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Sending Prayers Upon the Prophet ﷺ

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Dua for Janazah

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Note: The supplications on this page are generally given in the masculine form, for a deceased man or boy. When reciting them for a deceased woman or girl, the masculine pronouns should be changed to their corresponding feminine forms. For example, -hu (ـهُ) becomes -hā (ـهَا) where appropriate: lahu becomes lahā, wa-rḥamhu becomes wa-rḥamhā, and wa-ghsilhu becomes wa-ghsilhā.

Dua 1: Sending Prayers Upon the Prophet ﷺ After the Second Takbir

After the second takbir of the Janazah prayer, the minimum required is to say, “O Allah, send prayers upon Muhammad.” It is mustahabb to also include his family by saying, “And upon the family of Muhammad.” It is recommended to recite the complete Salat al-Ibrahimiyyah, as recited in the final sitting of the regular salah.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ❁ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ❁
Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin, wa-ʿalā āli Muḥammad.
O Allah, send prayers upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad.
Reference Kitab al-Adhkar

Dua 2: Short Supplications After the Third Takbir

These are short supplications that may be recited for a male deceased after the third takbir of the Janazah prayer.

رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ ❁
غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ❁
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ ❁
اِرْحَمْهُ ❁
اُلْطُفْ بِهِ ❁
Raḥimahu Llāh.
Ghafara Llāhu lah.
Allāhumma ghfir lah.
Irḥamh.
Ulṭuf bih.
May Allah have mercy on him.
May Allah forgive him.
O Allah, forgive him.
O Allah, have mercy on him.
O Allah, be kind to him.
Reference Kitab al-Adhkar

Dua 3: Forgiveness for the Living and the Dead

Abu Hurayrah I reported that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed the Janazah prayer, he would recite this supplication, asking Allah to forgive the living and the deceased and to keep them steadfast upon faith. This is the recommended dua to recite in the Janazah prayer according to the Hanafi madhhab.

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا ❁ وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا ❁ وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا ❁ وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا ❁
اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ ❁ وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ ❁
Allāhumma ghfir li-ḥayyinā wa-mayyitinā, wa-shāhidinā wa-ghā'ibinā, wa-ṣaghīrinā wa-kabīrinā, wa-dhakarinā wa-unthānā.
Allāhumma man aḥyaytahu minnā fa-aḥyihi ʿalā l-Islāmi, wa-man tawaffaytahu minnā fa-tawaffahu ʿalā l-īmān.
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, whoever among us You cause to live, let him live upon Islam, and whoever among us You cause to die, let him die upon faith.
Reference Ibn Majah (1498)

Dua 4: Comprehensive Supplication for the Deceased

Awf ibn Malik I reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited this supplication during the Janazah prayer:

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ ❁ وَارْحَمْهُ ❁ وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ ❁ وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ ❁ وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ ❁ وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ ❁ وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الْأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ ❁ وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ ❁ وَأَهْلًا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ ❁ وَزَوْجًا خَيْرًا مِنْ زَوْجِهِ ❁ وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ ❁ وَقِهِ فِتْنَةَ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابَ النَّارِ ❁
Allāhumma ghfir lahu, wa-rḥamhu, wa-ʿāfihi, wa-ʿfu ʿanhu, wa-akrim nuzulahu, wa-wassiʿ mudkhalahu, wa-ghsilhu bi-l-mā'i wa-th-thalji wa-l-baradi, wa-naqqihi mina l-khaṭāyā kamā naqqayta th-thawba l-abyaḍa mina d-danasi, wa-abdilhu dāran khayran min dārihi, wa-ahlan khayran min ahlihi, wa-zawjan khayran min zawjihi, wa-adkhilhu l-jannata, wa-qihi fitnata l-qabri wa-ʿadhāba n-nār.
O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him. Grant him well-being and pardon him. Honour his place of arrival and make his entrance spacious. Wash him with water, snow and hail, and cleanse him of his sins as You cleanse a white garment of dirt. Give him a home better than his home, a family better than his family, and a spouse better than his spouse. Admit him into Paradise and protect him from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the Fire.
Reference Muslim (963), An-Nasa'i (1984)

