Last Updated on 4th September 2020
Hazrat Abu Dardara relates that Hazrat Daudas (David) who was foremost in worshipping God, used to recite this prayer for attaining the love of God:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّی أَسْأَلُكَ حُبَّكَ وَحُبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّكَ وَالْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُبَلِّغُنِی حُبَّكَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ حُبَّكَ أَحَبَّ إِلَیَّ مِنْ نَفْسِی وَأَهْلِی وَمِنَ الْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ
“O Allah, I beg You for Your love and the love of one who loves You and such conduct as should lead me to Your love. O Allah, make Your love dearer to me than my soul and my family and my wealth and dearer than cold water.”
(Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi, Kitab al-Da‘wat)
