290. Dua for Visiting the Grave (Assalamualaikum ya ahlal quboor)
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَالْمُسْلِمِيْنَ إِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُوْنَ أَسْاَلُ اللَّهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمُ الْعَافِيَةَ
Dua for visiting grave English Transliteration
As-salamu 'alaykum ahlad diyari min al-mu'minina wal-muslimin, inna In sha' Allahu bikum lahikun, as-alullaha lana walakumul 'afiyah
Dua for visiting grave English Translation
Peace be upon you, the inhabitants of the grave, among the believers, and Muslims, and if Allah will then we shall join you. I pray to Allah peace for us and for you.
Buraida ibnul husaib aslami (RA) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to teach them to recite this dua when anyone went to the graveyard.
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كُلَّمَا كَانَ لَيْلَتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ فَيَقُولُ: «السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَيَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ الْمُسْتَقْدِمِينَ مِنَّا وَالْمُسْتَأْخِرِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَلَاحِقُونَ، أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمُ الْعَافِيَةَ»
Aishah reported: Whenever it was her night with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), he would go out at the end of the night to al-Baqi‘ and say: “Peace be upon you, O inhabitants of the dwellings, among the believers and the Muslims. May Allah have mercy on those who have gone ahead of us and those who come later, and indeed we, if Allah wills, shall join you. I ask Allah for well-being for us and for you.”