Welcome
to the George Mason University
Muslim Students Association
The Muslim Students Association is a student organization which seeks to impart the pure teachings of Islam to Muslims and Non-Muslims alike. Additionally, we hope to aid in fostering true brotherhood and sisterhood among Muslims on campus.
We hope to achieve this through Friday Sermons on
campus,
lectures, workshops, halaqas/study circles, holding Iftars and Taraweeh prayer on campus during Ramadan,
and other similar events.
Dua' to help you with your studying
Dua Before Studying
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.
Allahumma inii as’aluka fahmal-nabiyyen wa hifthal mursaleen al-muqarrabeen.
O Allah! I ask You for the understanding of the prophets and the
memory of the messengers, and those nearest to You.
Allahumma ijal leesanee ‘amiran bi thikrika wa qalbi bi khashyatika.
O Allah! Make my tongue full of Your remembrance, and my heart
with consciousness of You.
Innaka ‘ala ma-tasha’-u qadeer wa anta hasbun-allahu wa na’mal
wakeel.
(Oh Allah!) You do whatever You wish, and You are my Availer and
best if aid. Protector and the best of aid.
Dua After Studying
Allahhumma inni astaodeeuka ma qara’tu wama hafaz-tu.
Faradduhu ‘allaya inda hagati elayhi. Innaka ‘ala ma-tasha’-u qadeer
wa anta hasbeeya wa na’mal wakeel.
Oh Allah! I entrust You with what I have read and I have
studied. (Oh Allah!) Bring it back to me when I am in need of it.
(Oh Allah!) You do whatever You wish, and You are my Availer and
Protector and the best of aid.
Dua While Studying Something Difficult
Allahumma la sahla illama ja-’altahu sahla wa anta
taj ‘alu al hazana etha shi’ta sahla.
O Allah! Nothing is easy except what You have made easy. If You
wish, You can make the difficult easy.
Dua For Anxiety
Allahumma inni a’oodhoo bika minal-hammi-walhazan.
Wa’a oodhoo bika minal-ghammi-wal-kasal. Wa’a oodhoo bika minal
jubni wal bukhl. Wa’a oodhoo bikal min ghalabatid-dayni-waqarir
rijal.
Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and grief, from
helplessness and laziness, from cowardice and stinginess, and from
overpowering of debt and from oppression of men.
Dua For Distress
Allahumma rahmataka arjoo falaa takilnee ilaa nafsee
tarfata ‘aynin wa aslih-lee sha’nee kullahu, laa ilaha illa anta.
O Allah! It is Your mercy that I hope for so do not leave me in
charge of my affairs even for a blink of an eye and rectify for me
all of my affairs. None has the right to be worshipped except You.
Dua For Distress and Grief (Taken from USC-MSA website)
This is based on the following saheeh hadeeth reported by Imaam Ahmad (translation adapted from www.islam-qa.com; see question 1392):
The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: ‘There is nobody who is afflicted with distress or grief and who says: “Allaahumma inni ‘abduka wa ibn ‘abdika wa ibn amatika, naasiyati bi yadika maadin fiyya hukmuka ‘adlun fiyya qadaa’uka, as’aluka bi kulli ismin huwa laka sammayta bihi nafsaka aw ‘allamtahu ahadan min khalqika aw anzaltahu fi kitaabika aw asta’tharta bihi fi ‘ilmi al-ghaybi ‘indaka an taj’al al-Qur’aana rabee’a qalbi wa noor sadri wa jilaa’a huzni wa dhihaaba hammi.’
‘O Allaah, I am Your slave, son of Your slave, son of Your maidservant, my forelock is in Your hand, Your command over me is ever executed and Your decree over me is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You which You have named Yourself with, or which you revealed in Your Book, or which You taught to any of Your creation, or which You have preserved in the knowledge of the Unseen with You, that You make the Qur’aan the life of my heart and the light of my breast, and a departure for my sorrow and a release for my anxiety,” - but Allaah will take away his distress and grief, and replace it with ease.’ He was asked, ‘O Messenger of Allaah, should we not learn it?’ He said, ‘Of course, whoever hears it should learn it.’