📘 ❞ The Second Safeguard ❝ كتاب ــ فيصل بن مشعل بن سعود

عن كتاب The Second Safeguard:
“All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, Who has guided us to this, never

could we have found guidance, were it not that Allâh had guided us!" (Al-
A'raf: 43)

“(They say): "Our Lord! Let not our hearts deviate (from the truth) after
You have guided us, and grant us mercy from You. Truly, You are the
Bestower." (Aal-'Imran: 8)
O Allâh! Respond to us.

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Dedication

I am pleased to dedicate this book to each Muslim slave seeking the Mercy
and Forgiveness of his Lord, hopeful of earning the reward for his
remembrance of his Creator, hoping and repenting to the Most Forgiving of
sins, with truthful and sure intention of sincere repentance, and a tongue not
stopping seeking Allâh's Forgiveness.

“And whoever does evil or wrongs himself but afterwards seeks
Allâh's Forgiveness, he will find Allâh Oft Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
(An-Nisa': 110)

“Say: "O 'Ibâdî (My slaves) who have transgressed against
themselves (by committing evil deeds and sins)! Despair not of the Mercy of
Allâh, verily Allâh forgives all sins. Truly, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.” (Az-Zumar: 53)

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Our Lord! All the praises and thanks be to You
O Allâh! All the praises and thanks be to You for creating,
sustaining, guiding, teaching, saving and removing our troubles.
All the praises and thanks be to You for the faith.
All the praises and thanks be to You for Islam.
All the praises and thanks be to You for Qur'ân.

All the praises and thanks be to You for the household, money and well-
being. You suppressed our enemy, increased our provision, provided us

with safety, gathered us together, gave us all what we asked you for.
So, I say very much:"All the praises and thanks be to You for that."
All the praises and thanks be to You for each grace You bestowed on us
beforetime or recently, secretly or openly, personally or generally, on a
dead, alive, present or absent person.
All the praises and thanks be to You until You are pleased, and all the
praises and thanks be to You when You are pleased.
May Allâh exalt the mention of our Prophet Muhammad, his household and

1 Sheikh Imam Ibn El-Qayyim (May Allâh have mercy on him) said in his valuable book " Uddat As-Sabirin wa Dhakhirat
Ash-Shakirin, P: 163": (Al-Hassan Al-Basry was used to say at the beginning of his speech: All the praises and thanks be to
Allâh. O Allâh! All the praises and thanks be to You for..........etc)

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A light

It is reported that Ali ibn Abi Talib (May Allâh be pleased with
him) said:"There were two safeguards against the torment of Allâh on the
earth, one of them was lifted up, so, hold fasr to the other.
As for the lifted up safeguard, it's the Messenger of Allâh (May
Allâh exalt his mention, and peace be upon him), and as for the other, it's
seeking Allâh's Forgiveness. Allâh, the Most High, said:

“And Allâh would not punish them while you (Muhammad - peace
be on him -) are amongst them, nor will He punish them while they seek
(Allâh's) Forgiveness.” (Al-Anfal: 33)"
A supplication to seek Allâh's forgiveness:
(O Allâh! I seek Your Forgiveness for what I repented to You
from, then I returned to it.
And I seek Your Forgiveness for what I promised You to do, then I didn't
fulfill it.
And I seek Your Forgiveness for what I seeked Your Face while doing it,
but my intention has been mixed.
And I seek Your Forgiveness for the graces You bestowed on me, but I used
them in disobeying You.

I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh - there is no true god except Allâh, the Ever-
Living, the Self-Subsisting, the All Knower of the unseen and the seen, the

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Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful – for every sin I did, every evil deed I
committed, and every sin Allâh had known.
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh, I turn to Him in repentance, and all the

praises are for Him

I say: "All the praises are for the Lord of worlds" as many times as the
number of His creatures, in accordance with His Good Pleasure, equal to the
ink that may be used in recording His words and equal to the weight of His
Throne.
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of
remembrance of Him by the tongues.
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of talking of
the tongues, and declaring of Athan (calling for prayers).
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of weighing by
the balance and reciting of the Qur'ân.
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of the feathers,
the hairs of the camels, the sand particles and the stones.
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of the feathers,
hairs, and folds of the foam of the ocean.
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of walking of
the feet, and writing by the pens.

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I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of arranging of
the rows, and writing of the letters.
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of the heavens
and what they shaded, and all the praises are for Allâh as many times as the
number of the earthes and what they carried.
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of the
alternation of the night and the day
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of prayers of
the observers of prayers, fasting of the observers of fasting, and "Talbiyah"
of the pilgrims and the observers of "Umrah".
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of
circumbulation of the circumbulators, and "Sa'yi" of the observers of
"Sa'yi".
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of sun rising,
and appearance of the moon.
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of sun setting,
and fading of the moon.
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh as many times as the number of what was
found, what is found, what will be found.
I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh until He's pleased, I seek the Forgiveness of
Allâh when He's pleased, and I seek the Forgiveness of Allâh after His
Pleasure.

I am pleased to dedicate this book to each Muslim slave seeking the Mercy and Forgiveness of his Lord, hopeful of earning the reward for his remembrance of his Creator, hoping and repenting to the Most Forgiving of sins, with truthful and sure intention of sincere repentance, and a tongue not stopping seeking Allâh’s Forgiveness.