Mushna Dua Library
Marketplace Remembrance
Marketplace Remembrance
Transliteration
Lā ilāha illā llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahu l-mulku wa lahu l-ḥamd, yuḥyī wa yumīt, wa huwa ḥayy lā yamūt, biyadihi l-khayr, wa huwa ʿalā kulli shay’in qadīr.
Translation
“There is no god but Allah, alone, without partner. To Him belongs the dominion and to Him is all praise. He gives life and causes death, and He is Ever-Living and does not die. In His Hand is all good, and He has power over all things.”
Understand the dua
Background & benefit
This remembrance is reported for entering the marketplace, a place where people are often occupied by buying, selling, profit, negotiation, and distraction. Its words are pure tawhid: Allah alone is worshipped, all dominion and praise belong to Him, life and death are in His control, and all good is in His Hand. The narration includes a reported reward, but scholars differed over its grading, so the reward should be read with caution.
This dua helps turn a routine worldly act into remembrance of Allah. It centres the heart on tawhid before engaging in shopping, trade, business, or financial dealings. It reminds the believer that provision, benefit, and harm are ultimately in Allah’s Hand, even while dealing with markets, money, and worldly transactions.
Recite when entering a marketplace, shopping area, bazaar, mall, or place of trade, while keeping the grading note in mind for the specific reward mentioned in the narration.
This narration mentions a very large reward for the one who says this remembrance when entering the marketplace. Because scholars differed over the grading, the reward should be understood with that caution. The remembrance itself is a powerful statement of tawhid, praise of Allah, and reliance on Him in a place where people are often distracted by buying, selling, profit, and worldly concerns.
Source & authenticity
Source: Dhikr
Authenticity: Scholars differed
This remembrance is reported in the hadith collections, and scholars differed over the grading of the report, especially the specific reward wording. The words themselves contain sound meanings of tawḥīd, praise, and remembrance of Allah, while the exact reward wording should be treated with caution.
Categories
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