Diverse Prayers for Family
The family is one of the most precious gifts from the Almighty to an individual. It is essential for a Muslim to pray for their well-being and all that is good. Here are some heartfelt prayers for parents:
- O Lord, my family is among Your most beautiful blessings and the dearest of what You have provided me. Please protect them and bring them happiness.
- O Allah, the Lord of all that exists, I invoke You by Your unique name, the One, the Self-Sufficient, and by Your greatest name that invokes a response when called upon. Please grant me the righteousness of my family and descendants.
- O Allah, instill in them a love for faith, embellish their hearts with it, and cause them to despise disbelief, transgression, and disobedience. Make them among the guided, as a favor and blessing from You, for You are the best of providers.
- O Allah, grant us a measure of Your fear that will separate us from disobeying You, and from Your obedience, that will help us attain Your Paradise. Grant us enjoyment in our hearing, sight, and strength as long as You give us life. Do not allow this world to be our greatest concern or the extent of our knowledge. Do not unleash upon us those who have no compassion for us; indeed, You are the All-Hearing, the Responsive.
- O Allah, grant them health in their bodies, hearing, sight, souls, and limbs. Make them among the protected from afflictions by Your mercy, and those safeguarded from sins and missteps by Your piety, and guided toward good and righteousness through Your obedience.
- O Allah, let us be among those who rely on You and are sufficient for their needs, who seek Your guidance and are led by it, who seek Your forgiveness and are granted it, who call upon You and are answered.
- O Allah, I entrust my children and family to You, for You are the guardian of entrusted souls. Protect them and keep them safe from afflictions and ailments, from illnesses and diseases, and from the harm of the trials of night and day, from the evil eye of every envious one and the malice of every bitter-hearted one, and from bad company.
- O Allah, grant my descendants health, well-being, intelligence, alertness, rapid memory, and understanding, and let them utilize all these gifts in serving Your faith and calling people to You.
- Our Lord, grant us from our spouses and children the joy of our eyes and make us leaders for the righteous.
- O Allah, inspire us to make the right decisions, ease for us every matter requiring a response, free us from all forms of suffering, and brighten our faces on the Day when reckoning becomes severe. Decorate our gatherings with the best companions and make our prayers accepted.
- O Allah, preoccupy us with Your remembrance above all else, and lead us to Your obedience above any other. Indeed, You are the Facilitator, the Easy Maker; ease our affairs, achieve our requests, and grant us what is best in all matters.
- O Allah, bestow upon them good character. O Allah, soften their hearts and temper their natures. Grant each of them their desires and wants that please You and are acceptable in Your sight.
- O Allah, protect them in front of them, behind them, on their right, on their left, above them, and below them.
- O Allah, make them among the fortunate, the pious, the pure, the wealthy, the generous, the patient, the compassionate, and the knowledgeable.
- My Lord, inspire me to be grateful for the blessing You have bestowed upon me and my parents, to do good deeds that please You, and to rectify my descendants, O Most Merciful, and admit me into Your mercy among Your righteous servants.
Prayers for Family Happiness
- O Allah, my family brings me happiness in this world. Grant them joy in both this life and the Hereafter, for You are the Most Generous. Just as You have blessed me with their presence, grant me the blessing of seeing them happy.
- O Allah, make my family among those who experience a joyful life, transform this world into a paradise for them, and grant them entry into the highest Paradise in the Hereafter through Your mercy and generosity, O Bestower.
- O Allah, You turn the hearts of all creation as You will; turn my family’s worries and sorrows into happiness and joy, and distance them from grief and distress, and everything that harms them, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
Prayers for Family Healing
- O Allah, grant my family everlasting health in this world and the Hereafter. Bestow upon them well-being in their faith, worldly matters, and what lies beyond. Bestow upon them Your favors, O Most Merciful.
- O Allah, heal my family from every ailment. Indeed, You are All-Powerful, capable of doing so, so decree for them a swift recovery from all illness and affliction.
- O Allah, I turn to You, disavowing reliance on doctors and their strength, and seek refuge in Your might. There is no power or strength except in You. Grant them recovery swiftly and prepare the means for that, for You are the All-Hearing, the Near, the Responsive to the supplicant when they call upon You.
Prayers for Family Success and Prosperity
- O Allah, let my family’s life be filled with success, righteousness, and prosperity, through Your mercy and favor, O Most Merciful.
- O Allah, grant my family success in all their endeavors, guide them toward Your obedience and pleasure, and support them in entering Your Gardens, O Granter of Favors and Bounty.
- O Allah, grant my family what You love and approve. Make success their ally in both this world and the Hereafter, and amongst those who receive the great victory promised to Your righteous servants.
Prayers to Protect Family from Epidemics
- O Allah, I place my family in Your trust and care. Protect them with Your protection and keep them safe from epidemics and afflictions.
- O Allah, spare me and my family from the harm of tumors and ailments. Shield them with Your protection and guard them with Your care, and make them part of Your alliance.
- O Allah, distance my family from everything that harms them. Do not allow me to witness what I dislike in them. Keep them far from epidemics, as You have distanced the east from the west, in Your mercy, favor, and generosity, O Most Generous.
Prayers for Family Longevity
- O Allah, grant my family blessings; bless them in their health, time, wealth, and lives. Make them among those whose lives are lengthened in Your obedience, and shower them with Your mercy and grace.
- O Allah, make my family among those with long lives. Grant them prolonged years and bless their time. Let their lives be filled with Your remembrance, and fill their hearts with love for You, and keep their tongues praising You. Bestow upon them health and well-being, O Generous.
- O Allah, you are capable of all things, and You deserve to be called upon. Keep away everything that harms my family and grant them lengthy lives in Your obedience, mercy, and grace, O Lord of Glory and Honor.
Prayers for Family Guidance
- O Allah, my family is the joy of my eyes; guide their hearts, relieve their burdens, ease their worries, and lead them to Your obedience, O Lord of the Worlds.
- O Allah, guide their hearts and make them among those whom You have guided, healed, taken under Your care, and forgiven. Indeed, You are All-Powerful.
- O Allah, guide my family to what You love and accept, lead them to Your obedience, and fortify them against disobedience. Make them guides and the rightly guided, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
Prayers for Family Forgiveness of Sins
- O Allah, forgive my family’s sins, both the minor and the major, known and unknown. Grant them forgiveness for every sin they are aware of and for those they are not.
- O Allah, make them among the righteous who are devout and seek Your mercy while fearing Your punishment. Admit them into Your mercy, for You admit into Your mercy whom You will.
- O Allah, I ask You to forgive my family’s sins, cover their faults, elevate their ranks, have mercy on them, and pardon them, for You are the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.
- O Allah, You are the Most Forgiving, Most Generous, and You love the act of forgiveness and overlooking transgressions. Please pardon my family and forgive them, and overlook their shortcomings, through Your mercy and generosity, O Most Compassionate, O Most Merciful.
Commonly Recited Prayers for Family
There are beautiful supplications mentioned in the Holy Quran that Muslims can use to pray for their parents and family, including the following:
- (Our Lord, forgive me, my parents, and the believers on the Day the account is established).
- (My Lord, have mercy on them as they brought me up when I was small).
- (Our Lord, grant us in this world what is good and in the Hereafter what is good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire).
- (Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we forget or make a mistake. Our Lord, lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon us, and forgive us, and have mercy upon us. You are our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving people).
- (My Lord, inspire me to be grateful for Your blessing that You have bestowed upon me and my parents and to do righteous deeds that please You. And admit me by Your mercy among Your righteous servants).
- (My Lord, make me one who establishes prayer, and many from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication).
- (My Lord, forgive me and my parents).