Prayers for My Dear Friend
This article presents a collection of prayers for friends, and it is particularly relevant to also offer these prayers to my friend on the Day of Arafah.
Prayer for Success and Achievement for My Friend
Here are some prayers for my friend’s success and prosperity:
- O Allah, fill her heart with light, her tongue with light, her ears with light, her sight with light, above her with light, below her with light, to her right with light, to her left with light, in front of her with light, and behind her with light. Grant her inner light and magnify that light within her.
- O Allah, I ask You to grant her success in her life, ease her struggles, bring happiness to her, provide for her, and grant her all that she wishes for. Heal her heart, and O Allah, facilitate paths of comfort for her.
- O Allah, simplify her upcoming days, grant her a share of success and achievement, and ease her journey as the majority of it has unfolded.
- O Allah, grant her strength, keep her away from the troubles of this world, ease her life, and make success her companion. O Allah, I entrust her heart to You; please bring her joy.
- O Allah, I ask for the best of requests, the best of prayers, the best of successes, and the best of deeds. O Allah, grant my friend success and make good come to her wherever she may be.
Prayer for Relief from Worries for My Friend
Here is a prayer for my friend in distress:
- O Allah, relieve my friend’s worries, bring her happiness, reassure her heart, and thwart those who wish her ill.
- O Allah, I entrust my friend to You; grant her relief, provide for her in ways she never anticipated. Ease her heart, replace her distress with joy, and keep all sadness away from her.
- O Lord, if my friend’s heart is burdened with unspoken sorrow, remove all hardship from her. Grant her peace for what she cannot express, make her among Your happiest creations, mend her broken heart, and bring her back to You in goodness. Bestow upon her the sweetness of closeness to You in prayer.
- O Allah, if my friend is filled with sorrow, grant her joy; if she is broken, grant her strength; if she is in need, do not leave her to anyone else.
- O Allah, with Your power that preserved Jonah in the belly of the whale, and with the mercy through which You healed Job after severe trials, keep her free from worry, sadness, hardship, and illness. If she has woken to sorrow, let her evening be filled with joy. If she has gone to sleep in distress, awaken her to relief. If she has a need, do not let her rely on anyone else; safeguard her among those who love her, and protect for her those whom she loves.
Prayer for Blessings for My Friend
- O Allah, I ask You for my friend to receive an increase in faith, blessings in her life and health, abundance in provision, repentance before death, martyrdom at the time of passing, forgiveness after death, pardon at the reckoning, and safety from torment. Keep her away from the evils of the soul and protect her with Your Holy Name, and let her sustenance be blessed and unrestrained. Grant her a rank with You in Paradise.
- O Lord, bless her life, wealth, and health. Provide her with lawful sustenance, and do not cause her to suffer the loss of loved ones, O Lord of the worlds.
- O Allah, if her sustenance is in the heavens, let it descend; if it is on earth, let it come forth; if it is distant, bring it closer; if it is near, facilitate it; if it is little, increase it; and if it is abundant, bless her in it with Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
Prayer for My Friend During Ramadan
It is also appropriate to include prayers for friends in Ramadan:
- O Allah, bring my friend to Ramadan without fatigue, worry, or stress. Let her reach Ramadan in the years to come, and protect her with Your vigilant eye.
- O Allah, You are forgiving and generous, and You love forgiveness, so forgive my friend. Grant her the Night of Decree and make her among those who are freed from the Fire.
- Lord, she is my friend and sister, and the dearest blessing to my heart. Bless her in Ramadan and accept her good deeds.
- Lord, enter the month of Ramadan upon her while You are pleased with her, and allow it to be a month where her sins are transformed into good deeds.
- Lord, do not let Ramadan leave without rectifying my friend’s affairs, bringing her happiness in her life, and fulfilling her wishes, for You hold all goodness, and You are capable of all things.
- O Allah, grant my friend the sacred month of Ramadan, aid her in fasting and praying. Accept her good works and make her one who calls upon You and is answered. Grant her peace of heart and all that she desires. O Allah, forgive her every sin and relieve her of every worry.
