-اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي وَأَهْلِي وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ
Allaahummaj-‘al hubbaka ahabba ilayya min nafsii wa ahlii wa minal-maa’il-baarid. (Abu ad-Darda. Sunan at-Tirmidhi #3412)
O Allah, make Your love dearer to me than myself, my family, and cold water.
Ameen
Refreshing cold water on a hot summer day in the desert is one of the great comforts of this world. Our du’aa is that our love for Allah Ta’aala should be greater than our love for this comfort.
(Sources: Khalid Baig’s translation and commentary to du’aa #66 in the Accepted Whispers: Munajat-e-Maqbul; Arabic du’aa from Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3490, Chapters on Supplication – refer to for details on the hadeeth and full du’aa of Dawud (as))
