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Du‘ā for life events

أَدْعِيَةُ الْحَاجَاتِ

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Pocket Companion · 06 of 09

Du‘ā for life events

أَدْعِيَةُ الْحَاجَاتِ

Ad‘iyatul-ḥājāt

What to say when it matters — illness, grief, debt, fear, joy.

2 · Distress & anxiety

3 · Illness & the sick

4 · Grief & death

5 · Debt & provision

6 · Marriage & children

7 · Travel & protection

8 · Anger, fear, decision

All ṣaḥīḥ or ḥasan. Ask in your own words too — that is also Sunnah.

02Distress & anxiety

At any calamity

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ

Lā ilāha illallāhul-‘Aẓīmul-Ḥalīm, lā ilāha illallāhu Rabbul-‘Arshil-‘Aẓīm, lā ilāha illallāhu Rabbus-samāwāti wa Rabbul-arḍi wa Rabbul-‘Arshil-Karīm

None is worthy of worship but Allah, the Mighty, the Forbearing; Lord of the Mighty Throne; Lord of the heavens, the earth, and the Noble Throne.

Bukhārī, Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — the du‘ā of distress.

In grief or worry

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

Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika minal-hammi wal-ḥazan, wal-‘ajzi wal-kasal, wal-bukhli wal-jubn, wa ḍala‘id-dayni wa ghalabatir-rijāl

Refuge from anxiety, sorrow, weakness, laziness, miserliness, cowardice, debt and oppression.

Bukhārī · ṣaḥīḥ

The du‘ā of Yūnus

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Lā ilāha illā Anta subḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn

None is worthy of worship but You; glory be to You — I was among the wrongdoers.

Tirmidhī · ṣaḥīḥ · Qur’ān 21:87 — no Muslim says it in distress but is answered.

03Illness & the sick

Visiting the sick · 7×

أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ

As’alullāhal-‘Aẓīma Rabbal-‘Arshil-‘Aẓīmi an yashfiyak

I ask Allah the Mighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to cure you.

Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī · ṣaḥīḥ — if his time has not come, he is healed.

Ruqyah over the ill

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، مُذْهِبَ الْبَاسِ، اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي، لَا شَافِيَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

Allāhumma Rabban-nās, mudhhibal-bās, ishfi Antash-Shāfī, lā shāfiya illā Ant

O Allah, Lord of mankind, Remover of harm, cure — You are the Healer; there is no healer but You.

Bukhārī · ṣaḥīḥ — with al-Fātiḥah and the three sūrahs.

Qur’ān · Sūrah 1 Qur’ān · Sūrah 112 Qur’ān · Sūrah 113 Qur’ān · Sūrah 114

For one’s own pain

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ — أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ وَقُدْرَتِهِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا أَجِدُ وَأُحَاذِرُ

Bismillāh (3×) — A‘ūdhu billāhi wa qudratihī min sharri mā ajidu wa uḥādhir (7×)

I seek refuge in Allah and His power from the evil of what I feel and fear.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — hand on the place of pain.

04Grief & death

On hearing of a death

إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ. اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rāji‘ūn. Allāhumma’jurnī fī muṣībatī wa akhlif lī khayran minhā

To Allah we belong and to Him we return. Reward me in this affliction and replace it with better.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ

For the deceased

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ وَأَهْلاً خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَزَوْجًا خَيْرًا مِنْ زَوْجِهِ وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ أَوْ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ

Allāhumma-ghfir lahu wa-rḥamhu wa ‘āfihi wa-‘fu ‘anhu wa akrim nuzulahu wa wassi‘ mudkhalahu wa-ghsilhu bil-mā’i wath-thalji wal-baradi wa naqqihi minal-khaṭāyā kamā naqqaytath-thawbal-abyaḍa minad-danasi wa abdilhu dāran khayran min dārihi wa ahlan khayran min ahlihi wa zawjan khayran min zawjihi wa adkhilhul-jannata wa a‘idhhu min ‘adhābil-qabri aw min ‘adhābin-nār

The whole narration

Jubair b. Nufair says:I heard it from 'Auf b. Malik that the Prophet (ﷺ) said prayer on the dead body, and I remembered his prayer:" O Allah! forgive him, have mercy upon him, give him peace and absolve him. Receive him with honour and make his grave spacious; wash him with water, snow and hail. Cleanse him from faults as Thou wouldst cleanse a white garment from impurity. Requite him with an abode more excellent than his abode, with a family better than his family, and with a mate better than his mate. Admit him to the Garden, and protect him from the torment of the grave and the torment of the Fire." ('Auf bin Malik) said: I earnestly desired that I were this dead body

The translation is the open dataset’s own, shown as it stands: no translator is named, its rights are not verified, and nobody has checked it against the Arabic.

