Du’aa at Times of Difficulty

WHEN TRAGEDY/CALAMITY STRIKES:

‫خيْ ًرا ِمن ْ َها‬

َ ‫ف لِي‬
ْ ِ‫خل‬ ِ ‫إِنَّا هللَِِّ َو إِنَّا إِ َليْ ِه َرا‬
ِ ‫ج ُعو َن ال َّل ُه َّم أ ْ ُجر ِني ِفي ُم‬
ْ َ ‫صيبَ ِتي َوأ‬ ْ
'Innaa lillaahi wa 'innaa 'ilayhi raaji'oon, Allaahumma'-jurni fee museebatee wa 'akhliflee khayran minhaa

Umm Salama, the wife of the Messenger of Allah ‫ﷺ‬, reported Allah's Messenger ‫ ﷺ‬as saying:
If any servant (of Allah) who suffers a calamity says:
"We belong to Allah and to Him shall we return; O Allah, reward me for my affliction and give
me something better than it in exchange for it,"
Allah will give him reward for affliction, and would give him something better than it in
exchange.

She (Umm Salama) said: When Abu Salama died. I uttered (these very words) as I was commanded (to do so)
by the Messenger of Allah ‫ﷺ‬. So Allah gave me better in exchange than him, i.e. (I was taken as the wife of) the
Messenger of Allah ‫ﷺ‬.

Reference: Sahih Muslim 918

FOR ONE IN DISTRESS:

‫ال ّل ُه َّم َر ْح َمت َ َك أ َ ْرجو فَال تَ ِكلني إِلى نَفْسي طَ ْرفَ َة َع ْني‬
َ ‫صلِحْ لي‬
‫شأْني ُك َّله َال إِ َل َه إِ َّال أنْت‬ ْ َ ‫َوأ‬
Allaahumma rahmataka 'arjoo falaa takilnee 'ilaa nafsee tarfata 'aynin,

wa 'aslih lee sha'nee kullahu, laa'ilaaha 'illaa ‘Anta

O Allah, I hope for Your mercy. Do not leave me to myself even for the blinking of an eye (i.e. a
moment). Correct all of my affairs for me. There is none worthy of worship but You.
Reference: Abu Dawud 4/324, Ahmad 5/42. Al-Albani graded it as good in Sahih Abu Dawud 3/959

FOR ONE IN DISTRESS:

‫ت ِم َن الظّ ِاملني‬ ُ ‫َال إِ َل َه إِ َّال أنْت‬

ُ ْ ‫سبْحانَ َك إِنِّي ُكن‬
Laa 'ilaaha 'illaa 'Anta subhaanaka 'innee kuntu minadh-dhaalimeen

There is none worthy of worship but You, glory is to You. Surely, I was among the wrongdoers.
Reference: At-Tirmithi 5/529. Al-Hakim declared it authentic and Ath-Thahabi agreed with him 1/ 505. Also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmithi 3/168

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