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  • Chapter: For one afflicted by a calamity

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 154

    إِنّا للهِ وَإِنَا إِلَـيْهِ راجِعـون ،
    اللهُـمِّ اْجُـرْني في مُصـيبَتي،
    وَاخْلُـفْ لي خَيْـراً مِنْـها


    English Translation:

    Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rāji`ūn,
    Allāhumma-jurni fī muṣībatī
    wa ‘khluf lī khayran minhā.

    We are from Allah and unto Him we return.
    O Allah take me out of my plight
    and bring to me after it something better.

    Reference:
    Muslim 2/632.

  • Chapter: When closing the eyes of the deceased

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 155

    اللهُـمِّ اغْفِـرْ لِـفلان (باسـمه)
    وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَـهُ في المَهْـدِييـن ،
    وَاخْـلُفْـهُ في عَقِـبِهِ في الغابِـرين،
    وَاغْفِـرْ لَنـا وَلَـهُ يا رَبَّ العـالَمـين،
    وَافْسَـحْ لَهُ في قَبْـرِهِ وَنَـوِّرْ لَهُ فيه


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma’ghfir li (name of the person)
    warfa` darajatahu fi ‘l-mahdiyyīn,
    wakhlufhu fī `aqibihi fi ‘l-ghābirīn,
    wagh’fir-lanā wa lahu yā Rabba ‘l-`ālamīn,
    wafsaḥ lahu fī qabrihi wa nawwir lahu fīh.

    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.

    Reference:
    Muslim 2/634.

  • Chapter: For the deceased at the funeral prayer

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 156

    اللهُـمِّ اغْفِـرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْـه ،
    وَعافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْـه ،
    وَأَكْـرِمْ نُزُلَـه ،
    وَوَسِّـعْ مُدْخَـلَه ،
    وَاغْسِلْـهُ بِالْمـاءِ وَالثَّـلْجِ وَالْبَـرَدْ ،
    وَنَقِّـهِ مِنَ الْخطـايا
    كَما نَـقّيْتَ الـثَّوْبَ الأَبْيَـضَ مِنَ الدَّنَـسْ ،
    وَأَبْـدِلْهُ داراً خَـيْراً مِنْ دارِه ،
    وَأَهْلاً خَـيْراً مِنْ أَهْلِـه ،
    وَزَوْجَـاً خَـيْراً مِنْ زَوْجِه ،
    وَأَدْخِـلْهُ الْجَـنَّة ،
    وَأَعِـذْهُ مِنْ عَذابِ القَـبْر [وَعَذابِ النّـار]


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma’ghfir lahu warḥamh,
    wa `āfihi, wa`fu `anh,
    wa akrim nuzulah,
    wa wassi` mudkhalah,
    wagh’silhu bi ‘lmā’i wath-thalji walbarad,
    wa naqqihi mina ‘l-khaṭāyā
    kamā naqqaytath-thawba ‘l-abyaḍa minad-danas,
    wa abdilhu dāran khayran min dārih,
    wa ahlan khayran min ahlih,
    wa zawjan khayran min zawjih,
    wa adkhilhu ‘l-jannah,
    wa a`idhhu min `adhābi ‘l-qabri [wa `adhābin-nār].

    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 an abode better than his home,
    and a family better than his family,
    and a wife better than his wife.
    Take him into Paradise,
    and protect him from the punishment of the grave [and from the punishment of Hell-fire].

    Reference:
    Muslim 2/663.

