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Hard Times Dhikr
This page lists 4 hadiths on hard times dhikr, each with its Arabic text, translation, source and grade. The hadith text, translation and explanation are reproduced exactly from the HadeethEnc.com Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, with a link to each original entry so you can check it.
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O Allah, You are my Supporter and my Helper. With Your help I get strength, and with Your help I pounce upon the enemy and defeat it, and with Your help I fight
Hadith 1
عن أنس بن مالك رضي الله عنه قال: كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا غزا، قال: «اللهم أنت عَضُدِي ونَصِيرِي، بِكَ أَحُول، وبِكَ أَصُول، وبك أقاتل».
Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: Whenever the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) set out to participate in war, he would say: "O Allah, You are my Supporter and my Helper. With Your help I get strength, and with Your help I pounce upon the enemy and defeat it, and with Your help I fight."
Reported by: Narrated by At-Termedhy - Narrated by Abu Daoud Grade: Authentic hadith
HadeethEnc.com #5024
Explanation
Whenever the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) wished to launch a military campaign or set out on one, he would say what means: O Allah, You are my helper and supporter. It is by You alone that I carry out my deeds, and it is by You alone that I pounce upon the enemies of religion, and it is by You alone that I fight them.
O Allah, we ask You to ward them off (from their throats), and we seek Your protection against their evil
Hadith 2
عن أبي موسى الأشعري رضي الله عنه كَانَ إذا خَافَ قوماً، قالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ إنَّا نَجْعَلُكَ في نُحُورِهِمْ، وَنَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شُرُورِهِمْ».
Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: When he feared mischief from some people, he would say: "O Allah, We ask You to ward them off (from their throats), and we seek Your protection against their evil."
Reported by: An-Nasaa’i - Narrated by Abu Daoud - Narrated by Ahmad Grade: Its chain of narrators is Sahih/Authentic
HadeethEnc.com #5473
Explanation
The supplication: We ask You to be ahead of them, to push them away from us and to protect us from them.
He mentioned the 'Nahr', which is the neck or chest, because it is the quickest and strongest way to push someone away, given that the enemy approaches the fight with his chest forward. Or, perhaps it denotes optimism with the prospect of cutting their necks, i.e. killing them.
"And we seek Your protection from their evil", i.e. when Allah wards the enemy off on our behalf, He keeps us safe from their evil.
In other words, we ask You, O Allah, to stop their advance, avert their evil, and deal with them on our behalf.
They are only a few words, but if one says them with sincerity and truthfulness, then indeed Allah will grant him protection.
How can I be at ease when the one with the trumpet has put his lips to the trumpet waiting to hear the order to blow it?
Hadith 3
عن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه مرفوعاً: «كَيْفَ أَنْعَمُ! وصَاحِبُ القَرْنِ قَدِ التَقَمَ القَرْنَ، واسْتَمَعَ الإِذْنَ مَتَى يُؤْمَرُ بالنَّفْخِ فَيَنْفُخُ»، فَكَأَنَّ ذَلِكَ ثَقُلَ على أصحابِ رسولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال لهم: «قُولُوا: حَسْبُنَا اللهُ ونِعْمَ الوَكِيلُ».
Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How can I be at ease when the one with the trumpet has put his lips to the trumpet waiting to hear the order to blow it?" This very much distressed the Companions, so he said to them: "Say: {Sufficient for us is Allah, and (He is) the best Disposer of affairs}."
Reported by: Narrated by At-Termedhy - Narrated by Ahmad Grade: Authentic hadith
HadeethEnc.com #4949
Explanation
The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: How could I be happy when the angel entrusted with the task of blowing the trumpet (and thus initiating the events of the Day of Judgment) has placed his lips on it, listening and waiting for the divine command to blow it. His words seemed to distress his Companions, so he told them to seek comfort by saying: {Sufficient is Allah for us, and He is the Best Disposer of our affairs.} [Sūrat Āl-‘Imrān: 173]
The Prophet of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to say during times of distress: "There is no god but Allah, the Most Great, the Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no god but Allah, the Lord of the heavens, the Lord of the earth, and the Lord of the Noble Throne
Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) reported: The Prophet of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to say during times of distress: "There is no god but Allah, the Most Great, the Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no god but Allah, the Lord of the heavens, the Lord of the earth, and the Lord of the Noble Throne."
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to say at times of intense distress and grief: "There is no god but Allah." No deity is truly worthy of worship but Allah, "the Most Magnificent" in status, the One of great significance in His essence, attributes, and actions. "The Forbearing" Who does not hasten the sinner's punishment; rather, He delays it, and He might pardon him despite having the ability to punish him, as He is the One Able to do all things. "There is no god but Allah, the Lord of the Mighty Throne," the Creator of the Mighty Throne. "There is no god but Allah the Lord of the heavens and the earth" and their Creator and the Creator, Possessor, Manager, and Disposer of everything therein the way He wills. "The Lord of the Noble Throne," the Creator of the Mighty Throne.
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