﷽ Al-Asmaa ul-Husna : Benefits of reciting Ya Rasheed (يا رشيد)

Name

الرّشيد
Ar-Rasheed

Meaning

The Guide to the Right Path
The Infallible Teacher

Explanation

The One who unerringly decrees, appoints or ordains the right way. The One who is the supreme director to the right path and right belief. The One who perfectly and righteously directs all matters toward their proper conclusion. The One who needs no aid to direct all affairs rightly.

Quran

وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ

And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad (ﷺ)], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided. (2:186)

إِذْ أَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا

[Mention] when the youths retreated to the cave and said, "Our Lord, grant us from Yourself mercy and prepare for us from our affair right guidance." (18:10)

وَتَرَى الشَّمْسَ إِذَا طَلَعَت تَّزَاوَرُ عَن كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمِينِ وَإِذَا غَرَبَت تَّقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ فِي فَجْوَةٍ مِّنْهُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ ۗ مَن يَهْدِ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ ۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا

And [had you been present], you would see the sun when it rose, inclining away from their cave on the right, and when it set, passing away from them on the left, while they were [laying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allah . He whom Allah guides is the [rightly] guided, but he whom He leaves astray - never will you find for him a protecting guide. (18:17)

إِلَّا أَن يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ ۚ وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَىٰ أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّي لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَٰذَا رَشَدًا

Except [when adding], "If Allah wills." And remember your Lord when you forget [it] and say, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to what is nearer than this to right conduct." (18:24)

يَهْدِي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَآمَنَّا بِهِ ۖ وَلَن نُّشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَا أَحَدًا

It (the Qur'an) guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone. (72:2)

لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ ۖ قَد تَّبَيَّنَ الرُّشْدُ مِنَ الْغَيِّ ۚ فَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِالطَّاغُوتِ وَيُؤْمِن بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَمْسَكَ بِالْعُرْوَةِ الْوُثْقَىٰ لَا انفِصَامَ لَهَا ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing. (2:256)

وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ۚ لَوْ يُطِيعُكُمْ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْإِيمَانَ وَزَيَّنَهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَانَ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الرَّاشِدُونَ

And know that among you is the Messenger of Allah . If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty, but Allah has endeared to you the faith and has made it pleasing in your hearts and has made hateful to you disbelief, defiance and disobedience. Those are the [rightly] guided. (49:7)

Hadith

1. Ibn Abbas (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) used to supplicate:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ

تَهْدِي بِهَا قَلْبِي

وَتَجْمَعُ بِهَا أَمْرِي

وَتَلُمُّ بِهَا شَعَثِي

وَتُصْلِحُ بِهَا غَائِبِي

وَتَرْفَعُ بِهَا شَاهِدِي

وَتُزَكِّي بِهَا عَمَلِي

وَتُلْهِمُنِي بِهَا رَشَدِي

وَتَرُدُّ بِهَا أُلْفَتِي

وَتَعْصِمُنِي بِهَا مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ

O Allah, I ask You of Your mercy, that You guide by it my heart, and gather by it my affair, and bring together that which has been scattered of my affairs, and correct with it that which is hidden from me, and raise by it that which is apparent from me, and purify by it my actions, and inspire me by it with that which contains my guidance, and protect me by it from that which I seek protection, and protect me by it from every evil.

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3419)

2. Ibn Abbas (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) used to supplicate:

للَّهُمَّ ذَا الْحَبْلِ الشَّدِيدِ
وَالأَمْرِ الرَّشِيدِ
أَسْأَلُكَ الأَمْنَ يَوْمَ الْوَعِيدِ
وَالْجَنَّةَ يَوْمَ الْخُلُودِ
مَعَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ الشُّهُودِ
الرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ
الْمُوفِينَ بِالْعُهُودِ
إِنَّكَ رَحِيمٌ وَدُودٌ
وَأَنْتَ تَفْعَلُ مَا تُرِيدُ

O Allah, Possessor of the strong rope, and the guided affair, I ask You for security on the Day of the Threat, and Paradise on the Day of Immortality along with the witnesses, brought-close, who bow and prostrate, who fulfill the covenants, You are Merciful, Loving, and indeed, You do what You wish.

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3419)

3. 'Imran bin Husain (رضي الله عنه) reported: The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) taught my father two statements to recite in his Du'a. These are:

‏اللهم ألهمني رشدي، وأعذني من شر نفسي

"O Allah! Inspire in me guidance and deliver me from the evils within myself."

