The heart

Sadness

Grief, low spirits, a heaviness you can't name

116 verified supplications · 84 written out in full

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

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَـٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ …

When you have lost someone

The words of those who, when struck by calamity, are promised blessings

Qur'anQur'an 2:156-157

يَا مُقَلِّبَ الْقُلُوبِ ثَبِّتْ قَلْبِي عَلَى دِينِكَ

When your faith feels unsteady

The Prophet ﷺ said this often, and when asked why, said hearts are betwe

ṢaḥīḥJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3522

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

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِى يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا …

A short one, when you cannot manage more

Said by people in the Qur'an who had nothing left to argue with.

Qur'anQur'an 23:109

ٱلَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ قِيَـٰمًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِى …

When you cannot see the point of any of it

Said by those who look at the sky and think about it until it moves them

Qur'anQur'an 3:191

قَالَ إِنَّمَآ أَشْكُوا۟ بَثِّى وَحُزْنِىٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا …

When you cannot say it to anyone else

Yaʿqūb ﷺ, told he was grieving too openly, answered this.

Qur'anQur'an 12:86

بَيْنَمَا أَيُّوبُ يَغْتَسِلُ عُرْيَانًا خَرَّ عَلَيْهِ رِجْلُ جَرَادٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، فَجَعَلَ …

When you are given something and it still is not enough

Ayyūb ﷺ was asked whether he had had enough. This was the answer.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3391

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

وَلَا تُخْزِنِى يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ مَالٌ وَلَا بَنُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى …

The only thing that will count

Ibrāhīm ﷺ asked not to be disgraced on the Day, then named what will act

Qur'anQur'an 26:87-89

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

وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ وَٱرْحَمْ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

Three words, when that is all you have

The closing supplication of Sūrat al-Mu'minūn.

Qur'anQur'an 23:118

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥ ۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ …

How near He actually is

A measurement given in the Qur'an, in terms of your own body.

Qur'anQur'an 50:16

وَقَالُوا۟ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَذْهَبَ عَنَّا ٱلْحَزَنَ ۖ إِنَّ رَبَّنَا لَغَفُورٌ …

Said by people once it is finally over

The first words of the people of Paradise, according to the Qur'an.

Qur'anQur'an 35:34

رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ

When you just want it to stop

Said by a people under a punishment they could no longer bear.

Qur'anQur'an 44:12

وَٱلضُّحَىٰ وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ وَلَلْـَٔاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ …

When it has gone quiet and you think you were dropped

Revealed after revelation paused, and people said he had been abandoned.

Qur'anQur'an 93:1-8

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

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً …

What is said to a soul at the end

The address given to the one whose heart had settled.

Qur'anQur'an 89:27-30

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

وَمَا خَلَقْتُ ٱلْجِنَّ وَٱلْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ

The stated reason any of this exists

One sentence answering the largest question.

Qur'anQur'an 51:56

وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ ۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ …

Patience without complaint to people

Yaʿqūb ﷺ, shown a shirt and told a lie, chose two words.

Qur'anQur'an 12:18

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

أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ يَعْقِلُونَ بِهَآ أَوْ ءَاذَانٌ …

On seeing something and not taking it in

A correction about where blindness actually occurs.

Qur'anQur'an 22:46

وَلَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَأَنسَىٰهُمْ أَنفُسَهُمْ ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ …

A consequence with a shape to it

What happens to a person who leaves off remembering.

Qur'anQur'an 59:19

فَلَوْلَآ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ ٱلْحُلْقُومَ وَأَنتُمْ حِينَئِذٍ تَنظُرُونَ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ …

The one moment nothing can be done in

A scene described in the present tense, with everyone watching.

Qur'anQur'an 56:83-85

۞ أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ …

A question asked gently, and it stings

Revealed to believers, not to disbelievers.

