The heart

Anxiety & worry

Racing thoughts, dread, the mind that won't settle

122 verified supplications · 88 written out in full

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَوَاتِ …

When distress presses on you

The words the Prophet ﷺ turned to at moments of overwhelming distress.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6345

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْجُبْنِ …

When worry and sadness sit on your chest

A du'ā the Prophet ﷺ said often, naming worry, grief, weakness and debt

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6369

فَتَعَـٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۗ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن …

When you are studying or sitting an exam

The only thing Allah commands His Messenger ﷺ to ask for more of.

Qur'anQur'an 20:114

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِى وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى …

When you have to speak and you are afraid

Mūsā ﷺ asked for this before standing in front of Pharaoh.

Qur'anQur'an 20:25-28

بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

When you lie down to sleep

The last words of the Prophet ﷺ before sleeping.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6324

مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَقُولُ فِي صَبَاحِ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَمَسَاءِ كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ …

When you want to be kept safe

Whoever says it three times in the evening, nothing will harm him until

ḤasanJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3388

قَدَرُ اللَّهِ وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ

When something you did not want happened

The Prophet ﷺ taught what to say instead of 'if only'.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6774

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَطْمَئِنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ …

When your heart will not settle

Where restlessness actually ends, according to the Qur'an.

Qur'anQur'an 13:28

وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا۟ لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِۦ قَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا …

Before something you are dreading

Said by a small army the moment they saw how large the other one was.

Qur'anQur'an 2:250

قُل لَّن يُصِيبَنَآ إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَنَا هُوَ مَوْلَىٰنَا ۚ وَعَلَى ٱللَّهِ …

When you are frightened of what might happen

What the believers are told to say about anything that could come.

Qur'anQur'an 9:51

مَنْ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلاً ثُمَّ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا …

When you stop somewhere unfamiliar

Whoever says it, nothing will harm him until he moves on from that place

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6878

ثُمَّ لْيَقُلْ بِاسْمِكَ رَبِّي وَضَعْتُ جَنْبِي فَإِنْ أَحْيَيْتَ نَفْسِي فَارْحَمْهَا

As you lie down for the night

Said with the hand under the cheek, entrusting the soul to the One who t

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6893

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ

When the news is bad

Said at the moment of distress, naming Allah three times over.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6924

وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِى مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَٱجْعَل لِّى مِن …

Going into something new

Mūsā ﷺ was told to say this. So was the Prophet ﷺ, at the hijrah.

Qur'anQur'an 17:80

فَقَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلْقَوْمِ …

When you are afraid of being used against your faith

Mūsā's people said this, hunted and outnumbered.

Qur'anQur'an 10:85-86

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى فَٱغْفِرْ لِى فَغَفَرَ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ …

When you have done something you cannot undo

Mūsā ﷺ said this having killed a man with one blow he never intended to

Qur'anQur'an 28:16

وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

When you are afraid of being left with no one

Zakariyyā ﷺ, old and without a child, asking not to be left alone.

Qur'anQur'an 21:89

وَمَا تَنقِمُ مِنَّآ إِلَّآ أَنْ ءَامَنَّا بِـَٔايَـٰتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَآءَتْنَا ۚ …

When standing firm will cost you

Said by men who had been sorcerers that morning and believed by the afte

Qur'anQur'an 7:126

اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِ قَلْبَهُ وَثَبِّتْ لِسَانَهُ

Before you have to speak or decide for others

Taught to ʿAlī when he was sent to judge between people and felt unready

ṢaḥīḥSunan Ibn Mājah 2310

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا يُصْلِحْ …

Before a conversation that matters

A command about speech, with a promise attached to it.

Qur'anQur'an 33:70-71

أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ وَرَفَعْنَا …

When you are asked to carry more than you were

Revealed to the Prophet ﷺ in the years when the weight of it was heavies

Qur'anQur'an 94:1-4

وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ …

When you need something to hold on to

What the Qur'an says it is for.

Qur'anQur'an 17:82

رَبَّنَا وَٱجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَآ أُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَ …

For yourself and for who comes after you

Ibrāhīm and Ismāʿīl ﷺ, still at the foundations, asking about their desc

Qur'anQur'an 2:128

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱلسِّجْنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِمَّا يَدْعُونَنِىٓ إِلَيْهِ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَصْرِفْ عَنِّى …

When the easy thing is the wrong thing

Yūsuf ﷺ chose a cell over what was being offered to him.

