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  • 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 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: Instruction for the one nearing death

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 153

    من كان آخر كلامه “لا إله إلا الله” دخل الجنة


    English Translation:

    Lā ilāha illallāh

    Whoever dies with the last words (whose meaning is): “There is none worthy of worship but Allah” will enter Paradise.

    Reference:
    Abu Dawud 3/190. See also Al-Albani, Sahihul-Jami’ As-Saghir 5/432.

  • Chapter: When the sick have renounced all hope of life

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 152

    لا إلهَ إلاّ اللّهُ
    وَاللّهُ أَكْبَـر،
    لا إلهَ إلاّ اللّهُ وحْـدَهُ،
    لا إلهَ إلاّ اللّهُ
    وحْـدَهُ لا شَريكَ لهُ،
    لا إلهَ إلاّ اللّهُ
    لهُ المُلكُ ولهُ الحَمْد،
    لا إلهَ إلاّ اللّهُ
    وَلا حَـوْلَ وَلا قُـوَّةَ إِلاّ بِالله


    English Translation:

    Lā ilāha illallāh
    wallāhu Akbar,
    lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdah,
    lā ilāha illallāh
    waḥdahu lā sharīka lah,
    lā ilāha illallāh
    lahu ‘l-mulku wa lahu ‘l-ḥamd,
    lā ilāha illallāh
    wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

    There is none worthy of worship but Allah,
    Allah is the Most Great.
    None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone.
    None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone,
    Who has no partner.
    There is none worthy of worship but Allah,
    His is the dominion and His is the praise.
    There is none worthy of worship but Allah,
    there is no power and no might but by Allah.

    Reference:
    At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/152 and
    Sahih Ibn Majah 2/317.

  • Chapter: When the sick have renounced all hope of life

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 151

    جعل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عند موته يدخل يديه في الماء فيمسح بهما وجههُ ويقول :
    لا إله إلا الله إن للموت لسكرات


    English Translation:

    As he was dying, the Prophet (ﷺ) dipped his hands in water and wiped his face saying:

    Lā ilāha illallāh
    inna li ‘lmawti la’sakarāt.

    There is none worthy of worship but Allah,
    surely death has agonies.

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 8/144. The Hadith also mention him
    using the Siivak (tooth stick).

  • Chapter: When the sick have renounced all hope of life

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 150

    أللّهُـمَّ اغْفِـرْ لي وَارْحَمْـني
    وَأَلْحِقْـني بِالرَّفـيقِ الأّعْلـى


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma’ghfir lī warḥamnī
    wa alḥiqnī bir-rafīqi ‘l-‘A`alā.

    O Allah, forgive me and have mercy upon me,
    and join me with the highest companions (in Paradise).

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari7/10, Muslim 4/1893.

  • Chapter: Excellence of visiting the sick

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 149

    قَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: (إِذَا عَادَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ مَشَى فِي خِرَافَةِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَجْلِسَ، فَإِذَا جَلَسَ غَمَرَتْهُ الرَّحْمَةُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ غُدْوَةً صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مَسَاءً صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ)


    English Translation:

    When a man goes to visit his sick Muslim brother, he walks along a path of Paradise until he sits, and when he sits he is cloaked in mercy. If he comes in the morning, seventy thousand angels pray for him until evening, and if he comes in the evening, seventy thousand angels pray for him until morning.

  • Chapter: When visiting the sick

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 148

    أَسْـأَلُ اللهَ العَـظيـم، رَبَّ العَـرْشِ العَـظيـم أَنْ يَشْفـيك .
    (سبع مرات)


    English Translation:

    As’alullāha ‘l-`Aẓīma Rabba ‘l-`Arshil-`Aẓīmi an yashfiyak.

    I ask Almighty Allah, Lord of the Magnificent Throne, to make you well.
    (Recite seven times in Arabic .)

    Reference:
    At-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 2/210 and
    Sahihul-Jami’ As-Saghir 5/180.

  • Chapter: When visiting the sick

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 147

    لا بأْسَ طَهـورٌ إِنْ شـاءَ الله


    English Translation:

    Lā ba’sa ṭahūrun in shā Allāh.

    Do not worry, it will be a purification (for you), Allah willing.

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani Fathul-Bari 10/118.

  • Chapter: Placing childen under Allah’s protection

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 146

    كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يعوذ الحسن والحسين
    ” أعيذكما بكلمات الله التامة ،
    من كل شيطان وهامة ،
    ومن كل عينِ لامة ”


    English Translation:

    The Prophet (ﷺ) used to seek Allah’s protection for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain by saying:

    U`īthukumā bikalimāti ‘llāhit-tāmmati
    min kulli shayṭānin wa hāmmah,
    wa min kulli `aynin lāmmah

    I seek protection for you in the Perfect Words of Allah
    from every devil and every beast,
    and from every envious blameworthy eye.

    Reference:
    Al-Bukhari4/119.