Dua 5: Supplication for the Deceased and Acceptance of His Good Deeds

It is reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recite the following supplication for the deceased in the Janazah prayer, asking Allah to increase his good deeds, overlook his shortcomings, and protect those left behind from being put to trial.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ ❁ كَانَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ❁ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ ❁ وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ ❁ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ مُحْسِنًا فَزِدْ فِي إِحْسَانِهِ ❁ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُسِيئًا فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِ ❁
اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ ❁ وَلَا تَفْتِنَّا بَعْدَهُ ❁
Allāhumma innahu ʿabduka wa-bnu ʿabdika wa-bnu amatika, kāna yashhadu an lā ilāha illā anta, wa-anna Muḥammadan ʿabduka wa-rasūluka, wa-anta aʿlamu bih.
Allāhumma in kāna muḥsinan fa-zid fī iḥsānihi, wa-in kāna musī'an fa-tajāwaz ʿan sayyi'ātih.
Allāhumma lā taḥrimnā ajrahu, wa-lā taftinnā baʿdah.
O Allah, he is Your slave, the son of Your male slave and the son of Your female slave. He used to testify that there is no god but You and that Muhammad is Your slave and Messenger, and You know him best.
O Allah, if he was a doer of good, then increase him in his goodness, and if he was a wrongdoer, then overlook his misdeeds.
O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward and do not put us to trial after him.
Reference Ahmad (1/391)

Dua 6: Asking Allah to Forgive the Deceased

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited the following supplication in the Janazah prayer, acknowledging Allah as the Lord and Creator of the deceased and asking Him to grant forgiveness.

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبُّهُ ❁ وَأَنْتَ خَلَقْتَهُ ❁ وَأَنْتَ هَدَيْتَهُ لِلْإِسْلَامِ ❁ وَأَنْتَ قَبَضْتَ رُوحَهُ ❁ وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِسِرِّهِ وَعَلَانِيَتِهِ ❁ جِئْنَا شُفَعَاءَ فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ ❁
Allāhumma anta Rabbuhu, wa-anta khalaqtahu, wa-anta hadaytahu li-l-Islāmi, wa-anta qabaḍta rūḥahu, wa-anta aʿlamu bi-sirrihi wa-ʿalāniyatihi, ji'nā shufaʿā'a fa-ghfir lah.
O Allah, You are his Lord. You created him, You guided him to Islam, and You took his soul. You know best what he concealed and what he made known. We have come as intercessors, so forgive him.
Reference Abu Dawud (3200)

Dua 7: Seeking Protection and Mercy for the Deceased

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recite the following supplication in the Janazah prayer, entrusting the deceased to Allah’s protection and asking Him to save him from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the Fire.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ [فُلَانَ] بْنَ [فُلَانٍ] فِي ذِمَّتِكَ وَحَبْلِ جِوَارِكَ ❁ فَقِهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ ❁ وَأَنْتَ أَهْلُ الْوَفَاءِ وَالْحَمْدِ ❁ اللَّهُمَّ فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ ❁ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ ❁
Allāhumma inna [fulāna] bna [fulānin] fī dhimmatika wa-ḥabli jiwārika, fa-qihi min fitnati l-qabri wa-ʿadhābi n-nāri, wa-anta ahlu l-wafā'i wa-l-ḥamd. Allāhumma fa-ghfir lahu wa-rḥamhu, innaka anta l-Ghafūru r-Raḥīm.
O Allah, [name], son of [father’s name], is in Your care and under Your protection. Protect him from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the Fire. You are faithful and worthy of praise. O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him. Truly, You are the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
Reference Abu Dawud (3202), Ibn Majah (1499)

Dua 8: Comprehensive Supplication of Imam al-Shafi‘i

Imam al-Shafi’i composed the following comprehensive supplication for the deceased, bringing together meanings found in various Janazah supplications reported in the Hadith. It asks Allah for forgiveness, mercy, protection from the trial and punishment of the grave, and admission into Paradise.

