اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا أَهْلَنَا وَحَبِّبْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ وَأَلِّفْ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِنَا
Allahumma habbib ilayna ahlana wa habbibna ilayhim wa allif bayna qulubina
O Allah, make our family beloved to us and make us beloved to them, and unite our hearts.
The Prophet ﷺ made a similar du'a for Madinah when the Companions initially struggled to love it: "O Allah, make Madinah beloved to us as You made Makkah beloved to us, or more." Scholars have adapted this mutual-love du'a for family relations: asking Allah to put love in both directions and then to unite the hearts. Love is not always natural or automatic — sometimes it needs divine intervention. A parent and child may love each other yet feel disconnected. Spouses may care but struggle to communicate. This du'a asks Allah to engineer affection between family members whose hearts have grown distant, and to align them in harmony.
Related Du'as
أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ
I seek refuge for you both in the perfect words of Allah, from every devil, every venomous creature, and every envious evil eye.
Sahihرَبَّنَا لَا تُزِغْ قُلُوبَنَا بَعْدَ إِذْ هَدَيْتَنَا وَهَبْ لَنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ الْوَهَّابُ
Our Lord, do not let our hearts deviate after You have guided us, and grant us mercy from Yourself. Indeed, You are the Bestower.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ أَلِّفْ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِنَا وَأَصْلِحْ ذَاتَ بَيْنِنَا وَاهْدِنَا سُبُلَ السَّلَامِ وَنَجِّنَا مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ وَجَنِّبْنَا الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ
O Allah, unite our hearts, mend our relations, guide us to paths of peace, deliver us from darkness into light, and keep us away from indecencies — both outward and inward.
Sahihرَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا يَرِثُنِي وَيَرِثُ مِنْ آلِ يَعْقُوبَ وَاجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا
My Lord, grant me from Yourself an heir who will inherit from me and from the family of Ya'qub. And make him, my Lord, pleasing to You.
Sahih