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Grief & Loss

Supplications at times of loss and death

Inna Lillahi (Upon a Calamity)

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

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un, Allahumma-jurni fi musibati wa akhlif li khayran minha

Surely to Allah we belong and to Him we shall return. O Allah, reward me in my calamity and replace it with something better.

Sahih Muslim 2:632

Dua for the Deceased

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ

Allahummaghfir lahu warhamhu wa 'afihi wa'fu 'anhu wa akrim nuzulahu wa wassi' mudkhalahu waghsilhu bil-ma'i wath-thalji wal-barad

O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, keep him safe and sound and pardon him, honour the place where he settles, make his entrance wide, wash him with water, snow and hail.

Sahih Muslim 2:663

Dua for Patience in Grief

اللَّهُمَّ آجِرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَعْقِبْنِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا

Allahumma ajirni fi musibati wa a'qibni khayran minha

O Allah, reward me for my affliction and compensate me with something better than it.

Sahih Muslim 2:632

Dua at the Graveside

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَيَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنَّا وَالْمُسْتَأْخِرِينَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ

As-salamu 'alaykum ahlad-diyari minal-mu'minina wal-muslimeen, wa yarhamullahul-mustaqdimiena minna wal-musta'khireen, wa inna insha'allahu bikum lahiqun

Peace be upon you, O people of the dwellings, from among the believers and Muslims. May Allah have mercy on those who have gone ahead of us and those who are to follow, and verily, if Allah wills, we will join you.

Sahih Muslim 2:671