Qur'anQur'an 57:16

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، إِنَّ لِلْمَوْتِ سَكَرَاتٍ

What he ﷺ said while dying

Aisha watched him dipping his hand in water and wiping his face.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4449

نَهْرٌ وَعَدَنِيهِ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ عَلَيْهِ حَوْضٌ

What he was given while they thought he slept

He raised his head smiling, and they asked what had made him smile.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 895

إِنَّ الْعَيْنَ تَدْمَعُ، وَالْقَلْبَ يَحْزَنُ، وَلاَ نَقُولُ إِلاَّ مَا يَرْضَى رَبُّنَا …

Holding a child who is dying

He held his son Ibrāhīm as he died, and his eyes overflowed.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1303

اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا

Sitting with someone frightened of dying

Saʿd wept when he ﷺ visited him during his illness in Makkah.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 4215

لاَ يَنْفَعُهُ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَقُلْ يَوْمًا رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي يَوْمَ الدِّينِ

When someone good has died outside faith

Aisha asked about a man known for feeding the poor and keeping family ti

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 518

كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَآئِقَةُ ٱلْمَوْتِ ۗ وَإِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوْنَ أُجُورَكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۖ …

A sentence with no exceptions in it

Said in the middle of a passage about what is worth competing for.

Qur'anQur'an 3:185

أَىْ عَمِّ قُلْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ. أُحَاجُّ لَكَ بِهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ

At the bedside of someone refusing

He asked his dying uncle for one sentence, and offered to argue his case

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4675

ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَخُفْيَةً ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ

How to ask

An instruction about volume and manner.

Qur'anQur'an 7:55

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

ٱللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْحَدِيثِ كِتَـٰبًا مُّتَشَـٰبِهًا مَّثَانِىَ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ …

What the Qur'an is supposed to do to you

A physical description of the effect on those who fear their Lord.

Qur'anQur'an 39:23

۞ أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ …

When you have stopped being affected by anything

A description of hearts that hardened after having been given the truth.

Qur'anQur'an 57:16-17

قُولِي اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلَهُ وَأَعْقِبْنِي مِنْهُ عُقْبَى حَسَنَةً

What you say at a sickbed is being answered

Umm Salama was told why the words matter there in particular.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 2129

فَيَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا أَعْطَيْتَنَا مَا لَمْ تُعْطِ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ

Said by people who have already been given everything

They are asked whether they want more, and they cannot think what.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 455

إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَإِذَا تُلِيَتْ …

A description of what belief does physically

Three signs listed, and the first is involuntary.

Qur'anQur'an 8:2

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا …

Saying it is the easy half

Two clauses, and the second is where the work is.

Qur'anQur'an 46:13

لِّلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَإِن تُبْدُوا۟ مَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ …

On the parts of yourself you keep back

A verse that covers the inside as well as the outside.

Qur'anQur'an 2:284

لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا …

The verse that came to lighten the one before it

They said they could not bear it, and were answered.

Qur'anQur'an 2:286

وَيَقُولُ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ رُوحٌ طَيِّبَةٌ جَاءَتْ مِنْ قِبَلِ الأَرْضِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ …

What happens at the moment of death

Two angels take it up, and the reception is described in detail.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 7221

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَوْقَ كَثِيرٍ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ

Praying for someone's rank rather than their comfort

Said for a man who had just been killed, at his own request.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4323

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَاجْعَلْنِي مَعَ الرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلَى

What he said while Aisha held his hand

She was rubbing his hand with it while he was dying.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 5707

تَدْمَعُ الْعَيْنُ وَيَحْزَنُ الْقَلْبُ وَلاَ نَقُولُ إِلاَّ مَا يَرْضَى رَبُّنَا وَاللَّهِ …

Naming a newborn after someone you loved

A son was born to him and he named him after his own father.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6025

غِفَارُ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهَا وَأَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللَّهُ وَعُصَيَّةُ عَصَتِ اللَّهَ …

A prayer said after a bad turn

Said in the qunūt for a month, then stopped.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 1558

سَبْعَةٌ يُظِلُّهُمُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي ظِلِّهِ يَوْمَ لاَ ظِلَّ إِلاَّ ظِلُّهُ إِمَامٌ …

Seven kinds of people under shade

A list of who is sheltered on a day with no other shelter.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1423

