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If you want to add to the benefits of consuming milk, you need to do what Allah’s last Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah Almighty be upon Him) used to do, i.e. recite Doodh Peene Ki Dua. It is a sort of prayer for drinking milk.
In a short and easy-to-remember prayer for drinking milk, you invoke Allah’s mercy to add “Barkah” (abundance) to the quantity of milk you are going to consume. Meanwhile, you also pray to Him for giving you something even better.
The Doodh Peene Ki Dua has been extracted from a Hadith descripted in one of the six authentic books of Ahadees (Saha-e-Sitta), Jami’ At-Tirmidhi. Imam Tirmidhi has described it as an authentic Hadith.
In the same Hadith, the Holy Prophet (SAW) also taught the Dua for eating food. Meanwhile, He (SAW) emphasized that there was nothing better than milk which could fulfil both the needs for eating and drinking.
“O Allah! Add Barakah (abundance) in it (milk) for us and provide us with something even better.”
There are several benefits of reciting Doodh Peene Ki Dua before you start drinking a glass of milk. For example, you
get closer to Almighty Allah.
do a pious deed.
seek Allah’s pleasure by following the Sunnah of the Rasool (Sal-lallahu Alaihi Wa Aalehi Wa-Sal-lam).
add to the advantages of drinking milk.
get peace of mind as, according to a verse in the Noble Quran, remembering Allah is a source of peace for one’s heart.