بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد
Hadeeth 3(A):
Narrated Abu Bakrah Nafee` bin al-Haarith رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝The supplication of the one in distress is:
اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو، فَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ، وَأَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
Allaahumma raḥmataka arjoo, falaa takilnee ilaa nafsee tarfata `ain, wa asliḥlee sha’nee kullahu, laa ilaaha illaa Anta.
O Allaah, it is Your mercy that I hope for, so do not leave me in charge of my affairs even for a blink of an eye and rectify for me all of my affairs. None has the right to be worshipped except You.❞
📚 [This is part of the Hadeeth reported in Sunan Abu Dawood (5090) and Adab al-Mufrad (701) of Imaam al-Bukhaaree. And graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
Hadeeth 3(B):
Anas Ibn Maalik said رضي الله عنه: Whenever a matter would distress the Prophet ﷺ, he ﷺ would say:
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ
Yaa Ḥayyu yaa Qayyoom, bi-raḥmatika astagheeth
❝O Living, O Self-Sustaining Sustainer! Through Your Mercy I seek relief.❞
📚 [Sunan al-Tirmidhee (3524) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee. The same has been reported from Ibn Mas`ood رضي الله عنه, al-Mustadrak al-Haakim (1875), and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in Saheeh al-Jaami` (4791)]
Hadeeth 3(C):
Anas Ibn Maalim رضي الله عنه said: The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said to (his daughter) Faatimah رضي الله عنها: ❝What prevents you from (following) the instructions I gave you? You should say in the morning and in the evening:
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ، أَصْلِحْ لِي شَأْنِي كُلَّهُ، وَلَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرَفَةَ عَيْنٍ
Yaa Ḥayyu yaa Qayyoom, bi-raḥmatika astagheeth, asliḥlee sha’nee kullahu, walaa takilnee ilaa nafsee tarfata `ain
❝O Ever-Living One, O Eternal One! Through Your Mercy I seek relief. Rectify for me all of my affairs, and do not leave me in charge of my affairs even for a blink of an eye.❞
📚 [Mustadrak al-Haakim (2000), al-Nasaa’ee in al-Kubraa (10330) and graded as “Hasan” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in Saheeh al-Jaami` (5820) and al-Saheehah (227)]
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📑 Terminologies:
Al-Makroob: The person who is extremely sad, worrying about his future or feeling sorrow about what has happened in the past.
Al-Karb: means: a sudden affliction which overtakes a person, causing him anxiety, sorrow, grief etc. al-Karb is a state in which a person is extremely sad.
Al-Sha’n: The person’s situation and his affairs or the matters which concern him.
Al-Hayy (the Ever-Living): The Name “al-Hayy” indicates the perfect Life for Allaah تبارك وتعالى. The Life which has no beginning and has no end; the First, before whom there is no one, and the Last, after whom there is no one – سبحانه وتعالى. Allaah تعالى said:
وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ
{And rely upon the Ever-Living who does not die}
📚 [Surah al-Furqaan (25): 58]
In one the supplications, the Prophet ﷺ used to say:
أَنْتَ الْحَيُّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ، وَالْجِنُّ وَالْإِنْسُ يَمُوتُونَ
❝You, the Ever-living, Who does not die while the Jinns and the human beings die.❞
📚 [Saheeh Muslim]
And Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه said:
أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ يَعْبُدُ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ مَاتَ، وَمَنْ كَانَ يَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ
❝To proceed, if anyone amongst you used to worship Muhammad, then Muhammad is dead, but if (anyone of) you used to worship Allaah, then Allaah is Alive and shall never die.❞
📚 [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree]
Al-Qayyoom: The One who is Self-Sustaining and the Sustainer of the universe. The Name “al-Qayyoom”, indicates to His perfect Self-Sufficiency, perfect Authority and Power over all things. “Al-Qayyoom” means: the One who is Self- Sustaining and the One who also sustains His creation. Nothing can survive without Allaah’s help. As Allaah تعالى said:
إِنَّ اللَّـهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ أَن تَزُولَا ۚ وَلَئِن زَالَتَا إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِّن بَعْدِهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا
{Indeed, Allah holds the heavens and the earth, lest they cease. And if they should cease, no one could hold them [in place] after Him. Indeed, He is Forbearing and Forgiving}
📚 [Surah Faatir (35): 41]
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📑 Explanation:
The wordings in this Hadeeth are words which affirm Imaan, Tawheed, sincerity in worship for Allaah عز وجل alone, and distancing oneself from all forms of Shirk – major or minor.