يَا عَمِّ، قُلْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، كَلِمَةً أَشْهَدُ لَكَ بِهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ

One sentence asked for at the very end

A second narration of his uncle's deathbed, with different wording.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1360

إِنَّ إِخْوَانَكُمْ قَدْ قُتِلُوا وَإِنَّهُمْ قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ بَلِّغْ عَنَّا نَبِيَّنَا …

Asked to be reported back to the living

Men killed at Bi'r Maʿūna sent a message before they died.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 4917

إِنَّ أَصْحَابَكُمْ قَدْ أُصِيبُوا، وَإِنَّهُمْ قَدْ سَأَلُوا رَبَّهُمْ، فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا …

What was sent back about them

A verse was revealed carrying their message, then withdrawn.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4093

لاَ يَتَمَنَّيَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَوْتَ مِنْ ضُرٍّ أَصَابَهُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ لاَ بُدَّ فَاعِلاً …

When you want it to be over

A prohibition, then a way to phrase it that is allowed.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5671

اسْتَأْذَنْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لأُمِّي فَلَمْ يَأْذَنْ لِي وَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ أَنْ …

A request that was not granted

He asked twice, and got two different answers.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 2258

وَمَثَلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ ٱجْتُثَّتْ مِن فَوْقِ ٱلْأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِن …

On speech that carries

Set directly against the good word in the same passage.

Qur'anQur'an 14:26

إِنَّمَا الصَّبْرُ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الأُولَى

Where patience actually counts

Said to a woman crying at a grave who did not recognise him.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1283

وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۘ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ …

What is left of everything

A line of poetry he called the truest thing an Arab had said.

Qur'anQur'an 28:88

يَلْقَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَبَاهُ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّكَ وَعَدْتَنِي أَنْ لاَ تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ …

A promise he had been given, and a moment it seems to fail

Ibrāhīm ﷺ meets his father on the Day and reminds Allah of a promise.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4769

لَوْ أَنزَلْنَا هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عَلَىٰ جَبَلٍ لَّرَأَيْتَهُۥ خَـٰشِعًا مُّتَصَدِّعًا …

What the Qur'an is said to do to a mountain

A comparison offered against a human heart.

Qur'anQur'an 59:21

اسْتَأْذَنْتُ رَبِّي فِي أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهَا فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي وَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ فِي …

Standing at his mother's grave

He wept and everyone around him wept.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 2259

أَرْوَاحُهُمْ فِي جَوْفِ طَيْرٍ خُضْرٍ لَهَا قَنَادِيلُ مُعَلَّقَةٌ بِالْعَرْشِ تَسْرَحُ مِنَ …

What the martyrs asked for

They were asked what they wanted, and the answer was refused.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 4885

وَٱتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فَٱنسَلَخَ مِنْهَا فَأَتْبَعَهُ …

Do not be like the one who knew and forgot

A comparison with a dog, and it is deliberately unflattering.

Qur'anQur'an 7:175-176

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

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لأَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فِي الْمَهْدِيِّينَ وَاخْلُفْهُ فِي …

What he said standing over a man who had just died

Abū Salama's eyes were fixed open and he closed them.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 2130

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ وَأَعْقِبْنِي مِنْهُ عُقْبَى حَسَنَةً

The prayer Umm Salamah hated to say

Her husband had just died and she could not imagine anyone after him.

ṢaḥīḥSunan an-Nasā'ī 1825

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَاجْبُرْنِي وَارْزُقْنِي وَارْفَعْنِي

Five things between two prostrations

Said in the night prayer, in the gap where most people say nothing.

ṢaḥīḥSunan Ibn Mājah 898

إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ شَىْءٌ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى بَنَاتِ آدَمَ

Aisha weeping at Sarif

She said she wished she had never set out.

ṢaḥīḥSunan Abī Dāwūd 1782

رَبِّ لَمْ تَعِدْنِي هَذَا وَأَنَا أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لَمْ تَعِدْنِي هَذَا وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ

What he said weeping in prostration during the eclipse

He was holding Allah to something already written.

