Overcoming Grief

The last of the Prophets (Sallalahu Alayhi Wasalam) said:
'Whatever befalls the believer in terms of anxiety, hardship or grief, Allah will make it an atonement for (some of) his sins.'

This indicates that grief is a trial with which the believer is afflicted, and through which some of his sins are atoned for. However, it does not indicate that grief is something to be sought after; the believer should not seek out means of finding grief, thinking that he is performing an act of worship. If this were the ease, then the Prophet (sallalahu Alayhi Wasalam) would have been the first to apply this principle. But he didn’t search for misery; rather; his face was always smiling, his heart was content, and he was continually joyful.

Lets make these supplications, their purpose being to eliminate hardship, anxiety and grief: <

"There is none worthy of worship except Allah, the Ever-Forbearing, the All-Great. There is none worthy of worship except Allah, the Lord of the Tremendous Throne. There is none worthy of worship except Allah, the Lord of the Heavens, the Lord of the earth and the Lord of the Noble Throne. O’ Ever-Living, and O’ One Who sustains and protects all that exists, there is none worthy of worship except You, and by Your mercy do we seek Your aid."

"O Allah, Your mercy do I hope for; so do not leave me to myself not even for the blinking of an eve. And make well for me all of my affairs. There is none worthy of worship except You."

"I seek forgiveness from Allah: none is worthy of worship except Him. He is the Ever-Living and the One who sustains and protects all that exists, and I turn to Him in repentance."

"There is none worthy of worship except You, and how perfect You are; verily, I was among the wrongdoers."

"O Allah, verily I am your slave, the son of your slaves; my forelock is in your hand, your order concerning me will be executed and just is Your judgment upon me. I ask you by all of Your names that you have named Yourself with, have revealed in your book, have taught to one of Your creation, or is in Your knowledge only (from the matters of the unseen): make the Qur’an the spring of my heart, the light of my chest, the remover of my sadness and the purger of my anxiety."

"O Allah. I seek refuge in you from anxiety and grief, from inability and laziness, from avarice and cowardice, from being engrossed by debt, and from being overpowered by men."

"Allah (Alone), is Sufficient for us, and He is the Best Disposer of affairs (for us)."


For other du'as (supplications), see also the Du'a Page.