Anxiety & distress

Dua for Anxiety

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ، وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal-hammi wal-hazan, wal-'ajzi wal-kasal, wal-bukhli wal-jubn, wa dala'id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijal

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from anxiety and grief, from incapacity and laziness, from cowardice and miserliness, from being overwhelmed by debt and overpowered by other men.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6369 · Sahih

Where this dua comes from

This dua is narrated by Anas ibn Malik, who said the Prophet ﷺ used to say it frequently. Its structure is notable: it pairs each affliction with its opposite in a way that reads almost like a diagnostic list — hamm (anxiety about the future) with hazn (grief over the past), 'ajz (inability) with kasal (unwillingness), and so on. Scholars have pointed to this pairing as evidence of the hadith's psychological precision: it separates anxiety that comes from circumstance (debt, being overpowered) from anxiety that comes from character (laziness, cowardice, miserliness), addressing both in the same breath. It is commonly recited in the morning and evening adhkar, but nothing restricts it to those times — it is one of the more frequently cited duas for anyone going through a period of sustained worry, financial pressure, or low motivation.

When to recite

Any time worry or distress sets in — the Prophet ﷺ is reported to have recited this often.

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