Thinking about death

Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat): Detailed Injunctions about Witr

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1552

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَدْمِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ التَّرَدِّي وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْغَرَقِ وَالْحَرَقِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ يَتَخَبَّطَنِي الشَّيْطَانُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ فِي سَبِيلِكَ مُدْبِرًا وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَمُوتَ لَدِيغًا

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina al-hadmi wa-aʿūdhu bika mina at-taraddī wa-aʿūdhu bika mina al-gharaqi wa-l-ḥaraqi wa-l-harami wa-aʿūdhu bika an yatakhabbaṭanī ash-shayṭānu ʿinda al-mawti wa-aʿūdhu bika an amūta fī sabīlika mudbiran wa-aʿūdhu bika an amūta ladīghan

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

Narrated AbulYusr: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to supplicate: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from my house falling on me, I seek refuge in Thee from falling into an abyss, I seek refuge in Thee from drowning burning and decrepitude. I seek refuge in Thee from the devil harming me at the time of my death, I seek refuge in Thee from dying in Thy path while retreating, and I seek refuge in Thee from dying of the sting of a poisonous creature

Source

Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 1552

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Al-Albani: Sahih
  • Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih
  • Zubair Ali Zai: Hasan

Also narrated in Sunan an-Nasā'ī 5533.

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