تُبْلِي وَيُخْلِفُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى
Tublī wa yukhlifu llāhu taʿālā
May you wear it out and Allah تعالى replace it with another.’
Duas for Gatherings, Greetings and Sneezing
23 supplicationsGreetings, sneezing, praise, thanks, an assembly and its expiation.
اِلْبَسْ جَدِيداً وَعِشْ حَمِيداً وَمُتْ شَهِيداً
Al-bas jadīdan waʿish ḥamīdan wamut shahīdā
Wear anew, live commendably and die a shaheed.
بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِي الْمَوْهُوبِ لَكَ، وَشَكَرْتَ الْوَاهِبَ، وَبَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ، وَرُزِقْتَ بِرَّهُ
Bāraka llāhu laka fī l-mawhūbi laka, wa shakarta l-wāhiba, wa balagha ashuddahu, wa ruziqta birrah
May Allah bless the child granted to you, enable you to thank the Giver, allow the child to reach maturity, and bless you with the child’s dutifulness.
وَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ الْمُهَنَّأُ فَيَقُولُ:
The parent replies:
بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ، وَجَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً، وَرَزَقَكَ اللَّهُ مِثْلَهُ، وَأَجْزَلَ ثَوَابَكَ
Bāraka llāhu laka wa bāraka ʿalayka, wa jazāka llāhu khayran, wa razaqaka llāhu mithlahu, wa ajzala thawābak
May Allah bless you and shower His blessings upon you, reward you with goodness, grant you a similar blessing, and make your reward abundant.
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِيمَا رَزَقْتَهُم، وَاغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَارْحَمْهُمْ
Allāhumma bārik lahum fīmā razaqtahum, wa ighfir lahum wa irḥamhum
O Allah, bless for them, that which You have provided them, forgive them and have mercy upon them.
اللَّهُمَّ أَطْعِمْ مَنْ أَطْعَمَنِي، وَاسْقِ مَنْ سَقَانِي
Allāhumma aṭʿim man aṭʿamanī, wa isqi man saqānī
O Allah, feed him who fed me, and provide with drink him who provided me with drink.
أَفْطَرَ عِنْدَكُمُ الصَّائِمُونَ، وَأَكَلَ طَعَامَكُمُ الْأَبْرَارُ، وَصَلَّتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ
Afṭara ʿindakumu aṣ-ṣāʾimūna, wa akala ṭaʿāmakumu l-ʾabrāru, wa ṣallat ʿalaykumu l-malāʾikah
May the fasting break their fast in your home, and may the dutiful and pious eat your food, and may the angles send prayers upon you.
إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُم فَلْيَقُلِ
When you sneeze, say:
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
Al-ḥamdu li-llāh
All praise is for Allah.
وَلْيَقُلْ لَهُ أَخُوهُ أَوْ صَاحِبُهُ:
A companion should reply:
يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ
Yarḥamuka llāh
May Allah have mercy on you.
فَإِذَا قَالَ لَهُ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ، فَلْيَقُلْ:
The sneezer should then reply:
يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ
Yahdīkumu llāhu wa yuṣliḥu bālakum
May Allah guide you and set your affairs right.
يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ
Yahdīkumu llāhu wa yuṣliḥu bālakum
May Allah guide you and rectify your condition.
Hisn #195Repeat 100x
Dua for Sitting in a Gathering (What to say while sitting in an assembly)
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رضي الله عنه قَاَلَ: كَانَ يُعَدُّ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الْمَجْلِسِ الوَاحِدِ مِائَةُ مَرَّةٍ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَقُومَ:
Ibn ʿUmar said: It would be counted that the Messenger of Allah would say one hundred times at any one sitting before getting up:
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي، وَتُبْ عَلَيَّ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الغَفُورُ
Repeat 100x
Rabbi ighfir lī, watub ʿalayya, innaka anta at-tawwābu l-ghafūr
O my Lord, forgive me and turn towards me to accept my repentance. Verily You are The Oft-Returning. The Oft-Forgiving.
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ
Subḥānaka llāhumma wa bi-ḥamdika, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā anta, astaghfiruka wa atūbu ilayk
How perfect You are O Allah, and I praise You. I bear witness that None has the right to be worshipped except You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.
ʿAbdullah Ibn Sarjis said: ‘I went to see the Prophet and ate from his food and then said to him: May Allah forgive you, O Messenger of Allah. he replied:
وَلَكَ
Walak
and you.
If someone does you a favour and you say:
جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً
Jazāka llāhu khayrā
May Allah reward you with goodness.
then you have indeed excelled in praising him.
أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي لَهُ
Aḥabbaka alladhī aḥbabtanī lah
May He, for whom you have loved me, love you.
بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِي أَهْلِكَ وَمَالِكَ
Bāraka llāhu laka fī ahlika wa mālik
May Allah bless for you, your family and wealth.
Aaishah reported that the Messenger of Allah was given a sheep and he ordered for it’s distribution. When the servant would come back from distributing it, ʿAishah would ask: ‘What did they say?’, he replied: They would supplicate: May Allah bless you all. ʿAishah would then say:
وَفِيكَ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ
Wa fīka bāraka llāh
and may Allah bless them.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم:
The Messenger of Allah said:
لاَ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنُوا، وَلاَ تُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى تَحَابُّوا، أَوَلاَ أَدُلُّكُم عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِذَا فَعَلْتُمُوهُ تَحَابَبْتُم، أَفْشُوا السَّلاَمَ بَيْنَكُمْ
‘You shall not enter paradise until you believe, and you shall not believe until you love one another. Shall I not inform you of something, if you were to act upon it, you will indeed achieve mutual love for one another? Spread the greeting amongst yourselves.
ثَلاَثٌ مَنْ جَمَعَهُنَّ فَقَدْ جَمَعَ الْإِيمَانَ: الْإِنْصَافُ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ، وَبَذْلُ السَّلاَمِ لِلْعَالَمِ، وَالْإِنْفَاقُ مِنَ الإِقْتَارِ
Aammar said: ‘Three characteristics, whoever combines them, has completed his faith: to be just, to spread greetings to all people and to spend charitably out of the little you have.
وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: أنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أيُّ الْإِسْلاَمِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ:
Aabdullah Ibn Aamr reported that a man asked the Prophet: ‘Which Islam is the best?’. He replied:
تُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ، وَتَقْرأُ السَّلاَمَ عَلَى مَنْ عَرَفْتَ وَمَنْ لَمْ تَعْرِفْ
Feed the poor, and greet those whom you know as well as those whom you do not.
إذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا:
When the people of the Book greet you, reply by saying:
وَعَلَيْكُمْ
Wa ʿalaykum
And upon you.
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم:
The Prophet PBUH said:
اللَّهُمَّ فَأَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ سَبَبْتُهُ فَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قُرْبَةً إِلَيْكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
Allāhumma fa ayyumā muʾminin sababtuhu fa ijʿal dhālika lahu qurbatan ilayka yawma l-qiyāmah
O Allah, to any believer whom I have insulted, let that be cause to draw him near to You on the Day of Resurrection.
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُم مَادِحاً صَاحِبَهُ لاَ مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ:
He said: If anyone of you is compelled to praise his companion, then he should say:
أَحْسِبُ فُلاَناً وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ، وَلاَ أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَداً
Aḥsibu fulānan wa-llāhu ḥasībuhu, walā uzakkī ʿalā llāhi aḥadā
I consider so-and-so [to be…], and Allah is his Reckoner. I do not declare anyone pure before Allah.
أَحْسِبُهُ – إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ ذَاكَ – كَذَا وَكَذَا
If he knows those qualities of him, he may add: I consider him to be such-and-such.
اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا يَقُولُونَ، وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ، [وَاجْعَلْنِي خَيْراً مِمَّا يَظُّنُّونَ]
Allāhumma lā tuʾākhidhnī bimā yaqūlūna, wa ighfir lī mā lā yaʿlamūna, wa ijʿalnī khayran mimmā yaẓẓunnūn
O Allah, do not call me to account for what they say and forgive me for what they have no knowledge of [and make me better than they imagine].
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
The Prophet PBUH said:
إِذَا كَانَ جُنْحُ اللَّيْلِ – أَوْ أَمْسَيْتُم – فَكُفُّوا صِبْيانَكُم، فَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ تَنْتَشِرُ حِينَئِذٍ، فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ سَاعَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيلِ فَخَلُّوهُمْ، وَأَغْلِقُوا الأَبْوَابَ وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ؛ فَإِنَّ الشَّيطَانَ لاَ يَفْتَحُ بَاباً مُغلَقاً، وَأَوْكُوا قِرَبَكُمْ، وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ، وَخَمِّرُوا آنِيَتَكُم، وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ، وَلَوْ أَنْ تَعْرُضُوا عَلَيْهَا شَيْئاً، وَأَطْفِئُوا مَصَابِيحَكُمْ
When evening descends, bring your children indoors for the devils scatter out at this hour. Then after the passing of an hour i.e. the first hour of the night, you may let them the children go. Close your doors while mentioning the Name of Allah, for the devil may not open a closed door. Fasten your waterskins mentioning the Name of Allah. Cover your eating vessels mentioning the Name of Allah even if you just put something over it, and extinguish your lamps.