543. Dua for Forgiveness and Paradise
Narrated Aisha (RA), she said, ‘The Prophet (ﷺ) was leaning towards me. Then I heard him say -
اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي، وَارْحَمْنِي، وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ الْأَعْلَى
Dua for Forgiveness English Transliteration
Allahum-maghfir lee warhamnee wa 'alhiqnee bir-rafeeqil-'a'laa
Dua for Forgiveness English Translation
O Allah, forgive me and have mercy upon me and join me with the highest companions (in Paradise).
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَتْ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ: "اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي، وَارْحَمْنِي، وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ الْأَعْلَى".
Narrated Aishah, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ): Indeed, in the illness from which the Prophet (ﷺ) passed away, he would say: "O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, and join me with the highest companions (in Paradise)." (Sahih Al-Jami’, 1267; see also Sahih al-Bukhari 4437, Sahih Muslim 2444)