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الْحَمْـدُ للهِ الّذي عافاني مِمّا ابْتَـلاكَ بِهِ،
وَفَضَّلَـني عَلى كَثيـرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَـقَ تَفْضـيلا
English Translation:
Alhamdu lillāhi ‘l-ladhī `āfānī mimmab-talāka bihi
wa faḍḍalanī `alā kathīrin mimman khalaqa tafḍīlā.
Praise is to Allah Who has spared me what He has afflicted you with,
and preferred me greatly above much of what He has created.
Reference:
At-Tirmidhi 5/493,4. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/153.
Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 195
عن ابن عمر قال : كان يعد لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في المجلس الواحد مائة مرة من قبل أن يقوم
“رب اغفر لي
وتب علي
إنك أنت التواب الغفور”
English Translation:
Ibn Umar (ra) said: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to repeat in a single sitting:
Rabbigh’fir lī
wa tub `alayy
innaka antat-Tawwābu ‘l-Ghafūr.
Ibn Umar (ra) said: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to repeat in a single sitting:
My Lord, forgive me,
and accept my repentance,
You are the Ever-Relenting, the All-Forgiving.
Reference:
Sahih Ibn Majah 2/321. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/153.
Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 196
سُبْحـانَكَ اللّهُـمَّ وَبِحَمدِك،
أَشْهَـدُ أَنْ لا إِلهَ إِلاّ أَنْتَ
أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتوبُ إِلَـيْك
English Translation:
Subhānaka Allāhumma wa biḥamdik,
ash-hadu an lā ilāha illā ant,
astaghfiruka wa atību ilayk.
Glory is to You, O Allah, and praise is to You.
I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but You.
I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.
Reference:
Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa’i. See also Al-Albani, Sahih
At-Tirmidhi 3/ 153. Aishah (RA) said: “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) did not sit
in a gathering, and did not recite the Qur’an, and did not perform any
prayer without concluding by saying … (then she quoted the above).” This
was reported by An-Nasa’i in ‘Amalul-Yawm wal-Laylah (no.308), and Dr.
Farooq Hamadah graded it authentic in his checking of the same book, p.
273. See also Ahmad 6/77
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وَلَكَ
English Translation:
Walaka
And you.
Reference:
Ahmad 5/82, and An-Nasa’i in ‘Amalul-Yawm wal-Laylah p. 218, with checking
by Dr. Farooq Hamadah.
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جَزاكَ اللهُ خَـيْراً
English Translation:
Jazākallāhu khayra.
May Allah reward you with good.
Reference:
At-Tirmidhi (no. 2035). See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 2/200 and
Sahihul-Jami’ (no. 6244).
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.(مَنْ حَفِظَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ سُورَةِ الْكَهْفِ عُصِمَ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ) ، وَالْاسْتِعَاذَةُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ فِتْنَتِهِ عَقِبَ التَّشَهُّدِ الْأَخِيرِ مِنْ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ.
English Translation:
—
Whoever memorizes ten ‘Ayat (Verses) from the beginning of Surat Al-Kahf, will be protected from the False Messiah 1
if he recites in every prayer after the final Tashahhud before ending the prayer, seeking the protection of Allah from the trials of the False Messiah.
Reference:
1 Muslim 1/555, another version mentions the last ten ‘Ayat, Muslim 1/556.
2 See invocations no. 55 and 56 of this book.
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“اللهم أعذه من عذاب القبر ”
وإن قال:
“اللهم اجعله فرطاً وذخراً لوالديه ،
وشفيعاً مجاباً .
اللهم ثقل به موازينها
وأعظم به أجورهما ،
وألحقهُ بصالح المؤمنين ،
واجعلهُ في كفالة إبراهيم ،
وقه برحمتك عذاب الجحيم ،
وأبدله داراً خيراً من داره ،
وأهلاً خيراً من أهله ،
اللهم اغفر لاسلافنا ، وأفراطنا ،
ومن سبقنا بالإيمان ”
فحسن
English Translation:
Allāhumma a`idh’hu min `adhābi ‘l-qabr
[or say:]
Allāhumma ‘j`alhu faraṭan wa dhukhran liwālidayh,
wa shafī`an mujāban.
Allāhumma thaqqil bihi mawāzīnahumā
wa a`ẓim bihi ujūrahumā,
wa alḥiqhu biṣāliḥi ‘l-mu’minīn,
waj`alhu fī kafālati Ibrāhīm,
wa qihi biraḥmatika `adhāba ‘l-jaḥīm,
wa abdilhu dāran khayran min dārih,
wa ahlan khayran min ahlih,
Allāhumma’ghfir li aslāfinā wa afrāṭinā
wa man sabaqanā bil īmān.
O Allah, protect him from the torment of the grave.
[It is also good to say:]
O Allah, make him a precursor, a forerunner and a treasure for his parents and an answered intercessor.
O Allah, make him weigh heavily in their scales (of good) and magnify their reward.
Make him join the righteous of the believers.
Place him in the care of Ibrahim.
Save him by Your mercy from the torment of Hell.
Give him a home better than his home,
and a family better than his family.
O Allah, forgive those who have gone (i.e. passed away) before us, our children lost (by death), and those who have preceded us in Faith.
Reference:
Ibn Qudamah, Al-Mughni 3/416 and Ad-Duroosul-Muhimmah li-Aammatil-‘Ummah,
pg. 15, by Shaikh ‘Abdul-‘Aziz bin Baz.
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اللهُـمِّ اجْعَلْـهُ لَنا فَرَطـاً، وَسَلَـفاً وَأَجْـراً
English Translation:
Allāhumma’j`alhu lanā faraṭan, wa salafan, wa ajra.
O Allah, make him for us a precursor, a forerunner and a cause of reward.
Reference:
Al-Hasan (Al-Basri) used to recite Surat Al-Fatihah for a child’s funeral and then say this. Al-Bukhari, Kitabul-Jana’iz, p. 65.
Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 162
“إن لله ما أخذ
وله ما أعطى .
وكل شيء عنده بأجل مُسمى …
فلتصبر ولتحتسب ”
وإن قال :
“أعظم الله أجرك ،
وأحسن عزاءك
وغفر لميتك”
فحسن
English Translation:
Inna lillāhi mā akhadh,
wa lahu mā a`tā,
wa kullu shay’in `indahu bi ajalin musammā . . .
faltaṣbir wa ‘l-taḥtasib .
[Also good to say:]
A`ẓamallāhu ajrak,
wa ‘aḥsana `azā’ak,
wa ghafara limayyitik.
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.1
May Allah magnify your reward,
and make perfect your bereavement,
and forgive your departed.2
Reference:
1 Al-Bukhari 2/80, Muslim 2/636.
2An-Nawawi, Kitabul-‘Athkar, p. 126.
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بِسْـمِ اللهِ
وَعَلـى سُـنَّةِ رَسـولِ الله
English Translation:
Bismillāh
wa `alā sunnati Rasūlillāh.
With the Name of Allah,
and according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah.
Reference:
Abu Dawud 3/314 with an authentic chain. Ahmad also recorded it with the
wording: With the Name of Allah, and according to the religion of the
Messenger of Allah. Its chain is also authentic.