﷽ Al-Asmaa ul-Husna : Benefits of reciting Ya Muʿeid (يا معيد)

Name

المعيد
Al-Muʿeid

Meaning

The Restorer
The Reinstater
Who Brings Back All
The Reviver

Explanation

The One who restores and repeats all that has been created. The One who constantly renews, revives and repeats creation. The One who restores and revives the spiritual essence of every person. The One who repeatedly renews mankind's proper relationship with goodness. The One who repeatedly restores and revives creation, both physically and spiritually.

Quran

إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ

Indeed, it is He who originates [creation] and repeats. (85:13)

أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا كَيْفَ يُبْدِئُ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ ۚ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

Have they not considered how Allah begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allah, is easy. (29:19)

قُلْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَائِكُم مَّن يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ ۚ قُلِ اللَّهُ يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ

Say, "Are there of your 'partners' any who begins creation and then repeats it?" Say, " Allah begins creation and then repeats it, so how are you deluded?" (10:34)

أَمَّن يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَمَن يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۗ أَإِلَٰهٌ مَّعَ اللَّهِ ۚ قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَادِقِينَ

Is He [not best] who begins creation and then repeats it and who provides for you from the heaven and earth? Is there a deity with Allah ? Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful." (27:64)

Hadith

It was narrated that Anas ibn Malik (رضي الله عنه) said: There was one of the companions of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم), one of the Ansar, who was known by the kunyah of Abu Mu’allaq. He was a merchant who did trade with his own wealth and on behalf of others, and he used to travel all over, and he was a pious ascetic. He went out on one occasion and was met by an armed thief who said to him: Give me what you have, for I will kill you. He said: You do not need my blood, all you want is the wealth. He said: As for the wealth, it is mine; all I want is your blood. He said: If you insist, then let me pray four rak’ahs. He said: Pray as much as you want. So he did wudoo’, then he prayed four rak’ahs, and among the words that he said in dua’ in the last prostration were:

يا ودود يا ودود ، يا ذا العرش المجيد ، يا مبدئ يا معيد ، يا فعالا لما يريد ، أسألك بنور وجهك الذي ملأ أركان عرشك ، وأسألك بقدرتك التي قدرت بها على جميع خلقك ، وأسألك برحمتك التي وسعت كل شيء ، لا إله إلا أنت ، يا مغيث أغثني

“O Most Loving, O Most Loving, O Owner of the majestic Throne, O Initiator, O Returner, O You Who do whatever You will, I ask You by the Light of Your Countenance which fills the pillars of Your Throne, and I ask You by Your Power by which You control all of Your creation, and I ask You by Your mercy which encompasses all things, there is no god but You, O Helper help me.”

In some versions it is quoted as

يا ودود يا ذا العرش المجيد يا فعَّال لما يريد أسألك بعزك الذي لا يرام ، وملكك الذي لا يضام ، وبنورك الذي ملأ أركان عرشك ، أن تكفيني شرَّ هذا اللص ، يا مغيث أغثني

He said this dua’ three times, then he saw a horseman who was holding a spear between the ears of his horse, and when the thief saw him, he turned to him and stabbed him and killed him, then he turned to him and said: Get up. He said: Who are you, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you? Allah has helped me by you today. He said: I am an angel from the fourth heaven. When you said your dua’ the first time, I heard the gates of heaven tremble, then when you said your dua’ the second time I heard a noise from the people of heaven, then when you said your dua’ the third time it was said to me: The du’aa’ of one who is in distress, and I asked Allah to let me kill him.

Anas (رضي الله عنه) said: So you should know that whoever does wudoo’ and prays four rak’ahs and recites this dua’, will receive an answer, whether he is in distress or not.

