Dua for protection from laziness and incapacity

It is recited when facing an exam, work, study, or any responsibility and feeling laziness or a lack of spirit, asking for strength, resolve, and diligence.

This dua strengthens a person's resolve; it teaches asking Allah for help in overcoming incapacity, sluggishness, and cowardice, since effort and reliance on Allah are both required together.

This dua is based on the Quran and hadith sources below.

• HadithSahih al-Bukhari, 6367

  Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would seek refuge in Allah from incapacity, laziness, cowardice, old age, and miserliness. The hadith is authentic (sahih).

• HadithSahih Muslim, 2706

  The same dua is also reported from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) in Sahih Muslim with an authentic (sahih) chain.

Other duas connected to this topic.

• Dua for knowledge

  My Lord, increase me in knowledge.

• Dua for being guided to the right decision

  O Allah, guide me by Your leave to the truth concerning that over which people differ. Indeed, You guide whom You will to a straight path.

Common questions about this dua.

• Dua for protection from laziness and incapacity: what are its Arabic, transliteration, and meaning?

  In Arabic it is recited as “Allahumma inni audhu bika minal-ajzi wal-kasal...” and it means “O Allah, I seek refuge in You from incapacity and laziness.” It is an authentic (sahih) dua found in Sahih al-Bukhari, 6367, and Sahih Muslim, 2706.

• Why is this dua recited?

  It is recited to overcome laziness and a lack of spirit when facing a responsibility such as an exam, work, or study, and to ask for diligence and resolve.