People & family

Parents & family

Mothers, fathers, and those who raised you

139 verified supplications · 91 written out in full

أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ

When someone you love is ill

Said seven times at the side of one who is sick.

ṢaḥīḥJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2083

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ …

When you long for a family

The prayer of the servants of the Most Merciful.

Qur'anQur'an 25:74

رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ …

For everyone under your roof

Nūḥ ﷺ asked not only for himself, but for whoever entered his house beli

Qur'anQur'an 71:28

رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ

For your parents

Ibrāhīm ﷺ asked for his parents even after everything between them.

Qur'anQur'an 14:41

إِذْ أَوَى ٱلْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً …

When you have had to walk away from everything

Said by young men who left their homes rather than give up what they bel

Qur'anQur'an 18:10

وَوَصَّيْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ إِحْسَـٰنًا ۖ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُۥ كُرْهًا وَوَضَعَتْهُ …

When you realise how much you were given

Asked by the one who has reached maturity and looks back at their parent

Qur'anQur'an 46:15

اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِ أُمَّ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

For someone you love who has turned away

Abū Hurayrah asked the Prophet ﷺ to pray for his mother. He did, and by

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6396

وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا …

The verse for your parents

Commanded immediately after being told not to say even a word of complai

Qur'anQur'an 17:24

اللَّهُمَّ أَحْبِبْهُ وَأَحِبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّهُ

Asking for someone to be loved

The Prophet ﷺ said this holding his grandson, and asked for love not onl

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2122

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ

Coming in through your own front door

The greeting given to a household on entering it.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4793

رَبَّنَا وَٱجْعَلْنَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ لَكَ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِنَآ أُمَّةً مُّسْلِمَةً لَّكَ …

For yourself and for who comes after you

Ibrāhīm and Ismāʿīl ﷺ, still at the foundations, asking about their desc

Qur'anQur'an 2:128

قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِأَخِى وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِى رَحْمَتِكَ ۖ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

After a falling out with family

Mūsā ﷺ said this having just seized his own brother by the head in anger

Qur'anQur'an 7:151

ٱلَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَ ٱلْعَرْشَ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُۥ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَيُؤْمِنُونَ …

Someone is already asking on your behalf

The Qur'an records what those who carry the Throne say about the believe

Qur'anQur'an 40:7-8

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي …

Asking simply to be alright

Said morning and evening, covering religion, family, wealth and body.

ṢaḥīḥSunan Abī Dāwūd 5074

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ زَوَالِ نِعْمَتِكَ وَتَحَوُّلِ عَافِيَتِكَ وَفُجَاءَةِ …

When things are going well and it frightens you

Refuge from four things, all of them about what you already have being t

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6944

وَمَا بِكُم مِّن نِّعْمَةٍ فَمِنَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فَإِلَيْهِ …

Tracing back where any of it came from

A single verse that accounts for everything you have.

Qur'anQur'an 16:53

وَلَا تَسْتَوِى ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا …

When someone has been hostile to you

An instruction, followed by a claim about what happens if you follow it.

Qur'anQur'an 41:34

وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْفَضْلِ مِنكُمْ وَٱلسَّعَةِ أَن يُؤْتُوٓا۟ أُو۟لِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ …

Being asked to forgive someone who does not deserve it

Revealed when Abū Bakr swore to stop supporting a relative who had sland

Qur'anQur'an 24:22

وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍ كَذِبٍ ۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًا ۖ …

Patience without complaint to people

Yaʿqūb ﷺ, shown a shirt and told a lie, chose two words.

Qur'anQur'an 12:18

۞ وَمَا مِن دَآبَّةٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رِزْقُهَا وَيَعْلَمُ مُسْتَقَرَّهَا …

When you are frightened about money

A statement covering every living creature, without exception.

Qur'anQur'an 11:6

خُذِ ٱلْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ

Three instructions for dealing with people

Said to be among the most comprehensive verses about character.

