PRAYERS OF THE FINAL PROPHET (SAAWW)

42 HIS DUA WHEN DISTRESSED OR TROUBLED

82. From Shaykh ±£s¢ in al-Am¡l¢: Narrated from Zayd, from his fathers, from ~Al¢ XE "~Al¢"  D, who said: Whenever the Noble Prophet XE "Noble Prophet"  9 was distressed or troubled he would recite the following du~¡:

يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ، يَا حَيّاً لاَ يَمُوتُ، يَا حَيُّ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، كَاشِفَ الْهَمِّ، مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ. أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَنَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدَ لاَ إِلٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْمَنَّانُ، بَدِيعُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ ذُو الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ، رَحْمٰنَ الدُّنْـيَا وَالآخِرَةِ وَرَحِيمَهُمَا، رَبِّ ارْحَمْنِي رَحْمَةً تُغْنِيَنِي بِهَا عَنْ رَحْمَةِ مَنْ سِوَاكَ، يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

O Ever-living! O Ever-lasting! O Ever-living who never dies! O Ever-living there is no god but You. Remover of the troubles! Answerer of the calls of the desperate! I ask You, as all praise is due to You – there is no god but You – O Bestower of Favors! Originator of the heavens and the earth! Lord of Might and Glory! The Beneficent in this world and the next and the Merciful in them both! O Lord! Bless me with the mercy that would make me free from needing mercy from other than You, O Most Merciful of the mercifuls.

The Noble Prophet XE "Holy Prophet"  9 said: “Whoever, from among the Muslims, recites this du~¡ three times is guaranteed to get what he asks for except if it (what he asks for) is a sin or if he has broken off ties with his close relatives.”[i]