Another version of the du’a to recite when overcome with grief and anxiety

Question:

Can you confirm the source of this Hadith?

من أصابه هم أو غم أو سقم أو شدة فقال: الله ربي لا شريك له كشف ذلك عنه

Answer:

Imam Tabarani (rahimahullah) has recorded this narration on the authority of Sayyidah Asma bintu ‘Umays (radiyallahu ‘anha).

Sayyidah Asma bintu ‘Umays (radiyallahu ‘anha) reported, I heard Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever is afflicted by anxiety, grief illness or hardship and he recites the following, it will be removed:

الله ربي لا شريك له

Allahu Rabbi La Sharika Lahu

Allah is my Rabb, He has no partner

(Al Mu’jamul Kabir, Hadith: 396, vol. 24)

Imam Abu Dawud (rahimahullah) and other Muhaddithun has recorded a slightly different version of the du’a. See here.

One may recite either version.

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar

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This answer was collected from HadithAnswers.com. The answers were either answered or checked by Moulana Haroon Abasoomar (rahimahullah) who was a Shaykhul Hadith in South Africa, or by his son, Moulana Muhammad Abasoomer (hafizahullah), who is a Hadith specialist. 

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