Fortress of the Muslim

Fortress of the Muslim

Invocations from the Qur'an & Sunnah

Table of Contents:

1. Supplications for When You Wake Up 2. Invocation when getting dressed 3. Invocation when putting on new clothes 4. Invocations for someone who has put on new clothes 5. What to say when undressing 6. Invocation for entering the restroom 7. Invocation for leaving the restroom 8. What to say before performing ablution 9. What to say upon completing ablution 10. What to say when leaving the home 11. What to say when entering the home 12. Invocation for going to the mosque 13. Invocation for entering the mosque 14. Invocation for leaving the mosque 15. What to say upon hearing the 'Athan (call to prayer) 16. Invocations for the beginning of the prayer 17. Invocations during Ruku' (bowing in prayer) 18. Invocations for rising from Ruku' 19. Invocations during sujood (prostrating in prayer) 20. Invocations for sitting between two prostrations 21. Supplications for prostrating due to recitation of the Qur'an 22. Invocation for At-Tashahhud (sitting in prayer) 23. How to recite blessings on the Prophet after the Tashahhud 24. Invocations after the final Tashahhud and before ending the prayer 25. What to say after completing the prayer 26. Istikharah (seeking Allah's Counsel) 27. Words of rememberance for morning and evening 28. What to say before sleeping 29. Invocation to say if you stir in the night 30. What to say if you are afraid to go to sleep or feel lonely and depressed 31. What to do if you have a bad dream or nightmare 32. Invocations for Qunut in the Witr prayer 33. What to say immediately following the Witr prayer 34. Invocations in times of worry and grief 35. Invocations for anguish 36. Invocations for when you meet an adversary or a powerful ruler 37. Invocations against the oppression of rulers 38. Invocation against an enemy 39. What to say if you fear people may harm you 40. Invocations for if you are stricken by doubt in your faith 41. Invocations for the setting of a debt 42. Invocation against the distractions of Satan during the prayer and recitation of the Qur'an 43. Invocation for when you find something becoming difficult for you 44. What to say and do if you commit a sin 45. Invocations against the Devil and his promptings 46. Invocation for when something you dislike happens, or for when you fail to achieve what you attempt to do 47. Congratulations for new parents and how they should respond 48. How to seek Allah's protection for children 49. Invocations for visiting the sick 50. The reward for visiting the sick 51. Invocations of the terminally ill 52. What to encourage the dying person to say 53. Invocation for when tragedy strikes 54. Invocation for closing the eyes of the dead 55. Invocations for the dead in the Funeral prayer 56. Invocations for a child in the funeral prayer 57. Invocation for the bereaved 58. Invocation to be recited when placing the dead in his grave 59. Invocation to be recited after burying the dead 60. Invocation for visiting the graves 61. Invocations for when the wind blows 62. Invocation for when it thunders 63. Some invocations for rain 64. Invocation for when it rains 65. Supplication after it rains 66. Invocation for the withholding of the rain 67. Invocation for sighting the new moon 68. Invocations for breaking the fast 69. Invocations before eating 70. Invocations after eating 71. A dinner guest's invocation for his host 72. Invocation for someone who gives you drink or offers it to you 73. Invocation for a family who invites you to break your fast with them 74. Invocations for someone who offers you food when you are fasting which you decline 75. What to say when you are fasting and someone is rude to you 76. Invocation for when you see the first dates of the season 77. Invocation for sneezing 78. What to say to the disbeliever if he sneezes and praises Allah 79. Invocation for the groom 80. The groom's invocation and what he says upon purchasing an animal 81. Invocation to be recited before intercourse 82. Invocation for anger 83. What to say if you see someone afflicted by misfortune 84. What to say while sitting in an assembly 85. The Expiation of Assembly - Kaffatatul-Majlis 86. Invocation for someone who says: "May Allah forgive you" 87. Invocation for someone who does good to you 88. Invocation for Allah's protection from the False Messiah 89. Invocation for someone who tells you "I love you for the sake of Allah" 90. Invocation for someone who offers you a share of his wealth 91. Invocation (upon receipt of the loan) for someone who lends you money 92. Invocation for fear of Shirk 93. Invocation for someone who tells you "May Allah bless you" 94. Invocation against evil portent 95. Invocation for riding in a vehicle or on an animal 96. Invocation for travelling 97. Invocation for entering a town or city 98. Invocation for entering a market 99. Invocation for when your vehicle or mount begins to fail 100. The traveller's invocation for the one he leaves behind 101. The resident's invocations for the traveller 102. Glorifying and magnifying Allah on the journey 103. The traveller's invocation at dawn 104. Invocation for a layover (stopping along the way) on the journey 105. What to say upon returning from a journey 106. What to say if something happens to please you or to displease you 107. The excellence of asking for Allah's blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ‬ 108. Spreading the greetings of Salam (Peace)‬ 109. How to reply to a disbeliever if he says Salam to you‬ 110. Invocation upon hearing the cock's crow or the bray of a donkey‬ 111. Invocation upon hearing a dog barking in the night‬ 112. Invocation for someone you have spoken ill to‬ 113. ‬How a Muslim should praise another Muslim 114. ‬What a Muslim should say when he is praised 115. The pilgrim's announcement of his arrival for Hajj or 'Umrah‬ 116. Saying Allahu 'Akbar when passing the Black Stone‬ 117. Invocation to be recited between the Yemenite Corner and the Black Stone‬ 118. Invocation to be recited while standing at Safa and Marwah‬ 119. Invocation to be recited on the Day of Arafat‬ 120. Supplication to be recited at the sacred area of Muzdalifah‬ 121. Saying Allahu 'Akbar while stoning the three pillars at Mina‬ 122. What to say when surprised or startled‬ 123. What to say when something that pleases you happens‬ 124. What to say when you feel a pain in your body‬ 125. What to say when you fear you may afflict something with the evil eye‬ 126. What to say when you feel frightened‬ 127. What to say when slaughtering or sacrificing an animal‬ 128. What to say to foil the devil's plots‬ 129. Repentance and seeking forgiveness‬ 130. The excellence of remembering Allah‬ 131. How the prophet ﷺ‬ glorified Allah‬

Fortress of the Muslim

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

Dua no. 227

If one of the People of the Scripture (i.e. Christians and Jews) greets you saying As-Salaamu 'alaykum, then say (to him) وَعَلَيْكُمْ .

Wa 'alaykum

And upon you.

Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/42, Muslim 4/1705.