Al-Kafi · Hadith 17

The Book of Supplication · Supplication for Pain, Worries, Sadness and Fear · Volume 2, book 2, chapter 55, Hadith 17

Original Arabic text

17ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ الْعَلاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ كَانَ دُعَاءُ النَّبِيِّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) لَيْلَةَ الأحْزَابِ يَا صَرِيخَ الْمَكْرُوبِينَ وَيَا مُجِيبَ دَعْوَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّينَ وَيَا كَاشِفَ غَمِّيَ اكْشِفْ عَنِّي غَمِّي وَهَمِّي وَكَرْبِي فَإِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ حَالِي وَحَالَ أَصْحَابِي وَاكْفِنِي هَوْلَ عَدُوِّي.

Published English translation

17. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan from al-‘Ala’ ibn Razin from Muhammad ibn Muslim from abu la’ far (a.s.) who has said the following: “In the night of the attack of the confederate army against the Muslims this was the supplication of the Holy Prophet: ‘O the One to whom people in distress cry for help, O the One who answers the plea for help of the helpless people, O the One who removes my concern and anxiety, remove from me my anxiety, concern and trouble; You know my condition and the condition of my companions, suffice me the fear from my enemies.’”

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Attributed scholarly assessments

Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: مجهول

Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/425)

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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: صحيح

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 148

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