اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ لَهُ فَرَطًا وَذُخْرًا وَسَلَفًا وَأَجْرًا، اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ شَفِيعًا لِوَالِدَيْهِ
Allahummaj'alhu lahu faratan wa dhukhran wa salafan wa ajra. Allahummaj'alhu shafi'an liwalidayh.
O Allah, make this child a forerunner, a treasure stored, a predecessor, and a reward for them. O Allah, make this child an intercessor for their parents.
This du'a is for parents who have lost a child — part of the janazah (funeral) prayer for a child. "Farat" is someone sent ahead of a caravan to prepare water and provisions at the next stop. "Dhukhran" — a treasure stored up with Allah. "Shafi'an" — an intercessor on the Day of Judgement. The Prophet ﷺ said: "No Muslim couple loses three children except that Allah will admit them to Paradise through His mercy." A child who dies before the parents is not lost — they are sent ahead to prepare their parents' welcome in Jannah and to intercede for them. The deepest consolation for the deepest loss.
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رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ
Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers on the Day the account is established.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي بِرَّ وَالِدَيَّ حَيَّيْنِ وَمَيِّتَيْنِ وَلَا تَحْرِمْنِي أَجْرَهُمَا
O Allah, grant me the ability to be dutiful to my parents — whether alive or deceased — and do not deprive me of their reward.
Atharرَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي فِي ذُرِّيَّتِي ۖ إِنِّي تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents, and to do righteousness of which You approve. And make righteous for me my offspring. Indeed, I have repented to You, and indeed I am of the Muslims.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ ثَوَابَهُ لِوَالِدَيَّ وَتَقَبَّلْهُ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
O Allah, grant its reward to my parents, and accept it from us. Indeed, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
Sahih