Ask Allah for Allah

Hazrat Lubabah al-Mutaʿabbidah (RA) was a resident of Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem). Once, a man asked her:

“I am going for Hajj. What prayer should I make there?”

She replied:

“Ask Allah for that which pleases Him and through which He counts you among His beloved friends.”

He asked:

“What is that thing?”

She replied:

“Ask Allah for Allah.”

السيدة لُبابَة المتعبدة رحمها الله

كانت السيدة لُبابَة المتعبدة رحمها الله من سكان بيت المقدس. 

سألها رجل:

“أنا ذاهب إلى الحج، فبماذا أدعو هناك؟”

فقالت: 

“اطلب من الله ما يُرضيه، وأن يحتسبك من أوليائه.”

فسأل: 

“وما هو هذا الشيء؟”

فقالت: 

“اطلب الله… من الله نفسه”

From the book, 101 Women Saints by Beloved Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi

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