أَللّٰهُمَّ فَصَلِّ عَلـىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ...

Your Messenger, the truthful, the trustworthy - may Your blessings be upon him and his household has said that You say ‘I have not hesitated in a matter that I decide to do more than My hesitation in taking the soul of My believing servant who hates to encounter death and I hate to perturb him.’ O’ Allah!

Bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and hasten the relief of your intimate servant and give him wellbeing and succor, and do not perturb me or any of those whom I love, including so and so.’”[^3] If one wishes, he can then take the names of each of his friends and close acquaintances whom he wishes this supplication for and in place of the word فلان and the words which appear in the brackets, one can mention all of his friends. [^1]: Tuhaf al-’Uqul, pg.

309; Suratul Baqarah (2), Verse 195 [^2]: al-Ghaybah of Nu’mani, pg. 273, sec. 14: “Signs before the Avent,’ no. 50; Biharul Anwar, vol. 52, pg. 243, sec. 25, no. 116 [^3]: Biharul Anwar, vol. 86, pg. 7, sec. 38, no. 7; Makarim al-Akhlaq, pg. 284 Previous…