My Muslim brother, do you wish to have the reward of a complete Hajj and 'Umrah? If so, stay in your Salat place after early morning (Fajr) prayer until the dawn. Keep remembering Allah and reciting the Qur'an. Then offer two Nafl Rak'at with humble heart. For this, you get a great reward as Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said:“ Whoever offered the early morning (Fajr) prayer in congregation then stayed in his place; glorifying Allah, the Almighty until it dawns, and offered Nafl Salat, he has the recompense of a complete Hajj and 'Umrah”.
Upon concluding this sitting, invoke Allah with your humble heart to accept your repentance, forgive your sins and admit you to His Paradise. Be sure that this invocation is accepted, if Allah wills, as the Noble Prophet (peace be upon him)said in the Hadith in which Allah Himself speaks:“ Allah said; O children of Adam, whenever you supplicate to Me, I forgive all your lapses and I do not care; O children of Adam, if even your sins touch the clouds of the heavens and then you ask My forgiveness, I will forgive you and forgive them all and I will not care; O children of Adam, if you come to me with your sins covering the entire globe so long as you do not associate partners to Me, I will give you forgiveness as great as covering the entire globe” (At-Tirmidhi).
Remember the saying of 'Umar bin Al?Khattab, (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:“ I do not carry in my mind the worry for acceptance as much as I am anxious about the supplication”.
He, means that he does not worry about the acceptance because Allah, the Most Generous, accepts supplication of those seeking forgiveness. But what mattered to 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) is that the supplication should emanate from a humble and submissive heart to his Sustainer, fulfilling its prerequisites, most important of which is genuineness of the heart. Based on this criteria, my Muslim brother and sister, we should ask ourselves... Do our supplications emanate from the heart? Or from the tongue only? If it emanates from the heart, does it ascend to the heaven? Or it is hindered by our sins and misdeeds? And if it comes back to the earth, does it turn against us? Therefore we have to make sure that our supplication has faith and sincerity.
