The Supplication: "O Allāh, Cool My Heart..."
Darussalam · Volume 6
45. The Book Of Supplications From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 3547 · Volume 8 · Page 47
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3547. 'Abdullāh bin [Abī] Awfā narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ used to say: "O Allāh, cool my heart with snow and hail and cold water. O Allāh, cleanse my heart of sins as You cleanse a white garment of filth" (Allāhumma Barrid Qalbī Bith-Thalji Wal-Baradi Wal-Mā'il-Bārid. Allāhumma Naqqi Qalbī Min Al-Khaṭāyā Kamā Naqaitath-Thawbal-Abyaḏa Min Ad-Dannas)." (Hasan) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb.
٣٥٤٧ - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ: «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ بَرِّدْ قَلْبِي بِالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَالْمَاءِ الْبَارِدِ»، اللَّهُمَّ نَقِّ قَلْبِي مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الْأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ.
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Disobedience to Allāh ﷻ and the heat of sins make the soul burn with the heat of guilt. In this narration disobedience and sins are akin to fire which burns the soul and hail, snow and cold water represent repentance and forgiveness and mercy of Allāh ﷻ. As cold water, hail, and snow finish the burning the same way repentance and asking forgiveness wash away the sins.