Anxiety & worry

Asking simply to be alright

Said morning and evening, covering religion, family, wealth and body.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَاىَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَتِي

Allāhumma innī as'aluka-l-ʿāfiyata fi-d-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah. Allāhumma innī as'aluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyata fī dīnī wa dunyāya wa ahlī wa mālī.

“O Allah, I ask You for wellbeing in this world and the next. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and wellbeing in my religion, my worldly life, my family and my wealth.”

ʿĀfiyah is not success or wealth. It is being kept whole and out of harm, which is what most people are actually asking for.

The full narration

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never failed to utter these supplications in the evening and in the morning: O Allah, I ask Thee for security in this world and in the Hereafter: O Allah! I ask Thee for forgiveness and security in my religion and my worldly affairs, in my family and my property; O Allah! conceal my fault or faults (according to Uthman's version), and keep me safe from the things which I fear; O Allah! guard me in front of me and behind me, on my right hand and on my left, and from above me: and I seek in Thy greatness from receiving unexpected harm from below me." AbuDawud said: Waki' said: That is to say, swallowing by the earth

Source

Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 5074

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Al-Albani: Sahih
  • Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih
  • Shuaib Al Arnaut: Sahih
  • Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Sahih
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