Conflict with someone
Broken relationships and hard conversations
85 verified supplications · 62 written out in full
قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِى وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى …
When you have to speak and you are afraid
Mūsā ﷺ asked for this before standing in front of Pharaoh.
اللَّهُمَّ أَلِّفْ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِنَا وَأَصْلِحْ ذَاتَ بَيْنِنَا وَاهْدِنَا سُبُلَ السَّلاَمِ …
When there is bad feeling between people
Asked for hearts to be brought together, not just for the argument to st
إِذَا غَضِبَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ فَلْيَجْلِسْ فَإِنْ ذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الْغَضَبُ وَإِلاَّ …
When anger has you on your feet
Not words this time, but a physical instruction.
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
When you could ask for them to be punished
Said by the Prophet ﷺ at Ṭā'if, bleeding, after the town had driven him
اللَّهُمَّ فَأَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ سَبَبْتُهُ فَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قُرْبَةً إِلَيْكَ يَوْمَ …
When you said something in anger you regret
The Prophet ﷺ asked that any harshness of his be turned into mercy for t
وَٱلَّذِينَ جَآءُو مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَٰنِنَا …
Asking for people you never met
Those who came later, asking forgiveness for those who came before.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا يُصْلِحْ …
Before a conversation that matters
A command about speech, with a promise attached to it.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَسْخَرْ قَوْمٌ مِّن قَوْمٍ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونُوا۟ …
When you have been talked about, or done the talking
Two verses that name backbiting and give it a picture you cannot unsee.
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
قَدِ ٱفْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا إِنْ عُدْنَا فِى مِلَّتِكُم بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّىٰنَا …
When a dispute cannot be resolved by talking
Shuʿayb ﷺ said this when his people would not hear him.
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.
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
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ سَيَجْعَلُ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُ وُدًّا
When you feel disliked
A promise about how other people will come to feel about you.
إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُوا۟ بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ …
When two people you know have fallen out
A statement, then an instruction that follows from it.
ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ فِى ٱلسَّرَّآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَٱلْكَـٰظِمِينَ ٱلْغَيْظَ وَٱلْعَافِينَ …
Among the qualities of those promised the Garden
Three things listed in order, each harder than the last.
خُذِ ٱلْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ
Three instructions for dealing with people
Said to be among the most comprehensive verses about character.
إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيْـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ
When what you are asking for looks impossible
How anything happens, according to the Qur'an.
۞ 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.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ فِي الأَمْرِ سَعَةً
Praise for there being more than one right way
Aisha was asked about his ﷺ witr and gave several different answers.
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلأَنْصَارِ وَلأَبْنَاءِ الأَنْصَارِ
Praying for people who are not born yet
He asked for the Anṣār, and then did not stop there.
يُسَلِّمُ الرَّاكِبُ عَلَى الْمَاشِي وَإِذَا سَلَّمَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ وَاحِدٌ أَجْزَأَ عَنْهُمْ
Who says salām first
An order of precedence, and it runs the way you might not expect.
إِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ
Answering a greeting you are unsure about
A short instruction on what to reply.
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.
وَمَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَمَا يُلَقَّىٰهَآ إِلَّا ذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ
Two responses to being wronged
Named together as requiring the same resolve.
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.
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.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَبْرَأُ إِلَيْكَ مِمَّا صَنَعَ خَالِدٌ
Disowning something done in your name
Khālid killed people who had said a word he misread. He ﷺ raised his han
إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ إِذَا سَلَّمُوا عَلَيْكُمْ يَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمُ السَّامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقُلْ …
What to say when the greeting is not friendly
Aisha wanted to answer them in kind and was told not to.
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.
وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا۟ …
When a conversation is going nowhere
An instruction about when to stop talking.
لَيْسَ الشَّدِيدُ بِالصُّرَعَةِ، إِنَّمَا الشَّدِيدُ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ
Where strength is actually located
A redefinition offered in one sentence.
لاَ تَغْضَبْ
A man asked for advice and got one line
He asked repeatedly, and got the same answer every time.
اتَّقِ اللَّهَ حَيْثُمَا كُنْتَ وَأَتْبِعِ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ تَمْحُهَا وَخَالِقِ …
What to do immediately after a slip
Three instructions, given in order.
اكْتُبِ الشَّرْطَ بَيْنَنَا بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ هَذَا مَا قَاضَى عَلَيْهِ …
Accepting terms that looked like a defeat
At Ḥudaybiyah they made him strike out his own titles from the document.
