Invocations from Husband to Wife
A husband can pray for his wife using various invocations found in the Quran and Sunnah, as well as other permissible supplications. Here are some notable prayers that can be employed:
- As Almighty Allah says: “Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for the righteous.”
- As the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “O Allah, I ask You for her goodness and for the good that You have created her with, and I seek refuge in You from her evil and the evil that You have created her with.”
- Also, the Prophet (peace be upon him) stated: “O Allah, keep us away from the devil, and keep the devil away from what You have provided for us, so that we may have a child who is not harmed by the devil.”
General Supplications from Husband to Wife
A husband may invoke any prayers he desires for his wife, according to his needs. Here are a few examples of heartfelt supplications:
- O Allah, make my wife and the comfort of my eyes righteous and steadfast in faith. Grant her to be a believing, virtuous woman, trustworthy and kind, O Lord of the worlds.
- O Allah, make her to me as I love and please, and make me to her as she loves and pleases, and make us to You as You love and please, O Lord of the worlds.
- O Allah, let us be the comfort of each other’s eyes, O Lord of the worlds.
- O Allah, rectify our affairs and our religion and this world of ours. Make my wife loving, obedient, and content, O Most Generous of the Generous.
- O Allah, I entrust my wife, my beloved, and the comfort of my eyes to You. Protect her from every evil, sorrow, and anxiety, O You who does not lose trust.
- O Allah, instill love for me in my wife’s heart and beautify my image in her eyes. Make us among the rightly guided servants.
- O Allah, I ask You by Your Greatest Name, through which You respond when invoked and grant when asked, to bestow upon my wife from the ocean of Your generosity the greatest of her wishes, ease for her every hardship, and make me significant in her heart, and grant us everlasting happiness.
- O Allah, fortify my wife and me with Your invincible protection against the plots of the deceivers, the envy of the envious, the sorcery of the sorcerers, the oppression of the oppressors, the whim of the careless, and the influence of the devils.
- O Allah, prolong my wife’s life with health and wellness. O Lord, You granted me happiness for a day, so grant her enduring happiness. You opened for me doors of love and affection, so open for her doors of Your mercy.
Supplications for Love and Affection for the Wife
A husband may also pray for his wife with various invocations that seek to enhance love and harmony between them. Here are some examples:
- O Allah, unite our hearts and mend what is between us.
- O Allah, O Knower of hearts, unite my heart and my wife’s heart upon Your love and obedience, through Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
- O Allah, bless me with her love and affection, and grant her my love and affection. Make my wife gentle, kind, and gracious with me.
- O Allah, make me a support to my wife in worship, and make her a support to me.
- O Allah, ease my wife’s heart and bound it to me, O Lord.
- O Allah, keep us away from the company of evil doers, as You have kept the East and West apart.
- O Allah, protect my wife and me from anything that disrupts our peace, and keep away all ill from my wife, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
- O Allah, grant her relief and an exit from every hardship, and guide her to what You love and please. Keep her away from all illness and affliction, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
- O Allah, O Veiler, conceal her faults from me and mine from her, and let her see in me only what she loves and pleases.
- O Allah, grant us together what You love and please, and divert calamities from us through Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.