: I seek refuge with the Lord and Cherisher of mankind; The King (or Ruler) of mankind; The God (or Judge) of mankind; From the mischief of the whisperer (of evil), who withdraws (after his whisper); (The whisperer) who whispers into the hearts of mankind; From among jinn and men Al-Fätihah on the soul of our master, our beloved, our intercessor, the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad bin 'Abd Allah, his family, his companions, his wives, his relatives and his family household; and upon the soul of our master the Emigrant unto Allah, Ahmad bin 'Isa, and his genealogical roots (ancestors) and their branches (descendants), that Allāh may elevate their ranks in Paradise and increase their benefit and protect us with their status, benefit us by them, protect us with their protection, and support us with their spiritual assistance; and that He shower upon us of their blessings, (spiritual) mysteries, illuminations, knowledge, and gifts in (our) religion in this world and in the hereafter Al-Fätihah on the soul of the supreme teacher, the foremost jurist, Muhammad bin 'Alt Ba 'Alawi and his genealogical roots (ancestors) and their branches (descendants), and all our noble masters among the descendants of the Ba 'Alaw; that Alläh may elevate their ranks in paradise and increase their benefit, and double their good, and protect us with their status, benefit us by them, protect us with their protection, and support us with their spiritual assistance; and that He shower upon us of their blessings, (spiritual) mysteries, knowledge, and gifts in this world and in the hereafter Al-Fätihah on the souls of our noble Süfi masters wherever they may be and wherever their souls may be set free, in the east or west, that Allah may raise their ranks in paradise and increase their benefit, and protect us with their status, benefit us by them, protect us with their protection, and support us with their spiritual assistance; and that He shower upon us of their blessings, (spiritual) mysteries, knowledge, and gifts in (our) religion in this world and in the hereafter Al-Fätihah on the soul of our master and compiler of the Ratib, the Axis of Guidance and the spiritual succour for the worshippers and nations, the Habib 'Abd Allah bin 'Alawr bin Muhammad al-Haddād and his genealogical roots (ancestors) and their branches (descendants), that Allah may elevate their ranks in paradise and increase their benefit, and protects us with their status, benefits us by them, protects us with their protection, and supports us with their spiritual assistance; and that He shower upon us of their blessings, (spiritual) mysteries, knowledge, and gifts in (our) religion in this world and in the hereafter Al-Fätihah on the souls of all the pious servants of Allah and our parents, and our teachers of religion, and those who have rights upon us; and the deceased people of this land; of all those who believed that there is no god, but Allah; And on the souls of the deceased Muslims, and those who are (still) alive, until the Day of Judgement, that Alläh forgive them and have mercy on them; that he removes the difficulties of the Muslims and show compassion towards them; and that He cures the sick, and unite them upon guidance, and instill love in their hearts, and causes the best among them to govern them, and divert from them the worst among them, and protect us and them from the evil of the trials and tribulations, and the mischief-makers and transgressors from near and far; and make their living conditions easy; and increase their rains; and g