73. Dua for Hardship and Calamity
If any Muslim who suffers some calamity says -
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُوْنَ اَللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِيْ فِي مُصِيْبَتِيْ وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا
Dua for Hardship English Transliteration
Innaa lillaahi wa 'innaa 'ilayhi raaji'oon, Allaahumma'-jurni fee museebatee wa 'akhliflee khayran minhaa
Dua for Hardship English Translation
We are from Allah and unto Him we return. O Allah take me out of my plight and bring to me after it something better.
Allah will give him something better than it in exchange.
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ: "مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ تُصِيبُهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَيَقُولُ: إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَاخْلُفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا، إِلَّا أَجَرَهُ اللَّهُ فِي مُصِيبَتِهِ وَأَخْلَفَ لَهُ خَيْرًا مِنْهَا". قَالَتْ: فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُ كَمَا أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Umm Salamah narrated: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "There is no servant who is afflicted with a calamity and says: 'Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return. O Allah, reward me for my affliction and replace it for me with something better,' except that Allah will reward him in his affliction and replace it for him with something better." She said: "When Abu Salamah died, I said as the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had commanded me, and Allah replaced him for me with someone better than him: the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)."