بسم الله والحمد لله
The Prophet ﷺ once came [...] in a state of fear and said: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah!" (La ilaha illallah)
Al-Bukhari (3346); (different occasion): At-Tirmidhi (2187), which Abu I'sa classed Hasan Sahih, saying it 3 times
The Prophet ﷺ said: "A servant does not utter a word at the time of his death except that Allah relieves his distress and brightens his face."
Talha asked [U'mar about the word]: "What is it?" [...] [He] said: "La ilaha illallah"
Musnad Ahmad (1386) Sahih Isnad according to Shaykh Albani in Jam'i Turath al-A'llamah (9/23)
Whenever one of you is afflicted with distress or faces a trial from the trials of this Dunya, and he supplicates with it, relief will be granted to him? [...] It is the Du'a of Dhul-Nun: There is no god but You, Glory be to You, for I was one of the wrongdoers! (La ilaha illa anta Subhanak(a), Inni kuntu minadh-dhalimin)
Al-Mustadrak (1/585) Shaykh Albani said in As-Sahihah (4/326): 'And this chain contains weakness [due to] U'bayd bin Muhammad [...] he has objectionable narrations as Ibn A'di mentioned'; but its content is still authentic since Allah says in [Surah Al-Anbiya 87-88]: "And [mention] the man of the fish, when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses [with this Du'a]. So, We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers!" Additionally, this indirectly refers to be lifting a calamity too - as mentioned in this Hadith - since in this case the Du'a of Prophet Yunus عَلَیهِالسَّلام to Allah saved him out of the whale's belly.
The Prophet ﷺ said: "Shall I not teach you words that you should say when in distress? [Say:] Allah, Allah is my Lord, I do not associate anything as partner with Him!" (Allah, Allahu Rabbi la u-shriku bihi shay-a(n))
Abu Dawud (1525) graded Sahih in Sahih Abu Dawud (1364); further, in Ibn as-Sunni (335), graded Sahih in As-Sahihah (5/102 - #2070 / 6/590-8¹), when the Prophet ﷺ was frightened, he would say: Huwallahu Rabbi ...
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever is afflicted by worry, grief, illness, or hardship and says: Allah is my Lord without partner (Allahu Rabbi la sharika lah) will be relieved from it."
Mu'jam al-Kabir (396 - 24/154) graded¹ Hasan li Ghayrihi; in Ad-Du'a (1030): "if distress, exhaustion, or a calamity befalls you" and in Mu'jam al-Kabir (12788) with the addition "or fever", say: Allah, Allahu Rabbuna la sharika lah
Ibn A'bbas said: 'Allah is sufficient for us and He is the Best Disposer of affairs' was said by Ibrahim when he was thrown into the fire; and it was said by Muhammad when they (hypocrites) said: 'A great army is gathering against you, therefore, fear them!' But it only increased their faith and they said: (Hasbunallahu wa ni'mal-Wakil)
Al-Bukhari (4563/4); and in Ibn Hibban (823), classed Sahih in Taliqat al-Hasan by Shaykh Albani, the Prophet ﷺ taught: (Hasbunallahu wa ni'mal-Wakil, A'la-l-lahi tawak-kalna)
[Surah Al-Imran 173]
When a matter becomes difficult, the Prophet ﷺ taught us to say: "O Allah, there is nothing made easy except what you make easy, and You make (the state of) difficulty convenient, if You wish" (Allahumma la sahla illa ma ja-a'l-tahu sahla, wa anta taj-a'lul hadh-na idha shi-ta sahla)
Ibn Hibban (974) Ibn Hajar classified it as Sahih as mentioned in Al-Futuhat (4/25)
Voluntary Prayer when in distress or the "Duha prayer": read here
"But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah Knows, while you know not." [Surah Al-Baqarah 216]
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "A strong believer is better and is more lovable to Allah than a weak believer, and there is good in everyone, (but) cherish that which gives you benefit (in the Hereafter) and seek help from Allah and do not despair. And if anything (in the form of trouble) comes to you, do not say: If I had not done that, it would not have happened so and so, but say: Allah did that what He had ordained to do (Qadarullah wa ma sha-a fa'al) - and your 'if' opens the door for Shaytan."
Muslim (2664)
Abu Hurayrah relates that Allah said: "I afflict My believing servant, and if he does not complain to Me about it (but turns to My aid), I release him from his covenant (or: constraints), and I replace his blood with better blood and his flesh with better flesh; then I say to him: Do you object to anything? (or: Then resume your work).
Sunan al-Bayhaqi (6549) Shaykh Albani said in As-Sahihah (1/549-52 - #272): 'Its narrators are trustworthy according to the standards of Muslim, except that there is some discussion about Abu Sakhr [Hamid bin Abi Al-Makhareq]' - Imam Ahmad said: Nothing wrong with him. In parentheses: Al-Mustadrak (1/500) graded Sahih by Al-Hakim and Imam Dhahabi agreed.
The Prophet ﷺ said: "None of you should wish for death because of a calamity befalling him; but if he has to wish for death, he should say: O Allah, keep me alive as long as life is better for me, and let me die if death is better for me" (Allahumma ah-yini ma kanatil hayatu khayran li, wa tawaf-fani idha kanatil wafatu khayran li)
Al-Bukhari (5671, 6351)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Who says [once]: (Bismillahil-ladhi la yadur-ru ma-a'smihi shay-un fil ard, wa la fis-sama, wa huwas-sami'ul a'lim) nothing would harm him."
Musnad Ahmad (446) U'bayd bin Abi Qurrah according to Ibn Ma'in: 'Nothing wrong with him' - and Ibn Abi az-Zinad (A'bd al-Rahman) is Hasan in Hadith, truthful.
A general Hadith, but more specifically related to the Adkhar for morning, evening and at night
The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever sees a person affected (with sth.) and says: Praise be to Allah who spared me from what He afflicted you with, and has favored me over many of His creation (Alhamdu lilla-hil-ladhi a'fani mim-mab-talaka bih, wa fad-dalani a'la kathirin min khalqihi tafdila) this affliction will never befall him!"
Musnad al-Bazzar (5838): 'Al-Mughirah is not a known Basri transmitter' to which Ibn al-Qattan said in Ihkam an-Nadhar (p. 511-2): '[He] is well-known, there is no issue with him; its Isnad is Hasan.'
Shaykh Hilali concludes in his Tahqiq (1/363): 'The Hadith, in all its ways and evidence, is undoubtedly authentic.'
The Prophet ﷺ said: "So, if he says [this], then he has indeed given sufficient gratitude (Shukr) for that blessing."
Mu'jam as-Saghir (675) Hasan li Ghayrihi as explained³
If you see a calamity on your brother, [then] praise Allah Almighty, and let him not hear it!
Majm'u fih Musanafat (158) classed Da'if by Shaykh Albani in Ad-Da'ifah (6/36-7 - #2525)
However, the scholars deem its meaning to be authentic; An-Nawawi said in his Kitab al-Adhkar: 'This Dhikr should be said in secret so that he can hear himself, and the one who is afflicted does not hear him, lest his heart would ache for that, unless his calamity is a sin' to reprehend somebody.