Qur'anQur'an 7:199

إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِى مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ …

When someone you love will not listen

Revealed about the Prophet's ﷺ own uncle, who died refusing.

Qur'anQur'an 28:56

۞ عَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَجْعَلَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ عَادَيْتُم مِّنْهُم مَّوَدَّةً ۚ …

About someone you are at odds with now

A possibility left open in the middle of a verse about enemies.

Qur'anQur'an 60:7

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ …

A command about the people in your house

Yourself first, then them.

Qur'anQur'an 66:6

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ

When there is not enough to go round

Their provisions had run out and they asked permission to slaughter thei

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2982

مَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تَزُورَنَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَزُورُنَا فَنَزَلَتْ {وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلاَّ …

On wishing someone came round more often

The Prophet ﷺ said it to Jibrīl, who had been away.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4731

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَىَّ

Telling people plainly that you love them

He stood up and said it three times to a group of women and children.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3785

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلأَنْصَارِ وَلأَبْنَاءِ الأَنْصَارِ

Praying for people who are not born yet

He asked for the Anṣār, and then did not stop there.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4906

اللَّهُمَّ أَحِبَّهُمَا فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّهُمَا

Asking Allah to love who you love

Said with Usāma on one side and Ḥasan on the other.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3735

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ أَتْبَاعَهُمْ مِنْهُمْ

Asking for people who only follow

The Anṣār said every nation has followers, and asked to be counted with

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3788

۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِٱلْعَدْلِ وَٱلْإِحْسَـٰنِ وَإِيتَآئِ ذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَيَنْهَىٰ …

Three commanded and three forbidden

Called the most comprehensive verse in the Qur'an about conduct.

Qur'anQur'an 16:90

وَٱعْتَصِمُوا۟ بِحَبْلِ ٱللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُوا۟ ۚ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ …

When a community is coming apart

A command about holding, and about not letting go separately.

Qur'anQur'an 3:103

أَىْ عَمِّ قُلْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ. أُحَاجُّ لَكَ بِهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ

At the bedside of someone refusing

He asked his dying uncle for one sentence, and offered to argue his case

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4675

۞ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّٰمِينَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ شُهَدَآءَ لِلَّهِ …

Standing for fairness when it costs you

The verse names exactly who you might be tempted to protect.

Qur'anQur'an 4:135

ٱلْمَالُ وَٱلْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُ …

Where wealth and children actually sit

Named as adornment, and then set against something else.

Qur'anQur'an 18:46

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فَأَحِبَّهُ وَأَحْبِبْ مَنْ يُحِبُّهُ

Asking for love to spread outward

Said about Ḥasan, and it does not stop with him.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6256

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَا أُمَّ الرَّبِيعِ الْقِصَاصُ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ

People whose word Allah honours

A woman broke a girl's tooth, and the family demanded retaliation.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 4374

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تُلْهِكُمْ أَمْوَٰلُكُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَـٰدُكُمْ عَن …

A warning aimed at a specific distraction

It names two things, and children is the second.

Qur'anQur'an 63:9

وَقُل لِّعِبَادِى يَقُولُوا۟ ٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْ ۚ …

A reason given for choosing your words

The verse explains what happens if you do not.

Qur'anQur'an 17:53

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ …

Family ties named beside God-consciousness

The opening verse of a sūrah about family and rights.

Qur'anQur'an 4:1

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، مَاذَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ الْخَزَائِنِ وَمَاذَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ

Woken by something he had been shown

Umm Salama heard him get up in the night saying it.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3599

تَدْمَعُ الْعَيْنُ وَيَحْزَنُ الْقَلْبُ وَلاَ نَقُولُ إِلاَّ مَا يَرْضَى رَبُّنَا وَاللَّهِ …

Naming a newborn after someone you loved

A son was born to him and he named him after his own father.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6025

فَقُولَا لَهُۥ قَوْلًا لَّيِّنًا لَّعَلَّهُۥ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَىٰ

Sent to the worst tyrant with an instruction about tone

Mūsā and Hārūn were told how to speak before they were told what to say.

