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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رَبِّ 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 هَذَا صَدَقَةً جَارِيَةً عَنْ وَالِدَيَّ
O Allah, make this an ongoing charity on behalf of my parents.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِأَبِي وَلِأُمِّي وَارْحَمْهُمَا وَتَجَاوَزْ عَنْهُمَا وَأَكْرِمْ مَثْوَاهُمَا
O Allah, forgive my father and my mother, have mercy on them, overlook their shortcomings, and honor their resting place.
Sahihفَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَا أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلًا كَرِيمًا
Do not say to them 'uff' (a word of contempt) and do not repel them, but speak to them a noble word.
Sahih