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Death and the deceased duas

The dying, the funeral prayer, the burial, the bereaved, and visiting graves.

Invocations of the terminally ill

What to encourage the dying person to say

Invocation for when tragedy strikes

Invocation for closing the eyes of the dead

Invocations for the dead in the Funeral prayer

Dua 1اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ، وَعَافِهِ، وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ، وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ، وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ، وَ…O Allah, forgive and have mercy upon him, excuse him and pardon him, and make honourable his reception. Expand his entry, and cleanse him with water, snow, and ice, and …Dua 2اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا، وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا، وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبيرِنَا، وَذَكَرِنَا …O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, those present and those absent, our young and our old, our males and our females. O Allah, whom amongst us You keep alive, then…Dua 3اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ فُلاَنَ بْنَ فُلاَنٍ فِي ذِمَّتِكَ، وَحَبْلِ جِوَارِكَ، فَقِهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ، وَعَ…O Allah, so-and-so is under Your care and protection so protect him from the trial of the grave and torment of the Fire. Indeed You are faithful and truthful. Forgive an…Dua 4اللَّهُمَّ عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ احْتَاجَ إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ، وَأَنْتَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْ عَذَابِهِ، إِنْ كَانَ م…O Allah, Your servant and the son of Your maidservant is in need of Your mercy and You are without need of his punishment. If he was righteous then increase his reward a…

Invocations for a child in the Funeral prayer

Invocation for the bereaved

Invocation to be recited when placing the dead in his grave

Invocation to be recited after burying the dead

Invocation for visiting the graves

Duas are drawn from Hisn al-Muslim by Sa'id ibn Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani, through the OpenDua library built by Ihsan Labs at the Human Development Fund. OpenDua English, transliteration and dataset structure are licensed CC BY 4.0. Recitation by Muhammad Jumah for OpenDua. OpenDua makes no ownership claim over the underlying religious texts.

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