Chapter 87

What to say when finding something to be difficult

Remembrance 1
WE RELATE FROM Ibn as-Sunnī from Anas Honorific symbol, who reported that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol said: “O Allah, there is nothing easy except that which You make easy; and You make the difficult easy if You wish to.” [1].Ḥazn, with a fatḥah on the ḥā’ and a sukūn on the zā, means the rough, rugged or stony part of the earth.
Arabic text from the source edition
Allāhumma lā sahla illā mā ja‘altahu sahlā, wa Anta taj‘alu-l-ḥazna idhā shi’ta sahlā.

References

[1] Ibn as-Sunnī (353). Ibn Ḥajar grades this hadith as ṣaḥīḥ.