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Protection from Physical & Spiritual Illnesses

Protection from Physical & Spiritual Illnesses

Hadith/Dhikr
اَللّٰهُمَّ إنِّيْ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ ، وَالْكَسَلِ ، وَالجُبْنِ ، وَالْبُخْلِ ، وَالْهَرَمِ ، وَالْقَسْوَةِ ، وَالْغَفْلَةِ ، وَالْعَيْلَةِ ، والذِّلَّةِ ، وَالْمَسْكَنَةِ ، وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ ، وَالْكُفْرِ ، وَالْفُسُوْقِ ، وَالشِّقَاقِ ، وَالنِّفَاقِ ، وَالسُّمْعَةِ ، وَالرِّيَاءِ ، وَأعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الصَّمَمِ ، وَالْبَكَمِ ، وَالْجُنُوْنِ ، وَالْجُذَامِ ، وَالْبَرَصِ ، وَسَيِّىءِ الْأَسْقَامِ.

Transliteration

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina-l-ʿajzi, wa-l-kasal, wa-l-jubn, wa-l-bukhl, wa-l-haram, wa-l-qaswah, wa-l-ghaflah, wa-l-ʿaylah, wa-dh-dhillah, wa-l-maskanah, wa aʿūdhu bika mina-l-faqr, wa-l-kufr, wa-l-fusūq, wa-sh-shiqāq, wa-n-nifāq, wa-s-sumʿah, wa-r-riyā’, wa aʿūdhu bika mina-ṣ-ṣamam, wa-l-bakam, wa-l-junūn, wa-l-judhām, wa-l-baraṣ, wa sayyi’i-l-asqām.

Translation

O Allah, I seek Your protection from inability, laziness, cowardice, miserliness, senility, hard heartedness, heedlessness, economic dependence, humiliation and destitution. I seek Your protection from poverty, disbelief, disobedience, discord, hypocrisy, seeking fame and ostentation. I seek Your protection from deafness, dumbness, insanity, leprosy, vitiligo and from all harmful diseases.

Understand the dua

Background & benefit

Background

This supplication is included in the Sunnah duas collection and is connected to al-Hakim 1944. It gives the believer a concise way to ask Allah for protection, provision.

Benefit

It helps the believer turn a real spiritual need into dua, seeking Allah’s help for protection, provision while remembering dependence on Him.

When to recite

Recite as a general supplication when this need is present.

Source & authenticity

Source: Hadith/Dhikr

Reference: al-Hakim 1944

Authenticity: Sahih

This supplication is reported in al-Hakim 1944. Its wording and meaning are suitable for personal dua and remembrance.

Categories

Life situation

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