Shown whole, from Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · No. 2232. In print this text is set shorter. The print’s own lines beneath it were written for the shorter text.

Forgive him, have mercy on him, pardon him, and honour his resting place.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — after the third takbīr of the Janāzah.

Consoling the bereaved

“To Allah belongs what He took, and to Him what He gave; everything has an appointed term.”

Bukhārī · ṣaḥīḥ

At a grave

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَلَاحِقُونَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمْ الْعَافِيَةَ

As-salāmu ‘alaykum ahlad-diyāri minal-mu’minīna wal-muslimīna wa innā in shā’allāhu lalāḥiqūna as’alullāha lanā wa lakum al-‘āfiyah

The whole narration

Sulaiman b. Buraida narrated on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to teach them when they went out to the graveyard. One of the narrators used to say this in the narration transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr:" Peace be upon the inhabitants of the city (i. e. graveyard)." In the hadith transmitted by Zuhair (the words are):" Peace be upon you, the inhabitants of the city, among the believers, and Muslims, and God willing we shall join you. I beg of Allah peace for us and for you

The translation is the open dataset’s own, shown as it stands: no translator is named, its rights are not verified, and nobody has checked it against the Arabic.

Shown whole, from Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · No. 2257. In print this text is set shorter. The print’s own lines beneath it were written for the shorter text.

Peace be upon you, people of these abodes, believers and Muslims — and we shall, if Allah wills, follow.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ

05Debt & provision

Crushing debt

اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي بِحَلَالِكَ عَنْ حَرَامِكَ، وَأَغْنِنِي بِفَضْلِكَ عَمَّنْ سِوَاكَ

Allāhummakfinī bi-ḥalālika ‘an ḥarāmik, wa aghninī bi-faḍlika ‘amman siwāk

O Allah, suffice me with what You have made lawful against what You have forbidden, and enrich me by Your bounty so I need none besides You.

Tirmidhī · ḥasan — “even if your debt were like a mountain.”

For provision

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا، وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا، وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا

Allāhumma innī as’aluka ‘ilman nāfi‘an, wa rizqan ṭayyiban, wa ‘amalan mutaqabbalan

Beneficial knowledge, good lawful provision, accepted deeds.

Ibn Mājah · ṣaḥīḥ — after Fajr.

Repaying a lender

بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِي أَهْلِكَ وَمَالِكَ

Bārakallāhu laka fī ahlika wa mālik

May Allah bless you in your family and your wealth.

Ibn Mājah · ṣaḥīḥ

Seeking sufficiency

حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ

Ḥasbunallāhu wa ni‘mal-wakīl

Allah is sufficient for us, and the best of guardians.

Bukhārī · ṣaḥīḥ · Qur’ān 3:173

06Marriage & children

To the newly married

بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ، وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ، وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِي خَيْرٍ

Bārakallāhu lak, wa bāraka ‘alayk, wa jama‘a baynakumā fī khayr

May Allah bless you, send blessings upon you, and unite you both in goodness.

Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī · ṣaḥīḥ

Protecting children

أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ

U‘īdhukumā bi-kalimātillāhit-tāmmati min kulli shayṭānin wa hāmmah, wa min kulli ‘aynin lāmmah

I place you both in the protection of Allah’s perfect words from every devil and vermin, and from every harmful eye.

Bukhārī · ṣaḥīḥ — he ﷺ said it over al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn.

For offspring

رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ — رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ

Rabbi hab lī minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn — Rabbi lā tadharnī fardan wa Anta khayrul-wārithīn

My Lord, grant me righteous offspring — my Lord, leave me not alone, and You are the best of inheritors.