(Sukkardan al-Sultan, Ibn Abi’l-Dunya in Majaabi al-Da’wah p64, Al-Lalkaa’i in Sharh Usool al-I’tiqaad 5/166, Haafiz Ibn Hajar in al-Isaabah 7/379, Ibn al-Atheer in Asad al-Ghaabah 6/295, Al-Risalah al-Qushayriyyah 2/85, Ibn al-Qayyim in Al-Jawaab al-Kaafi li man sa’ala ‘an al-Dawa’ al-Shaafi)

Duas

1. Ibn Masʿud (رضي الله عنه) said, whoever says:

اللهم يا غني يا حميد، يا مبدئ يا معيد، يا رحيم يا ودود، اغنني بفضلك عمن سواك، وبحلالك عن حرامك

O Allah! O Self-Sufficing One! O Praiseworthy One! O Initiator! O Restorer! O Compassionate One! O Ever-Loving One! Make me independent, by Your Grace, from everyone apart from You. And (Suffice me) by Your lawful sustenance, whilst excluding that which is unlawful in Your sight.

Allah will make him not need to rely on others and provide for him from where he knows not.

(Ad-Dimyati in Iʿanat ut-Talibin)

2. Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlawi (رحمه الله‎) has recommended to recite the following dua’ after the Zuhr prayer (for Rizq)

اللهم يا غني يا حميد يا مبديء يا معيد يا غفور يا ودود اكفنا بحلالك عن حرامك وبطاعتك عن معصيتك واغننا بفضلك عن من سواك

(مجموعه مبدأ و معاد)

3. Shaykh Rabi Abi Al Malqi (رحمه الله‎) has recommended to recite the following dua’ after the Jumuah prayer (for Rizq)

اللهم يا غني يا حميد يا مبدئ يا معيد يا ودود يا ذا العرش المجيد يا فعال لما يريد اكفني بحلالك عن حرامك واغنني بفضلك عمن سواك واحفظني بما حفظت به الذكر وانصرني بما نصرت به الرسل إنك على كل شيء قدير

(مختارات في تاريخ وأدب عرب إسبانيا)

4. Shaykh Ammar (رحمه الله‎) has advised to recite the following dua’ to fulfill one's needs (or reunite husband and wife)

اللهم يامعيد ياذا الفعل الحميد يافعال لما يريد أعد إلي حاجتي (أو زوجي أو زوجتي) واجمعني به أو بها على سنتك وسنة نبيك بحق يامعيد يامعيد يامعيد

(خواص اسماء الله الحسنى للمعالج الروحاني عمار)

5. Abdullah bin Asad al-Yafi narrated that Imam Abu Abdullah Muhammad Al-Qurashi said that Shaykh Rabi Abi Al Malqi (رحمهم الله) told him "Should I not tell you of a treasure that is spent but does not end". I said, "Yes". He said, "Say

يالله يا أحد يا واحد يا موجود يا واجد يا باسط يا كريم يا وهاب يا ذا الطَّول ياغنيُّ يامغني يا فتّاح يا رزَّ اق يا عليم يا حكيم يا حي يا قيوم يا رحمن يا رحيم يابديع السماوات والأرض ياذا الجلال والإكرام ياحنّان يامنان نفّحني منك بنفحةٍ خير تغنني بها عمن سواك إن تستفتحوا فقد جاءكم الفتح إنا فتحتا لك فتحاً مبينا نصرٌ من الله وفتحٌ قريب اللهم ياغني يا حميد يا مبدئ يا معيد يا ودود ياذ العرش المجيد يافعالٌ لما يريد أكفيني بحلالك عن حرامك واغنني بفضلك عمن سواك واحفظني بما حفظت به الذكر وانصرني بما نصرت به الرسل انك على كل شي قدير

Whoever continues to read it after every prayer, especially the Friday prayer, Allah Almighty shall protect him from every fear, he shall be victorious over his enemies, he shall enjoy richness, his livelihood will be eased and his debt will be paid."

(Dua Hajat, سعادة الدارين)

6. Muhammad bin Tawit at-Tanji (رحمه الله‎) has recorded the following dua’ in Rihla Ibn Khaldun:

اللهم لا تحصي ثناء عليك ، ولا نلجأ منك إلا إليك ، ولا نلتمس خیر الدنيا والآخرة إلا لديك ، فأعد علينا عوائد نصرك ، يا مبدئ يا معيد ، وأعنا من وسائل شكرك ، على ما ينثال به المزيد ، یا حی یا قیوم یا فعال لما يريد

(رحلة ابن خلدون)

Benefits of invoking (Ya Allahu) Ya Ya Mueidu frequently