Qur'anQur'an 20:44

خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لأَهْلِهِ وَأَنَا خَيْرُكُمْ لأَهْلِي وَإِذَا مَاتَ صَاحِبُكُمْ فَدَعُوهُ

A measure given for who is best

It is not about worship.

ṢaḥīḥJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3895

لا يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى يُحِبَّ لأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ

A condition placed on belief itself

Short, and phrased as an exclusion.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 13

يَا عَمِّ، قُلْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، كَلِمَةً أَشْهَدُ لَكَ بِهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ

One sentence asked for at the very end

A second narration of his uncle's deathbed, with different wording.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1360

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ دَارَ قَوْمٍ مُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لاَحِقُونَ

Spoken to a whole cemetery at once

He addressed them as people of a dwelling, not as the dead.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 585

اللَّهُمَّ كَانَ لِي أَبَوَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ فَكُنْتُ لاَ أَغْبُقُ قَبْلَهُمَا أَهْلاً …

Three men sealed in by a rock

Each asked to be released by one deed nobody had seen.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6951

اسْتَأْذَنْتُ رَبِّي أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لأُمِّي فَلَمْ يَأْذَنْ لِي وَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ أَنْ …

A request that was not granted

He asked twice, and got two different answers.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 2258

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ ذَنْبَهُ وَأَدْخِلْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ …

Praying for someone by their full name

Said for Abū Mūsā, and he asked to be present when it was said.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4323

يَلْقَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَبَاهُ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّكَ وَعَدْتَنِي أَنْ لاَ تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ …

A promise he had been given, and a moment it seems to fail

Ibrāhīm ﷺ meets his father on the Day and reminds Allah of a promise.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4769

اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ عُبَيْدَكَ هَذَا - يَعْنِي أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ وَأُمَّهُ - إِلَى عِبَادِكَ …

A second prayer for Abū Hurayrah's mother

After she believed, he asked for something more.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6396

اسْتَأْذَنْتُ رَبِّي فِي أَنْ أَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهَا فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي وَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ فِي …

Standing at his mother's grave

He wept and everyone around him wept.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 2259

اللَّهُمَّ أُمِّي وَصَلاَتِي

A man who chose his prayer over his mother

She called three times while he was praying, and he did not answer.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6508

اللَّهُمَّ أَمْتِعْنِي بِزَوْجِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَبِأَبِي أَبِي سُفْيَانَ …

Umm Ḥabība asking for more time with her family

She asked for a long life with her husband, father and brother.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6771

فَٱعْبُدُوا۟ مَا شِئْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ …

What real loss is defined as

Not money, not health, not reputation.

Qur'anQur'an 39:15

اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ الْمَلأَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أَبَا جَهْلِ بْنَ هِشَامٍ، وَعُتْبَةَ بْنَ …

What was done to him while he prayed at the Kaʿbah

His daughter came and removed it from his back.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3854

لَوْ أَنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ رَبِيبَتِي فِي حَجْرِي مَا حَلَّتْ لِي إِنَّهَا لاَبْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ …

A marriage refused for a reason of kinship

Umm Ḥabība suggested her own sister and was told why not.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5101

قُولُوا اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ …

Taught to children the way a sūrah is taught

Ibn ʿAbbās said he taught it to them exactly as he taught the Qur'an.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 1333

۞ وَٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَلَا تُشْرِكُوا۟ بِهِۦ شَيْـًٔا ۖ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَـٰنًا …

A list of eight people you owe something to

It moves outward from parents to the person standing next to you.

Qur'anQur'an 4:36

اللَّهُمَّ أَذَقْتَ أَوَّلَ قُرَيْشٍ نَكَالاً فَأَذِقْ آخِرَهُمْ نَوَالاً

A prayer for the descendants of his enemies

The first of them had already been dealt with.

ḤasanJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3908

لَيْسَ بِالْكَاذِبِ مَنْ أَصْلَحَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ خَيْرًا أَوْ نَمَى خَيْرًا

The one case where saying more than you know is not lying

Narrated by a woman through her son.

ṢaḥīḥSunan Abī Dāwūd 4920

لاَ يَكُونُ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ مُسْلِمًا فَوْقَ ثَلاَثَةٍ فَإِذَا لَقِيَهُ سَلَّمَ …

The limit on not speaking to someone

And who carries the sin once it goes past that.

ḤasanSunan Abī Dāwūd 4913

اللَّهُمَّ هَؤُلاَءِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي فَأَذْهِبْ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ تَطْهِيرًا

What he said after gathering them under a cloak

Umar ibn Abi Salamah was in the house and saw it.

ṢaḥīḥJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3205

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ

A prophet wiping blood off his face

Ibn Masʿud said he could still picture him telling it.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 4646

اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْهُ مَالاً وَوَلَدًا وَبَارِكْ لَهُ

What Umm Sulaym asked for instead of anything for herself

She had one small request left after he had prayed for her household.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1982

اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ اللَّهُمَّ عَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ

What he said on the road back from the farewell pilgrimage

He called them to gather and prayed first.

ṢaḥīḥSunan Ibn Mājah 116

لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ رَبِيبَتِي مَا حَلَّتْ لِي، أَرْضَعَتْنِي وَأَبَاهَا ثُوَيْبَةُ، فَلاَ …

Why he refused a marriage his own wife proposed

Umm Habibah suggested her sister and gave her reason.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5106

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ وَابْنُ أَمَتِكَ كَانَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ …

The funeral prayer Abu Hurayrah described when asked

He swore before answering the question.

ṢaḥīḥMuwaṭṭa' Mālik 536

اللَّهُمَّ أَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ

The prayer over a child who had never done wrong

Saʿid ibn al-Musayyab was standing behind him and heard it.

ṢaḥīḥMuwaṭṭa' Mālik 537

وَجَبَتْ مَحَبَّتِي لِلْمُتَحَابِّينَ فِيَّ وَالْمُتَجَالِسِينَ فِيَّ وَالْمُتَزَاوِرِينَ …

Who Allah says His love has become due for

Muadh took hold of his cloak before he told him.

ṢaḥīḥMuwaṭṭa' Mālik 1745

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا …

Eight pairs, and then two requests

Nobody present or absent is left outside it.

ṢaḥīḥSunan Abī Dāwūd 3201

بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَزْوَاجِهِ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ …

How to send blessing on him

They asked, because they already knew how to greet him.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3369

أَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِي هَذَا مِنَ الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تَرْضَى …

What he asked for on the road besides safety

Two of the four requests are about character.

ṢaḥīḥJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3447

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، مَاذَا أُنْزِلَ اللَّيْلَةَ مِنَ الْفِتْنَةِ، مَاذَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ …

What he was saying when he woke in the night

Umm Salamah heard it as he came out of sleep.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5844

يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَعَيَّرْتَهُ بِأُمِّهِ إِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ فِيكَ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ، إِخْوَانُكُمْ …

What he said to Abu Dharr over an insult

Abu Dharr had brought up a man's mother.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 30

فِتْنَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَجَارِهِ تُكَفِّرُهَا الصَّلاَةُ …

What the ordinary acts wipe out

Hudhayfah was asked who remembered him saying it.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 525

إِنَّ أَبَاكُمَا كَانَ يُعَوِّذُ بِهَا إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ …

The words he used over Hasan and Husayn

He told them where the words came from.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3371

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَمِنْ كَآبَةِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ وَمِنْ …

Three things he asked to be spared on a journey

Only one of them happens while you are away.

