اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلَا تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ
Allahumma la tahrimna ajrahu wa la tudillana ba'dah
O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward, and do not lead us astray after him.
When someone dies, two risks emerge: (1) You lose the reward of patience by complaining about Allah's decree; (2) The death shakes your faith and you go astray. The Prophet ﷺ addressed both. Grief is natural and permissible — but losing your faith because of grief is the real loss. The person who died may be in a better place; the danger is for the living who are left questioning.
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اللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْنِي عِنْدَ السُّؤَالِ، اللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْنِي بِالْقَوْلِ الثَّابِتِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ
O Allah, keep me firm at the time of questioning. O Allah, make me firm with the firm word in the life of this world and in the Hereafter.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا
O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, our young and our old, our males and our females, our present and our absent.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَمِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of the grave, from the torment of the Fire, from the trials of life and death, and from the evil of the trial of the False Messiah.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُسْنَ الْخَاتِمَةِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ سُوءِ الْخَاتِمَةِ، اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ خَيْرَ أَعْمَالِنَا خَوَاتِمَهَا وَخَيْرَ أَيَّامِنَا يَوْمَ نَلْقَاكَ
O Allah, I ask You for a good ending and I seek refuge in You from a bad ending. O Allah, make the best of our deeds their conclusions and the best of our days the day we meet You.
Hasan