When the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) was in distress, he used to say: There is no god but Allah, the Great, the Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Heavens and Lord of the Earth, Lord of the Great Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Noble Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Heavens and Lord of the Earth, Lord of the Noble Throne.

While three men from those who were before you were walking, it started raining, so they took shelter in a cave, but it collapsed over them. They said to one another: By Allah, O people, nothing will save you except the truth. So let each man among you make a supplication to Allah by mentioning a deed that he knows he has done sincerely [only for the sake of Allah]. One of them said: O Allah, if you know that I had a hired hand who worked for me on a faraq [around 16 lbs] of rice and he went and left him, and that I went to that faraq and planted it. Then I bought with the yield some cows. Later on, the hired hand came to me asking for his wages, so I said: Go to those cows and drive them. He said: I only have a faraq of rice with you. I said: Go to those cows, for they are from that faraq. So he drove them. So [Allah] if you know that I did that out of fear of you, then relieve us. So the rock shifted a little. The other said: O Allah, if you know that I had two elderly parents, and I used to bring them milk from my sheep every night, but I was late for them one night, and I came back while they were asleep and my family and children were crying out of hunger. I used not to give them [my family] anything to drink until my parents had drunk first, but I hated to wake them up, and hated to leave them resigned to [the lack of] their drink. I kept waiting until dawn came. So [Allah] if you know that I did that out of fear of you, then relieve us. So the rock shiftedca little until they could look at the sky. The other said: O Allah, if you know that I had a cousin who was one of the dearest people to me, and that I tried to seduce her but she refused unless I brought her a hundred dinars, then I followed up on it until I collected them, then I brought them an gave them to her, and she allowed me to have sex with her. When I sat between her legs, she said: Fear Allah and do not break the seal [defloration] except with its rights. So I got up and left the hundred dinars. So [Allah] if you know that I did that out of fear of you, then relieve us. So Allah relieved them and they went out.