Thinking about death

Invocations

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6367

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ، وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْهَرَمِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ

Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina al-ʿajzi wa-l-kasali, wa-l-jubni wa-l-harami, wa-aʿūdhu bika min ʿadhābi al-qabri, wa-aʿūdhu bika min fitnah al-maḥyā wa-l-mamāti

Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks

The full narration

Narrated Anas bin Malik:Allah's Prophet used to say, "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from incapacity and laziness, from cowardice and geriatric old age, and seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave, and I seek refuge with You from the afflictions of life and death

Source

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 6367

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)

Also narrated in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2823.

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