حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَهْلَهُ قَالَ بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ، اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ، وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا، فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ يُقَدَّرْ بَيْنَهُمَا وَلَدٌ فِي ذَلِكَ، لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ أَبَدًا

Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet said, “If anyone of you, when intending to have a sexual intercourse with his wife, says: ‘Bismillah, Allahumma jannibna-sh-shaitan, wa jannibi-sh-shaitan ma razaqtana,’ and if the couple are destined to have a child (out of that very sexual relation), then Satan will never be able to harm that child.”

رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِيْ صَدْرِيْ. وَيَسِّرْ لِيْٓ اَمْرِيْ. وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّنْ لِّسَانِيْ. يَفْقَـــهُوْا قَوْلِيْ.

“Oh My Lord! Open for me my chest (grant me self-confidence, contentment, and boldness). And ease my task for me; And loose the knot (the defect) from my tongue, That they may understand my speech” (Qur’aan: 20:26)

Prophet Musa (pbuh) made this dua while proceeding to the court of Firawn for the arguments. In this dua, there is a request to increase one’s knowledge base – an important requirement for arguments. The second request is to remove physical limitations or limitation of resources. The third request is to allow him make lucid, easy to understand arguments. As we know, Musa (pbuh) was successful in the Firawn’s court and the wise men in the court had accepted the truth.

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي هَذَا (الثَّوْبَ) وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَـيـْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُـوَّةٍ.

“Oh Allah, all praise and thanks to You for clothing me with this (garment). I ask You for the good of it and the good of what it was made for, and I ask Your protection from the evil of it and the evil of what it was made for.” (Abu Dawud Book 32, Number 4009: Tirmidhi (59) Hadith Number 7)

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَافْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

“O Lord, forgive my sins and open the doors of mercy for me”. (Mishkat)

Alternatively recite

اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

“O Allah, open the doors of mercy”. (Mishkat)

Imam Husain (a.s.) says whoever enter a graveyard says as follows, Allah will write in his record ‘goodness’ equivalent to the number of creation from the period of Hazrat Adam (a.s.) to the occurrence of Resurrection.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ. اَللّٰهُمَّ رَبَّ هٰذِهِ الْأَرْوَاحِ الْفَانِيَةِ وَ الْأَجْسَادِ الْبَالِيَةِ وَ الْعِظَامِ النَّخِرَةِ الَّتِيْ خَرَجَتْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ هِيَ بِكَ مُؤْمِنَةٌ أَدْخِلْ عَلَيْهِمْ رَوْحاً مِنْكَ وَ سَلَاماً مِنِّيْ.

In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful. O Allah the Lord of these souls that have left (this world) and these stale bodies and these rotten bones that have made and exit from this world in the state of having faith in thee, Grant them ease from Thyself and greeting from me.

لَا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

“There is no problem, If Allah wills, He will purge your sins by this illness.” (Bukhari)

And recite this dua seven times for his good health

أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ

“I ask Allah who is the Lofty and the Lord of the Mighty Throne that He cures you”

Prophet Mohammad (SAW.) said that by reciting this dua seven times, the ill person will regain his health and if death occurs then that (death) is a different issue (i.e. death is written it cannot be prevented). (Mishkat)

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

All praise is for Allah.