DUA FOR ANXIETY AND DEBT Do not lose hope in Allah

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*DUA FOR ANXIETY AND DEBT*

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*Do not lose hope in Allah ﷻ*

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In a Hadith From Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri رضي الله عنه who narrated that: 

_“The Prophet ﷺ entered into the Masjid one day and found therein a man among the Ansar by the name Abu Umamah._

_He ﷺ asked him: ‘O Abu Umamah, why do I see you sitting down in the Masjid when it is not prayer time?’._

_He رضي الله عنه replied 'O prophet of Allah, I have been inflicted with anxieties and debts have overcome me._

_Then the Prophet ﷺ said: “Shall I not teach you a statement, when you say it, Allah will relieve you of your anxieties and settle for you your debts?’, He رضي الله عنه said: ‘O yes the prophet of Allah’._

_He ﷺ said "say: O Allah , I take refuge in You from anxiety and sorrow, weakness and laziness, miserliness and cowardice, the burden of debts and being overpowered by men’._ 

_Abu Umamah رضي الله عنه said that 'I did all this recommendation of the Prophet ﷺ and Allah eased me of my anxieties and burden of debt.'”_

[Sunan Abu Dawud 1555]

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The Du'a in Arabic:

*اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ الْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ، وَقَهْرِ الرِّجَالِ*

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In another narration, the same dua is mentioned with variation in the wordings. 

Anas bin Mallik رضي الله عنه narrates, saying:

“I used to often hear the Prophet (ﷺ) supplicating with these words:

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*اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ*

_‘O Allah, I seek refuge in You from sadness, grief, helplessness, laziness, being stingy, overwhelming debt, and the overpowering of men_

(Allāhumma innī a`ūdhu bika minal-hammi wal-ḥazani wal-`ajzi wal-kasali wal-bukhli wa ḍala`id-dain wa ghalabatir-rijāl)

[Jami`at-Tirmidhi 3484 

In-book : Book 48, Hadith 115, *Grade: Sahih*]

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Don't grieve over the past, for what has been taken will never return! 

Don't worry over the future, for what has been ordained cannot be changed! 

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Do not fall short in your trust in Allah ﷻ,

Have certainty! 

Allah ﷻ says 

*وَ إِذَا سَاَلَكَ عِبَادِي فَإِنِّي قَرِيب*

_And when my Slaves ask about me (to you Muhammad), Indeed I am close!_

*أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَان*

_I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he supplicates!_

[2:186]

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Allah ﷻ wants your trust in him,

Allah ﷻ wants your Sabr with His Qadr! 

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As Allah ﷻ says 

*اَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا الجَنَّةَ وَ لَمَّا يَاْتِكُم مَّثَلُ الَّذِينَ خَلَوا مِنْ قَبْلِكُم*

_Or do you think that you would enter Jannah while such [trial] has not come to you as came to those who came before you?_

[2:214]

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Allah ﷻ tests us in different ways,

This is the Maqsad of the Dunya! 

To be tested and tried on our steadfastness upon Islam and be purified for Jannah! 

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Don't let Shaytaan fool you into thinking this is abandonment!

May Allah ﷻ Grant us a deeper understanding.

*آمين يا رب العالمين*

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