Category: Fasting

اَللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ (كَرِيْمٌ) تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ (كَرِيْمٌ) تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّىْ

Allaahumma innaka `Afuwwun [Karimun], tu'hibbul-`afwa fa`fu `annī.

Ayesha (RA) said, "O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), should I make du'a on Lailatul Qadr?" Then he (ﷺ) taught me this du'a. This du'aa 'can be recited in the prostration of Salat on Laylat al-Qadr, before Salam, after salaam and on all other days and nights in all Salats and at normal times.

There is no masnun dua at the beginning of fasting. However, it is important to make the intention for fasting the night before the start of fasting. The conscious purpose in the mind is called intention. This is the intention of the believer to fast before fasting, before going to bed at night or during sahri. It is not Sunnah to say "Nawaituan" or to do so in any other way.

اَللَّهُمَّ أَهْلِلْهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالْيُمْنِ وَالْإِيْمَانِ وَالسَّلَامَةِ وَالْإِسْلَامِ رَبِّيْ وَرَبُّكَ اللَّهُ

اَللّٰهُمَّ اَهْلِلْهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالْيُمْنِ وَالْاِيْمَانِ وَالسَّلَامَةِ وَالْاِسْلَامِ رَبِّيْ وَرَبُّكَ اللّٰهُ

Allaahumma ahlilhu `alaina bil-yumni wal-iman, was-salamati wal-Islam, rabbi wa rabbuk Allah

Rasulullah (ﷺ) used to say this dua when he saw the new moon. It is masnun to recite this dua after seeing the new moon of Ramadan and all the months.