Dua's For Fasting

by **Noor'e Sahar** Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:44 am

Asslam o Alaikum wa rehmatulahi wa barakatuhu

When beginning the fast- Suhur

وَبِصَوْمِ غَدٍ نَّوَيْتَ 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]

When breaking the fast- Iftar

اللَّهُمَّ اِنِّى لَكَ صُمْتُ وَبِكَ امنْتُ [وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ] وَعَلَى 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 الظَّمَأُ وَ ابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ، وَ ثَبَتَ الأجْرُ
إنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

dhahabadh-dhama'u wab-tallatil 'urūūqi,wa thabatal arju inshaAllah

The thrist is gone, the veins are moistened and the reward is confirmed, if Allah [Ta'ala] Wills

[abu Dawud 2:306]

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسأَلُكَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ الَّتِي وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ أَنْ تَغْفِرَ لِي
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)]

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]

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]

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]

Upon Sighting of the new Moon

اللَّهُ
اَكْبَرُ ، اَللَّهُمَّ اَهِلَّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالآَمْنِ وَلاِيمَانِ ،
وَالسَّلَامَةِ وَالاِسْلَامِ ، وَالتَّوْفِيقِ لِمَا تُحِبُّ رَبَّنَا
وَتَرْضَى ، رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكَ اللَّهُ

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]

Upon seeing the first dates of the season

اللَّهُمَّ
بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي ثَمَرِنَا ، وَ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مَدِينَتِنَا وَ
بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِنَا ، وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مُدِّنَا

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]

Recited at intervals of taraweeh prayers

سُبْحَانَ ذِى الْمُلْكِ
وَ الْمَلَكُوْتِ سُبْحَانَ ذِى الْعِذَّْْةِ وَ الْعظْمَةِ وَ، الْهَيْبَةِ وَ
الْقُدُرَةِ ، وَالْكِبْرِيَآءِ وَ
الْجَبْرُتِ، سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْحَىِّ الَّذِىْ
لايُنَامُ وَ لا يَمُوُتُ، سُبُّوحٌ ، قُدُّوْسٌ، رَبُّ الْمَلَئِكَةِ وَ الرُّوُحِ
لَآ اِلهَ اِلَّا اللَّهُ نَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ
، نَسْئَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَّ وَ نَعُوُذُ
بِكَ مِنَ النّارِ

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.

Upon breaking the fast in someone's home

أفْطَرَ عِنْدَكُمُ الصَّائِمُونَ، وَ أَكَلَ طَعَامَكُمُ

الأبْرَارُ، وَ صَلَّتْ عَلَيْكُم ُ الْمَلائِكَةُ

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]