Prophetic Supplications: Radd-e-Mazalim

Radd-e-Mazalim

 (It is an estimated amount paid on behalf of people who have rights on us but due to impossibility of paying in person as the person might have died or reaching him/her is impossible, and the amount must be given to the poor people.)

This supplication is for 'Radd-e-Mazalim' that the Angel Gabriel taught to the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him and his household) and said: 'O Mohammad! Whoever has a ‘mazlamah’ (the duty on us related to the monetary rights of others) against him and cannot compensate it to the concerned person or pay a penance, he/she should recite this supplication so that Allah forgives them and makes the concerned person satisfied with them. The supplication is as follows:

يَا نُورَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْاَرْضِ وَ يَا غَوْثَ الْمُسْتَغيثينَ وَ يَا جَارَ الْمُسْتَجيرينَ اَنْتَ الْمُنْزَلُ بِكَ كُلُّ حَاجَةٍ اَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَ اَتُوبُ اِلَيْكَ مِنْ مَظَالِمَ كَثيرةٍ لِعِبَادِكَ قِبَلى. اَللَّهُمَّ فَاَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ مِنْ عَبيدِكَ اَوْ اَمَةٍ مِنْ اِمَائِكَ كَانَتْ لَهُ قِبَلى مَظْلِمَةٌ ظَلَمْتُهَا اِيَّاهُ فى نَفْسِهِ اَوْ فى عِرْضِهِ اَوْ فى مَالِهِ اَوْ فى اَهْلِهِ وَ وَلَدِهِ اَوْ غيبَةٌ اْغتَبْتُهُ بِهَا اَوْ تَحَامُلٌ عَلَيْهِ بِمَيْلٍ اَوْ هَوىً اَو اَنَفَةٍ اَوْ حَمِيَّةٍ اَوْ رِيَاءٍ اَوْ عَصَبيَّةٍ غَائِباً كَانَ اَوْ شَاهِداً وَ حَيّاً كَانَ اَوْ مَيِّتاً فَقَصُرَتْ يَدى وَ ضَاقَ وُسْعى عَنْ رَدِّهَا اِلَيْهِ وَ التَّحَلُّلِ مِنْهُ. فَاَسْأَلُكَ يَا مَنْ يَمْلِكُ الْحَاجَاتِ وَ هِيَ مُسْتَجيبَةٌ بِمَشِيَّتِهِ وَ مُسْرِعَةٌ اِلَى اِرَادَتِهِ اَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اَنْ تُرْضِيَهُ عَنِّى بِمَا شِئْتَ مِنْ خَزَائِنِ رَحْمَتِكَ ثُمَّ هَبْهَا لى مِنْ لَدُنْكَ اِنَّهُ لاَ تَنْقُصُكَ الْمَغْفِرَةُ وَ لاَ تَضُرُّكَ الْمَوْهِبَةُ. رَبِّ اَكْرِمْنى بِرَحْمَتِكَ وَ لاَ تُهِنِّى بِذُنُوبى اِنَّكَ وَاسِعَ الْمَغْفِرَةِ يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمينَ.

O Light of the heavens and the earth, and O Helper of those who seek help, and O Protector of those who seek refuge, all needs are fulfilled through You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You for the many grievances I have committed against Your servants. O Allah, if any servant of Yours, whether man or woman, has been wronged by me in their soul, honor, wealth, family, children, or if I have backbitten him or held a grudge against him with bias, desire, arrogance, zeal, hypocrisy, or tribalism, whether they were present or absent, living or dead, and my hands have been tied and my means limited in returning it to them and absolving myself from it, therefore, I ask You, O You who holds all needs while they are responded by His decree and are swift to His command, to send blessings upon Mohammad and the family of Mohammad, and to please him regarding me with whatever You wish of the treasures of Your mercy. Then grant it (Your mercy) to me from Yourself, for Your forgiveness does not diminish You, and Your gift does not harm You. My Lord, honor me with Your mercy and do not disgrace me due to my sins; indeed, You are All-Encompassing in forgiveness, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

 Misbah Kafami: p. 388