Qur'anQur'an 12:33

إِذْ قَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ عِمْرَٰنَ رَبِّ إِنِّى نَذَرْتُ لَكَ مَا فِى بَطْنِى مُحَرَّرًا …

Before a child is even born

The wife of ʿImrān promised what was in her womb, then found it was not

Qur'anQur'an 3:35-36

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي …

Asking simply to be alright

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

ṢaḥīḥSunan Abī Dāwūd 5074

تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلاَءِ، وَدَرَكِ الشَّقَاءِ، وَسُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ …

Four things to seek refuge from

Named together, and the last of them is about other people.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6616

اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ قَيِّمُ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ وَلَكَ …

Rising in the night

What he ﷺ said when he stood up for the night prayer.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1120

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ وَتَحَوُّلِ عَافِيَتِكَ وَفُجَاءَةِ …

When things are going well and it frightens you

Refuge from four things, all of them about what you already have being t

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6944

وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَا۟ىْءٍ إِنِّى فَاعِلٌ ذَٰلِكَ غَدًا إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ …

When you say you will do something

A correction given for speaking about the future as though it were yours

Qur'anQur'an 18:23-24

يَنْزِلُ رَبُّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا حِينَ …

Why people set an alarm for the middle of the night

What happens in the final third, described by the Prophet ﷺ.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1145

إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ثَانِىَ …

Two men in a cave with an army outside

Abū Bakr could see the feet of the men searching. This is what he was to

Qur'anQur'an 9:40

فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لِنتَ لَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ كُنتَ فَظًّا غَلِيظَ ٱلْقَلْبِ …

Consult, then decide, then stop deliberating

The order given in the verse is deliberate.

Qur'anQur'an 3:159

أَلَيْسَ ٱللَّهُ بِكَافٍ عَبْدَهُۥ ۖ وَيُخَوِّفُونَكَ بِٱلَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن …

A question asked of you, not by you

Four words in Arabic, phrased as a question.

Qur'anQur'an 39:36

أَلَآ إِنَّ أَوْلِيَآءَ ٱللَّهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ …

On fear and grief, and who is exempt

A description, not a promise of an easy life.

Qur'anQur'an 10:62-64

وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِى فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ …

When you have everything and still feel hollow

A specific consequence, named in the Qur'an, for turning away from the r

Qur'anQur'an 20:124

ٱقْرَأْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ ٱقْرَأْ وَرَبُّكَ …

The first words revealed

He was told to read, and said he could not.

Qur'anQur'an 96:1-5

۞ وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا …

When you are frightened about money

A statement covering every living creature, without exception.

Qur'anQur'an 11:6

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟ تَتَنَزَّلُ عَلَيْهِمُ …

Two conditions, and what comes down afterwards

Say it, then hold to it. The angels do the rest.

Qur'anQur'an 41:30

هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ ٱلسَّكِينَةَ فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِيَزْدَادُوٓا۟ إِيمَـٰنًا مَّعَ …

The calm that is sent down

Named as something placed into hearts, not produced by them.

Qur'anQur'an 48:4

أَمَّن يُجِيبُ ٱلْمُضْطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكْشِفُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَيَجْعَلُكُمْ خُلَفَآءَ …

Who answers when you are at the end of it

A question the Qur'an asks rather than answers, because the answer is ob

Qur'anQur'an 27:62

إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ …

When someone you love will not listen

Revealed about the Prophet's ﷺ own uncle, who died refusing.

Qur'anQur'an 28:56

وَكَأَيِّن مِّن دَآبَّةٍ لَّا تَحْمِلُ رِزْقَهَا ٱللَّهُ يَرْزُقُهَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ وَهُوَ …

Every creature that does not keep a savings account

An argument made from the animals.

Qur'anQur'an 29:60

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ عِلْمُ ٱلسَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ ٱلْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ …

Five things nobody else has been given

A short list, and everything on it is something people try to predict.

Qur'anQur'an 31:34

وَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا ۖ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

When you are waiting on a decision that is not yours

Said to the Prophet ﷺ when things were at their most hostile.

Qur'anQur'an 52:48

۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًا إِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ جَزُوعًا وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ …

A description of how people are made

Named as a default, with one stated exception.

Qur'anQur'an 70:19-23

۞ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدْنَىٰ مِن ثُلُثَىِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَنِصْفَهُۥ …

What actually arrives with you

A statement about the only kind of sending that reaches.

