بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Allāhumma innī a’ūdhu bika minal-hammi, wal-hazani, wal-‘ajzi, wal-kasali, wal-bukhli, wal-jubni, wa dala’i-ddayn, wa ghalabatir-rijāl
Narrated by Anas that the prophet (ﷺ) would say:
“ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ، وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ ”
“O Allāh! I seek refuge with You from sadness and grief, from incapacity and laziness, from cowardice and miserliness, from the heavy burden of debt and from being overpowered by (other) men.” (Sahīh Bukhārī 6369)
Allāhu Rabbī, lā sharīka lahu
The prophet (ﷺ) said:
من أصابه هم أو غم ، أو سقم ، أو شدَّة ، فقال : الله ربي, لا شريك له ، كُشِفَ ذلك عنه
“Whoever is afflicted with sadness, grief, sickness, or adversity, and says: Allāh is my Lord, He has no partner. Then it will be removed from him.” (Sahīh al-Jāmī’ of Al-Albānī #6040, who declared it Hasan)
Allāhumma innī ‘abduka ibnu ‘abdika ibnu amatik, nāsiyatī biyadik, mādin fī hukmūk, ‘adlun fī qadāuk, asaluka bikulli-smin huwa lak, sammayta-bihi nafsak, aw anzaltahu fī kitābik, aw ‘allamtahu ahadan min khalqik, aw-statharta-bihi fī ‘ilmi-lghayb ‘indik, an taj’ala al-qurān rabī’a qalbī, wa nūra basarī, wa jilā-a huznī, wa dhahāba hammī
The prophet (ﷺ) said:
مَا قَالَ عَبْدٌ قَطُّ ، إِذَا أَصَابَهُ هَمَّ أَوْ حُزْنُ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ ابْنُ عَبْدِكَ ابْنُ أَمَتِكَ ، نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ ، سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ ، أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ ، أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِكَ ، أَوْ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمٍ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ ، أَنْ تَجْعَلَ القُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي ، وَنُورَ بَصَرِي ، وَجِلَاءَ حُزْنِي ، وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي ، إِلَّا أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ هَمَّهُ وَأَبْدَلَهُ مَكَانَ حُزْنِهِ فَرَحاً . قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَنْبَغِي لَنَا أَنْ نَتَعَلَّمَ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ ؟ قَالَ : أَجَلْ ، يَنْبَغِي لِمَنْ سَمِعَهُنَّ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَهِنَّ
“No servant ever says, when afflicted with sadness or grief:
‘Oh Allāh, I am your servant, the son of your servant, the son of your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand, Your judgment over me is passed, Your decree upon me is in justice, I ask You by every name that that is Yours, which you have given Yourself, or which You have revealed in Your Book, or which You have taught to any of Your creation, or which You have kept in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Qur’ān the spring of my heart, the light of my sight, the remover of my grief, and the remover of my sadness.’
except that Allāh removes his sadness and replaces his grief with joy.”
They said: “Oh Messenger of Allāh, should we learn these words?” He (ﷺ) said: “Yes, whoever hears them should learn them.” (Ibn Hibbān #972, 3/253, declared Sahīh by Shu’ayb al-Arnāūt)
Allāhumma lā sahla illā mā ja’altahu sahla, wa anta taj’alul-hazna sahla idhā shi’ta
The prophet (ﷺ) said:
اللَّهُمَّ لَا سَهْلَ إِلَّا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلاً ، وَأَنْت تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ سَهْلًا إِذَا شِئْتَ
“Oh Allāh, nothing is easy except that which you make easy, and You can make grief easy if You will.”
(Ibn Hibbān #974, 3/255. Declared Sahīh by Shu’ayb al-Arnāūt)
Allāhumma rahmataka arjū, fa-lā takilnī ilā nafsi tarfata ‘ayn, wa aslih lī sha’nī kullah, lā ilāha illa Ant
The prophet (ﷺ) said:
دَعَوَاتُ الْمَكْرُوبِ اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو فَلاَ تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ
“The duā at the time of distress is: ‘Oh Allāh, Your mercy is what I hope for, so do not entrust me to myself even for the blink of an eye, and rectify for me my condition, all of it. There is none worthy of worship except You.'” (Abū Dawūd 5090. Declared Hasan by Al-Albānī)
Yā Hayyu yā Qayyūm, bi-rahmatika astaghīth
Anas narrated that whenever something would distress the prophet (ﷺ), he would say:
يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ
“Oh Ever-Living, Oh Self-Sustainer! In Your Mercy do I seek relief.” (al-Tirmidhī 3524. Declared Hasan by Al-Albānī)
Lā ilāha ill-Allāhul-Halīmul-Karīm, subhānahu wa tabārakallāhu Rabbul-‘arshil-adhīm, wal-hamdulillāhi Rabbil-‘ālamīn
‘Alī narrated:
“The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) gave me these words and commanded me to say them at the time of distress or adversity:
لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْحَلِيمُ الْكَرِيمُ، سُبْحَانَهُ، وَتَبَارَكَ اللهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ.
‘There is none worthy of worship except Allāh, The Forbearing, The Generous; He is free from (all types of) imperfection. Blessed is Allāh, The Lord of the great throne, and all praises belong to Allāh, the Lord of all that exists.'” (Sahīh al-Mawārid of Al-Albānī #2371, 2/38, who declared it Hasan Sahīh)
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