(Riyad as-Salihin 1487)

4. Talhah bin Ubaidullah (رضي الله عنه) reported: At the sight of the new moon (of the lunar month), the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) used to supplicate:

‏اللهم أهله علينا بالأمن والإيمان والسلامة والإسلام، ربي وربك الله، هلال رشد وخير

"O Allah, let this moon appear on us with security and Iman; with safety and Islam. (O moon!) Your Rubb and mine is Allah. May this moon be bringing guidance and good."

(Riyad as-Salihin 1228)

5. Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) reported Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) as saying,

الْأَمْرُ ثَلَاثَةٌ: أَمْرٌ بَيِّنٌ رُشْدُهُ فَاتَّبِعْهُ وَأَمْرٌ بَيِّنٌ غَيُّهُ فَاجْتَنِبْهُ وَأَمْرٌ اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ فَكِلْهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجل

“Things are of three categories: a matter whose right guidance is clear, which you must follow; a matter whose error is clear, which you must avoid; and a matter about which there is a difference of opinion, which you must entrust to Allah.”

(Mishkat al-Masabih 183)

6. Rifa'a az-Zurqi (رضي الله عنه) said, "In the Battle of Uhud when the idolaters retreated, the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said, 'Form straight ranks so that I can praise my Almighty Lord.' They formed in ranks behind him. He said,

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ كُلُّهُ، اللَّهُمَّ لاَ قَابِضَ لِمَا بَسَطْتَ، وَلاَ مُقَرِّبَ لِمَا بَاعَدْتَ، وَلاَ مُبَاعِدَ لِمَا قَرَّبْتَ، وَلاَ مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ، وَلاَ مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ‏.‏ اللَّهُمَّ ابْسُطْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ بَرَكَاتِكَ وَرَحْمَتِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ وَرِزْقِكَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ النَّعِيمَ الْمُقِيمَ الَّذِي لاَ يَحُولُ وَلاَ يَزُولُ‏.‏ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ النَّعِيمَ يَوْمَ الْعَيْلَةِ، وَالأَمْنَ يَوْمَ الْحَرْبِ، اللَّهُمَّ عَائِذًا بِكَ مِنْ سُوءِ مَا أَعْطَيْتَنَا، وَشَرِّ مَا مَنَعْتَ مِنَّا‏.‏ اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الإِيمَانَ وَزَيِّنْهُ فِي قُلُوبِنَا، وَكَرِّهْ إِلَيْنَا الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَانَ، وَاجْعَلْنَا مِنَ الرَّاشِدِينَ‏.‏ اللَّهُمَّ تَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ، وَأَحْيِنَا مُسْلِمِينَ، وَأَلْحِقْنَا بِالصَّالِحِينَ، غَيْرَ خَزَايَا وَلاَ مَفْتُونِينَ‏.‏ اللَّهُمَّ قَاتِلِ الْكَفَرَةَ الَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنْ سَبِيلِكَ، وَيُكَذِّبُونَ رُسُلَكَ، وَاجْعَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزَكَ وَعَذَابَكَ‏.‏ اللَّهُمَّ قَاتِلِ الْكَفَرَةَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ، إِلَهَ الْحَقِّ

'O Allah, all praise is due to You. O Allah, none can contract what You expand nor bring near what you put far away. None can put far away what You bring near. None can give what You withhold nor withhold what You give. O Allah, expand to us some of Your blessings, mercy and favour and give us provision! O Allah, I ask You for the abiding blessing which is neither changed nor removed. O Allah, I ask You for blessing on the Day of Utter Poverty and security on the Day of Fear. O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the evil of what You give us. O Allah, make us love belief and adorn our hearts with it. Make us hate disbelief, deviance and rebellion. Place us among the rightly-guided. O Allah, make us die Muslims and make us live as Muslims and join us to the rightly, acting, who are neither disappointed nor afflicted. O Allah, fight the unbelievers who bar your path and who deny Your Messengers. Place You abasement and punishment over them. O Allah, fight the unbelievers who were given the Book, O Lord of Truth'!"

(Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 699)

7. It was narrated from Shadad bin Aws (رضي الله عنه) that: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) used to say in his prayer:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الثَّبَاتَ فِي الأَمْرِ وَالْعَزِيمَةِ عَلَى الرُّشْدِ وَأَسْأَلُكَ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِكَ وَحُسْنَ عِبَادَتِكَ وَأَسْأَلُكَ قَلْبًا سَلِيمًا وَلِسَانًا صَادِقًا وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا تَعْلَمُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَعْلَمُ وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا تَعْلَمُ

"O Allah, I ask You for steadfastness in all my affairs and determination in following the right path, I ask You to make me thankful for Your blessings and to make me worship You properly. I ask You for a sound heart and a truthful tongue. I ask You for the best of what You know and I seek refuge in You from the worst of what You know and I seek Your forgiveness for what You know."

(Sunan an-Nasa'i 1304)

8. On the authority of Abu Najeeh al-’Irbaad ibn Saariyah (رضي الله عنه) who said: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) gave us a sermon by which our hearts were filled with fear and tears came to our eyes. So we said, “O Messenger of Allah! It is as though this is a farewell sermon, so counsel us.” He (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said,

أُوصِيكُمْ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ، وَالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَإِنْ تَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا، فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِسُنَّتِي وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيينَ، عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمُحْدَثَاتِ الْأُمُورِ؛ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ

“I counsel you to have Taqwa (fear) of Allah, and to listen and obey [your leader], even if a slave were to become your Ameer. Verily he among you who lives long will see great controversy, so you must keep to my Sunnah and to the Sunnah of the Khulafa ar-Rashideen (the rightly guided caliphs), those who guide to the right way. Cling to it stubbornly [literally: with your molar teeth]. Beware of newly invented matters [in the religion], for verily every bidah (innovation) is misguidance.”

(Forty Hadith Nawawi #28)

9. Abu Huraira (رضي الله عنه) reported Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) as saying,

مَنْ أَفْتَى بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ كَانَ إِثْمُهُ عَلَى مَنْ أَفْتَاهُ وَمَنْ أَشَارَ عَلَى أَخِيهِ بِأَمْرٍ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الرُّشْدَ فِي غَيْرِهِ فَقَدْ خانه

“If anyone is given a legal decision ignorantly, the sin rests on the one who gave it; and if anyone advises his brother, knowing that right guidance lies in another direction, he has deceived him.”

(Mishkat al-Masabih 242)

10. Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said,

مَنْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيَّ مَا لَمْ أَقُلْ، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَنِ اسْتَشَارَهُ أَخُوهُ الْمُسْلِمُ، فَأَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ بِغَيْرِ رُشْدٍ فَقَدْ خَانَهُ وَمَنْ أُفْتِيَ فُتْيَا بِغَيْرِ ثَبْتٍ، فَإِثْمُهُ عَلَى مَنْ أَفْتَاهُ

"Anyone who attributes words to me which I did not say should take his seat in the Fire. Anyone who gives his Muslim brother misguided advice when they consult him has betrayed them. If anyone gives a fatwa which is not firm, the wrong action of that rests on the one who gave the fatwa."

(Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 259)

11. Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه): When the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) addressed, he would say:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ نَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلاَ مُضِلَّ لَهُ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلاَ هَادِيَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَرْسَلَهُ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا بَيْنَ يَدَىِ السَّاعَةِ مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ رَشَدَ وَمَنْ يَعْصِهِمَا فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَضُرُّ إِلاَّ نَفْسَهُ وَلاَ يَضُرُّ اللَّهَ شَيْئًا

"Praise be to Allah, from Whom we seek help and pardon, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls. He whom Allah guide has no one who can lead him astray, and he whom He leads astray has no one to guide him. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and apostle. He sent him before the coming of the last hour with truth giving good tidings and warning. He who obeys Allah and His Apostle follows the right path; and he who disobeys them shall harm none except himself, and he will not harm Allah in the least."

(Sunan Abi Dawud 1097)

12. Narrated Jarir (رضي الله عنه): Allah's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) did not screen himself from me since my embracing Islam, and whenever he saw me he would receive me with a smile. Once I told him that I could not sit firm on horses. He stroke me on the chest with his hand and said,

اللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْهُ وَاجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا

"O Allah! Make him firm and make him a guiding and a rightly guided man."

