Is It Better to Pray for Patience or for Well-Being?

Question

If some affliction or calamity befalls someone — other than the death [of a relative] — where there is no recourse but patience, should one pray for patience in it, or pray for deliverance from it and for well-being?

Answer

One should pray specifically for well-being (‘afiya) from affliction and calamity. If a trial does befall one, then one should pray for its removal, and until it is removed, one should also pray for patience. [ar]سَلُوا اللَّهَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ، فَإِنَّ أَحَدًا لَمْ يُعْطَ بَعْدَ الْيَقِينِ خَيْرًا مِنَ الْعَافِيَةِ[/ar] “Ask Allah for pardon and well-being, for no…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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