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Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 165

السَّلامُ عَلَـيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيارِ مِنَ المؤْمِنيـنَ وَالْمُسْلِمين،
وَإِنّا إِنْ شاءَ اللهُ بِكُـمْ لاحِقـون،
نَسْـاَلُ اللهَ لنـا وَلَكُـمْ العـافِيَة

English Translation:

Assalāmu `alaykum ahlad-diyāri minal-mu’minīna wa ‘l-muslimīn,
wa innā in shā’ Allāhu bikum lāḥiqūn
nas’alullāha lanā wa lakumul-`āfiyah.

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 well-being.

Reference:
Muslim 2/671, Ibn Majah 1/494, the portion brackets is from Muslim 2/671.

Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 164

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ
اللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْهُ

English Translation:

Allāhumma’ghfir lah
Allāhumma thabbit’h.

O Allah, forgive him.
O Allah, strengthen him.

Reference:
The Prophet (ﷺ) 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.” Abu Dawud 3/315, and
Al-Hakim 1/370 who graded it authentic and Ath-Thahabi agreed.

Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 163

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.

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.

Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 161

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 160

“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.

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.

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.

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.

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.