اللَّهُمَّ بَلِّغْنَا رَمَضَانَ وَأَعِنَّا عَلَى صِيَامِهِ وَقِيَامِهِ وَتَقَبَّلْهُ مِنَّا
Allahumma ballighna Ramadana wa a'inna 'ala siyamihi wa qiyamihi wa taqabbalhu minna
O Allah, let us reach Ramadan, help us to fast and pray in it, and accept it from us.
The Prophet ﷺ and the Companions would begin saying this months before Ramadan — some as early as Rajab. The expanded version addresses three anxieties: arrival (will I even live to see it?), performance (will I have the strength to fast and pray properly?), and acceptance (even if I do everything right, will it be accepted?). People who were with you last Ramadan may not be here this year. This du'a turns the anticipation of Ramadan into an act of worship and a reminder that every Ramadan could be your last. The third request — acceptance — is the most important, because worship without acceptance is effort without reward.
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اللَّهُمَّ بَلِّغْنَا لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ وَاجْعَلْنَا فِيهَا مِنَ الْمَقْبُولِينَ وَلَا تَحْرِمْنَا خَيْرَهَا وَاكْتُبْ لَنَا فِيهَا الْعِتْقَ مِنَ النَّارِ
O Allah, let us reach Laylatul Qadr, make us among the accepted in it, do not deprive us of its goodness, and decree for us in it freedom from the Fire.
Atharاللَّهُمَّ تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا رَمَضَانَ وَأَعِنَّا عَلَى صِيَامِ سِتٍّ مِنْ شَوَّالٍ
O Allah, accept our Ramadan and help us fast six days of Shawwal.
Sahihاللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي صَائِمٌ وَعَلَى رِزْقِكَ أَفْطَرْتُ فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنِّي إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
O Allah, I fasted for You and I break my fast with Your provision. So accept it from me. Indeed, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
Hasanمَنْ فَطَّرَ صَائِمًا كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِ الصَّائِمِ شَيْئًا
Whoever provides iftar to a fasting person will have the same reward as him, without diminishing anything from the fasting person's reward.
Sahih