  • Chapter: For the deceased at the funeral prayer

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 157

    اللهُـمِّ اغْفِـرْ لِحَيِّـنا وَمَيِّتِـنا،
    وَشـاهِدِنا وَغائِبِـنا ،
    وَصَغيـرِنا وَكَبيـرِنا ،
    وَذَكَـرِنا وَأُنْثـانا .
    اللهُـمِّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْـتَهُ مِنّا
    فَأَحْيِـهِ عَلى الإِسْلام ،
    وَمَنْ تَوَفَّـيْتَهُ مِنّا فَتَوَفَّـهُ عَلى الإِيـمان ،
    اللهُـمِّ لا تَحْـرِمْنـا أَجْـرَه ،
    وَلا تُضِـلَّنا بَعْـدَه


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma’ghfir liḥayyinā, wa mayyitinā,
    wa shāhidinā, wa ghā’ibinā,
    wa ṣaghīrinā wa kabīrinā,
    wa dhakarinā wa unthānā.
    Allāhumma man aḥyaytahu minnā
    fa aḥyihi `ala ‘l-Islām,
    wa man tawaffaytahu minnā
    fatawaffahu `alal-īmān,
    Allāhumma lā taḥrimnā ajrah
    wa lā tuḍillanā ba`dah.

    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 away from us
    take him away in Faith.
    O Allah, do not forbid us their reward
    and do not send us astray after them.

    Reference:
    Ibn Majah 1/480, Ahmad 2/368. See also Al-Albani, Sahih Ibn Majah 1/251.

  • Chapter: For the deceased at the funeral prayer

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 158

    اللهُـمِّ إِنَّ فُلانَ بْنَ فُلانٍ في ذِمَّـتِك ،
    وَحَبْـلِ جِـوارِك ،
    فَقِـهِ مِنْ فِتْـنَةِ الْقَـبْرِ وَعَذابِ النّـار ،
    وَأَنْتَ أَهْلُ الْوَفـاءِ وَالْـحَقِّ ،
    فَاغْفِـرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْـهُ ،
    إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الغَـفورُ الـرَّحيم


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma inna [name the person] fī dhimmatik,
    wa ḥabli jiwārik,
    faqihi min fitnati ‘l-qabri wa `adhābin-nār,
    wa anta ahlu ‘l-wafā’i wa ‘l-ḥaqq.
    Faghfir lahu warḥamh
    innaka anta ‘l-Ghafūrur-Raḥīm.

    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 Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.

    Reference:
    Ibn Majah, Abu Dawud 3/211. See also Al Albani, Sahih Ibn Majah 1/251.

  • Chapter: For the deceased at the funeral prayer

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 159

    اللهُـمِّ عَبْـدُكَ وَابْنُ أَمَـتِك،
    احْتـاجَ إِلى رَحْمَـتِك،
    وَأَنْتَ غَنِـيٌّ عَنْ عَذابِـه،
    إِنْ كانَ مُحْـسِناً فَزِدْ في حَسَـناتِه،
    وَإِنْ كانَ مُسـيئاً فَتَـجاوَزْ عَنْـه


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma `abduka wabnu ‘amatik
    iḥtāja ilā raḥmatik,
    wa anta ghaniyyun `an `adhābih,
    in kāna muḥsinan fazid fī ḥasanātih,
    wa in kāna musī’an fatajāwaz `anh.

    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.

    Reference:
    Al-Hakim 1/359 who graded it authentic and Ath-Thahabi agreed with him. See
    also Al-Albani, Ahkamul-Jana’iz, p. 125.

  • Chapter: For anxiety and sorrow

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 120

    اللّهُـمَّ إِنِّي عَبْـدُكَ
    ابْنُ عَبْـدِكَ
    ابْنُ أَمَتِـكَ
    نَاصِيَتِي بِيَـدِكَ
    مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ
    عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤكَ
    أَسْأَلُـكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ هُوَ لَكَ
    سَمَّـيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ
    أِوْ أَنْزَلْتَـهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ
    أَوْ عَلَّمْـتَهُ أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِـكَ
    أَوِ اسْتَـأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الغَيْـبِ عِنْـدَكَ
    أَنْ تَجْـعَلَ القُرْآنَ رَبِيـعَ قَلْبِـي
    وَنورَ صَـدْرِي
    وجَلَاءَ حُـزْنِي
    وذَهَابَ هَمِّـي


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma innī `abduk,
    ibnu `abdik,
    ibnu amatik,
    nāsiyatī biyadik,
    māḍin fiyya ḥukmuk,
    `adlun fiyya qaḍā’uk,
    as’aluka bikullis’min huwa lak,
    sammayta bihi nafsak,
    aw anzaltahu fī kitābik,
    aw `allamtahu aḥadan min khalqik,
    aw‘ista’tharta bihi fī `ilmil-ghaybi `indak,
    an taj`ala ‘l-Qur’āna rabī`a qalbī,
    wa nūra ṣadrī,
    wa jalā’a ḥuznī,
    wa dhahāba hammī.

