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Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 145

(بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِي الْمَوْهُوبِ لَكَ،
وَشَكَرْتَ الْوَاهِبَ،
وَبَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ،
وَرُزِقْتَ بِرَّهُ).

وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ الْمُهَــــــنَّأُ فَيَقُولُ:
(بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ،
وَجَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً،
وَرَزَقَكَ اللَّهُ مِثْلَهُ،
وَأَجْزَلَ ثَوَابَكَ).

English Translation:

Bārakallāhu laka fi ‘l-mawhūbi lak,
wa shakarta ‘l-wāhib,
wa balagha ashuddah,
wa ruziqta birrah.

The reply of the person being congratulated is to say:

Bārakallahu laka wa bāraka `alayk,
wa jazākallāhu khayra,
wa razaqakallāhu mithlah,
wa ajzala thawābak.

May Allah bless you with His gift to you,
and may you (the new parent) give thanks,
may the child reach the maturity of years,
and may you be granted its righteousness.

The reply of the person being congratulated is to say:

May Allah bless you, and shower His blessings upon you,
and may Allah reward you well
and bestow upon you its like
and reward you abundantly

Reference:
An-Nawawi, Kitdbul-‘Athkarp. 349, and Sahihul-‘Athkar2/7l3 by Saleem
Al-Hilali.

Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 144

قَدَّرَ اللهُ وَما شـاءَ فَعَـل

English Translation:

Qaddarallāhu wa mā shā’a fa`al.

It is the Decree of Allah and He does whatever He wills.

Reference:
“The strong believer is better and more dear to Allah than the weak
believer, and in each of them there is good. Be vigilant for what is to
your benefit and seek the help of Allah and do not falter. But when you are
striken by some setback, do not say: ‘If only I had done such and such,’
rather say: ‘It is the Decree of Allah and He does whatever He wills.’ For
verily the saying ‘if (i.e. if only I had) begins the work of the Devil.”
Muslim 4/2052.

Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 143

الْأَذْكَارُ وَقِرَاءَةُ الْقُرْآنِ

English Translation:

—

Saying words of Allah’s remembrance (Thikr) and recitation of the Qur’an.

Reference:
“Do not turn your homes into graveyards, surely the Devil flees from the
house in which Surat Al-Baqarah is read,” Muslim 1/539. The Devil is also
driven out by the invocations for morning and evening, those that are said
before sleeping and upon waking up, those for entering and leaving the
house, including those for entering and leaving the mosque, and by many
other authentic invocations taught to us by the Prophet (ﷺ) such as the
reading of ‘Ayatul-Kursi, (Al-Baqarah 2:255), and the last two ‘Ayat of
Surat Al-Baqarah before going to sleep. Whoever says: “There is none worthy
of worship but Allah alone, Who has no partner, His is the dominion and His
is the praise, and he is Able to do all things,” one hundred times, it will
be a protection for him from the Devil throughout the day.’

Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 142

الْأَذَانُ

English Translation:

—

The call to prayer – ‘Athan.

Reference:
Muslim 1/291, Al-Bukhari 1/151.

Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 141

الاستعاذة بالله منه

English Translation:

A`ūdhu billāhi minash-shayṭānir-rajīm.

Seeking refuge with Allah against him (i.e. by saying I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the outcast).

Reference:
Abu Dawud 1/206, At-Tirmidhi. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 1/77,
and Surat Al-Mu’minun, 23:98-9.

Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 140

مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يُذنِبُ ذَنْباً فَيُحْسِنُ الطُّهُورَ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ إِلاَّ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ

English Translation:

There is not any slave of Allah who commits a sin, then he perfects his purification and stands to pray two Rak’ahs of prayer, then seeks Allah’s forgiveness, except that Allah will forgive him.

Reference:
Abu Dawud 2/86, At-Tirmidhi 2/257. Al-Albani graded it authentic in Sahih
Abu Dawud 1/283.

Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 139

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ سَهْلَ إِلاَّ مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلاً،
وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلاً

English Translation:

Allāhumma lā saḥla illā ma ja`altahu saḥla
wa anta taj`alu ‘l-ḥazna idhā shi’ta saḥla.

O Allah, there is no ease other than what You make easy.
If You please You ease sorrow.

Reference:
Ibn Hibban in his Sahih (no. 2427), and Ibn As- Sunni (no. 351). Al-Hafidh
(Ibn Hajar) said that this Hadith is authentic. It was also declared
authentic by ‘Abdul-Qadir Al-Arna’ut in his checking of An-Nawawi’s
Kitabul-Athkarp. 106.

Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 138

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ،
وَاتْفُلْ عَلَى يَسَارِكَ (ثلاثاً)

English Translation:

A`ūdhu billāhi minash-shayṭānir-rajīm.

(Say:) I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the outcast
(then blow with a little spittle to your left).
(Do this three times reciting in Arabic.)

Reference:
Muslim 4/1729.

Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 137

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ،
وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ،
وَالْبُخْلِ وَالْجُبْنِ،
وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ

English Translation:

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

O Allah! I seek refuge with You from worry and grief,
from incapacity and laziness,
from cowardice and miserliness,
from being heavily in debt and from being overpowered by (other) men.

Reference:
Al-Bukhari 7/158.

Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 136

اللّهُـمَّ اكْفِـني بِحَلالِـكَ عَنْ حَـرامِـك،
وَأَغْنِـني بِفَضْـلِكِ عَمَّـنْ سِـواك

English Translation:

Allāhummak-finī biḥalālika `an ḥarāmik,
wa ‘aghninī bi faḍlika `amman siwāk.

O Allah, suffice me with what You have allowed instead of what You have forbidden,
and make me independent of all others besides You.

Reference:
At-Tirmidhi 5/560. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/180.