اللَّهُمَّ فَأَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ مُؤْمِنٍ سَبَبْتُهُ فَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قُرْبَةً إِلَيْكَ …
A safeguard he built into his own anger
He asked that anything harsh he said be converted.
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.
وَلَا تَسْتَوِى ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا …
Three instructions in five words
Said to be among the most complete verses on dealing with people.
إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ وَإِنِّي اشْتَرَطْتُ عَلَى رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَىُّ عَبْدٍ مِنَ …
A safeguard he built into his own temper
He made an agreement with his Lord about anything he said in anger.
أَوَمَا عَلِمْتِ مَا شَارَطْتُ عَلَيْهِ رَبِّي قُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ فَأَىُّ …
A safeguard set for anyone he ever wronged
Aisha heard him make it after two men had spoken to him.
إِنَّ الرِّفْقَ لاَ يَكُونُ فِي شَىْءٍ إِلاَّ زَانَهُ وَلاَ يُنْزَعُ مِنْ شَىْءٍ إِلاَّ شَانَهُ
Said to a woman who was being harsh in reply
Gentleness is described as adorning whatever it enters.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اتَّخَذْتُ عِنْدَكَ عَهْدًا لَنْ تُخْلِفَنِيهِ فَأَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ …
A binding arrangement made in advance
He set it up so that his own anger could not harm anyone.
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ عَضُدِي وَأَنْتَ نَصِيرِي وَبِكَ أُقَاتِلُ
What he said when he set out
Three short clauses, no request in any of them.
اللَّهُمَّ أَقْبِلْ بِقُلُوبِهِمْ وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِنَا وَمُدِّنَا
What he said looking towards Yemen
He asked for two things, one of them not obviously connected.
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.
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.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَّخِذُ عِنْدَكَ عَهْدًا لَنْ تُخْلِفَنِيهِ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ …
The promise he took out for people he might wrong
He began by saying what he is.
آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلاَئِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ
What he said instead of arguing
The boy had answered his question with the same question.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ أَنْ أُجَاهِدَهُمْ فِيكَ …
Saʿd's vow after the Trench
He thought the fighting was over and made a condition.
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ تَطَهَّرِي بِهَا وَاسْتَتِرِي بِثَوْبٍ
Asma asking a question she was too shy to finish
He answered twice and covered his face the second time.
اهْدِنِي لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ إِنَّكَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ إِلَى …
What he asked for when people disagreed
He asked for the truth in it, not for his own side.
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ جِبْرَئِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيلَ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ …
What he opened the night prayer with
Abu Salamah asked Aisha directly.
انْظُرُوا، هَلْ تَجِدُونَ لِعَبْدِي مِنْ تَطَوُّعٍ؟ فَأَكْمِلُوا بِهَا مَا ضَيَّعَ مِنْ …
The first thing checked, and what covers the gap
If it is short, they are told to look for something else.
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.
إِنِّي خَرَجْتُ لأُخْبِرَكُمْ بِلَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ، وَإِنَّهُ تَلاَحَى فُلاَنٌ وَفُلاَنٌ …
Why the night was taken back
He came out specifically to tell them which one it was.
إِذَا الْتَقَى الْمُسْلِمَانِ بِسَيْفَيْهِمَا فَالْقَاتِلُ وَالْمَقْتُولُ فِي النَّارِ
What he said about the one who was killed
They asked the obvious question about the second man.
وَيْحَ عَمَّارٍ تَقْتُلُهُ الْفِئَةُ الْبَاغِيَةُ، يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَيَدْعُونَهُ …
What he said while they were carrying bricks
ʿAmmar was helping build the mosque when it was said.
إِنِّي لأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ لَوْ قَالَ أَعُوذُ …
What he said watching a man's face go red
Two men were insulting each other in front of him.
أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْكَ
What they heard him say in the middle of a prayer
They saw him reach out for something that was not there.
لاَ يَرْمِي رَجُلٌ رَجُلاً بِالْفُسُوقِ، وَلاَ يَرْمِيهِ بِالْكُفْرِ، إِلاَّ ارْتَدَّتْ …
What happens to an accusation that does not land
Abu Dharr heard him say it.
لاَ تَبَاغَضُوا، وَلاَ تَحَاسَدُوا، وَلاَ تَدَابَرُوا، وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِخْوَانًا …
Four instructions in a row, all of them negative
Then one that is not.
