What is Dua Hajat?

What is Dua Hajat?

“Dua” means supplication or prayer, and “hajat” means need or desire in Arabic.

Dua Hajat is often recited when a person has a specific urgent need or desire, such as seeking a job, healing from an illness, finding a life partner, or any other significant life request. It is a way for Muslims to express their dependence on Allah and seek His assistance in times of difficulty or need.

The specific wording of Dua Hajat can vary, as we are encouraged to pray from our hearts sincerely.

Dua Hajat

Below dua is generally known as Dua Hajat which is read after Salatul Hajat.

لاإله إلا الله الحليم الكريم سبحان الله رب العرش العظيم الحمد لله رب العالمين أسئلك موجبات رحمتك وعزائم مغفرتك والغنيمة من كل بر والسلامة من كل إثم لا تدع لي ذنبا الا غفرته ولا هما إلا فرجته ولا حاجة هي لك رضا إلا قضيتها يا أرحم الراحمين

Transliteration: Lā ilāha illallāhul-halīmul-karīm subhānallāhi rabil-a’rshil-a’dhīm al-hamdu lillahi rabil-ā’lamīn asaluka mūjibāti rahmatik wa a’zāima maghfiratik wal-ghanīmata min kulli birr was-salāmata min kulli ithm lā tada’ lī dhamban illā ghafartah wa lā hamman illa farrajtah wa lā hājatan hiya laka ridhan illa qadhaytahā yā arhamar-rāhimīn

Translation: There there no god but Allah the Clement and Wise. There is no god but Allah the High and Mighty. Glory be to Allah, Lord of the Tremendous Throne.  All praise is to Allah, Lord of the worlds.  I ask you (O Allah) everything that leads to your mercy, and your tremendous forgiveness, enrichment in all good, and freedom from all sin.  Do not leave a sin of mine (O Allah), except that you forgive it, nor any concern except that you create for it an opening, nor any need in which there is your good pleasure except that you fulfill it, O Most Merciful!

(Tirmidhi, Hadith # 477)

Allah swt has said in Quran,Your Lord has proclaimed, “Call upon Me, I will respond to you. Surely those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell, fully humbled.” (Quran: 40-60)

In order to invoke the mercy of Allah Taā’lā one must stay away from sins.  Allah Taā’lā says in the Glorious Quran:

و من يتق الله يجعله مخرجا oويرزقه من حيث لا يحتسب (سورة الطلاق, اية 2-3)

Translation: And the one who fears Allah, Allah will create for him an exit. And Allah will sustain him from where he could not imagine. (Surat-at Talāq, Ayah 2-3)

Reciting Istighfar for fulfillment of need

Istighfar removes difficulty. We wrote a detailed article on  istighfar. Rasūlullāh Sallallāhu A’layhi Wa Sallam said: مَنْ لَزِمَ الاِسْتِغْفَارَ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ ضِيقٍ مَخْرَجًا وَمِنْ كُلِّ هَمٍّ فَرَجًا وَرَزَقَهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَحْتَسِبُ  (ابو داود, رقم الحديث 1518)

 Whosoever does istighfar abundantly, Allah will create for him an exit from every narrow path, and will create for him an opening from every distress and will provide for him from where he could not imagine.

(Abu Dāwūd, Hadīth #1518)

1)     The method of performing salaatul hājah is that the one in need should:[1]

• Properly perform wudhū
• Pray two rakaā’t salāh
• Praise Allah Taā’la
• Send durūd on Nabi Sallallāhu Alayhi Wa Sallam
• Recite the following dua:

لاإله إلا الله الحليم الكريم سبحان الله رب العرش العظيم الحمد لله رب العالمين أسئلك موجبات رحمتك وعزائم مغفرتك والغنيمة من كل بر والسلامة من كل إثم لا تدع لي ذنبا الا غفرته ولا هما إلا فرجته ولا حاجة هي لك رضا إلا قضيتها يا أرحم الراحمين

Transliteration: Lā ilāha illallāhul-halīmul-karīm subhānallāhi rabil-a’rshil-a’dhīm al-hamdu lillahi rabil-ā’lamīn asaluka mūjibāti rahmatik wa a’zāima maghfiratik wal-ghanīmata min kulli birr was-salāmata min kulli ithm lā tada’ lī dhamban illā ghafartah wa lā hamman illa farrajtah wa lā hājatan hiya laka ridhan illa qadhaytahā yā arhamar-rāhimīn

Translation: There there no god but Allah the Clement and Wise. There is no god but Allah the High and Mighty. Glory be to Allah, Lord of the Tremendous Throne.  All praise is to Allah, Lord of the worlds.  I ask you (O Allah) everything that leads to your mercy, and your tremendous forgiveness, enrichment in all good, and freedom from all sin.  Do not leave a sin of mine (O Allah), except that you forgive it, nor any concern except that you create for it an opening, nor any need in which there is your good pleasure except that you fulfill it, O Most Merciful!

(Tirmidhi, Hadith # 477)

And if circumstances do not permit the performance of two rakā’t salāt, then one should simply turn to Allah in humility and ask of his needs. (ref)

Other Dua which you can read for Hajat

(لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ)

(اللهمَّ إني أسالُك بأنَّ لك الحمدُ، لا إله إلَّا أنتَ وحدَك لا شريكَ لك، المنّانُ، يا بديعَ السماواتِ والأرضِ، يا ذا الجلالِ والإكرامِ، يا حيُّ يا قيومُ، إني أسالكَ الجنة، وأعوذُ بك من النارِ)

(اللَّهمَّ اكفِني بحلالِك عن حرامِك واغنِني بفضلِك عمَّن سواك)

(اللهمَّ إنِّي أسْألُكَ بأنَّ لكَ الحَمدَ لا إلَهَ إلَّا أنتَ، المنَّانُ، بَديعُ السَّمواتِ والأرْضِ، ذا الجَلالِ والإكْرامِ، يا حَيُّ يا قَيُّومُ، إنِّي أسألُكَ)

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