الادب المفرد
Adab al-Mufrad
كتابBook of Morning Supplications
بَابُ دَعَوَاتِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَChapter: The Prophet's ﷺ Supplications
Hadith 669
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سُمَيٌّ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْ جَهْدِ الْبَلاءِ ، وَدَرْكِ الشَّقَاءِ ، وَسُوءِ الْقَضَاءِ ، وَشَمَاتَةِ الأَعْدَاءِ . قَالَ سُفْيَانُ : فِي الْحَدِيثِ ثَلاثٌ ، زِدْتُ أَنَا وَاحِدَةً ، لا أَدْرِي أَيَّتُهُنَّ .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to seek refuge from the severity of trials and calamities, from reaching misfortune, from evil destiny, and from the rejoicing of enemies. Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) says: There were three things in the hadith, I added one, but I do not know which one it is.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Usman Muneeb
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Every calamity which a person cannot bear and does not have the power to remove is “jahd al-bala” (extreme affliction). It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar radi Allahu anhuma that its meaning is the scarcity of wealth and the abundance of dependents. What is meant by it is every severe calamity. (Fadlullah al-Samad)
➋ The opposite of happiness and good fortune (sa‘adah) is wretchedness (shaqawah). To be afflicted in such a way in matters of this world and the Hereafter that one becomes helpless and fails in the coming trial is wretchedness. And this is the extreme and final stage of a life full of hardship.
➌ The meaning of “evil decree” (su’ al-qada) is such a decision that becomes a cause of loss for a person in this world or the Hereafter, whether it pertains to wealth or to faith (iman). It is called “evil” in relation to the servants, otherwise every command of Allah Ta‘ala is based on goodness.
➍ The word which the narrator added is “shamatat al-a‘da’” (the gloating of enemies), as Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah has clarified in Fath al-Bari 11/148. And this is established with an authentic chain from another hadith; see: (al-Sahihah lil-Albani, hadith: 1541). From this it is known that this phrase is not from the narrator himself, rather he took it from the hadith.
➎ From this, the honesty of the narrators of hadith is also evident, that they collected the ahadith with such integrity.
➊ Every calamity which a person cannot bear and does not have the power to remove is “jahd al-bala” (extreme affliction). It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar radi Allahu anhuma that its meaning is the scarcity of wealth and the abundance of dependents. What is meant by it is every severe calamity. (Fadlullah al-Samad)
➋ The opposite of happiness and good fortune (sa‘adah) is wretchedness (shaqawah). To be afflicted in such a way in matters of this world and the Hereafter that one becomes helpless and fails in the coming trial is wretchedness. And this is the extreme and final stage of a life full of hardship.
➌ The meaning of “evil decree” (su’ al-qada) is such a decision that becomes a cause of loss for a person in this world or the Hereafter, whether it pertains to wealth or to faith (iman). It is called “evil” in relation to the servants, otherwise every command of Allah Ta‘ala is based on goodness.
➍ The word which the narrator added is “shamatat al-a‘da’” (the gloating of enemies), as Hafiz Ibn Hajar rahimahullah has clarified in Fath al-Bari 11/148. And this is established with an authentic chain from another hadith; see: (al-Sahihah lil-Albani, hadith: 1541). From this it is known that this phrase is not from the narrator himself, rather he took it from the hadith.
➎ From this, the honesty of the narrators of hadith is also evident, that they collected the ahadith with such integrity.
Source: Fadlullah al-Ahad: Urdu Commentary on al-Adab al-Mufrad, Page: 669
