What to Say at Times of Grief, Concern, and Sadness

Authentic Supplications of the Prophet

What to Say at Times of Grief, Concern, and Sadness (130)

The Messenger of Allah said: "The petition of Thin-Noon [Jonah] which he petitioned with when he was inside the whale: Lã 'ilaha 'illã 'anta, subhãnaka 'innee kuntu minath-thalimeena.⁽¹⁵¹⁾

No Muslim ever supplicated Allah with this supplication in any matter at all, except that Allah answered his supplication".

Footnotes

⁽¹⁵¹⁾ There is no 'ilãh except You, Glorified are Thee, I have been one of the unjust.

Reporters

Ibn Taymiyah referenced it to At-Tirmithi, and Al-Albãni said it was in his Sunan as (#260/4), and that it w as likewise reported by Ahmad (#170/1), and Al-Hãkim (#383/2). He said that Al-Hãkim said it was sound, and that Ath-Thahabi agreed with him. Al-Albãni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #101.

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