Qur'anQur'an 73:20

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلأَنْصَارِ وَلأَبْنَاءِ الأَنْصَارِ

Praying for people who are not born yet

He asked for the Anṣār, and then did not stop there.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4906

لاَ عَدْوَى وَلاَ طِيَرَةَ وَلاَ هَامَةَ وَلاَ صَفَرَ، وَفِرَّ مِنَ الْمَجْذُومِ كَمَا تَفِرُّ …

When you are reading bad signs into things

Four superstitions named and rejected in a single sentence.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5707

إِنَّ عِفْرِيتًا مِنَ الْجِنِّ تَفَلَّتَ عَلَىَّ الْبَارِحَةَ ـ أَوْ كَلِمَةً نَحْوَهَا ـ …

Interrupted while praying

Something tried to break his prayer and he seized it, then let it go.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 461

مَنْ أَتَى عَرَّافًا فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ شَىْءٍ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ لَهُ صَلاَةٌ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً

Asking someone to tell you the future

A specific consequence, attached to merely asking.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 5821

وَٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلْخَـٰشِعِينَ …

Two things named as sources of help

Not motivation or planning. These two.

Qur'anQur'an 2:45-46

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلظَّنِّ إِنَّ بَعْضَ ٱلظَّنِّ …

Before you assume the worst of someone

Three things forbidden in sequence, and they escalate.

Qur'anQur'an 49:12

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم مَّوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَشِفَآءٌ لِّمَا فِى …

What the Qur'an says it treats

Four things named, and one of them is internal.

Qur'anQur'an 10:57

وَعَدَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ …

When a community is under pressure

A promise made to people who were frightened at the time.

Qur'anQur'an 24:55

فَٱصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَخِفَّنَّكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُوقِنُونَ

Three instructions for holding on

The closing verse of a sūrah, addressed to the one waiting.

Qur'anQur'an 30:60

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ طُوبَىٰ لَهُمْ وَحُسْنُ مَـَٔابٍ

A word given to those who believed and did well

A single word the commentators spent pages on.

Qur'anQur'an 13:29

مَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِتَشْقَىٰٓ إِلَّا تَذْكِرَةً لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰ

The stated purpose of the revelation

Revealed early, when the weight of it was being felt.

Qur'anQur'an 20:2-3

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۖ لَا يَضُرُّكُم مَّن ضَلَّ إِذَا …

When you are worried about everyone else's state

A verse people often quote at each other, with a condition inside it.

Qur'anQur'an 5:105

دَعْ مَا يَرِيبُكَ إِلَى مَا لاَ يَرِيبُكَ فَإِنَّ الصِّدْقَ طُمَأْنِينَةٌ وَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ …

A test for when you are unsure

One sentence for anything you cannot decide about.

ṢaḥīḥJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2518

فَأَخَذَنِي فَغَطَّنِي حَتَّى بَلَغَ مِنِّي الْجَهْدَ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَنِي فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ …

What actually happened in the cave

Aisha described it, including the shaking afterwards.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3

عَلَى مَا تَدْغَرْنَ أَوْلاَدَكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعِلاَقِ عَلَيْكُنَّ بِهَذَا الْعُودِ …

A mother pressing her child's throat

Umm Qays had done it herself and was corrected.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5713

فَٱسْتَقِمْ كَمَآ أُمِرْتَ وَمَن تَابَ مَعَكَ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ …

Told to be upright, and it turned his hair grey

He said one sūrah had aged him, and named the verse in it.

Qur'anQur'an 11:112

مَآ أَصَابَ مِن مُّصِيبَةٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ إِلَّا فِى كِتَـٰبٍ مِّن …

A rule about looking backwards

One word is singled out as opening a door.

Qur'anQur'an 57:22-23

إِذَا أَوَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَلْيَنْفُضْ فِرَاشَهُ بِدَاخِلَةِ إِزَارِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ …

A practical instruction before the words

Dust off the bedding first, then say it.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6320

مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُسْلِمَ مِنْ نَصَبٍ وَلاَ وَصَبٍ وَلاَ هَمٍّ وَلاَ حُزْنٍ وَلاَ أَذًى وَلاَ …

Everything that touches a believer counts

A list that goes down as far as a thorn.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5641

وَكَّلَ اللَّهُ بِالرَّحِمِ مَلَكًا فَيَقُولُ أَىْ رَبِّ نُطْفَةٌ، أَىْ رَبِّ عَلَقَةٌ، أَىْ …

A conversation held over every pregnancy

An angel is described asking at each stage.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6595

حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا

What he told them to say when the warning frightened them

He described the angel waiting with the horn at his lips.

ṢaḥīḥJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2431

هَلْ مِنْ سَائِلٍ يُعْطَى هَلْ مِنْ دَاعٍ يُسْتَجَابُ لَهُ هَلْ مِنْ مُسْتَغْفِرٍ يُغْفَرُ …

What He says in the last part of the night

Three questions, repeated until the sky lightens.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 1774

قَالَ رَبِّ وَمَاذَا أَكْتُبُ قَالَ اكْتُبْ مَقَادِيرَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ

The first thing created, and what it was told

Ubadah told his son this to explain what belief tastes like.

ṢaḥīḥSunan Abī Dāwūd 4700

وَيُكْتَبُ عَمَلُهُ وَأَثَرُهُ وَأَجَلُهُ وَرِزْقُهُ ثُمَّ تُطْوَى الصُّحُفُ فَلاَ يُزَادُ …

What is written before anyone is born

The list is short and the last line is the hard one.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6725

اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْهُ مَالاً وَوَلَدًا وَبَارِكْ لَهُ

What Umm Sulaym asked for instead of anything for herself

She had one small request left after he had prayed for her household.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1982

أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لاَ تَضِيعُ وَدَائِعُهُ

What he said when he saw someone off

Abu Hurayrah reports it as said to him personally.

ṢaḥīḥSunan Ibn Mājah 2825

وَمَنْ أَصَابَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَعُوقِبَ فِيهِ فَهُوَ طَهُورُهُ وَمَنْ سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ …

Ubadah on what he pledged, and the three outcomes

A list of prohibitions, and then what happens after each one.

ṢaḥīḥSunan an-Nasā'ī 4178

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ كَانَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ …

The funeral prayer Abu Hurayrah described when asked

He swore before answering the question.

ṢaḥīḥMuwaṭṭa' Mālik 536

اللَّهُمَّ أُمَّتِي أُمَّتِي

What made him weep after reciting two verses

One prophet disowning, one prophet leaving it open.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 499

فَيَقُولُ مَا بِرَبِّنَا خَفَاءٌ

What the man said walking towards the Dajjal

The patrols stopped him and asked where he thought he was going.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 7377

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْعَلِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ …

What he said when something bore down on him

Three sentences that name nothing except who is being addressed.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7426

اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَأَخَّرْتُ وَأَسْرَرْتُ وَأَعْلَنْتُ أَنْتَ إِلَهِي لاَ إِلَهَ …

Four pairs covering a whole life

Nothing is left in a category of its own.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 1808

أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَمِلْتُ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَمْ أَعْمَلْ

Refuge from something not yet committed

The second half is the unusual one.

ṢaḥīḥSunan an-Nasā'ī 5525

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلاَ …

What happens if you say it half asleep

It covers the person who wakes and does not get up.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1154

أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَرَمِ وَالْحُزْنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ …

Eight things, paired off

Anas says he used to say it a great deal.

ṢaḥīḥSunan an-Nasā'ī 5503

يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ تَفَرَّغْ لِعِبَادَتِي أَمْلأْ صَدْرَكَ غِنًى وَأَسُدَّ فَقْرَكَ وَإِنْ لَمْ …

A trade offered in plain terms

Both halves of the offer are stated.

ṢaḥīḥSunan Ibn Mājah 4107

مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ عَنْ شَىْءٍ فَلْيَسْأَلْ، فَلاَ تَسْأَلُونِي عَنْ شَىْءٍ إِلاَّ …

The one time he opened the floor completely

People began asking, and it was not a comfortable session.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 540

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ وَمِنْ …

What to say after a bad dream

Abdullah ibn Amr taught it to his children.

ḤasanJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3528

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَمِنْ كَآبَةِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ وَمِنْ …

Three things he asked to be spared on a journey

Only one of them happens while you are away.

ṢaḥīḥMuwaṭṭa' Mālik 1796

هَذَا الإِنْسَانُ، وَهَذَا أَجَلُهُ مُحِيطٌ بِهِ ـ أَوْ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِهِ ـ وَهَذَا الَّذِي …

A diagram he drew in the dirt

Four elements, and one of them runs off the edge.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6417

لاَ تُنْكَحُ الأَيِّمُ حَتَّى تُسْتَأْمَرَ وَلاَ تُنْكَحُ الْبِكْرُ حَتَّى تُسْتَأْذَنَ

Nobody is married without being asked

They asked how a shy answer would be recognised.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5136

From the wider collections

Each of these passed the same grading rule. They are shown with the source narration rather than a written-out translation.

