Losing someone

Six things sought refuge from in one breath

They come in pairs, and the pairs are deliberate.

أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَأَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ، وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَفِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ، وَفِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-bukhli wa-l-kasal, wa arzali-l-ʿumur, wa ʿadhābi-l-qabr, wa fitnati-d-dajjāl, wa fitnati-l-maḥyā wa-l-mamāt.

“O Allah, I seek refuge in You from miserliness and laziness, from the most wretched of old age, from the punishment of the grave, from the trial of the Dajjāl, and from the trials of life and death.”

The full narration

Narrated Anas bin Malik:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to invoke thus: "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from miserliness, laziness; from old geriatric age the punishment in the grave; from the affliction of Ad-Dajjal; and from the afflictions of life and death

Source

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 4707

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  • Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)
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