551. Forgiveness Dua for the Deceased (Masnun Dua)

اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فِي الْمَهْدِيِّينَ، وَاخْلُفْهُ فِي عَقِبِهِ فِي الْغَابِرِيْنَ، وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِيْنَ، وَافْسَحْ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ، وَنَوِّرْ لَهُ فِيهِ

Dua for the Deceased English Transliteration

Allahumm-aghfir lahu [mention the person's name] warfa‛ darajatahu fil-mahdiyyin, wakhlufhu fee ‛aqibihi fil-ghaabireena, waghfir lanaa wa lahu yaa rabbal-‛aalameena, wafsah lahu fee qabrihi wa nawwir lahu feeh

Dua for the Deceased English Translation

O Allah, forgive – [so-and-so] - and raise his rank among the rightly guided, and be a successor to whom he has left behind, and forgive us and him O Lord of the worlds. Make spacious his grave and illuminate it for him.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to Abu Salama (as he died). His eyes were fixedly open. He closed them, and then said: (The dua is mentioned above)

ReferenceMuslim: 920

Hadith about the Dua

Arabic Text

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ دَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى جَنَازَةٍ، فَقَالَ ‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فِي الْمَهْدِيِّينَ، وَاخْلُفْهُ فِي عَقِبِهِ فِي الْغَابِرِينَ، وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَافْسَحْ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ، وَنَوِّرْ لَهُ فِيهِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) supplicated at a funeral and said, “O Allah, forgive him and raise his rank among the rightly guided. And be a successor to those he has left behind among the later generations. And forgive us and him, O Lord of the worlds. Make spacious his grave for him and illuminate it for him.”

Frequently Asked Questions

When someone passes away, you can say a dua for forgiveness for them like this: Forgive us and him, O Lord of the worlds; expand his grave for him and illuminate it for him. This is based on a hadith dua from the Sunnah, where Umm Salama shared that the Prophet (peace be upon him) came to Abu Salama as he died.

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