Set all my affairs right, and do not leave me to myself even for the blink of an eye, nor to anyone among Your creation.”

In the Musnad of Imam Ahmad and the Sahīh of Abū Hātim al-Bustī, Ibn Masʿūd, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family and grant him peace, said:

“Whenever a servant is afflicted by anxiety or sorrow and says, ‘O Allah, I am Your servant, the son of Your male servant and Your female servant. My forelock is in Your hand. Your judgment concerning me takes effect, and Your decree concerning me is just. I ask You by every name belonging to You with which You have named Yourself, which You have revealed in Your Book, which You have taught to any of Your creation, or which You have kept to Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen with You, to make the magnificent Quran the springtime of my heart, the light of my breast, the clearing of my sorrow, and the removal of my anxiety and distress,’ Allah removes his anxiety and distress and replaces them with joy.”

They asked, “O Messenger of Allah, should we not learn these words?” He replied, “Whoever hears them should learn them.”

He also said to his community:

“The sun and the moon are two signs among the signs of Allah. They are not eclipsed because of anyone’s death or birth; rather, through them Allah strikes fear into His servants. When you see that, hasten to prayer, the remembrance of Allah, and seeking forgiveness.”

Thus, at the time of an eclipse, he commanded them to pray, supplicate, remember Allah, free slaves, and give charity. He did not command them to call upon any created being—whether an angel, a prophet, or anyone else.

There are many similar examples in his Sunnah. In times of fear, nothing has been prescribed for Muslims except what Allah has commanded: supplicating to Allah, remembering Him, seeking forgiveness, praying, and giving charity