﷽ Al-Asmaa ul-Husna : Benefits of reciting Ya Muʿmin (يا مؤمن)

Name

المؤمن
Al-Muʿmin

Meaning

The Inspirer of Iman (Faith)
The Granter of Security
The Giver of Faith
The Bestower of Belief
The All-Assurer

Explanation

The One who faithfully bestows the gifts of peace, safety and security. The One who grants freedom from fear. The One who illuminates the heart with faith. The One who is most trustworthy. Al-Mu’min is also the One who is Faithful. His promises are always true.

Quran

هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ ۚ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

He is Allah, other than whom there is no deity, the Sovereign, the Pure, the Perfection, the Bestower of Faith, the Overseer, the Exalted in Might, the Compeller, the Superior. Exalted is Allah above whatever they associate with Him. (59:23)

الَّذِي أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ وَآمَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍ

Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear. (106:4)

وَمِنْهُمُ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ النَّبِيَّ وَيَقُولُونَ هُوَ أُذُنٌ ۚ قُلْ أُذُنُ خَيْرٍ لَّكُمْ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَيُؤْمِنُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنكُمْ ۚ وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

And among them are those who abuse the Prophet and say, "He is an ear." Say, "[It is] an ear of goodness for you that believes in Allah and believes the believers and [is] a mercy to those who believe among you." And those who abuse the Messenger of Allah - for them is a painful punishment. (9:61)

وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ فِيكُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ۚ لَوْ يُطِيعُكُمْ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِّنَ الْأَمْرِ لَعَنِتُّمْ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْإِيمَانَ وَزَيَّنَهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَكَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْكُفْرَ وَالْفُسُوقَ وَالْعِصْيَانَ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الرَّاشِدُونَ

And know that among you is the Messenger of Allah. If he were to obey you in much of the matter, you would be in difficulty, but Allah has endeared to you the faith and has made it pleasing in your hearts and has made hateful to you disbelief, defiance and disobedience. Those are the [rightly] guided. (49:7)

الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُم بِظُلْمٍ أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمُ الْأَمْنُ وَهُم مُّهْتَدُونَ

They who believe and do not mix their belief with injustice - those will have security, and they are [rightly] guided. (6:82)

وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا قَرْيَةً كَانَتْ آمِنَةً مُّطْمَئِنَّةً يَأْتِيهَا رِزْقُهَا رَغَدًا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَكَفَرَتْ بِأَنْعُمِ اللَّهِ فَأَذَاقَهَا اللَّهُ لِبَاسَ الْجُوعِ وَالْخَوْفِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ

And Allah presents an example: a city which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allah . So Allah made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing. (16:112)

الَّذِي أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ وَآمَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍ

Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear. (106:4)

Hadith

1. It was narrated from Salamah bin ‘Ubaidullah bin Mihsan Al-Ansari that his father (رضی الله عنهم) said: “The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

مَنْ أَصْبَحَ مِنْكُمْ مُعَافًى فِي جَسَدِهِ آمِنًا فِي سِرْبِهِ عِنْدَهُ قُوتُ يَوْمِهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا حِيزَتْ لَهُ الدُّنْيَا

‘Whoever among you wakes up physically healthy, feeling safe and secure within himself, with food for the day, it is as if he acquired the whole world.’”

(Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4141)

2. Narrated Abu Shuraih (رضي الله عنه): The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said,

وَاللَّهِ لاَ يُؤْمِنُ، وَاللَّهِ لاَ يُؤْمِنُ، وَاللَّهِ لاَ يُؤْمِنُ

"By Allah, he does not believe! By Allah, he does not believe! By Allah, he does not believe!"

It was said, "Who is that, O Allah's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)?" He said,

الَّذِي لاَ يَأْمَنُ جَارُهُ بَوَايِقَهُ

"That person whose neighbor does not feel safe from his evil."

(Sahih al-Bukhari 6016)

3. Narrated Jabir (رضي الله عنه): that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

‏ بَيْنَ الْكُفْرِ وَالإِيمَانِ تَرْكُ الصَّلاَةِ

"Between disbelief and faith is abandoning the Salat."

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2618)

4. Narrated Abu Musa (رضي الله عنه): The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said,

إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ كَالْبُنْيَانِ، يَشُدُّ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضًا

"A faithful believer to a faithful believer is like the bricks of a wall, enforcing each other."

While (saying that) the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) clasped his hands, by interlacing his fingers.

