Benefits of reciting Ya Dhaarr (يا ضّار)

Name

الضّار
Adh-Dhaarr

Meaning

The Distressor
The Harmer
The Afflictor

Explanation

The One whose wisdom may choose to use forceful corrections. The One who creates adversity or distress in order to discourage or correct wrongful behavior. The One who makes harm reach to whoever He willed. The One whose wisdom may use situations that have an outward appearance of being harmful.

Quran

وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ اللَّهُ بِضُرٍّ فَلَا كَاشِفَ لَهُ إِلَّا هُوَ ۖ وَإِن يَمْسَسْكَ بِخَيْرٍ فَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

And if Allah should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him. And if He touches you with good - then He is over all things competent. (6:17)

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قُل لَّا أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي ضَرًّا وَلَا نَفْعًا إِلَّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ۗ لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلٌ ۚ إِذَا جَاءَ أَجَلُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ سَاعَةً ۖ وَلَا يَسْتَقْدِمُونَ

Say, "I possess not for myself any harm or benefit except what Allah should will. For every nation is a [specified] term. When their time has come, then they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]." (10:49)

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كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذَائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ ۗ وَنَبْلُوكُم بِالشَّرِّ وَالْخَيْرِ فِتْنَةً ۖ وَإِلَيْنَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Every soul will taste death. And We test you with evil and with good as trial; and to Us you will be returned. (21:35)

Hadith

'Uthman bin 'Affan (رضي الله عنه) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said, "He who recites three times every morning and evening:

بسم الله الذي لا يضر مع اسمه شيء في الأرض ولا في السماء وهو السميع العليم

'In the Name of Allah with Whose Name there is protection against every kind of harm in the earth or in the heaven, and He is the All-Hearing and All- Knowing),' 

nothing will harm him."

(Riyad as-Salihin Book 16, Hadith 50)

Abu Sirmah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

مَنْ ضَارَّ مُسْلِمًا ضَارَّهُ اَللَّهُ, وَمَنْ شَاقَّ مُسَلِّمًا شَقَّ اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ

“He who causes harm to a Muslim will be harmed by Allah, and he who acts in a hostile manner against a Muslim, will be punished in the same way by Allah.”

(Bulugh al-Maram Book 16, Hadith 1544)

Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (رضي الله عنه): When the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) addressed, he would say:

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ نَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَلاَ مُضِلَّ لَهُ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلاَ هَادِيَ لَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَرْسَلَهُ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا بَيْنَ يَدَىِ السَّاعَةِ مَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ رَشَدَ وَمَنْ يَعْصِهِمَا فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَضُرُّ إِلاَّ نَفْسَهُ وَلاَ يَضُرُّ اللَّهَ شَيْئًا

"Praise be to Allah, from Whom we seek help and pardon,and we seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls. He whom Allah guide has no one who can lead him astray, and he whom He leads astray has no one to guide him. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and apostle. He sent him before the coming of the last hour with truth giving good tidings and warning. He who obeys Allah and His Apostle follows the right path; and he who disobeys them shall harm none except himself, and he will not harm Allah in the least."

(Sunan Abi Dawud 1097) 

Benefits of invoking (Ya Allahu) Ya Dhaarru  frequently

• Will be helped in making decisions
• Easily differentiate between right and wrong
• Steadfastness, Zeal for Shariah and dislike infidels
• Know whether a place is beneficial or harmful for you
• Will be counted among the Muqarrabin (those with special ranks of nearness to Allah)

References

1. Ism-e-Azam by Alama Alam Faqri (p43-44) ⬇️

2. Ism-e-Azam by Syed Abd-ur-Rahman Shah Gilani (p100) ⬇️

3. Sharh Asma-ul-Husna Muhammad Hanif Abdul Majeed, Bayt-ul-Ilm (Vol. II p366-373) ⬇️