550. Dua for the Sick and Dead Person (Masnoon Dua)

اَللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلَهُ وَأَعْقِبْنِي مِنْهُ عُقْبٰى حَسَنَةً

Dua for the Sick and Dead Person English Transliteration

Allaahummaghfir li walahu, wa a’qibni minhu ‘uqba hasanah

Dua for the Sick and Dead Person English Translation

O Allah, forgive me and him, and compensate me with someone better than him.

Umm Salama (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Whenever you visit the sick or the dead, supplicate for good because angels say" Amen" to whatever you say. She added: When Abu Salama died, I went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah, Abu Salama has died. He told me to recite:(The dua is mentioned above) So I said (this), and Allah gave me in exchange Muhammad (ﷺ), who is better for me than him (Abu Salama).

ReferenceMuslim: 919

Hadith about the Dua

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى أَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَقَدْ شَقَّ بَصَرُهُ فَأَغْمَضَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّ الرُّوحَ إِذَا قُبِضَ تَبِعَهُ الْبَصَرُ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَضَجَّ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ تَدْعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍ، فَإِنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ يُؤَمِّنُونَ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ ‏"‏‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لأَبِي سَلَمَةَ، وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فِي الْمَهْدِيِّينَ، وَاخْلُفْهُ فِي عَقِبِهِ فِي الْغَابِرِينَ، وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَافْسَحْ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ، وَنَوِّرْ لَهُ فِيهِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered upon Abu Salamah (after he had died) and his eyes were fixed open, so he closed them and said: "When the soul is taken away, the eyesight follows it." Some of his family wept and wailed, so he said: "Do not supplicate for yourselves except with good, for the angels say 'Ameen' to what you say." Then he said: "O Allah, forgive Abu Salamah, raise his rank among those who are rightly guided, and grant him a successor in his descendants who remain. Forgive us and him, O Lord of the worlds, and make his grave spacious and illuminate it for him." (Sahih Muslim 920)

Frequently Asked Questions

The Prophet (pbuh) said, “Prompt your dying people to say, 'Lailaha illal-lah'.” When someone is close to death, it’s good to recite this dua for the dying person. Family and friends can make dua for the sick, saying, “O Allah (God)! Forgive him or her, have mercy on them, and let them enter Your Paradise.” These prayers bring comfort in those last moments.

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