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَيُقِيمُوا الصَّلاَةَ …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 25 · Belief

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ. فَإِذَا قَالُوهَا وَصَلَّوْا صَلاَتَنَا، وَاسْتَقْبَلُوا …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 392 · Prayers (Salat)

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، فَإِنْ هُمْ أَطَاعُوا لِذَلِكَ …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1395 · Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، فَإِنْ هُمْ أَطَاعُوا لَكَ …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1496 · Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِي مِكْيَالِهِمْ، وَبَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِي صَاعِهِمْ وَمُدِّهِمْ

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2130 · Sales and Trade

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، فَإِنْ هُمْ طَاعُوا لَكَ …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4347 · Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ. يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4480 · Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْبُخْلِ …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6363 · Invocations

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَيُؤْمِنُوا بِي وَبِمَا جِئْتُ بِهِ فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 126 · The Book of Faith

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَإِذَا قَالُوا لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ عَصَمُوا مِنِّي …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 127 · The Book of Faith

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِي مِكْيَالِهِمْ وَبَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِي صَاعِهِمْ وَبَارِكْ لَهُمْ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3325 · The Book of Pilgrimage

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6222 · The Book of the Merits of the Companions

Ṣaḥīḥ

يَا رَبِّ . وَيُؤْتَى بِأَشَدِّ النَّاسِ بُؤْسًا فِي الدُّنْيَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 7088 · Characteristics of the Day of Judgment, Paradise, and Hell

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَضَلْعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1541 · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ هُمْ أَطَاعُوكَ لِذَلِكَ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1584 · Zakat (Kitab Al-Zakat)

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَإِذَا قَالُوهَا مَنَعُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلاَّ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2640 · Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَأَنْ يَسْتَقْبِلُوا …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2641 · Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ هُمْ أَطَاعُوكَ فَأَعْلِمْهُمْ أَنَّ …

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 2522 · The Book of Zakah

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ فَإِذَا شَهِدُوا أَنْ لاَ …

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3966 · The Book of Fighting [The Prohibition of Bloodshed]

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا شَهِدُوا أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ …

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3967 · The Book of Fighting [The Prohibition of Bloodshed]

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَإِذَا قَالُوهَا فَقَدْ عَصَمُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ …

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3971 · The Book of Fighting [The Prohibition of Bloodshed]

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَإِذَا قَالُوا لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ حَرُمَتْ عَلَيْنَا …

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3978 · The Book of Fighting [The Prohibition of Bloodshed]

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَإِذَا قَالُوهَا عَصَمُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلاَّ …

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3979 · The Book of Fighting [The Prohibition of Bloodshed]

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَإِذَا قَالُوهَا حَرُمَتْ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَأَمْوَالُهُمْ إِلاَّ …

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3982 · The Book of Fighting [The Prohibition of Bloodshed]

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ تَحْرُمُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَأَمْوَالُهُمْ إِلاَّ بِحَقِّهَا

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3983 · The Book of Fighting [The Prohibition of Bloodshed]

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ …

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 5476 · The Book of Seeking Refuge with Allah

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَرَمِ وَالتَّرَدِّي وَالْهَدْمِ وَالْغَمِّ …

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 5532 · The Book of Seeking Refuge with Allah

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ حَرُمَ عَلَىَّ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَأَمْوَالُهُمْ

Sunan Ibn Mājah 3929 · Tribulations

Ṣaḥīḥ

إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَتَوَلَّى عَنْهُ أَصْحَابُهُ إِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 7216 · The Book of Paradise, its Description, its Bounties and its Inhabitants

Ṣaḥīḥ

إِنَّ الْمَيِّتَ إِذَا وُضِعَ فِي قَبْرِهِ إِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ خَفْقَ نِعَالِهِمْ إِذَا …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 7217 · The Book of Paradise, its Description, its Bounties and its Inhabitants

Ṣaḥīḥ

إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ مِنْ قَبْضَةٍ قَبَضَهَا مِنْ جَمِيعِ الأَرْضِ فَجَاءَ بَنُو آدَمَ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4693 · Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

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وَإِنَّهُ لَيَسْمَعُ خَفْقَ نِعَالِهِمْ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ حِينَ يُقَالُ لَهُ : يَا …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4753 · Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

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فَتَصْهَرُهُمُ الشَّمْسُ فَيَكُونُونَ فِي الْعَرَقِ بِقَدْرِ أَعْمَالِهِمْ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ …

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2421 · Chapters on the description of the Day of Judgement, Ar-Riqaq, and Al-Wa

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مَنْ جَعَلَ الْهُمُومَ هَمًّا وَاحِدًا هَمَّ الْمَعَادِ كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ هَمَّ دُنْيَاهُ وَمَنْ …

Sunan Ibn Mājah 4106 · Zuhd

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