ṢaḥīḥMuwaṭṭa' Mālik 1796

مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يُبْسَطَ لَهُ فِي رِزْقِهِ، وَأَنْ يُنْسَأَ لَهُ فِي أَثَرِهِ، فَلْيَصِلْ …

Two things promised for one act

Both of them are things people cannot arrange for themselves.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5985

لَيْسَ الْوَاصِلُ بِالْمُكَافِئِ، وَلَكِنِ الْوَاصِلُ الَّذِي إِذَا قَطَعَتْ رَحِمُهُ وَصَلَهَا

Who actually counts as maintaining ties

It rules out the obvious case.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5991

قَالَتِ الرَّحِمُ هَذَا مَقَامُ الْعَائِذِ بِكَ مِنَ الْقَطِيعَةِ. قَالَ نَعَمْ أَمَا …

What kinship asked for after creation was finished

It was given the thing it asked for immediately.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5987

مَنْ يَلِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَنَاتِ شَيْئًا فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهِنَّ كُنَّ لَهُ سِتْرًا مِنَ …

What a woman did with the only thing she was given

Aisha had nothing in the house but one date.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5995

السَّاعِي عَلَى الأَرْمَلَةِ وَالْمِسْكِينِ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، أَوْ كَالَّذِي …

What ordinary work is ranked against

Two comparisons, and both of them are the hardest things on the list.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6006

أَلاَ وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ، أَلاَ وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ

The sin he changed position to say twice

He had been reclining until then.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5976

تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لاَ تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلاَةَ، وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ …

What he told a man who wanted one answer

The people around thought he was being rude.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5983

ارْجِعُوا إِلَى أَهْلِيكُمْ فَعَلِّمُوهُمْ وَمُرُوهُمْ، وَصَلُّوا كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي أُصَلِّي

What he told the young men after twenty nights

He worked out that they were homesick before they said so.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6008

إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ عُقُوقَ الأُمَّهَاتِ، وَمَنْعَ وَهَاتِ، وَوَأْدَ الْبَنَاتِ …

Three things forbidden and three disliked

One of them is a way of talking.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5975

تُنْكَحُ الْمَرْأَةُ لأَرْبَعٍ لِمَالِهَا وَلِحَسَبِهَا وَجَمَالِهَا وَلِدِينِهَا، فَاظْفَرْ …

The list, and which one he picked out

He gave all four before naming the one.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5090

لاَ تُنْكَحُ الأَيِّمُ حَتَّى تُسْتَأْمَرَ وَلاَ تُنْكَحُ الْبِكْرُ حَتَّى تُسْتَأْذَنَ

Nobody is married without being asked

They asked how a shy answer would be recognised.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5136

كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْئُولٌ، فَالإِمَامُ رَاعٍ وَهْوَ مَسْئُولٌ وَالرَّجُلُ رَاعٍ …

Nobody in the list is exempt

It runs from the ruler down and back up again.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5188

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.

اللَّهُمَّ أُمِّي وَصَلاَتِي. قَالَتْ يَا جُرَيْجُ. قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أُمِّي وَصَلاَتِي …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1206 · Actions while Praying

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُمِتْهُ حَتَّى تُرِيَهُ الْمُومِسَاتِ. وَكَانَ جُرَيْجٌ فِي صَوْمَعَتِهِ …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2482 · Oppressions

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ ثَلاَثًا

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2597 · Gifts

Ṣaḥīḥ

يَا رَبِّ، إِنَّكَ وَعَدْتَنِي أَنْ لاَ تُخْزِيَنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ، فَأَىُّ خِزْىٍ أَخْزَى …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3350 · Prophets

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4205 · Military Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi)

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ مُسْتَيْقِنًا بِهَا قَلْبُهُ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 147 · The Book of Faith

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ أَكْثِرْ مَالَهُ وَوَلَدَهُ وَبَارِكْ لَهُ فِيهِ

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1501 · The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ أَبْغِنِي حَبِيبًا هُوَ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ نَفْسِي

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 4678 · The Book of Jihad and Expeditions

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ أُمِّي وَصَلاَتِي . فَاخْتَارَ صَلاَتَهُ فَرَجَعَتْ ثُمَّ عَادَتْ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6508 · The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of K

