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Allahumma innee aʿoothu bika minal-hammi walhazan

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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ غَلَبَةِ الدَّيْنِ وَقَهْرِ الرِّجَالِ

Allahumma innee aʿoothu bika minal-hammi walhazan, wa-aʿoothu bika minal-ʿajzi walkasal, wa-aʿoothu bika minal-jubni walbukhl, wa-aʿoothu bika min ghalabatid-dayni waqahrir-rijal.

O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from care and grief, I seek refuge in Thee from incapacity and slackness, I seek refuge in Thee from cowardice and niggardliness, and I seek [refuge] in Thee from being overcome by debt and being put in subjection by men.

Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 1555Weak narration

Graded weak by al-Albani, Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut, Muhyi ad-Din Abdul Hamid and Zubair Ali Zai. A very similar supplication is authentic in Sahih al-Bukhari 6363 (see Worry and Sadness).