Islamic Dua Directory

Tag: believers

  • What to say upon completing ablution

    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 ‘ilaaha ‘illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu wa ‘ash-hadu ‘anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa Rasooluh
     

    Muslim 1/209.

  • What to say before performing ablution

    Bismillaah
    In the Name of Allah.

     
    بِسْمِ اللهِ
     
    Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, and Ahmad. See also Al-Albani

  • Dua for someone who offers you a share of his wealth

    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 against evil portent

    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 other than Your goodness, and none worthy of worship other than You.”

     
    اللّهُـمَّ لا طَيْـرَ إِلاّ طَيْـرُك، وَلا خَـيْرَ إِلاّ خَـيْرُك، وَلا إِلهَ غَيْـرُك
     
    Allaahumma laa tayra ‘illaa tayruka, wa laa khayra ‘illaa khayruka, wa laa ‘ilaaha ghayruk
    Ahmad 2/220, Ibn As-Sunni (no. 292). See also Al-Albani, Silsilatul-‘Ahadlth As-Sahihah 3/54, (no. 1065).  Abu Dawud, Ahmad. See also Al-Albani, Silsilatul-‘Ahadith As-Sahihah 2/363, and it is with Abu Ash-Shaikh Al-Asfahani

  • Dua for someone who lends you money

    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 ‘ahlika wa maalika, ‘innamaa jazaa’us-salafil-hamdu wal’adaa’

    An-Nasa’i, ‘Amalul-Yawm wal-Laylahp. 300, Ibn Majah

  • Dua for someone you have spoken ill to

    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, Fathul-Bari

  • How to reply to a disbeliever if he says Salam to you

    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 a Muslim should praise another Muslim

    Wa laa ‘uzakkee ‘alallaahi ‘ahadan.
    I cannot claim anyone to be pious before Allah.

     
    وَلاَ أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحْدًا
     
    Muslim 4/2296.

  • Dua for someone who does good to you

    JazaakAllaahu khayran
    May Allah reward you with good.

     
    جَزاكَ اللهُ خَـيْراً
     
    At-Tirmidhi (no. 2035). See also Al-Albani

  • Dua for travelling

    Read this dua when you are traveling.
    “Allah is the Most Great. Allah is the Most Great. Allah is the Most Great. Glory is to Him Who has provided this for us though we could never have had it by our efforts. Surely, unto our Lord we are returning. O Allah, we ask You on this our journey for goodness and piety, and for works that are pleasing to You. O Allah, lighten this journey for us and make its distance easy for us. O Allah, You are our Companion on the road and the One in Whose care we leave our family. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from this journey’s hardships, and from the wicked sights in store and from finding our family and property in misfortune upon returning.”

    اللهُ أكبَر ، اللهُ أكبَر ، اللهُ أكبَر، سُـبْحانَ الَّذي سَخَّـرَ لَنا هذا وَما كُنّا لَهُ مُقْـرِنين، وَإِنّا إِلى رَبِّنـا لَمُنْقَـلِبون، اللّهُـمَّ إِنّا نَسْـأَلُكَ في سَفَـرِنا هذا البِـرَّ وَالتَّـقْوى، وَمِنَ الْعَمَـلِ ما تَـرْضى، اللّهُـمَّ هَوِّنْ عَلَـينا سَفَرَنا هذا وَاطْوِ عَنّا بُعْـدَه، اللّهُـمَّ أَنْـتَ الصّـاحِبُ في السَّـفَر، وَالْخَلـيفَةُ في الأهـلِ، اللّهُـمَّ إِنّـي أَعـوذُبِكَ مِنْ وَعْـثاءِ السَّـفَر، وَكَآبَةِ الْمَنْـظَر، وَسوءِ الْمُنْـقَلَبِ في المـالِ وَالأَهْـل
    Allaahu ‘Akbar, Allaahu ‘Akbar, Allaahu ‘Akbar, Subhaanal-lathee sakhkhara lanaa haathaa wa maa kunnaa lahu muqrineen. Wa ‘innaa ‘ilaa Rabbinaa lamunqaliboon. Allaahumma ‘innaa nas’aluka fee safarinaa haathal-birrawattaqwaa, waminal-‘amalimaa tardhaa, Allaahumma hawwin ‘alaynaa safaranaa haathaa watwi ‘annaa bu’dahu, Allaahumma ‘Antas-saahibu fis-safari, walkhaleefatu fil-‘ahli, Allaahumma ‘innee ‘a’oothu bika min wa’thaa’is-safari, wa ka’aabanl-mandhari, wa soo’il-munqalabi fil-maaliwal’ahli.
    Upon returning recite the same again, adding
    آيِبـونَ تائِبـونَ عابِـدونَ لِرَبِّـنا حـامِـدون
     
    ‘Aa’iboona, taa’iboona, ‘aabidoona, Lirabbinaa haamidoon.
    We return repentant to our Lord, worshipping our Lord, and praising our Lord.
    Muslim 2/978.