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Of course the best thing to do is to make du’a for the entire Ummah. Making du’a for your family and friends in also a very honorable thing to do. In addition to those though–let’s add one more thing today. Think of one person you know–anyone–who is in special need of du’a. It could be for someone who is facing financial difficulties, emotional difficulties, or any other sort of fitna.

If you are having some difficulty thinking of someone in particular, allow me to recommend the brothers and sisters all across the world who are facing injustice, oppression, and persecution. I will even provide a name for you.

There is a brother in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area named Ali Asad. Click his name to follow to a site dedicated to him and the fitna that he, his family, his community, and–in fact–the entire Ummah is facing. Make du’a for this brother in any way that you think will make his life in dunya and akhira easier.

Remember this hadith and let it enter your heart:

“Abu Darda’ (radiAllahu anhu) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah, salAllahu alayhi wasalam, saying, “Whenever a Muslim supplicates for his (Muslim) brother in his absence, the angels say: `May the same be for you too.”
[Muslim, 1494]

So be from among those who makes du’a for others and, consequently, have the angels make du’a for you. May Allah (swt) accept all of our du’as Insha’Allah. Ameen