Invocations in times of worry and grief
Dua to overcome grief, worry, distress, stress, troubles
للّهُـمَّ
إِنِّي عَبْـدُكَ ابْنُ عَبْـدِكَ ابْنُ أَمَتِـكَ نَاصِيَتِي بِيَـدِكَ،
مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤكَ أَسْأَلُـكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ
هُوَ لَكَ سَمَّـيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ أِوْ أَنْزَلْتَـهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ،
أَوْ عَلَّمْـتَهُ أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِـكَ أَوِ اسْتَـأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي
عِلْمِ الغَيْـبِ عِنْـدَكَ أَنْ تَجْـعَلَ القُرْآنَ رَبِيـعَ قَلْبِـي،
وَنورَ صَـدْرِي وجَلَاءَ حُـزْنِي وذَهَابَ هَمِّـي
120. Allaahumma 'innee
'abduka, ibnu 'abdika, ibnu 'amatika, naasiyatee biyadika, maadhin fiyya
hukmuka, 'adlun fiyya qadhaa'uka, 'as'aluka bikulli ismin huwa laka,
sammayta bihi nafsaka, 'aw 'anzaltahu fee kitaabika, 'aw 'allamtahu 'ahadan
min khalqika, 'awista'tharta bihi fee 'ilmil-ghaybi 'indaka, 'an
taj'alal-Qur'aana rabee'a qalbee, wa noora sadree, wa jalaa'a huznee, wa
thahaaba hammee .
O Allah, I am Your
slave and the son of Your male slave and the son of Your female slave.
My forehead is in Your Hand (i.e. you have control over me). Your
Judgment upon me is assured and Your Decree concerning me is just. I
ask You by every Name that You have named Yourself with, revealed in
Your Book, taught any one of Your creation or kept unto Yourself in the
knowledge of the unseen that is with You, to make the Qur'an the spring
of my heart, and the light of my chest, the banisher of my sadness and
the reliever of my distress.
Reference: Ahmad
1/391, and Al-Albani graded it authentic.
اللّهُـمَّ إِنِّي أَعْوذُ بِكَ مِنَ
الهَـمِّ وَ الْحُـزْنِ، والعًجْـزِ والكَسَلِ والبُخْـلِ والجُـبْنِ،
وضَلْـعِ الـدَّيْنِ وغَلَبَـةِ الرِّجال.
121. Allaahumma 'innee
'a'oothu bika minal-hammi walhazani, wal'ajzi walkasali,
walbukhli waljubni, wa dhala'id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijaal .
O Allah, I seek
refuge in you from grief and sadness, from weakness and from laziness,
from miserliness and from cowardice, from being overcome by debt and
overpowered by men (i .e . others).
Reference: Al-Bukhari
7/158. See also Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/173.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whoever guides someone to goodness will have a reward like one who did it.”
( Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Convey (my teachings) to the people even if it were a single verse."
( Saheeh Bukhari)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "By Allah, that Allah guides a man through you is better for you than a herd of expensive red camels."
(Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When the human being dies, his deeds end except for three: ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, or a righteous child who prays for him."
(Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim).