449. Dua for Distress (Masnun Dua)
Narrated Zainab bint Jahsh (RA): That the Prophet (ﷺ) once came to her in a state of fear and said:
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
Dua for Distress English Transliteration
Laa Ilaaha Illaallah
Dua for Distress English Translation
None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.
Woe unto the Arabs from a danger that has come near. An opening has been made in the wall of Gog and Magog like this," making a circle with his thumb and index finger. Zainab bint Jahsh (RA) said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall we be destroyed even though there are pious persons among us?" He said, "Yes, when the evil person will increase."
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ - يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ - عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: "إِذَا أَصَابَ أَحَدَكُمْ هَمٌّ أَوْ حُزْنٌ فَلْيَقُلْ: 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 أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ، أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي وَنُورَ صَدْرِي وَجَلَاءَ حُزْنِي وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي". فَقَالَ: "مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ قَالَهَا إِلاَّ أَذْهَبَ اللهُ هَمَّهُ وَحُزْنَهُ وَأَبْدَلَهُ مَكَانَهُ فَرَجًا". قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَلاَ نَتَعَلَّمُهَا؟ قَالَ: "بَلَى، يَنْبَغِي لِمَنْ سَمِعَهَا أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَهَا".
Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud) reported from the Prophet (ﷺ): "Whenever any of you is afflicted by distress or grief, let him say: 'O Allah, I am Your slave, son of Your slave, son of Your maidservant. My forelock is in Your hand, Your command over me is forever executed and Your decree over me is just. I ask You by every Name belonging to You which You have named Yourself with, or revealed in Your Book, or taught to any of Your creation, or preserved in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Qur’an the life of my heart and the light of my chest, the banisher of my sadness and the reliever of my distress.'” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "No one says this supplication except that Allah will remove his distress and replace it with joy." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, should we not learn it?" He said: "Of course, it is befitting that whoever hears it should learn it."