Dua for Daily Remembrance

10 authentic duas from Hisn al-Muslim, with Arabic text and translation.

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10 duas

Invocation for someone who does good to you

((جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً)).

(If someone does you a favour and you say: (May Allah reward you with goodness.) then you have indeed excelled in praising him.)

Reference: Hisn al-Muslim

Invocation for someone who tells you I love you for the sake of Allah

Dua for Daily Remembrance

((أَحَبَّكَ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتَنِي لَهُ)).

(May He, for whom you have loved me, love you.)

Reference: Hisn al-Muslim

Invocation for someone who tells you: May Allah bless you

Dua for Daily Remembrance

((وَفِيكَ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ)).

(Aaishah reported that the Messenger of Allah was given a sheep and he ordered for it’s distribution. When the servant would come back (from distributing it), AAaishah would ask: ‘What did they say?’, he replied: They would supplicate: (May Allah bless you all.) AAaishah would then say: (and may Allah bless them.))(we return their supplication in a similar way and our reward remains with us.)

Reference: Hisn al-Muslim

spreading the greetings of Salam (Peace)

Dua for Daily Remembrance

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ((لاَ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنُوا، وَلاَ تُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى تَحَابُّوا، أَوَلاَ أَدُلُّكُم عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِذَا فَعَلْتُمُوهُ تَحَابَبْتُم، أَفْشُوا السَّلاَمَ بَيْنَكُمْ)).

(The Messenger of Allah said: ‘You shall not enter paradise until you believe, and you shall not believe until you love one another. Shall I not inform you of something, if you were to act upon it, you will indeed achieve mutual love for one another? Spread the greeting amongst yourselves.)

Reference: Hisn al-Muslim

How to reply to a disbeliever if he says Salam to you

Dua for Daily Remembrance

((إذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا: وَعَلَيْكُمْ)).

(When the people of the Book greet you, reply by saying: (And upon you.))

Reference: Hisn al-Muslim

Invocation for someone you have spoken ill to

Dua for Daily Remembrance

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ((اللَّهُمَّ فَأَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ سَبَبْتُهُ فَاجْعَلْ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قُرْبَةً إِلَيْكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ)).

(O Allah, to any believer whom I have insulted, let that be cause to draw him near to You on the Day of Resurrection.)

Reference: Hisn al-Muslim

How a Muslim should praise another Muslim

Dua for Daily Remembrance

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ((إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُم مَادِحاً صَاحِبَهُ لاَ مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ: أَحْسِبُ فُلاَناً وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ، وَلاَ أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَداً، أَحْسِبُهُ – إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ ذَاكَ – كَذَا وَكَذَا)).

(He said: ‘If anyone of you is impelled to praise his brother, then he should say: ‘I deem so-and-so to be…and Allah is his reckoner…and I don’t praise anyone, putting it (i.e. my praising) forward, in front of Allah’s commendation, however I assume him so and so’…if he knows that of him.)

Reference: Hisn al-Muslim

What a Muslim should say when he is praised

Dua for Daily Remembrance

((اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا يَقُولُونَ، وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ، [وَاجْعَلْنِي خَيْراً مِمَّا يَظُّنُّونَ])).

O Allah, do not call me to account for what they say and forgive me for what they have no knowledge of [and make me better than they imagine].

Reference: Hisn al-Muslim

The excellence of remembering Allah

Dua for Daily Remembrance

قَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَنْ قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ فِي يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ حُطَّتْ خَطَايَاهُ وَلَوْ كَانَتْ مِثْلَ زَبَدِ الْبَحْر)).

(Whoever says:(How perfect Allah is and I praise Him.) a hundred times during the day, his sins are wiped away, even if they are like the foam of the sea.)

Reference: Hisn al-Muslim

How the Prophet glorified Allah

Dua for Daily Remembrance

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو رضي الله عنه قَالَ: ((رَأَيْتُ النَّبيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعْقِدُ التَّسْبِيحَ)) وفي زيادةٍ: ((بِيَمِينِهِ)).

(Tasbeeh, it means here, to say: (Subhanal-lah, alhamdu lillah, Allahu akbar.)) (AAabdullah Ibn AAamr said: ’I saw the prophet make tasbeeh with his right hand.)

Reference: Hisn al-Muslim