For the deceased

For those who have passed away, and when you hear of a death.

Prayer for the deceased

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اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ وَأَهْلاً خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَزَوْجًا خَيْرًا مِنْ زَوْجِهِ وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ أَوْ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ

Allah, forgive him, show him mercy, grant him well-being and pardon him. Honour his welcome and widen his resting place. Wash him with water, snow and hail, and cleanse him of sins as You cleanse white cloth of dirt. Give him a better home, family and spouse than those he had. Admit him to Paradise and shelter him from the punishment of the grave or the Fire.

Said in the funeral prayer. For a woman, say -ha in place of -hu (laha, irhamha...).

Sahih Muslim 963a

Visiting graves

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السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَلَاحِقُونَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمُ الْعَافِيَةَ

Peace be upon you, believing and Muslim inhabitants of these resting places. If Allah wills, we shall follow. I ask Allah for well-being for us and for you.

Sahih Muslim 975

We return to Allah

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ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَـٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ

Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allāh, and indeed to Him we will return."

Qur’an 2:156

Sahih Muslim 918a

Arabic text: Tanzil Project · Translation: Saheeh International (QuranEnc edition, issued by Noor International Center) · v1.1.2

In brief: This verse describes the patient response to a calamity.

A prayer in loss

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اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا

Allah, grant me reward amid this loss, and replace what I lost with something better.

Sahih Muslim 918a

In brief: The Prophet ﷺ said that a Muslim who says the return-to-Allah words and this prayer in calamity receives a better replacement from Allah.