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5468. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ often used to say these words in his supplication: Allāhumma, innī a'ūdhu bika min fitnatin-nārī, wa 'adhābin-nārī, wa fitnatil-qabri, wa 'adhābil-qabr, wa sharri fitnatil-masīḥid-dajjālī, wa sharri fitnatil-faqri, wa sharri fitnatil-ghina. Allāhummaghsil khaṭāyāya bimā'ith-thalji wal-baradī wa anqi qalbī minal-khaṭāyā kamā anqaitath-thawbal-abyaḍa min ad-danasi, wa bā'id bainī wa baina khaṭāyāya kamā bā'adta bainal-mashriqī wal-maghrib. Allāhumma innī a'ūdhu bika min al-kasali wal harami, wal ma'thami wal-maghram (O Allāh, I seek refuge with You from the tribulation of the Fire and the torment of the Fire, from the tribulation of the grave and the torment of the grave, from the evil of the tribulation of the Al-Masīḥid-Dajjāl, from the evils of the tribulation of poverty and from the evil of the tribulation of richness. O Allāh, put a great distance between me and my sins, as great as the distance You have made between the East and the West. O Allāh, I seek refuge in
You from laziness, old age, sin and debt.)” (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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Commentary
1. The Arabic word Fitna, of which Fitan is the plural form, covers a wide range of meaning. By extension of the basic concept of ‘the melting of gold and silver in the fire in order to separate, or distinguish the bad from the good’, it comes to signify ‘a trial, a temptation, an affliction, by which a person is tried, proved, or tested’. Man is tried or tested with various things; for instance, poverty, wealth, etc. so that his Faith or disbelief becomes clear. Likewise, people would be tested with the trial of Ad-Dajjāl or the Deceiver. Questioning in the grave would also reveal Faith or disbelief. That is why these things were called a trial or Fitna.
2. Trial of the grave signifies interrogation or questioning, which occurs between the angels and the one buried or interred. And the evil of these trials means at the time of being tested by these trials, man might fail, and instead of Faith, disbelief comes to the fore.
3. For the signification of ‘the washing of sins’, please turn to Ḥadīth 61 and 896.