ṢaḥīḥSunan an-Nasā'ī 1496

تَدْمَعُ الْعَيْنُ وَيَحْزَنُ الْقَلْبُ وَلاَ نَقُولُ إِلاَّ مَا يَرْضَى رَبُّنَا إِنَّا بِكَ …

What he said holding his dying son

He had named him after Ibrahim two years earlier.

ṢaḥīḥSunan Abī Dāwūd 3126

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الأَعْلَى سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الأَعْلَى

What he said with his face on the ground

Hudhayfah stood at his side and recorded every position.

ṢaḥīḥSunan an-Nasā'ī 1145

اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَعْقِبْنِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا

The words Umm Salamah could not bring herself to mean

She said them and then argued with herself about them.

ṢaḥīḥMuwaṭṭa' Mālik 561

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمَا

What Umm Sulaym did before telling her husband

The child had died while his father was out.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 5613

اللَّهُمَّ أُمَّتِي أُمَّتِي

What made him weep after reciting two verses

One prophet disowning, one prophet leaving it open.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 499

أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الأَرْبَعِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لاَ يَنْفَعُ وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لاَ يَخْشَعُ وَمِنْ نَفْسٍ …

Four things that all fail in the same way

Each one is a thing that should work and does not.

ṢaḥīḥSunan Abī Dāwūd 1548

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

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْغَنِيُّ وَنَحْنُ الْفُقَرَاءُ أَنْزِلْ …

What he said from the pulpit in the drought

Aisha describes him coming out as the sun's edge appeared.

ḤasanSunan Abī Dāwūd 1173

ابْنَ آدَمَ إِنْ صَبَرْتَ وَاحْتَسَبْتَ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الأُولَى لَمْ أَرْضَ لَكَ ثَوَابًا …

Where patience has to happen for it to count

It names the moment, not the state.

ḤasanSunan Ibn Mājah 1597

آيَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ ثَلاَثٌ إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ، وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ، وَإِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ …

The three that show up regardless of what is claimed

None of them is about belief.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 33

مَا مِنْكُنَّ امْرَأَةٌ تُقَدِّمُ ثَلاَثَةً مِنْ وَلَدِهَا إِلاَّ كَانَ لَهَا حِجَابًا مِنَ …

What he told the women who asked for a day

One of them asked what happens with two.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 101

إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَيَّرَ عَبْدًا بَيْنَ الدُّنْيَا وَبَيْنَ مَا عِنْدَهُ، فَاخْتَارَ مَا عِنْدَ …

What he announced from the pulpit, and who understood it

Only one man in the mosque started crying.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 466

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

مَا لِعَبْدِي الْمُؤْمِنِ عِنْدِي جَزَاءٌ، إِذَا قَبَضْتُ صَفِيَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا …

What is set aside for one specific loss

It names the person taken, not the pain.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6424

أَوَفِي هَذَا أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، إِنَّ أُولَئِكَ قَوْمٌ عُجِّلُوا طَيِّبَاتِهِمْ …

What Umar was told about the mattress

He had wept at the mark it left on his side.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5191

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

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْتَذِرُ إِلَيْكَ مِمَّا صَنَعَ هَؤُلاَءِ ـ يَعْنِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ ـ …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4048 · Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)

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

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

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 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 الْهَرَمِ وَالْحُزْنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ …

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 5503 · The Book of Seeking Refuge with Allah

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ …

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3484 · Chapters on Supplication

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ، إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْكَسَلِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3503 · Chapters on Supplication

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ فَإِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ حَرُمَ عَلَىَّ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَأَمْوَالُهُمْ

Sunan Ibn Mājah 3929 · Tribulations

Ṣaḥīḥ

إِذَا صَارَ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ إِلَى النَّارِ، جِيءَ …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6548 · To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)

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)

Ṣaḥīḥ

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

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

Ṣaḥīḥ

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

Ṣaḥīḥ

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

Sunan Ibn Mājah 4106 · Zuhd

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