اللَّهُمَّ هَذَا عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدَيْكَ ❁ خَرَجَ مِنْ رَوْحِ الدُّنْيَا وَسِعَتِهَا وَمَحْبُوبُهُ وَأَحِبَّاؤُهُ فِيهَا إِلَى ظُلْمَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَمَا هُوَ لَاقِيهِ ❁ كَانَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ❁ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ ❁ وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ ❁ اللَّهُمَّ نَزَلَ بِكَ وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْزُولٍ بِهِ ❁ وَأَصْبَحَ فَقِيرًا إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ ❁ وَأَنْتَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْ عَذَابِهِ ❁ وَقَدْ جِئْنَاكَ رَاغِبِينَ إِلَيْكَ ❁ شُفَعَاءَ لَهُ ❁
اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ مُحْسِنًا فَزِدْ فِي إِحْسَانِهِ ❁ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُسِيئًا فَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْهُ ❁ وَلَقِّهِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ رِضَاكَ ❁ وَقِهِ فِتْنَةَ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابَهُ ❁ وَافْسَحْ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ ❁ وَجَافِ الْأَرْضَ عَنْ جَنْبَيْهِ ❁ وَلَقِّهِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الْأَمْنَ مِنْ عَذَابِكَ حَتَّى تَبْعَثَهُ إِلَى جَنَّتِكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ ❁
Allāhumma hādhā ʿabduka wa-bnu ʿabdayka, kharaja min rawḥi d-dunyā wa-siʿatihā wa-maḥbūbuhu wa-aḥibbā'uhu fīhā ilā ẓulmati l-qabri wa-mā huwa lāqīhi, kāna yashhadu an lā ilāha illā anta, wa-anna Muḥammadan ʿabduka wa-rasūluka, wa-anta aʿlamu bih. Allāhumma nazala bika wa-anta khayru manzūlin bihi, wa-aṣbaḥa faqīran ilā raḥmatika, wa-anta Ghaniyyun ʿan ʿadhābihi, wa-qad ji'nāka rāghibīna ilayka, shufaʿā'a lah.
Allāhumma in kāna muḥsinan fa-zid fī iḥsānihi, wa-in kāna musī'an fa-tajāwaz ʿanhu, wa-laqqihi bi-raḥmatika riḍāka, wa-qihi fitnata l-qabri wa-ʿadhābahu, wa-fsaḥ lahu fī qabrihi, wa-jāfi l-arḍa ʿan janbayhi, wa-laqqihi bi-raḥmatika l-amna min ʿadhābika ḥattā tabʿathahu ilā jannatika bi-raḥmatika, yā Arḥama r-Rāḥimīn.
O Allah, this is Your slave and the son of Your two slaves. He has departed from the comfort and spaciousness of this world, while what he loved and those he loved remain in it, to the darkness of the grave and what he will encounter there. He used to testify that there is no god but You and that Muhammad is Your slave and Messenger, and You know him best. O Allah, he has come to You, and You are the best One to whom he could come. He has become in need of Your mercy, while You have no need to punish him. We have come to You seeking Your favour, interceding on his behalf.
O Allah, if he was a doer of good, then increase him in his goodness, and if he was a wrongdoer, then overlook his faults. Through Your mercy, grant him Your pleasure. Protect him from the trial and punishment of the grave. Make his grave spacious and draw the earth away from his sides. Through Your mercy, grant him safety from Your punishment until You resurrect him into Your Paradise, by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
Reference Imam al-Shafi’i from al-Mukhtasar of al-Muzani

Dua 9: Supplication for a Deceased Boy

Children and those without full mental capacity are not legally accountable (mukallaf) in Islamic law. The supplications recited for them therefore focus on asking Allah to make them a source of reward, blessing, and intercession for their family. If the full supplication is not known, it is sufficient to recite the opening words of the commonly recited dua for a deceased boy:

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا فَرَطًا ❁
Allāhumma jʿalhu lanā faraṭā.
O Allah, make him one who goes ahead of us as a source of reward.
Reference Maraqi al-Falah

Dua 10: Longer Supplication for a Deceased Boy

The following is a longer form of the preceding supplication for a deceased boy, asking Allah to make him a source of reward and stored treasure for his family, and an intercessor whose intercession is accepted.

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَنَا فَرَطًا ❁ وَاجْعَلْهُ لَنَا أَجْرًا وَذُخْرًا ❁ وَاجْعَلْهُ لَنَا شَافِعًا مُشَفَّعًا ❁
Allāhumma jʿalhu lanā faraṭan, wa-jʿalhu lanā ajran wa-dhukhran, wa-jʿalhu lanā shāfiʿan mushaffaʿā.
O Allah, make him one who has gone ahead of us, and make him a reward and a treasure stored for us. Make him an intercessor for us whose intercession is accepted.
Reference Maraqi al-Falah

Dua 11: When Seeing or Passing a Funeral Bier

When seeing or passing a funeral bier, it is recommended to remember Allah and reflect upon the reality of death. Imam Abu al-Mahasin ar-Ruyani mentions that it is mustahabb to recite the following words. It is also recommended to supplicate for the deceased and, where appropriate, to mention his good qualities without exaggeration or vague praise.

