ZIKIR DURING DISTRESS YA HAYYU YA QAYYUM ,, YA DZAL JALALI WAL IKRAM ...

 

In Jami` at-Tirmidhi

 (Hadith 3524 and 3525), 

Anas bin Malik reports two powerful prophetic supplications: using 

"O Living, O Self-Sustaining Sustainer! In Your Mercy do I seek relief" 

(Yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūm, bi-raḥmatika astaghīth)

 during distress, and constantly invoking Allah as 

"O Possessor of Majesty and Honor"

 (Yā Dhal-Jalāli wal-Ikrām).

Hadith 3524:

 Supplication in Times of Distress

• Narrator: 

Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him)

• Arabic Text: 

يَا حَىُّ يَا قَيُّومُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ أَسْتَغِيثُ

• Transliteration:

 Yā Ḥayyu yā Qayyūm, bi-raḥmatika astaghīth

• English Translation:

 "O Living, O Self-Sustaining Sustainer! In Your Mercy do I seek relief."

• Context: 

The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) would recite this specific du'a whenever a matter or difficulty caused him distress.

Hadith 3525: 

Constancy with Allah's Names

• Narrator: 

Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him)

• Arabic Text: 

يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ

• Transliteration:

 Yā Dhal-Jalāli wal-Ikrām

• English Translation:

 "O Possessor of Majesty and Honor."

• Instruction: 

The Prophet (ﷺ) advised Muslims to be constant, persistent, and frequent (al-idhdhu) in making du'a with these words.

• Source Reference:

 You can read the full entries on Sunnah.com (Tirmidhi 3524) and Sunnah.com (Tirmidhi 3525).


wallahu a'lam ..