O Allah, Replace My Pain With Something Better إِنّا للهِ وَإِنَا إِلَـيْهِ راجِعـون ، اللهُـمِّ اْجُـرْني في مُصـيبَتي، وَاخْلُـفْ لي خَيْـراً مِنْـها 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… More »
Instructions For The Dying Person Lā ilāha illallāh Whoever dies with the last words (whose meaning is): “There is none worthy of worship but Allah” will enter Paradise. من كان آخر كلامه “لا إله إلا الله” دخل الجنة Reference: Hisn al-Muslim 153 More: Life Of Muslim | Muslim Life | Muslim News | Islam News… More »
When Hope Is Gone | Trusting Allah In Illness أللّهُـمَّ اغْفِـرْ لي وَارْحَمْـني وَأَلْحِقْـني بِالرَّفـيقِ الأّعْلـى 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. As he was dying, the Prophet (ﷺ) dipped his hands… More »
A Prayer Of Healing And Hope أَسْـأَلُ اللهَ العَـظيـم، رَبَّ العَـرْشِ العَـظيـم أَنْ يَشْفـيك . (سبع مرات) 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: Hisn al-Muslim 148 More: Life Of Muslim | Muslim Life | Muslim… More »
Seventy Thousand Prayers | The Reward Of Visiting The Ill 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… More »
Dua To Recite When Visiting The Sick لا بأْسَ طَهـورٌ إِنْ شـاءَ الله 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. أَسْـأَلُ اللهَ العَـظيـم، رَبَّ العَـرْشِ العَـظيـم أَنْ يَشْفـيك . (سبع مرات) As’alullāha ‘l-`Aẓīma Rabba ‘l-`Arshil-`Aẓīmi an yashfiyak. I… More »
Dua For Placing Children Under Allah’s Protection The Prophet (ﷺ) used to seek Allah’s protection for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain by saying: ” أعيذكما بكلمات الله التامة ، من كل شيطان وهامة ، ومن كل عينِ لامة ” U`īthukumā bikalimāti ‘llāhit-tāmmati min kulli shayṭānin wa hāmmah, wa min kulli `aynin lāmmah I seek protection for you… More »
Dua For Congratulating New Parents On The Birth Of A Child And Its Reply (بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِي الْمَوْهُوبِ لَكَ، وَشَكَرْتَ الْوَاهِبَ، وَبَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ، وَرُزِقْتَ بِرَّهُ). 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: (بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ،… More »
Du’a For Expelling Shaytan’s Whisperings 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). The call to prayer – ‘Athan. 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… More »
Dua To Recite Upon Committing A Sin 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. مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يُذنِبُ ذَنْباً فَيُحْسِنُ الطُّهُورَ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ… More »