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  • Chapter: The scorn of ascribing things to evil omens

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 205

    اللّهُـمَّ لا طَيْـرَ إِلاّ طَيْـرُك،
    وَلا خَـيْرَ إِلاّ خَـيْرُك،
    وَلا إِلهَ غَيْـرُك


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma lā ṭayra illā ṭayruk,
    wa lā khayra illā khayruk,
    wa lā ilāha ghayruk.

    O Allah there is no portent other than Your portent,
    no goodness other than Your goodness,
    and none worthy of worship other than You.

    Reference:
    Ahmad 2/220, Ibn As-Sunni (no. 292). See also Al-Albani,
    Silsilatul-‘Ahadlth As-Sahihah 3/54, (no. 1065). As for bodings of good,
    these used to please the Prophet (ﷺ) and so when he heard good words from
    someone, he used to say: “We have taken from you a good portent from your
    mouth,” Abu Dawud, Ahmad. See also Al-Albani, Silsilatul-‘Ahadith
    As-Sahihah 2/363, and it is with Abu Ash-Shaikh Al-Asfahani in
    ‘Akhlaqun-Nabiyy, pg. 270.

  • Chapter: To someone who says “May Allah bless you”

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 204

    وَفيكَ بارَكَ الله


    English Translation:

    Wafīka bārakallāh.

    And may Allah bless you.

    Reference:
    Ibn As-Sunni, p. 138, (no. 278). See also Ibn Al-Qayyim, Al-Wdbil
    As-Sayyib, p. 304, with checking by Basheer Muhammad ?Uyoon.

  • Chapter: For fear of shirk

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 203

    اللّهُـمَّ إِنّـي أَعـوذُبِكَ أَنْ أُشْـرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنا أَعْـلَمْ،
    وَأَسْتَـغْفِرُكَ لِما لا أَعْـلَم


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma innī a`ūdhu bika an ushrika bika wa anā a`lam,
    wa astaghfiruka limā lā a`lam.

    O Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I associate anything with You knowingly,
    and I seek Your forgiveness for what I know not.

    Reference:
    Ahmad 4/403. See also Al-Albani, Sahihul-Jami’ As-Saghir 3/233 and
    Sahihut-Targhib wat- Tarhib 1/19.

  • Chapter: To the debtor when his debt is settled

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 202

    بارَكَ اللهُ لَكَ في أَهْلِكَ وَمالِك،
    إِنَّما جَـزاءُ السَّلَفِ الْحَمْدُ والأَداء


    English Translation:

    Bārakallāhu laka fī ahlika wa mālik,
    innamā jazā’us-salafi ‘l-ḥamdu wa‘l-adā’.

    May Allah bless you in your family and your wealth,
    surely the reward for a loan is praise and returning (what was borrowed).

    Reference:
    An-Nasa’i, ‘Amalul-Yawm wal-Laylahp. 300, Ibn Majah 2/809. See also
    Al-Albani, Sahih Ibn Majah2/55.

  • Chapter: To one who has offered you some of his wealth

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 201

    بارَكَ اللهُ لَكَ في أَهْلِكَ وَمالِك


    English Translation:

    Bārakallāhu laka fī ahlika wa mālik.

    May Allah bless you in your family and your property.

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-BAri 4/88.

  • Chapter: To one who pronounces his love for you, for Allah’s sake

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 200

    أَحَبَّـكَ الّذي أَحْبَبْـتَني لَه


    English Translation:

    Aḥabbaka ‘lladhī aḥbabtanī lah.

    May He for Whose sake you love me, love you.

    Reference:
    Abu Dawud 4/333. Al-Albani graded it good in Sahih Abu Dawud 3/965.

  • Chapter: Protection from the Dajjal

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 199

    .(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.

  • Chapter: To one who does you a favour

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 198

    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).

  • Chapter: Returning a supplication of forgiveness

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 197

    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.

  • Chapter: For the expiation of sins, said at the conclusion of a sitting or gathering

    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