((اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَأَعوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ، وَأَعوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ. اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْمَأْثَمِ وَالْمَغْرَمِ)).
(Allahumma innee aAAoothu bika min AAathabil-qabr, wa-aAAoothu bika min fitnatil-maseehid-dajjal, wa-aAAoothu bika min fitnatil-mahya walmamat. Allahumma innee aAAoothu bika minal-ma/thami walmaghram.)
(O Allah, I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, and I take refuge in You from the temptation and trial of Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjal, and I take refuge in You from the trials and tribulations of life and death. O Allah, I take refuge in You from sin and debt.)
Hisn al-Muslim 24 · Hisn al-Muslim
Source & authenticity
Source: Hisn al-Muslim · Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 24
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Context & meaning
Refuge is sought four times, and the dangers named are not of one kind. The first lies beyond death — the punishment of the grave. The second is a figure named directly, Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjal, and what is feared is his temptation and trial. The third widens to cover both states at once, the trials and tribulations of life and death together. The last returns to what is near at hand and names two burdens in a single breath: sin and debt.
When & how to recite
These are among the words the chapter places in the final sitting, said after the Tashahhud.
Reflection
The four refuges cross very different distances — the grave, a named figure, the whole span of living and dying, and then something as ordinary as debt. The supplication ends on the smallest of them.
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Common questions
What does this supplication actually say?
In English it reads: “O Allah, I take refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, and I take refuge in You from the temptation and trial of Al-Maseeh Ad-Dajjal, and I take refuge in You from the trials and tribulations of life and death. O Allah, I take refuge in You from sin and debt.” Refuge is sought four times, and the dangers named are not of one kind.
Can I read it without Arabic script?
Transliterated: “Allahumma innee aAAoothu bika min AAathabil-qabr, wa-aAAoothu bika min fitnatil-maseehid-dajjal, wa-aAAoothu bika min fitnatil-mahya walmamat. Allahumma innee aAAoothu bika minal-ma/thami walmaghram.”
When should you say it?
These are among the words the chapter places in the final sitting, said after the Tashahhud. The four refuges cross very different distances — the grave, a named figure, the whole span of living and dying, and then something as ordinary as debt.
What is the source for this?
Our source line reads Sunan Abi Dawud 880.