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Yunus
يونس عليه السلام
Yunus left his people angry. The ship was lots. He was thrown. The fish took him. In the darkness he said: there is no god but You; glory to You; I have been of the wrongdoers. Allah saved him. His people believed after he had gone — a rare end in the Quran.
The Prophet forbade anyone to say ‘I am better than Yunus ibn Matta.’ He also taught the words of Yunus as a dua no Muslim makes except Allah answers him.
From the Quran
21:87He called in the darknesses: la ilaha illa anta
He called in the darknesses: la ilaha illa anta
37:139Yunus was one of the messengers
Yunus was one of the messengers
37:142The fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy
The fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy
10:98Why was there no town that believed and benefited except the people of Yunus?
Why was there no town that believed and benefited except the people of Yunus?
From the Sunnah
Sahih al Bukhari 3415None should say I am better than Yunus ibn Matta
None should say I am better than Yunus ibn Matta
Sahih al Bukhari 3416The same prohibition, another road
The same prohibition, another road
Jami At Tirmidhi 3505The dua of Yunus — no Muslim makes it except Allah answers
The dua of Yunus — no Muslim makes it except Allah answers
The fish is in the Quran. Do not name its species.