مَهْلاً يَا عَائِشَةُ، عَلَيْكِ بِالرِّفْقِ، وَإِيَّاكِ وَالْعُنْفَ وَالْفُحْشَ
What he told Aisha after she answered them back
She had heard the insult and returned it with interest.
الْمَرْأَةُ كَالضِّلَعِ، إِنْ أَقَمْتَهَا كَسَرْتَهَا، وَإِنِ اسْتَمْتَعْتَ بِهَا …
What happens if you try to straighten it
Two outcomes, and only one of them keeps the thing.
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.
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، فَإِنَّهُ لا يَسْمَعُهُ أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ الْتَفَتَ، يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ مَا …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2690 · Peacemaking
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَسْمَعُهُ أَحَدٌ حِينَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ …
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 784 · The Book of Leading the Prayer (Al-Imamah)
مَنْ كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ مَظْلَمَةٌ لأَخِيهِ فَلْيَتَحَلَّلْهُ مِنْهَا، فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ ثَمَّ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6534 · To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)
هَبِلْتِ، أَجَنَّةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ هِيَ إِنَّهَا جِنَانٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَإِنَّهُ فِي الْفِرْدَوْسِ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6568 · To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)
لاَ يَخْطُبُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَسُومُ عَلَى سَوْمِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3442 · The Book of Marriage
لاَ يَبِعِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَخْطُبْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3455 · The Book of Marriage
لاَ تَنَاجَشُوا وَلاَ يَبِعِ الْمَرْءُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ وَلاَ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3459 · The Book of Marriage
الْمُؤْمِنُ أَخُو الْمُؤْمِنِ فَلاَ يَحِلُّ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ أَنْ يَبْتَاعَ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3464 · The Book of Marriage
لاَ تَحَاسَدُوا وَلاَ تَنَاجَشُوا وَلاَ تَبَاغَضُوا وَلاَ تَدَابَرُوا وَلاَ يَبِعْ بَعْضُكُمْ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6541 · The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of K
أَنَّ رَجُلاً زَارَ أَخًا لَهُ فِي قَرْيَةٍ أُخْرَى فَأَرْصَدَ اللَّهُ لَهُ عَلَى مَدْرَجَتِهِ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6549 · The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of K
فَلاَ بَأْسَ وَلْيَنْصُرِ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا إِنْ كَانَ ظَالِمًا …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6582 · The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of K
إِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ مَا تَقُولُ فَقَدِ اغْتَبْتَهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ فَقَدْ بَهَتَّهُ
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6593 · The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of K
لَيْسَ الْكَذَّابُ الَّذِي يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَيَقُولُ خَيْرًا وَيَنْمِي خَيْرًا
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6633 · The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of K
مَنْ أَشَارَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ بِحَدِيدَةٍ فَإِنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ تَلْعَنُهُ حَتَّى وَإِنْ كَانَ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6666 · The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of K
دَعْوَةُ الْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ لأَخِيهِ بِظَهْرِ الْغَيْبِ مُسْتَجَابَةٌ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6930 · The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentanc
إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ أَيِسَ أَنْ يَعْبُدَهُ الْمُصَلُّونَ فِي جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ وَلَكِنْ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 7103 · Characteristics of the Day of Judgment, Paradise, and Hell
لاَ يَخْطُبُ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَبِيعُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ إِلاَّ …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2081 · Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)
مَنْ نَفَّسَ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ الدُّنْيَا نَفَّسَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَةً …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4946 · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
أَمَّا أَبُو جَهْمٍ فَرَجُلٌ لاَ يَرْفَعُ عَصَاهُ عَنِ النِّسَاءِ وَأَمَّا مُعَاوِيَةُ …
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1134 · The Book on Marriage
إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ يَئِسَ أَنْ يَعْبُدَهُ الْمُصَلُّونَ وَلَكِنْ فِي التَّحْرِيشِ …
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1937 · Chapters on Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives
كُلُّ مَعْرُوفٍ صَدَقَةٌ وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ أَنْ تَلْقَى أَخَاكَ بِوَجْهٍ طَلْقٍ وَأَنْ …
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 1970 · Chapters on Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives
هُوَ لَكَ يَا عَبْدُ الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ وَاحْتَجِبِي مِنْهُ يَا …
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 3484 · The Book of Divorce
هُوَ لَكَ يَا عَبْدُ بْنُ زَمْعَةَ . الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَاحْتَجِبِي عَنْهُ يَا سَوْدَةُ
Sunan Ibn Mājah 2004 · The Chapters on Marriage