The Prophet ﷺ, when he saw something he liked, would say: "Praise is to Allah by Whose grace good deeds are completed" (Al-hamdu lillahil-ladhi bi-ni'matihi tatimmus-salihat) and if he saw something that he disliked, he would say: "Praise is to Allah in all circumstances" (Al-hamdu lillahi a'la kulli hal)
Ibn as-Sunni (378) graded Sahih in Sahih al-Jam'i (4727)
The Prophet of Allah ﷺ used to say during distress: "There is no god but Allah, the Great, the Tolerant, there is no god but Allah, the Lord of the Magnificent Throne, there is no god but Allah, the Lord of the Heaven and the Earth, the Lord of the Edifying Throne" (La ilaha illallahul Adhimul Halim, La ilaha illallahu Rabbul Arshil Adhim, La ilaha illallahu Rabbus-samawati wa Rabbul ard, wa Rabbul Arshil Karim)
Muslim (2730); in Adab al-Mufrad (702) with the addition at the end: ... O Allah, avert its evil (... Allahum-masrif sharruh) is rejected as explained in Ad-Dai'fah (11/751-3 - #5443); other versions
A'li said: 'I said to Fatimah: If you were to go to the Prophet ﷺ and ask him for a servant, for grinding and work have fatigued you?' Husayn said: 'Indeed, grinding and work have fatigued you.'
Musnad Ahmad (1250) Hasan Isnad
So [both] went to him, and A'li said: 'O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I have become so old that my chest feels sore.' Fatimah added: 'I have ground so much until my hands have blisters. Allah has blessed you with captives and wealth, so please provide us with a servant.'
Musnad Ahmad (838) Hasan Isnad
The Prophet ﷺ said: "Shall I not direct you to something better than a servant? Recite thirty-three times (Subhanallah) thirty-three times (Alhamdulillah) and thirty-four times (Allahu Akbar) after every (obligatory) prayer, and when you go to bed."
Sharh as-Sunnah (1321) Al-Baghawi said: 'This Hadith is Sahih; narrated by Muslim [2728] on the authority of Umayyah ibn Bistam, and he did not mention prayer' - there is another Hadith drawing on this topic:
The daughter of Az-Zubair said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ got some prisoners of war. I, my sister, and Fatimah [...] went to [him]. We complained to him about our condition, and asked him to command for giving us some prisoners (slaves).' [...]
[He then] said: "But I tell you something better than that. You should utter after each prayer: (Allahu Akbar) 33 times (Subhanallah) 33 times (Alhamdulillah) 33 times - and [then once] (La ilaha ilaha illallah, wahdahu la sharika lah, la hul Mulk, wa la hul Hamd, wa huwa a'la kulli shay-in qadir)
Abu Dawud (5066) graded Sahih in As-Sahihah (4/504 - #1882) - yet, there is one necessary point of clarification: Shaykh A'ranut mentioned in his Takhrij (4/605-6) that the same Hadith in Abu Dawud (2987) is Da'if since in its narration is Ibn Umm al-Hakam, who is unknown as Ibn Hajar stated in At-Taqrib, as he has been omitted in this chain - unfortunately, it was not noticed by many scholars as he elaborated.
Regarding the narrations in Muslim (2713c), Ibn Hibban (966), At-Tirmidhi (3481) and Ibn Majah (3831)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When any one of you goes to sleep, the devil ties three knots at the back of his neck, sealing every knot with: 'You have a long night, so sleep.' So if one awakes and mentions Allah, a knot will be loosened; if he performs Wudu, two knots are loosened; and if he prays, (all) knots will be loosened - and in the morning he will be active and in good spirits. Otherwise, he will be in bad spirits and feeling lethargic in the morning."
Muslim (776)
Abu Idris al-Khawlani said: 'While the Prophet ﷺ and his companions were walking, his sandal strap cut off, (so) he said: "We belong to Allah and to Him shall we return" (Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un) - 'They said: Or is this a calamity?' He said: "Yes, everything that displeases the believer is a calamity."
Ibn as-Sunni (353) Ibn Hajar said in Al-Futuhat (4/28): 'And the men from this Isnad are authentic narrators' and it is Mursal Sahih as Shaykh Hilali said in his Tahqiq of Ibn as-Sunni (1/407)
The Prophet ﷺ said: "If any Muslim, who suffers some calamity, utters what Allah has commanded him: 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 (Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un - Allahum-majurni fi musibati wa akhlif-li khayran minha) Allah will give him something better than it in exchange." [b]: "Allah will give him a reward for (the) affliction..."
Muslim (918a, b) and with "... akhlif-ni ..." in At-Tahmid (3/183); other versions
If anyone continually asks pardon, Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress, and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide for him from where he did not reckon.
Abu Dawud (1518) Da'if due to Al-Hakam bin Mus'ab being unknown as explained in Da'if Abu Dawud (268)
Nevertheless, the content of this Hadith is authentic in terms of what is to be found in the Quran and in some transmissions as is laid out here.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever desires to have his supplications answered during times of stress and difficulties, let him increase his Du'a during times of ease."
Al-Mustadrak (1/729) graded Hasan in Sahih al-Jam'i (6290) and explained in As-Sahihah (2/140-1 - #593)
Abu Hurayrah said: 'The most miserly of people is the one who is miserly in offering greetings of Salam, and the most incapable of people is the one who is incapable of (making) Du'a.'
Ibn Hibban (4498) classed Sahih in Taliqat al-Hasan
The Prophet ﷺ said: "No Muslim makes Du'a - unless it involves sin or cuting off his kinship - but that he is given one of three things:
Either his Du'a is answered quickly, or it is stored up for him in the Akhirah, or an evil equal (e.g.: calamity) to it is averted from him." It was said: 'He said: Then we will do (a lot of them).' He replied: "Allah has even more to give!"
Adab al-Mufrad (710) graded Sahih by Shaykh Albani
The Prophet ﷺ said: "The gates of heaven open at midnight, and a herald exclaims: 'Is there anyone supplicating that his Du'a may be answered? Is there anyone asking that he may be given? Is there anyone in distress so that someone may be relieved (from it)?' So, there is no Muslim who supplicates with a Du'a except that Allah Almighty answers it [...]"
Mu'jam al-Awsat (2769) graded Sahih in As-Sahihah (3/62-3 - #1073)
The Prophet ﷺ said: "When the last third of the night remains, Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, descends to the lowest heaven and says: Who is he who calls upon Me, so that I may respond? [...] Who is there to seek relief from hardship so that I may relieve them; until the (true) dawn breaks?"
Musnad Ahmad (7509) Its men are trustworthy from the two Shaykhs other than Ibn A'ta al-Khafaf - Al-Bukhari said: He is not strong [...] but he is tolerable. Ibn Hajar: Well-known, truthful narrator; perhaps he erred.
The supplication of the oppressed is answered here
Whenever a matter would distress him, the Prophet ﷺ would say: "O Ever-Living, O Self-Sustaining and All-Sustaining, in Your Mercy do I seek relief" (Ya Hayyu, ya Qayyum, bi-rahmatika astaghith)
Al-Mustadrak (1/589) Hasan li Ghayrihi as explained in As-Sahihah (7/556-8 - #3182)
The Prophet ﷺ said: "No Muslim has ever been afflicted with worry or sadness, and he says: O Allah, I am Your servant, the son of Your servant, my forelock is in Your hand, Your judgment upon me is assured, and Your decree concerning me is just. I ask You by every name You have named Yourself, revealed in Your Book, taught to any of Your creation, or kept unknown in the unseen with You, to make the Qur'an the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the banisher of my sadness, and the reliever of my distress (Allahumma inni a'bduk, wa ibnu amatik, nasiyati fi yadik, madin fiy-ya hukmuk, a'd-lun fi qada'uk - As'aluka bi-kullis-min huwa laka sam-mayta bihi nafsak, au a-nzaltahu fi kitabik, au a'llamtahu ahadan min khalqik, a-wista-tharta bihi fi i'lmil-ghaybi i'ndak, an taj-a'lal Qurana rabi'a qalbi, wa jila-a huz-ni, wa dhahaba ham-mi) except that Allah will take away his worry, and instead, He will replace it with joy." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, should we not learn these words?" He replied: "Certainly, whoever hears them should learn them."
Al-Mustadrak (1/690) Al-Hakim said: 'This is a Sahih Hadith according to the criteria of Muslim, as long as it is confirmed from A'bdurrahman bin A'bdullah transmitting from his father; there is disagreement regarding his hearing from his father.'
Rather, it is confirmed namely via the evidence mentioned in Tahdhib at-Tahdhib (6/215-6 - #433) - Ibn Hajar graded its chain 'la basa bih' - that the son of Ibn Mas'ud was at his father's deathbed and asked: 'O father, advise me.' He said: 'Weep for your sins!'
Shaykh Albani said in As-Sahihah (1/383-7 - #199): 'It is free from discontinuity, as his hearing from him has been confirmed by several scholars, including Sufyan ath-Thauri, Sharik al-Qadi, Ibn Ma'in, Al-Bukhari, and Abu Hatim. [...] Therefore, the opinion of those who deny his hearing is not considered, as they have no evidence except their lack of knowledge about it.' Abu Salamah al-Juhani - who is Musa bin A'bdullah - 'is a trustworthy narrator of Imam Muslim' as elaborated via Shaykh Shakir's research.
[Anas] used to hear [the Prophet ﷺ] say: "O Allah, I seek refuge with you from worries and grief, incapacity and laziness, from miserliness and cowardice, from being heavily in debt and from being overpowered by other men" (Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal hammi wal hazan, wal a'jzi wal kasal, wal bukhl, wal jubn, wa dala-i'd-dayn, wa ghalabatir-rijal)
Al-Bukhari (6363, 6367)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness, old age, the punishment of the grave, and the trials of the chest" (Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal kasal, wal haram, wa a'dhabil qabr, wa min fitnatis-sadr)
Musnad al-Bazzar (4811) Shaykh Albani commented in Sahih Mawarid (2445): 'Its Isnad is Hasan in terms of corroborating evidence, [all] narrators are Sahih, except Qabus [bin Abi Dhabyan] - and he is lenient.' Furthermore, in Ibn Hibban (1024): 'In its Isnad - Abu Ishaq [...] makes [the Hadith] weak due to his inconsistency' in other narrations. In sum, those two cited narrations can be used to strengthen one another.
There is another Hadith referencing the chest which is to be found in Sunan an-Nasa'i (2385), graded Sahih in Sahih at-Targhib (1036), that the Prophet ﷺ said:
"Shall I not tell you something that will remove the heat of the chest? Fast three days of every month."
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger ﷺ visited a person from amongst the Muslims in order to inquire (about his health) who had grown feeble like the chicken. Allah's Messenger ﷺ said: "Did you supplicate for anything or beg of Him about that?" He said: 'Yes, I used to utter (these words): Impose punishment upon me earlier in this world, what Thou art going to impose upon me in the Hereafter.' Thereupon [he] said: "Subhanallah, you have neither the power nor forbearance to take upon yourself (this burden). Why did you not say this: O Allah, grant us good in the world and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the torment of Fire" (Allahumma atina fid-dunya hasanatan wa fil akhirati hasanatan wa qina a'dhaban-nar) 'He supplicated to Allah for him, and He cured him.'