In this Du`aa there is clear indication that the greatest treatment in the times of distress is by reaffirming one’s Faith in Allaah, and repeating the words of Tawheed: “Laa ilaaha illaa anta”. There is nothing which removes the hardship, anxiety, and sorrow like affirming the Tawheed of Allaah (in His Ruboobiyah (Lordship), Asmaa was-Sifaat (Names and Attributes), and Uloohiyah (Worship)), and doing acts of worship sincerely for Allaah alone; affirming that worship – for which Allaah created the creation – belongs to Allaah alone.
When the heart is nourished upon Tawheed, and upon worship of Allaah with sincerity, and it is preoccupied with this great affair, which is the greatest of all affairs, and the most important of them all, his distress will go away, and his hardship and sadness will be removed, especially if he contemplates on the meaning of what he has been saying, and works towards reaching the goal.
Yunus عليه السلام, Allaah تعالى did not deliver him from the distress except after he supplicated saying:
لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
{None has the right to be worshiped but You (O Allaah)], Glorified (and Exalted) are You [above all that (evil) they associate with You]. Truly, I have been of the wrong-doers.}
📚 [Surah al-Anbiyaa (21): 87]
Narrated Sa`d Ibn Abee Waqqaas رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝Shall I not inform you about a thing, that when a distress or a calamity from the calamities of the worlds afflicts you, and were you to supplicate with it, you will be relieved of it (the calamity)?❞ It was said: “Yes! (Do inform us).” He ﷺ said: ❝The supplication of Dhu al-Noon (Yunus عليه السلام):
لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
📚 [al-Nasaa’ee in al-Kubraa (10416) and al-Haakim in al-Mustadrak (1864) and graded as “Saheeh li ghairihee” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (1744)]
And the saying of the Prophet ﷺ: ❝The supplication of the one in distress is❞, meaning: the supplication which would benefit and remove the distress and anxiety.
❝O Allaah, it is Your mercy that I hope for❞, by mentioning the verb, “hope” near the end of the sentence, there is an indication that a specific thing is being sought. Meaning: We specifically seek you alone O Allaah and none else, hoping to receive Your Mercy. And we specifically beseech Allaah through His Attribute of Mercy, because His Mercy encompasses and embraces everything. Allaah تعالى said:
وَرَحْمَتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ
{and My Mercy embraces all things}
📚 [Surah al-A`raaf (7): 156]
His Mercy encompasses every section and every atom in this great universe, and we are all a part of it.
And his ﷺ saying: ❝so do not leave me in charge of my affairs even for a blink of an eye❞, meaning: one is declaring to his Lord and Creator عز وجل about his abject helplessness, inability, and insufficiency in doing things on his own, and that he is in great need of Allaah’s help, and that he is not self-sufficient not even for a blink of an eye, he needs his Lord’s help in all matters – big or small.
A Muslim should say this Du`aa every morning and every evening; at least one time in the morning and one time in the evening, as has been confirmed from the legacy of the best of advisors - the Prophet ﷺ - to his daughter, the chief of all the women in Jannah, Faatimah رضي الله عنها. Indeed, this is a great legacy, a great Du`aa, which a Muslim should enrich himself by saying it every morning and every evening.
These two Names: “Al-Hayy” and “al-Qayyoom” have been mentioned together three times in the Qur’aan, in Aayatul-Kursee, in the beginning of Surah aal-`Imraan, and in Surah Taahaa.
Some of the scholars, including Ibn al-Qayyim, considered these two Names as the Greatest Names of Allaah, that if one were to supplicate to Allaah through these Names, He تعالى would respond; and if one were to ask Allaah for something through these Names, He تعالى would give it to them.
By this Du`aa one is seeking Allaah’s help to ward off evil or harm through the intercession (Waseelah) of the most beloved Names to Allaah: “al-Hayy” and “al-Qayyoom”.