(Sahih al-Bukhari 481)

5. It was narrated that Jundub bin 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) said:

كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ وَنَحْنُ فِتْيَانٌ حَزَاوِرَةٌ فَتَعَلَّمْنَا الإِيمَانَ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَتَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ تَعَلَّمْنَا الْقُرْآنَ فَازْدَدْنَا بِهِ إِيمَانًا

"We were with the Prophet (ﷺ), and we were strong youths, so we learned faith before we learned Qur'an. Then we learned Qur'an and our faith increased thereby."

(Sunan Ibn Majah Book 1, Hadith 61)

6. Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit (رضي الله عنه): The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said,

رُؤْيَا الْمُؤْمِنِ جُزْءٌ مِنْ سِتَّةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ

"The (good) dreams of a faithful believer is a part of the forty-six parts of prophetism:'

(Sahih al-Bukhari 6987)

7. It is narrated on the authority of 'Abbas bin 'Abdul-Muttalib (رضي الله عنه) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) saying:

ذَاقَ طَعْمَ الإِيمَانِ مَنْ رَضِيَ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولاً

He has found the taste of faith (iman) who is content with Allah as his Lord, with Islam as his religion (code of life) and with Muhammad (ﷺ) as his Prophet.

(Sahih Muslim 34)

8. It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira (رضي الله عنه) that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

الإِيمَانُ بِضْعٌ وَسَبْعُونَ أَوْ بِضْعٌ وَسِتُّونَ شُعْبَةً فَأَفْضَلُهَا قَوْلُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَدْنَاهَا إِمَاطَةُ الأَذَى عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ وَالْحَيَاءُ شُعْبَةٌ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ

Faith has over seventy branches or over sixty branches, the most excellent of which is the declaration that there is no god but Allah, and the humblest of which is the, removal of what is injurious from the path: and modesty is the branch of faith.

(Sahih Muslim 35b)

9. Narrated Hudhaifa (رضي الله عنه): Allah's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said to us,

أَنَّ الأَمَانَةَ نَزَلَتْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فِي جَذْرِ قُلُوبِ الرِّجَالِ، وَنَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ فَقَرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلِمُوا مِنَ السُّنَّةِ

"Honesty descended from the Heavens and settled in the roots of the hearts of men (faithful believers), and then the Qur'an was revealed and the people read the Qur'an, (and learnt it from it) and also learnt it from the Sunnah."

[Both Qur'an and Sunnah strengthened their (the faithful believers') honesty.]

(Sahih al-Bukhari 7276)

10. Narrated Anas (رضي الله عنه): The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said,

لا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ

"None of you will have faith till he wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself."

(Sahih al-Bukhari 13)

11. Narrated 'Aishah (رضي الله عنها): that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

إِنَّ مِنْ أَكْمَلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِيمَانًا أَحْسَنُهُمْ خُلُقًا وَأَلْطَفُهُمْ بِأَهْلِهِ

"Indeed among the believers with the most complete faith is the one who is the best in conduct, and the most kind to his family."

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2612)

12. Abu Malik Al-Ash'ari (رضي الله عنه) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

الطهور شطر الإيمان

"Purification is half the Iman."

(Riyad as-Salihin 1031)

13. It was narrated from Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) that: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) was asked: "Which deed is best?" "He said:

الإِيمَانُ بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ

Faith in Allah (سبحانه و تعالى) and His Messenger (ﷺ)."

(Sunan an-Nasa'i 4985)

14. It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin Abi Umamah Al-Harithi that his father (رضی الله عنهم) said: “The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

‏ الْبَذَاذَةُ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ

‘Simplicity is part of faith’.”

(Sunan Ibn Majah 4118)

15. Abu Huraira (رضي الله عنه) reported the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) as saying,

الْإِيمَانُ قَيَّدَ الْفَتْكَ لَا يفتِكُ مُؤمنٌ

“Faith is an assurance of safety from being killed unawares. A believer does not kill another unawares.”

(Mishkat al-Masabih 3548)

16. Narrated Abu Huraira (رضي الله عنه): "Allah's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said,

فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لاَ يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ وَالِدِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ

"By Him in Whose Hands my life is, none of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father and his children."

(Sahih al-Bukhari 14)

17. Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ وَلاَ يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ

"Whoever has a mustard seed's weight of pride (arrogance) in his heart, shall not be admitted into Paradise. And whoever has a mustard seed's weight of faith in his heart, shall not be admitted into the Fire."

