Remembrance 6 from Chapter 120

Allāhumma hādhā ‘abduka wa-bnu ‘abdik. Kharaja min-rawḥi-d-dunyā wa sa‘atihā, wa maḥbūbuhu wa aḥibbā’uhu fīhā, ilā ẓulmati-l-qabri wa mā huwa lāqīh, kāna yashhadu an lā ilāha illā Ant, wa anna Muḥammadan ‘abduka wa Rasūluk, wa Anta a‘lamu bih. Allāhumma nazala bika wa Anta khayru manzūlin bih, wa aṣbaḥa faqīran ilā raḥmatik, wa Anta Ghaniyyun ‘an ‘adhābih, wa qad ji’nāka rāghibīna ilayk, shufa‘ā’a lah. Allāhumma in kāna muḥsinan fa-zid fī iḥsānih, wa in kāna musī’an fa-tajāwaz ‘anh, wa laqqihi bi-raḥmatika riḍāk, wa qihi fitnata-l-qabri wa ‘adhābah, wa-fsaḥ lahu fī qabrih, wa jāfi-l-arḍa ‘an janbayh, wa laqqihi bi-raḥmatika-l-amna min ‘adhābika ḥattā tab‘athahu ilā Jannatika yā Arḥama-r-rāḥimīn.

Ash-Shāfi‘ī compiled a du‘ā’ that he pieced together from all of these hadiths. It runs as follows: O Allah, this is Your slave and the son of Your slave. He has left the comfort and expanse of this world, while those who loved him and those whom he loved are in it, for the darkness of the grave and whatever he will encounter. He used to bear witness that there is no god but You and that Muḥammad is Your servant and Messenger. You know best about him. O Allah, he has gone to stay with You and You are the Best Host. He has become needful of Your Mercy and You have no need to punish him. We have come to You to beseech You and as intercessors for him. O Allah, if he was one who did good then increase him in his good, and if he was a sinner then pardon him. Make him encounter Your pleasure through Your Mercy, and spare him the trials and punishment of the grave. Expand his grave for him and hollow out the earth from his sides. Make him encounter, through Your Mercy, safety from Your punishment until You resurrect him to Your Paradise, o Most Merciful of the merciful. This is the text of ash-Shāfi‘ī from al-Mukhtaṣar of al-Muzanī (may Allah have mercy on him).

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