(Sahih al-Bukhari 3035, 3036)

Duas

اللهم إني أسألك باسمك: يا رب، يا رقيب، يا رشيد، يا راشد، يا رفيع، يا رافع، يا رحمن، يا رحيم، يا راحم، يا رؤوف، يا رازق، يا رزاق، يا رائي، يا رضوان، يا راصد، يا رصد المرتصد، يا رضي القول، يا راض على أوليائه، يا رافد من استرفده، يا راعي من استراعاه، يا ركن من لا ركن له، يا رايش كل قانع، يا راد ما فات، يا رامي أصحاب الفيل بالسجيل، يا رابط على قلوب أهل الكهف بقدرته، يا راج الأرض بعظمته، يا رغبة العابدين، يا رجاء المتوكلين. أن تصلي على محمد وآله، وافعل بي وبجميع المؤمنين ما أنت أهله، يا أرحم الراحمين.

(مجلة تراثنا - ج ٢٠ - الصفحة ٢١١)

اللهم إني أسئلك باسمك يا معين، يا أمين، يا مبين، يا متين، يا مكين يا رشيد، يا حميد، يا مجيد، يا شديد، يا شهيد

يا ذا العرش المجيد، يا ذا القول السديد، يا ذا الفعل الرشيد، يا ذا البطش الشديد، يا ذا الوعد والوعيد، يا من هو الولي الحميد، يا من هو فعال لما يريد يا من هو قريب غير بعيد يا من هو على كل شئ شهيد يا من هو ليس بظلام للعبيد

يا من لا شريك له ولا وزير يا من لا شبيه له ولا نظير يا خالق الشمس والقمر المنير يا مغني البائس الفقير يا رازق الطفل الصغير يا راحم الشيخ الكبير يا جابر العظم الكسير يا عصمة الخائف المستجير يا من هو بعباده خبير بصير يا من هو على كل شئ قدير

(بحار الأنوار - ج ٩١ - الصفحة ٣٩٤)

ياالله ياحكم يارشيد ارشدني والمؤمنين إلى أحب الأعمال اليك والى كل اسم قد عظم لديك واعني ياالله يارشيد إلي الوقوف ببابك الكريم والعكوف بين يديك, وارشدني إلى كل عمل يقربني اليك وأسعدني بإرشادك واهدني إلى كل عمل ينفعني وينفع عبادك, وأبعدني والمؤمنين عن الغي والمهالك

(كتاب صيد الأفكار)

ويا نور فاكشف عنِّيَ الجهل والعمى ✾✾✾ وذكرك يا هادي لنا اجعله شافيا

وهب لفؤادي يا بديعُ بدائعاً ✾✾✾ من الفتح يا باقي وحلِّ المعانيا

وكن مرشداً لي يا رشيد إلى المنى ✾✾✾ وبالصبر وفِّر يا صبور الدواعيا

وأسألك اللهمَّ يا خالق الورى ✾✾✾ ويا آمراً في العالمين وناهيا

ويا باعث الأموات تكتب كل ما ✾✾✾ له فعلوا حتى تكون مجازيا

بأسمائك الحسنى العظام التي لنا ✾✾✾ نبيك طه عنك قد كان راويا

(بأسماء رب العالمين ابتدائيا)

يا تواب تب علينا، يا ذا الفضل تفضل علينا، يا هادي يا هادي إهدنا يا وهاب يا رشيد هب لنا من لدنك رحمة وهيء لنا من أمرنا رشداً، يا نور نور قلوبنا، يا وكيل لا تكلنا إلى أنفسنا، يا جامع اجمع على الهدى أمرنا، يا نافع انفعنا بما علمتنا وبارك لنا فيما أعطيتنا

(الجواهر الخمسة)

اللهم يا رشيد أرشدنا إلى طاعتك ومحبتك واجعل من رآنا يذكرك ومن عاملنا يشكرك

(مصطفى حسني)

اللهم يا جامع ✾✾✾ اجمع عليك قلوبنا

اللهم يا واسع ✾✾✾ وسع لنا العلم و العطا

اللهم يا رشيد ✾✾✾ ارشدنا الى طرق ووسائل الثنا

اللهم يا شهيد ✾✾✾ اشهدنا علاك بجمعنا

اللهم يا اول يا آخر ✾✾✾ انت فى الكل حسبنا

(دعاء أسماء الله الحسنى)

Benefits of invoking (Ya Allahu) Ya Rasheedu frequently

Become pious both in public and private affairs
Recover lost possessions
Develop sound judgement
Ease daily tasks
Acquaintance with a spiritual guide/adviser of right guidance
Endeavors will be accepted.
Get counted with the Muqarrabeen (near to Allah who deserve Firdaws / Illiyin)

﴾ إن شاء الله ﴿

References

1. Ism-e-Azam by Alama Alam Faqri (p45) ⬇️