Further supplications

Verified supplications that don't sit under a single heading

825 verified supplications · 11 written out in full

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَاهْدِنِي وَعَافِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي

Five things at once, when you do not know where to start

The Prophet ﷺ taught this to a man who could not remember longer supplic

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6850

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً، وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً، وَقِنَا عَذَابَ …

The supplication he ﷺ said most often

Anas ibn Mālik said this was the Prophet's ﷺ most frequent supplication

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6389

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ …

When you do not know what to ask for

Aisha was taught to ask in a way that covers everything she might have m

ṢaḥīḥSunan Ibn Mājah 3846

قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي وَعَافِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي

A man asked how he should beg his Lord

He wanted the actual words, and was given four.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6851

اللَّهُمَّ آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

What Anas answered when asked

Qatāda asked which supplication he ﷺ made most, and this was the reply.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6840

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي كُلَّهُ دِقَّهُ وَجِلَّهُ وَأَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ وَعَلاَنِيَتَهُ …

Said in prostration, covering every category

Four pairs, arranged so nothing can slip between them.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 1084

اللَّهُمَّ أَصْلِحْ لِي دِينِيَ الَّذِي هُوَ عِصْمَةُ أَمْرِي وَأَصْلِحْ لِي دُنْيَاىَ الَّتِي …

Three things put in order, and two more after

Each one is given a clause saying why it matters.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6903

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي خَطِيئَتِي وَجَهْلِي وَإِسْرَافِي فِي أَمْرِي، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ …

Everything he asked to have covered

It closes by admitting the list is not complete.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6399

اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَأَخَّرْتُ وَأَسْرَرْتُ وَأَعْلَنْتُ أَنْتَ إِلَهِي لاَ إِلَهَ …

Four pairs covering a whole life

Nothing is left in a category of its own.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 1808

أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَمِلْتُ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا لَمْ أَعْمَلْ

Refuge from something not yet committed

The second half is the unusual one.

ṢaḥīḥSunan an-Nasā'ī 5525

أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ ذِي شَرٍّ أَنْتَ آخِذٌ بِنَاصِيَتِهِ أَنْتَ الأَوَّلُ فَلَيْسَ …

Four statements that leave nothing outside

Said lying down, after naming who is being addressed.

ṢaḥīḥSunan Abī Dāwūd 5051

From the wider collections

Each of these passed the same grading rule. They are shown with the source narration rather than a written-out translation.

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