I am here at Your service, O Allah, I am here at Your service. I am here at Your service, You have no partner, I am here at Your service. Surely the praise, and blessings are Yours, and the dominion. You have no partner. لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ ، لا […]
Monthly Archives: November 2015
O Allah, Your male slave and the child of Your female slave is in need of Your mercy, and You are not in need of his torment. If he was pious then increase his rewards and if he was a transgressor then pardon him. اللهُـمِّ عَبْـدُكَ وَابْنُ أَمَـتِك، احْتـاجَ […]
Dua for the dead in the Funeral prayer
O Allah, surely [name the person] is under Your protection, and in the rope of Your security, so save him from the trial of the grave and from the punishment of the Fire. You fulfill promises and grant rights, so forgive him and have mercy on him. Surely You are […]
Dua for the dead in the Funeral prayer
O Allah forgive our living and our dead, those who are with us and those who are absent, our young and our old, our menfolk and our womenfolk. O Allah, whomever you give life from among us give him life in Islam, and whomever you take way from us take […]
Dua for the dead in the Funeral prayer
Peace be upon you, people of this abode, from among the believers and those who are Muslims, and we, by the Will of Allah, shall be joining you. [May Allah have mercy on the first of us and the last of us] I ask Allah to grant us and you […]
Dua for visiting the graves
The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to stop after burying the dead and say to the people: “Ask Allah to forgive your brother and pray for him to be strengthened, for indeed he is now being questioned.” “O Allah, forgive him. O Allah, strengthen him.” اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ […]
Dua to be recited after burying the dead
With the Name of Allah and according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah. بِسْـمِ اللهِ وَعَلـى سُـنَّةِ رَسـولِ الله Bismillaahi wa ‘alaa sunnati Rasoolillaah Abu Dawud 3/314 with an authentic chain. Ahmad also recorded it with the wording: With the Name of Allah, and according to […]
Dua to be recited when placing the dead in his ...
Surely, Allah takes what is His, and what He gives is His, and to all things He has appointed a time…so have patience and be rewarded. إِنَّ للهِ ما أَخَذ، وَلَهُ ما أَعْـطـى، وَكُـلُّ شَيءٍ عِنْـدَهُ بِأَجَلٍ مُسَـمَّى.فَلْتَصْـبِر وَلْتَحْـتَسِب ‘Inna lillaahi maa ‘akhatha, wa lahu maa ‘a’taa, wa […]
Dua for the bereaved
O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him and give him strength and pardon him. Be generous to him and cause his entrance to be wide and wash him with water and snow and hail. Cleanse him of his transgressions as white cloth is cleansed of stains. Give him […]
Dua for the dead in the Funeral prayer
O Allah, make me among those who turn to You in repentance, and make me among those who are purified. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ Allaahummaj’alnee minat-tawwaabeena waj’alnee minal-mutatahhireen At-Tirmidhi 1/78. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At- Tirmidhi 1/18.
What to say upon completing ablution
O Allah, forgive [name of the person] and elevate his station among those who are guided. Send him along the path of those who came before, and forgive us and him, O Lord of the worlds. Enlarge for him his grave and shed light upon him in it. اللهُـمِّ اغْفِـرْ […]
Dua for closing the eyes of the dead
He will enter Paradise, he who dies with the last words saying لا إلهَ إلاّ اللّه Laa ‘ilaaha ‘illallaah There is none worthy of worship but Allah. Abu Dawud 3/190. See also Al-Albani, Sahihul-Jami’ As-Saghir
What to encourage the dying person to say
I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner; and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger. أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ‘Ash-hadu ‘an laa […]
What to say upon completing ablution
Bismillaah In the Name of Allah. بِسْمِ اللهِ Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, and Ahmad. See also Al-Albani
What to say before performing ablution
Baarakallaahu laka fee ‘ahlika wa maalik May Allah bless you in your family and your property. بارَكَ اللهُ لَكَ في أَهْلِكَ وَمالِك Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari
Dua for someone who offers you a share of his ...
As foreboding of good, these used to please the Prophet (Sallal laahoo alaihi wassallam) and so when he heard good words from someone, he used to say: “We have taken from you a good portent from your mouth,” “O Allah there is no portent other than Your portent, no goodness […]
Dua against evil portent
Invocation (upon receipt of the loan) for someone who lends you money May Allah bless you in your family and your wealth, surely the reward for a loan is praise and returning (what was borrowed). بارَكَ اللهُ لَكَ في أَهْلِكَ وَمالِك، إِنَّما جَـزاءُ السَّلَفِ الْحَمْدُ والأَدَاء Baarakallaahu laka fee […]
Dua for someone who lends you money
O Allah, whomever of the believers I have abused, give him the reward of a sacrificial slaughter for it on the Day of Resurrection. اللهُمَّ فأَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ سَبَبْتُهُ فَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ لهُ قُرْبةً إليكَ يَوْمَ القِيَامةِ Allaahumma fa’ayyumaa mu’minin sababtuhu faj’al thaalika lahu qurbatan ‘ilayka yawmal-qiyaamat Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, […]
Dua for someone you have spoken ill to
If one of the People of the Scripture (i.e. Christians and Jews) greets you saying As-salaamu ‘alaykum, then say (to him) وَعَلَيْكُمْ Wa ‘alaykum And upon you Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari
How to reply to a disbeliever if he says Salam ...
There is none worthy of worship but Allah, the One, the Victorious, Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, the All-Mighty, the All-Forgiving. لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ الْوَاحِدُ اْقَهَّارُ، رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا الْعَزِيزُ الْغَفَّارُ Laa ‘ilaaha ‘illallaahul-Waahidul-Qahhaaru, Rabbus-samaawaati wal’ardhi wa […]