إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا أَخَذَ وَلَهُ مَا أَعْطَى وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ عِنْدَهُ بِأَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى
Inna lillahi ma akhadh, wa lahu ma a'ta, wa kullu shay'in 'indahu bi-ajalin musamma
To Allah belongs what He took, and to Him belongs what He gave, and everything with Him has an appointed time.
When the Prophet ﷺ was informed that the child of one of his daughters was dying, he sent these words as consolation. They acknowledge that everything — life, death, wealth, loss — belongs to Allah and occurs by His decree at an appointed time.
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اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ خَيْرَ عُمُرِي آخِرَهُ وَخَيْرَ عَمَلِي خَوَاتِمَهُ وَخَيْرَ أَيَّامِي يَوْمَ أَلْقَاكَ
O Allah, make the best of my life its last part, the best of my deeds their conclusions, and the best of my days the day I meet You.
Hasanاللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَمِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the trial of the grave and from the punishment of the grave.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ لَا تَحْرِمْنَا أَجْرَهُ وَلَا تُضِلَّنَا بَعْدَهُ
O Allah, do not deprive us of his reward, and do not lead us astray after him.
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.
Sahih