Mushna Dua Library

For Calamity and Loss

Hadith/Dhikr

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي، وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا

Transliteration

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. Allāhumma’jurnī fī muṣībatī, wa akhlif lī khayran minhā.

Translation

Indeed, we belong to Allah and to Him we return. O Allah, reward me in my calamity and replace it for me with something better than it.

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Background & benefit

Background

Taught for times of loss and calamity.

Benefit

Helps the believer respond to grief with surrender, reward-seeking, and hope in replacement from Allah.

When to recite

loss, hardship, personal dua

Source & authenticity

Source: Hadith/Dhikr

Reference: Sahih Muslim 918

Authenticity: Sahih

Authentic dua for calamity; first phrase is Quranic, full dua reported in Muslim.

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Funeral Prayer Dua

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ، وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ، وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ، وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ...

Allāhumma-ghfir lahu warḥamhu, wa ʿāfihi waʿfu ʿanhu, wa akrim nuzulah, wa wassiʿ mudkhalah...

O Allah, forgive him, have mercy on him, pardon him and grant him well-being, honour his reception, widen his entrance...

Why this dua?

A comprehensive prayer for forgiveness, mercy, honour, cleansing, and a better abode for the deceased.

Sahih Muslim 963

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Hadith/DhikrSahih

Visiting Graves

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ دَارَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ

As-salāmu ʿalaykum dāra qawmin muʾminīn, wa innā in shāʾ Allāhu bikum lāḥiqūn.

Peace be upon you, dwelling of believing people. And indeed, if Allah wills, we will join you.

Why this dua?

Reminds the believer of death, the Hereafter, and brotherhood with the deceased believers.

Sahih Muslim 975

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Dua for Severe Anxiety and Distress (Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum)

يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ

Yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūm, bi‑raḥmatika astaghīth.

“O Ever-Living, O Sustainer, in Your mercy I seek relief.”

Why this dua?

For stress and distress, asking the Ever-Living and Self-Sustaining Lord for rescue through His mercy.

Jāmiʿ al‑Tirmidhī 3524 (Chapters on Supplication)

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QuranQuranic

Yaqub’s Words of Grief to Allah

إِنَّمَا أَشْكُو بَثِّي وَحُزْنِي إِلَى اللَّهِ

Innamā ashkū baththī wa ḥuznī ilallāh.

I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah.

Why this dua?

A Quranic expression for grief, patience, and turning emotional pain toward Allah instead of despair.

Quran 12:86

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Hadith/DhikrSahih

Dua for Distress: La Ilaha Illallahul Azim

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ

Lā ilāha illā Allāhu al-ʿaẓīmu al-ḥalīm, lā ilāha illā Allāhu rabbu al-ʿarshi al-ʿaẓīm, lā ilāha illā Allāhu rabbu as-samāwāti wa rabbu al-arḍi wa rabbu al-ʿarshi al-karīm.

There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, the Magnificent, the Forbearing. There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, Lord of the Magnificent Throne. There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth, and Lord of the Noble Throne.

Why this dua?

For serious distress, fear and hardship, centering the heart on Allah’s greatness and control over all creation.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6346; Sahih Muslim 2730

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QuranQuranic

Make Us Die as Muslims

رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ

Rabbanā afrigh ʿalaynā ṣabran wa-tawaffanā muslimīn.

Our Lord, pour upon us patience and cause us to die as Muslims.

Why this dua?

For sabr, courage, and dying upon Islam.

Quran 7:126

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Dua for Distress: La Ilaha Illallahul Azim

Make Us Die as Muslims