A Prayer for Debt and Poverty - Sharing for Whoever Needs It
I found this du'a online and it really moved me, so I wanted to share it with anyone feeling the weight of debt or worried about their provision. The Prophet ﷺ taught it (narrated by Abu Hurairah, Sahih Muslim 2713), and it's often recited before sleeping on the right side: O Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth and Lord of the magnificent Throne, our Lord and Lord of everything, Splitter of the grain and the date-stone, Sender down of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Criterion, I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything You are holding by the forelock. O Allah, You are the First, so there is nothing before You, and You are the Last, so there is nothing after You, and You are the Manifest, so there is nothing above You, and You are the Hidden, so there is nothing below You. Settle our debt and enrich us out of poverty. *O Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth and Lord of the magnificent Throne, our Lord and Lord of everything, Splitter of the grain and the date-stone, Sender down of the Torah, the Gospel, and the Criterion, I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything You are holding by the forelock. O Allah, You are the First, so there is nothing before You, and You are the Last, so there is nothing after You, and You are the Manifest, so there is nothing above You, and You are the Hidden, so there is nothing below You. Settle our debt and enrich us out of poverty.* I ask Allah to accept it from all of us and relieve every distressed person.