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1998)

18. Narrated Ibn `Umar (رضي الله عنه): Allah's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said,

الْعَبْدُ إِذَا نَصَحَ سَيِّدَهُ وَأَحْسَنَ عِبَادَةَ رَبِّهِ كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرُهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ

"If a slave is honest and faithful to his master and worships his Lord (Allah) in a perfect manner, he will get a double reward."

(Sahih al-Bukhari 2546)

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

مَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ زَارَ أَخًا لَهُ فِي اللَّهِ نَادَاهُ مُنَادٍ أَنْ طِبْتَ وَطَابَ مَمْشَاكَ وَتَبَوَّأْتَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ مَنْزِلاً

"Whoever visits the sick, or visits his brother in Allah (faith), a caller calls out: 'May you have goodness and livelihood be good, and may you dwell in an adobe in Paradise'."

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2008)

20. Anas (رضي الله عنه) said: Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) seldom addressed us without saying,

لَا إِيمَانَ لِمَنْ لَا أَمَانَةَ لَهُ وَلَا دِينَ لِمَنْ لَا عَهْدَ لَهُ

“He who is not trustworthy has no faith, and he who does not keep his covenant has no religion."

(Mishkat al-Masabih 35)

21. Sahl bin Mu'adh[bin Anas] Al-Juhni narrated from his father that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

مَنْ أَعْطَى لِلَّهِ وَمَنَعَ لِلَّهِ وَأَحَبَّ لِلَّهِ وَأَبْغَضَ لِلَّهِ وَأَنْكَحَ لِلَّهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَكْمَلَ إِيمَانَهُ

"Whoever gives for the sake of Allah, withholds for the sake of Allah, loves for the sake of Allah, hates for the sake of Allah, and marries for the sake of Allah, he has indeed perfected his faith."

(Jami` at-Tirmidhi Vol. 4, Book 11, Hadith 2521)

Duas

اللهم إني أسألك إيماناً يباشر قلبي، ويقيناً صادقاً حتى أعلم أنه لا يصيبني إلا ما كتبت لي، والرضا بما قسمت لي

(الدر المنثور)

اللهم أعطني إيماناً صادقاً، ويقيناً ليس بعده كفر، ورحمةً أنالُ بها شرف كرامتك في الدنيا والآخرة

(فيض القدير)

اللهم أرزقني إيماناً صادقاً، ويقيناً ليس بعده كفر، ورحمةً أنالُ بها شرف كرامتك في الدنيا والآخرة

(ادعية قيام الليل)

اللهم يا سلام يا مؤمن يا مهيمن يا جبار يا متكبر! يا أحد يا صمد يا واحد يا فرد يا غفور يا رحيم يا ودود يا حليم، مضى من الشهر المبارك الثلث، ولست أدري سيدي ما صنعت في حاجتي هل غفرت لي، إن أنت غفرت لي فطوبى لي، وإن لم تكن غفرت لي فوا سوأتاه فمن الان سيدي فاغفر لي وارحمني، وتب على ولا تخذلني، وأقلني عثرتي، واسترني بسترك، واعف عني بعفوك، [وارحمني برحمتك] وتجاوز عني بقدرتك، إنك تقضي ولا يقضى عليك وأنت على كل شئ قدير

(بحار الأنوار ٩٥/٣١)

وامني يا سلام يا مؤمن صولة جولة دولة الأعداء بغاية بداية لهم البشرى في الحياة الدنيا وفي الآخرة لا تبديل لكلمات الله

(مجموعة أحزاب)

اللهم إنك أنت الله الواحد الأحد الفرد الصمد، الذي لم يلد ولم يولد، ولم يكن له كفواً أحد، اللهم إنك عفو تحب العفو فاعف عنا وأدخلنا في رحمتك التي وسعت كل شيى ، يا الله يا رحمن يارحيم يا ملك يا قدوس يا سلام يا مؤمن

(أنفع الدعاء)

اَللّـهُمَّ اِنّي اَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ يا مُؤْمِنُ يا مُهَيْمِنُ يا مُكَوِّنُ يا مُلَقِّنُ يا مُبَيِّنُ يا مُهَوِّنُ يا مُمَكِّنُ يا مُزَيِّنُ يا مُعْلِنُ يا مُقَسِّمُ

(دعاء الجوشن الكبير)

اللهم إني اسألك إيمانا لا يرتد ونعيما لا ينفد وقرة أعين لا تنقطع ومرافقة نبيك محمد في أعلى الجنة الخلد

(مصنّف بن أبي شيبة 28950)

اللهم زيِّنا بزينة الإيمان واجعلنا هداة مهتدين

(سنن النسائي 1306)

Benefits of invoking (Ya Allahu) Ya Muʿminu frequently