419. Dua for Debt Repayment (Masnun Dua)
It was narrated Abdullah bin Abi Rabi'ah (RA): The Prophet (ﷺ) borrowed forty thousand from me, when some wealth came to him, he then paid me back and said:
بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِي أَهْلِكَ وَمَالِكَ، إِنَّمَا جَزَاءُ السَّلَفِ الْحَمْدُ وَالْأَدَاءُ
Dua for Debt Repayment English Transliteration
BaarakAllahu laka fee 'ahlika wa maalika, 'innamaa jazaa'us-salafil-hamdu wal' adaa'u
Dua for Debt Repayment English Translation
May Allah bless you in your family and your wealth, surely the reward for a loan is praise and returning (what was borrowed).
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِي أَهْلِكَ وَمَالِكَ، إِنَّمَا جَزَاءُ السَّلَفِ الْحَمْدُ وَالْأَدَاءُ
May Allah bless you in your family and your wealth. Indeed, the recompense for a loan is [expressions of] gratitude and repayment. حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِي أَهْلِكَ وَمَالِكَ، إِنَّمَا جَزَاءُ السَّلَفِ الْحَمْدُ وَالْأَدَاءُ (Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “May Allah bless you in your family and your wealth. Indeed, the reward for a loan is [expressions of] gratitude and repayment.”)