Qur’ān 37:100; 21:89

07Travel & protection

Setting out

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِنَا هَذَا الْبِرَّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تَرْضَى اللَّهُمَّ هَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا سَفَرَنَا هَذَا وَاطْوِ عَنَّا بُعْدَهُ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الأَهْلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَسُوءِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالأَهْلِ

Subḥānal-ladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīna wa innā ilā rabbinā lamunqalibūna Allāhumma innā nas’aluka fī safarinā hādhal-birra wat-taqwā wa minal-‘amali mā tarḍā Allāhumma hawwin ‘alaynā safaranā hādhā wa-ṭwi ‘annā bu‘dahu Allāhumma antaṣ-ṣāḥibu fis-safari wal-khalīfatu fil-ahli Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika min wa‘thā’is-safari wa ka’ābatil-manẓari wa sū’il-munqalabi fil-māli wal-ahl

The whole narration

Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported that whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) mounted his camel while setting out on a journey, he glorified Allah (uttered Allah-o-Akbar) thrice, and then said:Hallowed is He Who subdued for us this (ride) and we were not ourselves powerful enough to use It as a ride, and we are going to return to our Lord. O Allah, we seek virtue and piety from Thee in this journey of ours and the act which pleaseth Thee. O Allah, lighten this journey of ours, and make its distance easy for us. O Allah, Thou art (our) companion during the journey, and guardian of (our) family. O Allah, I seek refuge with Thee from hardships of the journey, gloominess of the sights, and finding of evil changes in property and family on return. And he (the Holy Prophet) uttered (these words), and made this addition to them: We are returning, repentant, worshipping our Lord. and praising Him

The translation is the open dataset’s own, shown as it stands: no translator is named, its rights are not verified, and nobody has checked it against the Arabic.

Shown whole, from Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · No. 3275. In print this text is set shorter. The print’s own lines beneath it were written for the shorter text.

…O Allah, we ask You on this journey for righteousness, piety, and deeds that please You.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ

Stopping anywhere

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

A‘ūdhu bi-kalimātillāhit-tāmmāti min sharri mā khalaq

I seek refuge in Allah’s perfect words from the evil of what He created.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — nothing will harm him until he departs.

Returning

آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ عَابِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُونَ

Ā’ibūna tā’ibūna ‘ābidūna li-Rabbinā ḥāmidūn

Returning, repenting, worshipping, and praising our Lord.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ

Entering a town

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيهَا

Allāhumma bārik lanā fīhā

O Allah, bless it for us.

Ibn Ḥibbān · ṣaḥīḥ

08Anger, fear, decision

In anger

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ

A‘ūdhu billāhi minash-Shayṭānir-rajīm

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shayṭān.

Bukhārī, Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — and sit if standing, lie down if sitting, and make wuḍū.

In fear

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَعَزُّ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ جَمِيعًا، اللَّهُ أَعَزُّ مِمَّا أَخَافُ وَأَحْذَرُ

Allāhu akbar, Allāhu a‘azzu min khalqihī jamī‘an, Allāhu a‘azzu mimmā akhāfu wa aḥdhar

Allah is greatest — mightier than all His creation, mightier than what I fear and guard against.

an-Nasā’ī · ṣaḥīḥ

Before a decision

Two rak‘ahs, then the du‘ā of Istikhārah — the full text is on card 04 of the long sheet. Then act, and be content.

Bukhārī · ṣaḥīḥ

Seeking the best end

اللَّهُمَّ أَحْسِنْ عَاقِبَتَنَا فِي الْأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا، وَأَجِرْنَا مِنْ خِزْيِ الدُّنْيَا وَعَذَابِ الْآخِرَةِ

Allāhumma aḥsin ‘āqibatanā fil-umūri kullihā, wa ajirnā min khizyid-dunyā wa ‘adhābil-ākhirah

O Allah, make good our end in all affairs, and save us from disgrace in this world and the punishment of the next.

Ibn Ḥibbān · ṣaḥīḥ

Lines with a dotted edge give the sound of the Arabic, worked out by rule from its vowel marks. They are not from the print titles and have not been reviewed: where one differs from the Arabic, the Arabic is right.