294. Dua for Deceased in the Funeral (Masnun Dua)
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say in funeral prayer:
اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا اَللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ اَللَّهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلَا تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ
Dua for Deceased in the Funeral English Transliteration
Allahum-maghfir lihayyinaa, wa mayyitinaa, wa sagheerinaa wa kabeerinaa, wa thakarinaa wa 'unthaanaa, wa shaahidinaa, wa ghaa'ibinaa. Allaahumma man 'ahyaytahu minnaa fa'ahyihi 'alal-'Imaan, wa man tawaffaytahu minnaa fatawaffahu 'alal-'Islam, Allaahumma laa tahrimnaa 'ajrahu wa laa tudhillanaa ba'dahu
Dua for Deceased in the Funeral English Translation
O Allah, forgive those of us who are living and those of us who are dead, those of us who are present and those of us who are absent, our young and our old, our male and our female. O Allah, to whomsoever of us You givest life grant him life as a believer, and whomsoever of us You takest in death take him in death as a follower of Islam. O Allah, do not withhold from us the reward (of faith) and do not lead us astray after his death.
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا، اَللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ، وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، اَللَّهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلَا تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ.
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, whomever You keep alive from among us, keep him alive upon faith; and whomever You cause to die from among us, cause him to die upon Islam. O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward and do not let us go astray after him. Narrated by Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered a funeral prayer and said: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ وَمَنْ تَوَفَّيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَتَوَفَّهُ عَلَى الإِسْلاَمِ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلاَ تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ "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, whomever You keep alive from among us, keep him alive upon faith; and whomever You cause to die from among us, cause him to die upon Islam. O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward and do not let us go astray after him." (Abu Dawud 3201, Graded Sahih by Al-Albani)