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A book about supplication, the book discusses what God Almighty commanded His servants to turn to and draw near to Him

The book “Affair of Supplication,” the book discusses what God Almighty has commanded His servants to do by turning to Him and drawing closer to Him by worshiping supplication, so that they may attain a high status and nearness with Him.

The book is divided into three main parts:

The first part contains the meaning of supplication and its status in the Islamic religion. Then the author explained the good effect of supplication in warding off calamity and restoring the judiciary. The author showed the difference between the doctrine of those who believe that supplication does not work in what was done by the judiciary, and the doctrine of those who believe that supplication is beneficial for what happened and what was not. He descends, defeating the side of the supplicants over the abandoners.

The second part

The second part in which the author mentioned the most beautiful names of God, Al-Khattabi included them in the famous hadith: “God has ninety-nine names…” Then he proceeded to explain the names in addition to the linguistic and etymological meaning, and the jurisprudential meaning of the meanings of the names and attributes of God Almighty, then he appends it to a chapter he calls: Suffixes of supplication .

the third part

The book of supplications narrated from the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, compiled by Imam Ibn Khuzaymah. Then a chapter is attached to it, which he calls al-Khattabi (from the suffixes of supplication) - and this chapter was not mentioned by Ibn Khuzaymah in the supplications he collected.

With this, the book is rich in (35) hadiths in addition to what Ibn Khuzaymah collected, explained and explained in a way that benefits the Muslim in his life and afterlife.