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي وَالِدَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَامْرَأَتِي وَلِيَ صِبْيَةٌ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6949 · The Book of Heart-Melting Traditions

Ṣaḥīḥ

اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو فَلاَ تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5090 · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

Ḥasan

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 1131 · The Book of The At-Tatbiq (Clasping One's Hands Together)

Ṣaḥīḥ

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ) فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ حَمِدَنِي عَبْدِي فَيَقُولُ : …

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2953 · Chapters on Tafsir

Ṣaḥīḥ

يَا رَبِّ تُحْيِينِي فَأُقْتَلَ فِيكَ ثَانِيةً . قَالَ الرَّبُّ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّهُ قَدْ …

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3010 · Chapters on Tafsir

Ḥasan

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي وَبِحَمْدِهِ

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3593 · Chapters on Supplication

Ṣaḥīḥ

يَا رَبِّ تُحْيِينِي فَأُقْتَلُ فِيكَ ثَانِيَةً . فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ سُبْحَانَهُ إِنَّهُ سَبَقَ …

Sunan Ibn Mājah 190 · The Book of the Sunnah

Ḥasan

يَا رَبِّ تُحْيِينِي فَأُقْتَلُ فِيكَ ثَانِيَةً . قَالَ إِنَّهُ سَبَقَ مِنِّي أَنَّهُمْ …

Sunan Ibn Mājah 2800 · The Chapters on Jihad

Ḥasan

فَهَلاَّ جَلَسَ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ أَوْ بَيْتِ أُمِّهِ، فَيَنْظُرَ يُهْدَى لَهُ أَمْ لاَ …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2597 · Gifts

Ṣaḥīḥ

أَعَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ لَوْ لَمْ أَنْكِحْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ مَا حَلَّتْ لِي، إِنَّ أَبَاهَا أَخِي …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5123 · Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah)

Ṣaḥīḥ

دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ ـ أَوْ أَتَيْتُ الْجَنَّةَ ـ فَأَبْصَرْتُ قَصْرًا فَقُلْتُ لِمَنْ هَذَا …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5226 · Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah)

Ṣaḥīḥ

أَخْبِرُونِي بِشَجَرَةٍ مَثَلُهَا مَثَلُ الْمُسْلِمِ، تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6144 · Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ تُنْكَحُ الْعَمَّةُ عَلَى بِنْتِ الأَخِ وَلاَ ابْنَةُ الأُخْتِ عَلَى الْخَالَةِ

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3438 · The Book of Marriage

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ يَخْطُبُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَسُومُ عَلَى سَوْمِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3442 · The Book of Marriage

Ṣaḥīḥ

ضَعْهُ - ثُمَّ قَالَ - اذْهَبْ فَادْعُ لِي فُلاَنًا وَفُلاَنًا وَفُلاَنًا وَمَنْ لَقِيتَ

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3508 · The Book of Marriage

Ṣaḥīḥ

يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَعْرِضَ عَلَيْكَ أَمْرًا أُحِبُّ أَنْ لاَ تَعْجَلِي فِيهِ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3690 · The Book of Divorce

Ṣaḥīḥ

أَفِي شَكٍّ أَنْتَ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ أُولَئِكَ قَوْمٌ عُجِّلَتْ لَهُمْ طَيِّبَاتُهُمْ فِي …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3696 · The Book of Divorce

Ṣaḥīḥ

مَنْ أَدْرَكَ وَالِدَيْهِ عِنْدَ الْكِبَرِ أَحَدَهُمَا أَوْ كِلَيْهِمَا ثُمَّ لَمْ يَدْخُلِ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6511 · The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of K

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لاَ يَمُوتُ رَجُلٌ مُسْلِمٌ إِلاَّ أَدْخَلَ اللَّهُ مَكَانَهُ النَّارَ يَهُودِيًّا أَوْ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 7012 · The Book of Repentance

