Seeking Protection from Unanswered Prayers
الِاسْتِعَاذَةُ مِنْ دَعَوَاتٍ لَا يُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا
Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Kubra, Book of Seeking Refuge(view book)
Hārūn b. ʿAbdullāh And Mūsá b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Abū Usāmah > al-Muthanná b. Saʿīd al-Ṭāʾī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith > Qulnā Lizayd b. Arqam
"I will not teach you anything but that which the Messenger of Allah [SAW] used to teach us. He said: 'Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min al-'ajzi wal-kasali, wal-bukhli, wal-jubni, wal-harami, wa 'adhabil-qabri, Allahumma ati nafsi taqwaha, wa zakkiha anta khairu min zakkaha, anta waliyyuha wa mawlaha. Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min qalbin la yakhsha'u wa min nafsin la tashba'u wa 'ilmin la yanfa'u wa da'watin la yustajabu laha (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from incapacity, laziness, miserliness, cowardice, old age, the torment of the grave. O Allah, make my soul obedient and purify it, for You are the best One to purify it, You are its Guardian and Lord. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from a heart that is not humble, a soul that is not satisfied, knowledge that is of no benefit and a supplication that is not answered.)"
أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ وَمُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنِ الْمُثَنَّى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الطَّائِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ قُلْنَا لِزَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ
حَدِّثْنَا بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَفِتْنَةِ الدَّجَّالِ اللهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا أَنْتَ وَلِيِّهَا وَمَوْلَاهَا رَبِّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ قَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَنَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَعِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَدُعَاءٍ لَا يُسْمَعُ أَوْ دَعْوَةٍ لَا يُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا» قَالَ هَارُونُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ بَدَلَ الْهَرَمِ الْمَغْرَمَ
Classification
ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd And ʾAḥmad b. Ḥarb > Abū Muʿāwiyah > ʿĀṣim > Abū ʿUthmān Waʿabd Allāh b. al-Ḥārith > Zayd b. Arqam > Lā Aqūl Lakum Illā Mā
I am not going to say anything but only that which Messenger of Allah (may peace be upgn him) used to say. He used to supplicate:" O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from incapacity, from sloth, from cowardice, from miserliness, decrepitude and from torment of the grave. O Allah, grant to my soul the sense of righteousness and purify it, for Thou art the Best Purifier thereof. Thou art the Protecting Friend thereof, and Guardian thereof. O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the knowledge which does not benefit, from the heart that does not entertain the fear (of Allah), from the soul that does not feel contented and the supplication that is not responded."
أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ وَعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ قَالَ لَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِلَّا مَا
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَنَا قَالَ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ اللهُمَّ آتِ أَنْفُسَنَا تَقْوَاهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا أَنْتَ وَلِيِّهَا وَمَوْلَاهَا اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ» قَالَ أَحْمَدُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ «مِنْ عِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ» وَقَالَا جَمِيعًا «وَمِنْ نَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَمِنْ قَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَمِنْ دَعْوَةٍ لَا يُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا»
Classification
Wāṣil b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Ibn Fuḍayl > ʿĀṣim b. Sulaymān > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥārith
"When it was said to Zaid bin Arqam: 'Tell us what you heard from the Messenger of Allah [SAW], he said: "I will not tell you anything but that which the Messenger of Allah [SAW] commanded us to say: 'Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min al-'ajzi wal-kasali, wal-bukhli, wal-jubni, wal-harami, wa 'adhabil-qabri. Allahumma at nafsi taqwaha, wa zakkaha anta khairu min zakkaha, anta waliyyuha wa mawlaha. Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min nafsin la tashba'u wa min qalbin la yakhsha'u wa min 'ilmin la yanfa'u wa du'a'in la yustajab (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from incapacity, laziness, miserliness, cowardice, old age, the torment of the grave. O Allah, make my soul obedient and purify it, for You are the best One to purify it, You are its Guardian and Lord. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from a soul that is not satisfied, a heart that is not humble, knowledge that is of no benefit and a supplication that is not answered.)'"
أَخْبَرَنَا وَاصِلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنِ ابْنِ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ كَانَ إِذَا قِيلَ لِزَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ حَدِّثْنَا مَا
سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُحَدِّثُنَا بِهِ وَيَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نَقُولَهُ «اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ اللهُمَّ آتِ نَفْسِي تَقْوَاهَا أَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْ زَكَّاهَا أَنْتَ وَلِيِّهَا وَمَوْلَاهَا اللهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ نَفْسٍ لَا تَشْبَعُ وَقَلْبٍ لَا يَخْشَعُ وَعِلْمٍ لَا يَنْفَعُ وَدَعْوَةٍ لَا يُسْتَجَابُ لَهَا»