2. When something is difficult for you
َأَو ،ًالهَس ُهَتلَعَج ما ّالِإ َلْهَس ال َّمُهّلالَتْنُلَعْجَتذاِإ َنَزَحْلا
لْهَس َتْئِشًا
Allaahumma laa sahla 'illaa maal ja'altahu sahlan wa 'Anta taj'alul-hazna 'ithaa
shi'ta sahlan
O Allah, there is no ease other than what You
make easy. If You please You ease sorrow
Ibn Hibban in his Sahih (no. 2427), and Ibn As- Sunni (no. 351). Al-Hafidh (Ibn Hajar) said that this Hadith is
authentic. It was also declared authentic by 'Abdul-Qadir Al-Arna'ut in his checking of An-Nawawi's Kitabul-
Athkarp. p106
3. For anxiety and sorrow:
ًَّمُهّللًاَكِدْبَعًُْنبًاَُكدْبَعًيِّنِإًِبًيِتَي َِاصنًَكِتَمَأًُْنبً،َكِدَي
ًَضَقًَّيِفًٌلْدَعً،َكُمْكُحًَّيِفً ٍاضَمًْسًاِّلُكِبًَكُلَأْسَأًَاؤكًٍم
ًَأً ْوِأًَكَسْفَنًِهِبًَْتيَّمَسًَكَلً َوُهًَأً،َكِباَتِكًيِفًُهَتْلَزْنًُهَتْمَّلَعً ْو
ًِبًَت ْرَثْأَتْسًاِوَأًَكِقَْلخًْنًِمداَحَأًْنِعًِبْيَغًالِمْلِعًيِفًِهًَكَد
،يِبْلَقًَعيِبًَرَآن ْرُقًالَلَعْجَتًْنَأًَء ََلَجيًو ِرْدَصًَنور َو
يِّمَهًَابَهَذيًوِن ْزُح
Allaahumma 'innee 'abduka, ibnu ( bintu for daughter) 'abdika, ibnu (bintu for
daughter) 'amatika, naasiyatee biyadika, maadhin fiyya hukmuka, 'adlun fiyya
qadhaa'uka, 'as'aluka bikulli ismin huwa laka, sammayta bihi nafsaka, 'aw
'anzaltahu fee kitaabika, 'aw 'allamtahu 'ahadan min khalqika, 'awista'tharta bihi
fee 'ilmil-ghaybi 'indaka, 'an taj'alal-Qur'aana rabee'a qalbee, wa noora sadree,
wa jalaa'a huznee, wa thahaaba hammee
4. For anxiety and sorrow:
O Allah, I am Your slave and the son of Your male
slave and the son of your female slave . My forehead
is in Your Hand (i.e. you have control over me) . Your
Judgment upon me is assured and Your Decree
concerning me is just . I ask You by every Name that
You have named Yourself with , revealed in Your Book
, taught any one of Your creation or kept unto Yourself
in the knowledge of the unseen that is with You , to
make the Qur'an the spring of my heart, and the light
of my chest, the banisher of my sadness and the
reliever of my distress
Ahmad 1/391, and Al-Albani graded it authentic
5. For anxiety and sorrow
ًَّمُهّاللًِّمَهًالَنًِمَكِبًُذوْعَيًأِّنِإً ِزْج،ًوالعِن ْزُحًْال ًَو
ًِعْلَض،ًوِْنبُجًوالِلْخُبًوالِلَسَكوالًِةَبَلَغًوِْنيَّدًال
جالِّالر
Allaahumma 'innee 'a'oothu bika minal-hammi walhazani, wal'ajzi walkasali, walbukhli
waljubni, wa dhala'id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijaal
O Allah , I seek refuge in you from grief and
sadness, from weakness and from laziness, from
miserliness and from cowardice, from being
overcome by debt and overpowered by men (i .e .
others)
Al-Bukhari 7/158. See also Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/173
6. Support against corruption
ًِّبَرًِسْفُمًْالِم ْوَقْىًالَلَعًيِن ْرُصانًَينِد
Rabbi onsurnee AAalaalqawmi almufsideen
My Lord, support me against the corrupting
people
Surah Al-'Ankabut [29:30]
7. Qunut in the Witr prayer
ًَ،ًوَْتيَدَهًْنَميِفًيِنِدْهًاَّمُهَّاللًَفاَعًْنَميِفًيِنِفاَعً،َْتي
ًَ،ًوَْتيَّل َوَتًْنَميِفًيِنَّل َوَت َوًْيَطعَاًأَميِفًيِلً ْك ِارَبً،َت
ًَّنِإَفً،َْتيَضَقًاَمًََّرشًيِنِق َوًَضْقُيً ََل َيًو ِضْقَتًَكًى
ًَلا ًَوْنَمًُّلِذَيً ًََُلهَّنِإً،َْكيَلَعً،َْتي[ًْنَمًُّزِعَيً ََل َو
ًَْتيَداَع]ًَت ََاًونَّبًَرَتْكَارَبَتً،ًَْتيَلاَع
Allaahum-mahdinee feeman hadayta, wa 'aafinee feeman 'aafayta, wa
tawallanee feeman tawallayta, wa baarik lee feemaa 'a'atayta, wa qinee sharra
maa qadhayta, fa'innaka taqdhee wa laa yuqdhaa 'alayka, 'innahu laa yathillu
man waalayta, [wa laa ya 'izzu man 'aadayta] , tabaarakta Rabbanaa wa
ta'aalayta
8. Qunut in the Witr prayer
O Allah , guide me with those whom You have
guided , and strengthen me with those whom You
have given strength. Take me to Your care with
those whom You have taken to Your care. Bless
me in what You have given me. Protect me from
the evil You have ordained. Surely, You command
and are not commanded, and none whom You
have committed to Your care shall be humiliated
[and none whom You have taken as an enemy
shall taste glory] . You are Blessed , Our Lord ,
and Exalted.
Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, An-Nasa'i, At-Tirmithi, Ahmad, Ad-Darimi, Al-Hakim, and Al-Bayhaqi. See
also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmithi 1/144, Sahih Ibn Majah 1/194, and 'Irwa'ul-GhaW. 2/ 172
