Editing Dua (section)

==Role in Islam==
[[File:Puncak Gunung Guntur, Garut - Jawa Barat.jpg|thumb|An [[Islam in Indonesia|Indonesian Muslim]] man doing dua]]
[[Muslims]] regard dua as a profound act of worship. [[Muhammad]] is reported to have said, "Dua is itself a worship."<ref>Riyad-us-Salihin: 1465, {{Cite web|url=https://sunnah.com/riyadussalihin:1465|title=sunnah.com}}</ref><ref>Abu dawud 1479, Grade: Sahih (al-Albani), {{Cite web|url=https://sunnah.com/abudawud:1479|title=sunnah.com}}</ref>

There is a special emphasis on du'a in Muslim spirituality and early Muslims took great care to record the supplications of Muhammad and his family and transmit them to subsequent generations.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tillier |first=Mathieu |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1343008841 |title=Supplier Dieu dans l'Égypte toulounide : le florilège de l'invocation d'après Ḫālid b. Yazīd (IIIe/IXe siècle) |date=2022 |others=Naïm Vanthieghem |isbn=978-90-04-52180-3 |location=Leiden |oclc=1343008841}}</ref> These traditions precipitated new genres of literature in which prophetic supplications were gathered together in single volumes that were memorized and taught.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tillier |first=Mathieu |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1343008841 |title=Supplier Dieu dans l'Égypte toulounide : le florilège de l'invocation d'après Ḫālid b. Yazīd (IIIe/IXe siècle) |date=2022 |others=Naïm Vanthieghem |isbn=978-90-04-52180-3 |location=Leiden |oclc=1343008841}}</ref> Collections such as [[al-Nawawi]]'s ''Kitab al-Adhkar'' and Shams al-Din al-Jazari's ''al-Hisn al-Hasin'' exemplify this literary trend and gained significant currency among Muslim devotees keen to learn how Muhammad supplicated to God.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Du'a literature is not restricted to prophetic supplications; many later Muslim scholars and sages composed their own supplications, often in elaborate rhymes that would be recited by their disciples.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Popular du'as would include [[Muhammad al-Jazuli]]'s ''[[Dala'il al-Khayrat]]'', which at its peak spread throughout the [[Muslim world]], and [[Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili]]'s ''Hizb al-Bahr'' which also had widespread appeal.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Du'a literature reaches its most lyrical form in the ''Munajat'', or 'whispered intimate prayers' such as those of [[Ibn Ata Allah]]. Among the [[Shia Islam|Shia]] schools, the ''[[Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya]]'' records du'as attributed to [[Ali]] and his grandson, [[Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin]].{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
{{Blockquote|Anas reported that [[Allah]]'s Messenger visited a person from amongst the Muslims in order to inquire (about his health) who had grown feeble like the chicken. Allah's Messenger said: Did you supplicate for anything or beg of Him about that? He said: Yes. I used to utter (these words): Impose punishment upon me earlier in this world, what Thou art going to impose upon me in the Hereafter. Thereupon Allah's Messenger said: Hallowed be Allah, you have neither the power nor forbearance to take upon yourself (the burden of His Punishment). Why did you not say this: O Allah, grant us good in the world and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the torment of Fire. He (the Holy Prophet) made this supplication (for him) and he was all right.|[[Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj]]|''[[Sahih Muslim]]''<ref>{{Hadith-usc|muslim|usc=yes|35|6501}}</ref>}}
{{Blockquote|Narrated Anas:<br />Allah's Apostle said," None of you should long for death because of a calamity that had befallen him, and if he cannot, but long for death, then he should say, 'O Allah! Let me live as long as life is better for me, and take my life if death is better for me.' "|[[Muhammad al-Bukhari]]|''[[Sahih al-Bukhari]]''<ref>{{Hadith-usc|bukhari|usc=yes|8|75|362}}</ref>}}
[[File:Young Muslim spplicating in Masjid al-Haram, 6 April 2015.jpg|thumb|A young [[Muslim]] supplicating after [[salah]] at the [[Great Mosque of Mecca]], [[Saudi Arabia]]]]