Again this is from the major supplications, affirming the worship for Allaah alone, and seeking His help through the intercession of His Names and Attributes. For He تعالى is “al-Hayy al-Qayyoom”, “al-Rahmaan al-Raheem”. A servant seeks Allaah’s help and support because He عز وجل is Self-Sustaining and also the Sustainer of the universe; as well as he seeks Allaah’s help through His Mercy, as His Mercy encompasses everything – seeking Allaah’s help in the matters concerning him regarding the Deen, the Dunya and the Aakhirah.
❝Through Your Mercy I seek relief❞, imagine yourself as someone drowning, calling on your Lord, and there is no one to help you except Allaah سبحانه وتعالى.
❝Through Your Mercy I seek relief❞, what is your need? ❝Rectify for me all of my affairs❞, which includes all the matters of the Deen, the Dunya and the Aakhirah - without exceptions. This is a Jaami` Du`aa (meaning: a lot of things expressed in a few words). As the Prophet said in another Du`aa:
اَللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِي اَلَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي, وَأَصْلِحْ لِي دُنْيَايَ اَلَّتِي فِيهَا مَعَاشِي, وَأَصْلِحْ لِي آخِرَتِي اَلَّتِي إِلَيْهَا مَعَادِي, وَاجْعَلْ اَلْحَيَاةَ زِيَادَةً لِي فِي كُلِّ خَيْرٍ, وَاجْعَلْ اَلْمَوْتَ رَاحَةً لِي مِنْ كُلِّ شَرٍّ
❝O Allaah, make my religion easy for me by virtue of which my affairs are protected. Set right for me the affairs of the world wherein is my living. Decree the Hereafter to be good for me which is my resort to which I have to return. And make my life prone to perform all types of good, and make death a (source of) comfort for me from every evil.❞
📚 [Saheeh Muslim]
Then the person seeks the rectification for all of his affairs and situations. He supplicates saying: ❝Rectify for me all of my affairs❞, meaning: all of my affairs – in my house, my family, my neighbors, my friends, my work, my studies, in my own self, my heart, my health – everything that concerns me.
All this is possible only by Allaah’s help and favor; it is not possible for a person to manage his own affairs correctly irrespective of who he is, and whatever position he has in the society. This is why at the end of the Du`aa one acknowledges his complete helplessness and inability by completely surrendering his affairs to Allaah alone when he says: ❝and do not leave me in charge of my affairs even for a blink of an eye❞, meaning: do not leave me on my own, not even for a blink of an eye, because I am weak and incapable. Rather, provide for me with well-being, and support me in all of my affairs. For whoever trusts in Allaah, Allaah is sufficient for him; and whoever seeks Allaah’s help, Allaah will indeed help him.
A person beseeches Allaah, saying: ❝and do not leave me in charge of my affairs even for a blink of an eye❞. Were Allaah to leave us to ourselves or for someone else to manage our affairs, we would all have been destroyed.
The moment a person thinks that he is self-sufficient and is not in need of his Lord - and forgets about his reality, and forgets how he was created weak, and how he was provided for and taken care of when he born and during childhood, and how will return to being weak in old age - he is destroyed.
كَلَّا إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَيَطْغَىٰ * أَن رَّآهُ اسْتَغْنَ
{Nay! [But] indeed, man transgresses all bounds, because he considers himself as self-sufficient}
📚 [Surah al-`Alaq (96): 6-7]
So, the best of creation are those who are the foremost in their worship of Allaah; and the greatest of them are those who are quick to acknowledge their weakness and inability, and their need for Allaah’s help in all their affairs, and those who do not consider themselves as self-sufficient.
Al-Manaaawy رحمه الله said: “Whoever affirms Allaah’s Tawheed, that none has the right to be worshiped except Allaah alone, and affirms His Greatness and Glory, along with being conscious of what he is saying, then this will quickly relieve him of the distress and hardship he is facing in this world, along with receiving Mercy and elevation of status in the Hereafter.”
📚 [Faidh al-Qadeer (3/526)]
This Du`aa should be said in the morning and evening (as mentioned in the Hadeeth of Faatimah رضي الله عنها), and during distress and hardship (as mentioned in the Hadeeth of Abu Bakrah رضي الله عنه). There is no problem if one says it often, throughout the day, because a person is need of Allaah’s help at all times and in all situations.
One can also listen to Shaikh `Abdul-Razzaaq al-Badr’s explanation of the Hadeeth from the below link:
And Allaah is the One Who Grants success
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