Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 31289 — What they said on a man afflicted

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stated: No servant ever recites this supplication when worry or grief afflicts him: O Allah, I myself am Your servant, the son of Your servant, and the offspring of Your bondwoman. My forelock is in Your hand. Whatever You decide concerning me is bound to be carried out, and whatever You command concerning me is all justice. I ask You, by means of every name of Yours which You have Yourself assigned to Yourself, or have sent down in Your Book, or have taught to any of Your creation, or have kept hidden in Your own knowledge of the unseen, that You make the Qur'an the spring of my heart, the light of my breast, the remover of my grief and the cause of the ending of my sorrow, except that Allah Almighty ends this servant's worry and grants him joy and happiness in place of his grief. The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then it is proper for us to learn these words? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes, it is proper for those who have heard this supplication to learn it.