﷽ Al-Asmaa ul-Husna : Benefits of reciting Ya Badiʿ (يا بديع)

1. Name

البديع
Al-Badiʿ

2. Meaning

The Initiator
The Originator
The One Who Begins Creation
The Incomparable
The Unparalleled
The Beautiful
The Innovator
The Absolute Cause

3. Explanation

The marvelous One who originates, commences, invents and creates all that exists, without any model or material. The One whose incomparable will-power first brings into existence all of the unique and amazing creation without any similarity to anything else that has ever existed. The One who creates in wonderful, awesome, amazingly original ways that have no precedent whatsoever.

4. Quran

بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ

Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, "Be," and it is. (2:117)

بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُ صَاحِبَةٌ ۖ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ

[He is] Originator of the heavens and the earth. How could He have a son when He does not have a companion and He created all things? And He is, of all things, Knowing. (6:101)

ۚوَهُوَ الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ

And it is He who begins creation; then He repeats it, and that is [even] easier for Him. (30:27)

5. Hadith

5.1 It was narrated that Anas bin Malik (رضي الله عنه) said: "I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) and a man was standing and praying. When he bowed, prostrated and recited the tashahhud, he supplicated, and in his supplication he said:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ بَدِيعُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ

'O Allah, indeed I ask You since all praise is due to You, there is none worthy of worship but You, the Bestower, the Creator of the heavens and earth, O Possessor of majesty and honor, O Ever-living, O-Eternal, I ask of You.'

The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said: 'Do you know what he has supplicated with?' They said: "Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) and His Messenger know best." He said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, he called upon Allah by His greatest Name, which, if He is called by it, He responds, and if He is asked by it, He gives.'"

(Sunan an-Nasa'i 1300)

✅ See also: What is Ism Al-Azam?

5.2 Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said

اَلْبادِئُ بِالسَّلامِ بَرِئٌ مِنْ الْكِبَرِ

'The one who initiates the Salaam greeting is free from pride.'

(Bayhaqi, Shu’abul Iman, 8407)

5.3 Abu Umamah Sudaiy bin `Ajlan Al-Bahili (رضي الله عنه) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said,

إن أولى الناس بالله من بدأهم بالسلام

"The person nearest to Allah is one who is the first to offer greeting."

(Riyad as-Salihin Book 6, Hadith 14)

5.4 Jabir (رضي الله عنه) said,

يُسَلِّمُ الرَّاكِبُ عَلَى الْمَاشِي، وَالْمَاشِي عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ، وَالْمَاشِيَانِ أَيُّهُمَا يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلامِ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ

'Someone riding should greet someone walking, and someone walking should greet someone sitting down. When there are two people walking, the better of them is the one who gives the greeting first.'

(Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 983)

5.5 Narrated Abu Umamah (رضي الله عنه): "A person said: 'O Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)!

الرَّجُلاَنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ أَيُّهُمَا يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلاَمِ

When two men meet, which of them initiates the Salam?'

He said:

أَوْلاَهُمَا بِاللَّهِ

'The nearest of them to Allah'."

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2694)

6. Benefits of invoking (Ya Allahu) Ya Badiyu frequently

Will reflect on the wondrous design/plans by Allah with admonition
Ease difficult tasks
For any sorrow/trouble or if confronted by a campaign recite (يا بديع العجائب بالخير يا بديع), and there will be success in every objective.
Help in Istikharah (guidance for decision) through dream
To know about the details of some problem/issue recite (يا بديع السماوات والارض يا بديع), its reality will be unveiled through dream

﴾ إن شاء الله ﴿

7. References

7.1 Ism-e-Azam by Alama Alam Faqri (p44-45) ⬇️