Muslim (2688a-d)
The Prophet ﷺ used to supplicate: "O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in this world and in the Hereafter - O Allah, I ask You for well-being in my religion and my family. Cover my faults and calm my fears. Protect me from in front of me, from behind me, from my right, from my left, and from above me, and I seek refuge in You from being taken unaware from beneath me" (Allahumma inni asalukal a'fwa wal a'fiyata fid-dunya wal Akhirah - Allahumma inni asalukal a'fiyata fi dini wa ahli, wastur-a'urati wa amin rau-a'ti, wah-fazni min bayni yaday-ya, wa min khalfi, wa a'n yamini, wa a'n yasari, wa min fauqi, wa a'udhu bika an ughtala min tahti)
Adab al-Mufrad (698); and in (637), he ﷺ said: "When you are given (Al-A'fiyah) in this world and the Akhirah, you succeeded" - both graded Sahih by Shaykh Albani
Allah's Messenger ﷺ supplicated in these words: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the disappearance of Your blessings, the change of Your protection, the suddenness of Your punishment, and all Your displeasure" (Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min zawali ni'matik, wa tahau-wali a'fiyatik, wa fuja-ati niqmatik, wa-jami'i sakhatik)
Muslim (2739)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from an evil day, an evil night, an evil hour, an evil companion, and an evil neighbor in the place of permanent residence" (Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min yaumis-su, wa min laylatis-su, wa min sa'a-tis-su, wa min sahibis-su, wa min jaris-su-i fi daril muqamah)
Mu'jam al-Kabir (810 - 17/294) Jayyid Isnad
Allah's Messenger ﷺ said: "Whoever enters a place (resp. dwelling where sb. lives) and then says: I seek refuge in the Perfect Word of Allah from the evil of what He has created (A'udhu bikalimatil-lahit-tam-mati min sharri ma khalaq) nothing would harm him until he leaves that place."
Muslim (2708a)
(The Evil Eye - Al-A'yn) The Prophet ﷺ used to seek refuge with Allah for Al-Hasan and Al-Husayn, and said: "Your forefather (Ibrahim) used to seek refuge with Allah for Isma'il and Ishaq by reciting the following: O Allah, I seek refuge with Your Perfect Words from every devil and from poisonous pests and from every evil, harmful, envious eye" (A'udhu bikalimatil-lahit-tammah, min kulli shaytanin wa hammah, wa min kulli a'ynin lammah)
Al-Bukhari (3371); in Muslim (2188): "The influence of an evil eye is a fact; if anything would precede the destiny it would be the influence of an evil eye..." and in Kashf al-Astar (3052), which Ibn Hajar graded Hasan in Fath al-Bari (10/204), it is narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Most of those who die among my Ummah is because of the will and decree of Allah, and then because of the evil eye" [which also encompasses Allah's Qadr].
The Prophet ﷺ said: "When one of you sees something in his brother that pleases him regarding his self or his wealth, let him invoke blessings upon him; for the evil eye is real!" (e.g. by saying: Allahumma barik (fih) - O Allah, bless it)
Ibn as-Sunni (205) classed Sahih in As-Sahihah (6/148-150 - #2572)
The Prophet ﷺ commanded us to say when in the state of fear: "I seek refuge in the Perfect words of Allah from His wrath and from His punishment, and from the evil of His servants and from the temptations of the Shayatin, and from their presence" (A'udhu bikalimatil-lahit-tammati min ghadabihi wa min i'qabihi wa min sharri i'badihi, wa min hamazatish-shayatin, wa an yahdurun)
Al-Mustadrak (1/733) as well as in Abu Dawud (3893) in a slightly shorter version - the addition attributed to A'bdullah ibn A'mr is rejected - graded Hasan based on supporting evidence in As-Sahihah (1/529)
[Surah Al-Mu'minun 97-98]
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When a man becomes angry and says: I seek refuge in Allah (A'udhu billah) his anger subsides."
Tarikh Jurjan (p. 292) classed Sahih in As-Sahihah (3/364 - #1376); and with an incident as well as additional wording - in Muslim (2610a): A'udhu billahi minash-shaytanir-Rajim
The Prophet ﷺ used to recite Ruqyah (by saying): "Remove the affliction, O Lord of the people! Bring healing, for You are the Healer. There is no relief from distress except through You!" (Amsahil-bas, Rabban-nas, bi-yadika ash-shifa'u, la yaksiful karba illa ant)
Musnad Ahmad (24234) graded Sahih in As-Sahihah (4/31-2 - #1526)
A'diyah to remove pain by putting your hand (or finger) on the particular place
والله أعلم وبالله التوفيق
