Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 176
ذَهَـبَ الظَّمَـأُ،
وَابْتَلَّـتِ العُـروق،
وَثَبَـتَ الأجْـرُ إِنْ شـاءَ الله
English Translation:
Dhahabaẓ-ẓama’,
wabtallati ‘l-`urūq,
wa thabata ‘l-‘ajru in shā Allāh.
The thirst is gone,
the veins are moistened,
and the reward is confirmed, if Allah wills.
Reference:
Abu Dawud 2/306 and others. See also Al- Albani, Sahihul-Jami’ As-Saghir
4/209.
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 177
اللّهُـمَّ إِنَّـي أَسْـأَلُـكَ بِرَحْمَـتِكَ الّتي وَسِـعَت كُلَّ شيء،
أَنْ تَغْـفِرَ لي
English Translation:
Allāhumma innī as’aluka
bi raḥmatika ‘l-latī wasi`at kulla shay’
an taghfira lī.
O Allah, I ask You by Your mercy, which encompasses all things, that You forgive me.
Reference:
Ibn Majah 1/557 from a supplication of Abdullah bin ‘Amr. Al-Hafidh graded
it as good in his checking of An-Nawawi’s Kitabul-‘Athkdr. See Sharhul-
Athkar 4/342.
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 178
إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَاماً فَلْيَقُلْ
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ،
فَإِنْ نَسِيَ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ
بسمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ
English Translation:
When anyone of you begins eating, say:
Bismillāh.
And if you forget then when you remember, say:
Bismillāhi fī awwalihi wa ākhirih.
When anyone of you begins eating, say:
With the Name of Allah.
And if you forget then, when you remember, say:
With the Name of Allah, in the beginning, and in the end.
Reference:
Abu Dawud 3/347, At-Tirmidhi 4/288. See Al- Albani’s Sahih At-Tirmidhi
2/167.
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 179
مَنْ أَطْعَمَهُ اللَّهُ الطَّعَامَ فَلْيَقُلْ:
“اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهِ
وَأَطْعِمْنَا خَيْراً مِنْهُ”،
وَمَنْ سَقَاهُ اللَّهُ لَبَناً فَلْيَقُلْ
“اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهِ
وَزِدْنَا مِنْهُ”
English Translation:
Whomever Allah has given food, should say:
Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhi,
wa aṭ`imnā khayran minh.
Whomever Allah has given milk to drink, should say :
Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhi,
wa zidnā minh.
Whomever Allah has given food, should say:
O Allah, bless us in it and provide us with better than it.
Whomever Allah has given milk to drink, should say :
O Allah, bless us in it and give us more of it.
Reference:
At-Tirmidhi 5/506. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/158.
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 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 166
اللّهُـمَّ إِنَّـي أَسْـأَلُـكَ خَيْـرَها،
وَأَعـوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَـرِّها
English Translation:
Allāhumma innī as’aluka khayrahā,
wa a`ūdhu bika min sharrihā.
O Allah, I ask You for the good of it,
and seek refuge in You against its evil.
Reference:
Abu Dawud 4/326, Ibn Majah 2/1228. See also Al-Albani, Sahih Ibn Majah
2/305.