Supplications for Safety from the Oppression of Rulers

Supplications for Protection from the Oppression of Rulers


Written by: Imran Ayyub Lahori

➊ Narration of ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd (RA)​

He reported: When any one of you fears a ruler, let him say these words:


اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمواتِ السَّبْعِ وَرَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ كُنْ لِى جَارًا مِنْ شَرِّ فَلَانٍ بُنِ فَلَانٍ وَشَرِّ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ وَاتَّبَاعِهِمْ أَنْ يَفْرُطَ عَلَيَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ عَزَّ جَارُكَ وَجَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ وَلَا إِلهُ غَيْرُكَ


Reference: [Ṣaḥīḥ Mawqūf: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb: 2237, Kitāb al-Qaḍāʾ; Ṭabarānī]

➋ Narration of Ibn ʿAbbās (RA)​

He reported: When you approach a ruler whose assault you fear, recite these words three times:


اللهُ أَكْبَرُ ، اللَّهُ أَعَزُّ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ جَمِيعًا اللهُ أَعَزُّ مِمَّا أَخَافُ وَأَحْذَرُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ المُمُسِكُ السَّمَوَاتِ أَنْ يَقَعُنَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ عَبْدِكَ فَلَانٍ وَجُنُودِهِ وَأَتْبَاعِهِ وَأَشْيَاعِهِ مِنَ الجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ اللَّهُمَّ كُنْ لِى جَارًا مِنْ شَرِّهِمْ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ وَعَزَّ جَارُكَ وَ تَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ وَلَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ


Reference: [Ṣaḥīḥ Mawqūf: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb: 2238, Kitāb al-Qaḍāʾ; Ibn Abī Shaybah: 9226]

➌ Narration of Abū Mujliz Lāḥiq ibn Ḥumayd (RA)​

He said: Whoever fears the oppression of a ruler and recites these words:


رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيًّا وَ بِالْقُرْآنِ حَكَمًا وَإِمَامًا


Allah ﷻ will grant him protection from that oppression.


Reference: [Ṣaḥīḥ Mawqūf: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb: 2239, Kitāb al-Qaḍāʾ; Ibn Abī Shaybah: 9230]