Explanation of the Duaa for anxiety and sorrow - Hadeeth #4

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Supplication for one whose affairs have become difficult

Narrated Anas bin Maalik رضي الله عنه: the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said (in another narration: the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to supplicate saying):

اللَّهُمَّ لا سَهْلَ إِلا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلا، وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلا

Allaahumma laa sahla illaa maa ja`altahoo sahlaa, wa anta taj`alu al-hazna idhaa shi’ta sahlaa

❝O Allaah, there is no ease except in that which You have made easy, and You make difficulty, if You wish, easy.❞

📚 [Ibn Hibbaan (986), and graded as “Saheeh” by Shaikh al-Albaanee in al-Saheehah (2886) and said: “It is as per the condition of (Imaam) Muslim”. And also grade as “Saheeh” by Shaikh Muqbil in Saheeh al-Musnad (73)]

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📑 Explanation:

Shaikh Ibn al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله:

❝The meaning of this Du`aa is that anything which Allaah عز وجل has not made it easy for a person, then it will never be easy for him to do or achieve. Easy is that which Allaah عز وجل has made easy. Al-Hazn means that which is extremely difficult, and if Allaah عز وجل Wills, He can make it convenient, easy, and simple. And if Allaah عز وجل Wills, He can make an easy thing inconvenient, difficult, and hard, for everything is in the Hands of Allaah عز وجل.

Through this Du`aa a person is asking Allaah عز وجل to make the difficult affairs easy for him. And he is praising Allaah عز وجل and affirming that everything is in the Hands of Allaah alone, and that only He تعالى can remove the difficulty and make the affairs easy.❞

[Source: http://binothaimeen.net/content/8679]