Fatwa #62796 August 2002United States of America
Allahumma Innee a’uzoobika minal hammi wal huzni wa a’uzoobika minal Ijzi wal kasli wa a’uzoobika minal bukhli wal jubni wa a’uzoobika min ghalabatid daeyni wa khah’rir rijaali. Du’aa to be debt-free.
Question
Kindly provide the source, background and meaning of this Du?aa. Jazak-Allahu Khairan.
Answer
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'eed al-Khudriy (Radhiallaahu Anhu) reports that once%0D%0ARasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) entered the Musjid and found an%0D%0AAnsaari Sahaabi by the name of Abu Umaamah (Radhiallaahu Anhu). Rasulullah%0D%0A(Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) enquired of him, 'Why do I see you in the%0D%0AMusjid at a time when there is no Salaat?' He replied, 'Oh Messenger of%0D%0AAllah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam)! I have a lot of debts and many worries.%0D%0A' Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) replied, 'should I not teach you%0D%0Asomething if you recite it, Allah will remove your worries and fulfil your%0D%0Adebts? Say every morning and evening, 'O Allah! Certainly, I seek refuge in%0D%0Ayou from concern and grief and I seek refuge in you from inability and%0D%0Alaziness, and I seek refuge in you from cowardice and miserliness and I seek%0D%0Arefuge in you from the overpowering of debts and from the subjection of man.%0D%0A' That Sahaabi says, 'I did so and Allah removed my worries and fulfilled my%0D%0Adebts.' (Sunan Abu Dawud Hadith1550 vol.2 pg.308 - 309)%0D%0A%0D%0AAl-shawkani states that 'there is no defect in its chain of narrators'.%0D%0A(Tuhfatuz zaakireen pg.110)%0D%0A%0D%0Aand Allah Ta'ala Knows Best%0D%0A%0D%0AMoulana Muhammad ibn Moulana Haroon Abbassommar%0D%0AFACULTY OF SPECIALTY IN HADITH%0D%0A%0D%0ACHECKED AND APPROVED: Mufti Ebrahim Desai