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.
Related Du'as
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِوَالِدَيَّ فِي أَعْمَارِهِمَا وَأَجْسَادِهِمَا وَارْزُقْهُمَا الصِّحَّةَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ
O Allah, bless my parents in their lives and their bodies, and grant them health and well-being.
Hasanاللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ هَذَا صَدَقَةً جَارِيَةً عَنْ وَالِدَيَّ
O Allah, make this an ongoing charity on behalf of my parents.
Sahihرَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ
My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house as a believer, and the believing men and believing women.
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.
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