O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and in the Hereafter.
Sunan Ibn Majah 3871
Sunan Ibn Majah 3871

“O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and in the Hereafter.”

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) never abandoned these supplications in the evening and the morning: (O Allah, I ask You for well-being) and freedom from diseases, misfortunes, worldly adversities, desires, and religious trials (in this world and the Hereafter), i.e., in this life and the next.

The plain meaning, from HadeethEnc

The full passage

عَنِ ابنِ عُمَرَ رضي الله عنهما قَالَ: لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَعُ هَؤُلَاءِ الدَّعَوَاتِ، حِينَ يُمْسِي وَحِينَ يُصْبِحُ: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي دِينِي وَدُنْيَايَ وَأَهْلِي وَمَالِي، اللَّهُمَّ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَتِي -أَو: عَوْرَاتِي- وَآمِنْ رَوْعَاتِي، اللَّهُمَّ احْفَظْنِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيَّ، وَمِنْ خَلْفِي، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي، وَعَنْ شِمَالِي، وَمِنْ فَوْقِي، وَأَعُوذُ بِعَظَمَتِكَ أَنْ أُغْتَالَ مِنْ تَحْتِي».

Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) never abandoned these supplications in the evening and the morning: "O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and the Hereafter. O Allah, I ask You for pardon and well-being in my religion, my worldly life, my family, and my wealth. O Allah, conceal my imperfection—or my imperfections—and secure my fears. O Allah, protect me from before me, from behind me, from my right, from my left, and from above me, and I seek refuge with Your greatness from being suddenly killed from beneath me."

Sunan Ibn Majah 3871The Arabic it was clipped from
The explanation

What does Sunan Ibn Majah 3871 mean?

Narrated by Ibn ‘Umar, recorded by Abu Dawud, an-Nasa’i, Ibn Majah and Ahmad, and it is described as something the Prophet (peace be upon him) never left off morning or evening. The word rendered “well-being” is ‘afiyah, and the commentators read it wide: freedom from illness, from calamity, and from the trials of religion. The full supplication then asks for it item by item — religion, worldly life, family, wealth.

Written from HadeethEnc

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