Special Du'as for Fasting
1. When beginning the fast- Suhur
وَبِصَوْمِ غَدٍ نَّوَيْتُ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ
Wa bisawmi ghadinn nawaiytu min shahri ramadan
I intend to keep the fast for tomorrow in the month of Ramadan
[abu Dawud]
2. When breaking the fast- Iftar
اللَّهُمَّ اِنِّى لَكَ صُمْتُ وَبِكَ آمنْتُ وَ عَلى رِزْقِكَ اَفْطَرْتُ
Allahumma inni laka sumtu wa bika aamantu [wa 'alayka tawakkaltu] wa
'ala rizq-ika aftarthu
O Allah! I fasted for You and I believe in You [and I put my trust in You]
and I break my fast with Your sustenance
["wa 'alayka tawakkaltu" is quoted in some books of knowledge - but not all,
hence it is in brackets]
[abu Dawud]
ذَهَبَ الظَّمَاءُ وَ ابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ، وَ ثَبَتَ الاجْرُ انْ شَاءَ اللَّه
dhahabadh-dhama'u wab-tallatil 'urūūqi, wa thabatal arju inshaAllah
The thirst is gone, the veins are moistened and the reward is confirmed, if Allah
[Ta'ala] Wills
[abu Dawud 2:306]
Allaahumma inni as’aluka birahmatika al-lati wasi'at kulli shay’in an taghfira li
O Allah, I ask You by Your mercy which envelopes all things, that You forgive
me.
[a du'a that Abdullah ibn Amar (radiAllahu anhu) used to say when breaking his fast
- as reported by Ibn abi Mulaykah (radiAllahu anhu)]
3. When someone offers you food when you are fasting and you decline
When you are invited to eat, then reply to the invitation. if you are fasting,
then invoke Allah's blessings (on your host), and if you are not fasting then eat
[Muslim; 2:1054]
4. Upon reaching month of Rajab and Sha'ban
When the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) sighted the moon of Rajab (two months before Ramadan) he used to pray to Allah in the following words:
اَللّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِى رَجَبَ وَ شَعْبَانَ وَ بَلِّغْنَا رَمَضَان
Allahumma barik lana fi Rajab wa Sha'ban wa ballighna Ramadan
O Allah! Make the months of Rajab and Sha'ban blessed for us, and let us reach
the month of Ramadan (i.e. prolong our life up to Ramadan, so that we may benefit
from its merits and blessings)
[Narrated by at-Tabarani and Ahmad]
5. When you are fasting, and someone is rude to you
اِنَّيْ صَائِمٌ، اِنِّيْ صَائمٌ
Inni sa'iimu, inni sa'iimu
I am fasting, I am fasting
[Sahih al-Bukhari, Fath al-Bari of Al-Asqalani; 4:1-3, Muslim; 2:806]
6. Upon Sighting of the new Moon
Allahu Akbar. Allahumma ahillahu 'alayna bil-amni wal-imaani, was-salaamati, wal-Islami, wat-tawfeeqi lima tuhibbu Rabbana wa tardha. Rabbuna wa RabbukAllahu
Allah is the Greatest. O Allah bring us the new moon with security and faith,
with peace and in Islam, and in harmony with what our Lord Loves and what pleases
Him. Our Lord and your Lord is Allah
[at-Tirmidhi 5:504, ad-Darimi 1:336]
7. Upon seeing the first dates of the season
Allahumma barik lana fi thamarina, wa barik lana fi madinatina, wa barik lana fi saa'ina, wa barik lana fi muddina
O Allah! Bless us in our dates, and bless us in our town, bless us in our saa'
and in our Mudd'(saa' and Mudd' are dry measures used for agricultural produce by
the Arabs in the Prophet's time)
[at-Tirmidhi 5:504, ad-Darimi 1:336]
8. Recited at intervals of taraweeh prayers
Subhana dhil Mulki wal Malakuti, Subhana dhil izzati wal
aDhmati wal haybati wal Qudrati, wal kibriyaa'i wal jabaroot Subhanal Malikil
hayyil ladhi, la yunaamu wa la yamūtu, Subbuhun, Quddusun, Rabbul malaa'ikati
war-rooh
La ilaha illal lahu, nustugfirullahi
nas 'alukul jannati, wa na udhubika min an-naar
Glorified is the Owner of the Kingdom of the earth and the heavens; Glorified is the Possessor of Honour and Magnificence and Awe, and Power and Greatness and Omnipotence
Glorified is the Sovereign, the Living, Who does neither sleep nor die
O all Glorious, All Holy one, Our lord and the Lord of the Angels, And the soul.
There is no God but You, Forgive us, Grant us Paradise, and save us from (hell)
fire.
9. Upon breaking the fast in someone's home
Aftara 'indakumus saa'imuna, wa akala ta'aamakumul-abraaru, wasallat 'alaikumul mala'ikat
May those who are fasting break their fast in your home, and may the dutiful
and pious eat your food and may the angels send prayers upon you.
[abu Dawud 3:367, ibn Majah 1:556, an Nasa'i]
10. On Lailatul Qadr - the Night of Power
Aishah (radhiya Allahu Ta'ala anha), that she said: "O Messenger of Allah! What if I knew which night Lailatul-Qadr was, then what should I say in it?" He said 'Say
Allahumma innaka 'affuwwun tuhibbul 'afwa fa'fu 'anni' "
O Allah You are The One Who pardons greatly, and loves to pardon, so pardon me. [atTirmidhi]
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