We Return – Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilayhi Raji’un

Dhikr Series #7 – To God We Belong and To Him We Return.

“Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilayhi Raji’un” is an invocation is commonly pronounced when someone beloved has passed away. The lyrics are the exact wording of the prayer for the deceased:

Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman ‘Auf bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered a funeral prayer and I memorized his supplication. He (ﷺ) prayed:

اللَّهمَّ اغْفِرْ لَه ُُ وَارْحَمْهُ، وَعَافِه ِِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ، وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ، وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ، وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالبَرَدِ، وَنَقِّه ِِ مِنَ الخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَاراً خَيْرا ً مِنْ دَارِهِ، وَأَهْلاً خَيْرا ً مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، وَزَوْجَاً خَيْرا ً مِنْ زَوْجِهِ، وَأَدْخِلْهُ الجَنَّةَ، وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ القَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ النَّار

“O God, forgive and have mercy upon him, excuse him and pardon him, and make honorable his reception. Expand his entry, and cleanse him with water, snow, and ice, and purify him of sin as a white robe is purified of stain. (…till the end of the dua)”.

After hearing this supplication of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Abu’ Abdur-Rahman ‘Auf bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) said: I wished I had been that dead man.

Narrated in Sahih Muslim

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Lyrics and Music by Abdul-Malik Ahmad (Drums and Percussion)
Camera: Tariq Ullah
Drone: Seifuddin Abdulrashid

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