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لاَ دِعْوَةَ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ ذَهَبَ أَمْرُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2274 · Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq)

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وَأَمَّا الْجَارِيَةُ فَأَقْضِي بِهَا لِجَعْفَرٍ تَكُونُ مَعَ خَالَتِهَا وَإِنَّمَا الْخَالَةُ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2278 · Divorce (Kitab Al-Talaq)

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وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ الْمُسْلِمَيْنِ وَاسْتِحْلاَلُ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ قِبْلَتِكُمْ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2875 · Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

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إِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ مُسْلِمًا فَأَعْتَقْتُمْ عَنْهُ أَوْ تَصَدَّقْتُمْ عَنْهُ أَوْ حَجَجْتُمْ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2883 · Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

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أَوَغَيْرَ ذَلِكَ يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ الْجَنَّةَ وَخَلَقَ لَهَا أَهْلاً …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4713 · Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

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اقْرَأْ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } ثُمَّ نَمْ عَلَى خَاتِمَتِهَا فَإِنَّهَا بَرَاءَةٌ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5055 · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

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دَعَوَاتُ الْمَكْرُوبِ اللَّهُمَّ رَحْمَتَكَ أَرْجُو فَلاَ تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5090 · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

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لاَ يَسْأَلُ رَجُلٌ مَوْلاَهُ مِنْ فَضْلٍ هُوَ عِنْدَهُ فَيَمْنَعُهُ إِيَّاهُ إِلاَّ دُعِيَ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5139 · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

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إِنَّهُمْ إِخْوَانُكُمْ فَضَّلَكُمُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَمَنْ لَمْ يُلاَئِمْكُمْ فَبِيعُوهُ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5157 · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

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لاَ تَبْدَءُوهُمْ بِالسَّلاَمِ وَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَاضْطَرُّوهُمْ إِلَى …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5205 · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

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الْوَالِدُ أَوْسَطُ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَأَضِعْ ذَلِكَ الْبَابَ أَوِ احْفَظْهُ

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1900 · Chapters on Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives

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لاَ يَحِلُّ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ عَطِيَّةً ثُمَّ يَرْجِعَ فِيهَا إِلاَّ الْوَالِدَ فِيمَا …

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2132 · Chapters On Wala' And Gifts

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مَنْ أَنْفَقَ زَوْجَيْنِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ نُودِيَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ هَذَا …

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3674 · Chapters on Virtues

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الْعَبَّاسُ عَمُّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَإِنَّ عَمَّ الرَّجُلِ صِنْوُ أَبِيهِ أَوْ مِنْ صِنْوِ …

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3761 · Chapters on Virtues

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إِنَّ هَذَا مَلَكٌ لَمْ يَنْزِلِ الأَرْضَ قَطُّ قَبْلَ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَبَّهُ …

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3781 · Chapters on Virtues

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يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنِّي ذَاكِرٌ لَكِ أَمْرًا فَلاَ عَلَيْكِ أَنْ لاَ تُعَجِّلِي حَتَّى …

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3440 · The Book of Divorce

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لا يَرْجِعُ أَحَدٌ فِي هِبَتِهِ إِلاَّ وَالِدٌ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ وَالْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ …

Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3689 · The Book of Gifts

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هُوَ لَكَ يَا عَبْدُ بْنُ زَمْعَةَ . الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَاحْتَجِبِي عَنْهُ يَا سَوْدَةُ

Sunan Ibn Mājah 2004 · The Chapters on Marriage

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نَعَمْ وَاللَّهِ لَتُنَبَّأَنَّ أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ تَأْمُلُ الْعَيْشَ …

Sunan Ibn Mājah 2706 · The Chapters on Wills

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مَا أَنَا وَالدُّنْيَا إِنَّمَا أَنَا وَالدُّنْيَا كَرَاكِبٍ اسْتَظَلَّ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ ثُمَّ …

Sunan Ibn Mājah 4109 · Zuhd

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