    O Allah, I am Your slave,
    and the son of Your male slave,
    and the son of your female slave.
    My forehead is in Your Hand (i.e. you have control over me).
    Your Judgment upon me is assured,
    and Your Decree concerning me is just.
    I ask You by every Name that You have named Yourself with,
    revealed in Your Book,
    taught any one of Your creation,
    or kept unto Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen that is with You,
    to make the Qur’an the spring of my heart,
    and the light of my chest,
    the banisher of my sadness,
    and the reliever of my distress.

    Reference:
    Ahmad 1/391, and Al-Albani graded it authentic.

  • Chapter: For anxiety and sorrow

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 121

    اللّهُـمَّ إِنِّي أَعْوذُ بِكَ مِنَ
    الهَـمِّ وَ الْحُـزْنِ،
    والعًجْـزِ والكَسَلِ
    والبُخْـلِ والجُـبْنِ،
    وضَلْـعِ الـدَّيْنِ
    وغَلَبَـةِ الرِّجال


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma ‘innī ‘a`ūdhu bika
    mina ‘l-ḥammi wa ‘l-ḥuzn,
    wa ‘l-`ajzi wa ‘l-kasal,
    wa ‘l-bukhli wa ‘l-jubn,
    wa ḍala`id-dayn,
    wa ghalabatir-rijāl.

    O Allah, I seek refuge in you
    from grief and sadness,
    from weakness and from laziness,
    from miserliness and from cowardice,
    from being overcome by debt
    and overpowered by men (i.e. others).

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari 7/158. See also Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/173.

  • Chapter: For one in distress

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 122

    لَا إلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
    الْعَظـيمُ الْحَلِـيمْ،
    لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
    رَبُّ العَـرْشِ العَظِيـمِ،
    لَا إِلَـهَ إِلَّا اللَّهْ
    رَبُّ السَّمَـوّاتِ ورّبُّ الأَرْضِ
    ورَبُّ العَرْشِ الكَـريم


    English Translation:

    Lā ilāha illallāh
    al-`Aẓīmul-Ḥalīm,
    lā ilāha illallāh
    Rabbu ‘l-`Arshi ‘l-‘Aẓīm,
    lā ilāha illallāh
    Rabbus-samāwāti wa Rabbu ‘l-arḍ
    wa Rabbu ‘l-`Arshi ‘l-Karīm.

    There is none worthy of worship but Allah,
    the Mighty, the Forbearing.
    There is none worthy of worship but Allah,
    Lord of the Magnificent Throne.
    There is none worthy of worship but Allah,
    Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth,
    and Lord of the Noble Throne.

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari 8/154, Muslim 4/2092

  • Chapter: For one in distress

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 123

    اللّهُـمَّ رَحْمَتَـكَ أَرْجـو
    فَلا تَكِلـني إِلى نَفْـسي طَـرْفَةَ عَـيْن،
    وَأَصْلِـحْ لي شَأْنـي كُلَّـه
    لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أنْـت


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma raḥmataka arjū
    falā takilnī ilā nafsī ṭarfata `ayn,
    wa aṣliḥ lī sha’nī kullah,
    lā ilāha illā ant.

    O Allah, I hope for Your mercy.
    Do not leave me to myself even for the blinking of an eye (i.e. a moment).
    Correct all of my affairs for me.
    There is none worthy of worship but You.

    Reference:
    Abu Dawud 4/324, Ahmad 5/42. Al-Albani graded it as good in Sahih Abu Dawud
    3/959.