سُبْحَانَ الْحَيِّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ ❁ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا الْحَيُّ الَّذِي لَا يَمُوتُ ❁
Subḥāna l-Ḥayyi lladhī lā yamūtu, lā ilāha illā l-Ḥayyu lladhī lā yamūt.
Glory be to the Ever-Living, Who never dies. There is no god but the Ever-Living, Who never dies.
Reference Imam Abu al-Mahasin ar-Ruyani, al-Bahr

Dua 12: When Laying the Deceased in the Grave

Ibn Umar I reported that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed the deceased in the grave, he would recite the following words.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَعَلَى سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ❁
Bismi Llāhi wa-ʿalā sunnati Rasūli Llāhi ṣallā Llāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam.
In the name of Allah and upon the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah send prayers and peace upon him.
Reference Abu Dawud (3213)

Dua 13: After Laying the Deceased in the Grave

Imam al-Shafi’i mentions the following comprehensive supplication in the Mukhtasar of al-Muzani. It may be recited after the deceased has been laid in the grave, asking Allah to forgive him, protect him from the punishment of the grave, grant him safety, and care for those he has left behind.

اللَّهُمَّ أَسْلَمَهُ إِلَيْكَ الْأَشِحَّاءُ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَقَرَابَتِهِ وَإِخْوَانِهِ ❁ وَفَارَقَ مَنْ كَانَ يُحِبُّ قُرْبَهُ ❁ وَخَرَجَ مِنْ سَعَةِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْحَيَاةِ إِلَى ظُلْمَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَضِيقِهِ ❁ وَنَزَلَ بِكَ وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ مَنْزُولٍ بِهِ ❁ إِنْ عَاقَبْتَهُ فَبِذَنْبٍ ❁ وَإِنْ عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ فَأَنْتَ أَهْلُ الْعَفْوِ ❁ أَنْتَ غَنِيٌّ عَنْ عَذَابِهِ وَهُوَ فَقِيرٌ إِلَى رَحْمَتِكَ ❁
اللَّهُمَّ اشْكُرْ حَسَنَتَهُ ❁ وَاغْفِرْ سَيِّئَتَهُ ❁ وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ ❁ وَاجْمَعْ لَهُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الْأَمْنَ مِنْ عَذَابِكَ ❁ وَاكْفِهِ كُلَّ هَوْلٍ دُونَ الْجَنَّةِ ❁ اللَّهُمَّ اخْلُفْهُ فِي تَرِكَتِهِ فِي الْغَابِرِينَ ❁ وَارْفَعْهُ فِي عِلِّيِّينَ ❁ وَعُدْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَضْلِ رَحْمَتِكَ ❁ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ ❁
Allāhumma aslamahu ilayka l-ashiḥḥā'u min ahlihi wa-waladihi wa-qarābatihi wa-ikhwānihi, wa-fāraqa man kāna yuḥibbu qurbahu, wa-kharaja min saʿati d-dunyā wa-l-ḥayāti ilā ẓulmati l-qabri wa-ḍīqihi, wa-nazala bika wa-anta khayru manzūlin bihi, in ʿāqabtahu fa-bi-dhanbin, wa-in ʿafawta ʿanhu fa-anta ahlu l-ʿafwi, anta Ghaniyyun ʿan ʿadhābihi wa-huwa faqīrun ilā raḥmatik.
Allāhumma shkur ḥasanatahu, wa-ghfir sayyi'atahu, wa-aʿidhhu min ʿadhābi l-qabri, wa-jmaʿ lahu bi-raḥmatika l-amna min ʿadhābika, wa-kfihi kulla hawlin dūna l-Jannah. Allāhumma khlufhu fī tarikatihi fī l-ghābirīna, wa-rfaʿhu fī ʿIlliyyīna, wa-ʿud ʿalayhi bi-faḍli raḥmatika, yā Arḥama r-Rāḥimīn.
O Allah, his family, children, relatives, and brothers, reluctant to part with him, have surrendered him to You. He has parted from those whose company he loved and has left the spaciousness of this world and its life for the darkness and constriction of the grave. He has come to You, and You are the best One to whom he could come. If You punish him, it is for a sin, and if You pardon him, You are the One worthy of granting pardon. You have no need to punish him, while he is in need of Your mercy.
O Allah, reward his good deeds and forgive his bad deeds. Protect him from the punishment of the grave and, through Your mercy, grant him safety from Your punishment. Protect him from every terror before reaching Paradise. O Allah, take care of those he has left behind, raise him among those in Illiyyin, and bestow upon him the bounty of Your mercy, O Most Merciful of those who show mercy.
Reference Imam al-Shafi‘i, Mukhtasar al-Muzani

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