Dua for Ease
Dua 1: Supplication When Faced With Difficulty
Anas I reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
اللَّهُمَّ لَا سَهْلَ إِلَّا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلًا ❁ وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلًا ❁
Allāhumma lā sahla illā mā jaʿaltahu sahlan, wa-anta tajʿalu l-ḥazna idhā shi'ta sahlā.
O Allah, nothing is easy except what You make easy, and You make the difficult easy if You will it.
| Reference | Ibn as-Sunni (353) |
Dua 2: When One's Livelihood Becomes Difficult
Ibn Umar I reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “What is to prevent any one of you, when his livelihood becomes difficult, from saying as he leaves his house:”
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ عَلَى نَفْسِي وَمَالِي وَدِينِي ❁ اللَّهُمَّ رَضِّنِي بِقَضَائِكَ ❁ وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا قُدِّرَ لِي ❁ حَتَّى لَا أُحِبَّ تَعْجِيلَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ وَلَا تَأْخِيرَ مَا عَجَّلْتَ ❁
Bismi Llāhi ʿalā nafsī wa-mālī wa-dīnī. Allāhumma raḍḍinī bi-qaḍā'ika, wa-bārik lī fīmā quddira lī, ḥattā lā uḥibba taʿjīla mā akhkharta wa-lā ta'khīra mā ʿajjalt.
In the name of Allah, over myself, my wealth and my religion. O Allah, make me content with Your decree and bless for me what has been allotted to me, so that I do not wish to hasten what You have delayed or delay what You have hastened.
| Reference | Ibn as-Sunni (352) |
Dua 3: Supplication to Be Said in Times of Distress
Ali I narrated that the Prophet ﷺ asked him: “O Ali, shall I teach you some words to recite whenever you are afflicted by distress?” Ali replied, “Yes, may Allah make me your ransom.” The Prophet ﷺ then said: “When distress befalls you, say:”
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ❁ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ ❁
Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm, wa-lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata illā bi-Llāhi l-ʿAliyyi l-ʿAẓīm.
In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. And there is no power and no strength except through Allah, the Most High, the Tremendous.
| Reference | Ibn as-Sunni (331) |