Prayers for My Married Friend
Prayer for the Well-Being of My Married Friend’s Children
- O Allah, open the doors of knowledge for my friend’s children. Teach them what they do not know, remind them of what they have forgotten, and bestow upon them the blessings of the heavens and earth; You are All-Hearing, All-Responding. O Allah, Teacher of Moses—peace be upon him—educate them. O Bestower of understanding, Solomon—peace be upon him—grant them understanding, and O Giver of wisdom, inspired to Luqman, grant them wisdom and eloquence.
- O Allah, teach my friend’s children what they do not know, remind them of what they have forgotten, and I ask You to grant them the strength of memory, quick understanding, and clarity of mind. Make them among those who guide others.
- O Allah, make my friend’s children among the most fortunate of Your servants in this world and the Hereafter; make them among Your friends and special ones whose light shines before them and to their right. They shall have no fear, nor shall they grieve. Make them among the protectors of Your Book, and those who spread Your message in the world.
- O Allah, grant my friend’s children good teachers, virtuous companions, and withhold their hearts from attachment to anything other than You, making them among those whom You love and who love You.
Prayer for Reconciliation Between My Friend and Her Husband
- O Allah, O Compassionate, O Generous, unite my friend’s heart with her husband. Bring reconciliation between them, guide them on the paths of peace, and lead them from darkness into light. Protect them from open and secret indecencies, bless them with insight and vision, and forgive them for they are indeed the Most Forgiving and Merciful. Make them grateful for Your blessings, honoring them through acceptance.
- O Allah, grant my friend the heart of the one she needs. I ask You by Your beautiful names and high attributes to guide her husband and bring him to her. O Allah, who softened the iron in the hand of David and made the winds subservient to Solomon, I ask You to grant her husband to her.
- O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen, My Lord and the Lord of all, You judge between Your servants with justice. Judge between my friend and her husband with justice, O their Sustainer and Refuge. Make her husband’s anger towards her a source of calmness and peace, as You made the fire cool and safe for Abraham. There is no power or strength except with Allah. O Allah, mend what is between her and her husband.
Prayer for Righteous Offspring for My Married Friend
- O Allah, I ask You, for Yours is the praise; there is no god but You, the Compassionate, the Generous, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Lord of Glory and Honour, to grant my friend righteous offspring.
- O Allah, I invoke You by Your best names, Your Great Name, which, if called upon, You respond, and if asked, You provide. If mercy is sought through it, You show mercy, and if relief is sought through it, You grant relief. Grant my friend righteous offspring.
- O Allah, bring joy to my friend’s heart, relieve her loneliness, ease her distress, and grant her comfort. Bless her with pregnancy and childbirth, and grant her a healthy child, perfect in creation without excess or deficiency, making him a source of goodness for her and among those who are dutiful and pray for her after her demise.
- O Allah, grant my friend a child who is pious, intelligent, without excess or deficiency, and may his end be towards goodness.
- O Most Loving, O Most Loving, O Lord of Glory, O Doer of What You Will, I ask You by the might that cannot be overcome, by the kingdom that cannot be contested, and by the light that fills the corners of Your Throne, to grant my friend righteous offspring.
Prayers for My Sick Friend
Prayer for Healing for My Sick Friend
- O Lord, she is my beloved friend. Do not leave a spot of pain in her body without healing it. Purify her body from fatigue. My Lord, I entrust her to You. Heal her and grant her wellness, O Lord.
- O Allah, heal my friend with Your healing, alleviate her with Your trials, spread peace within her body, and clothe her in health and wellness, for You are the Healer; there is no healing but through You.
- O Allah, grant her swift healing and strengthen her. Purify her body and spread wellness within her, O Lord of the worlds.
- O Lord, You restore health to the sick and answer the prayers of the afflicted. Heal my friend; You are the Healer, and no healing can match Your healing, a healing that does not leave any illness.
Prayer for Patience for My Sick Friend
- O Allah, strengthen my friend’s heart, be with her, and pour tranquility upon her. My Lord, comfort her heart with Your peace and strengthen her patience, O Allah.
- O Allah, grant patience to her and her family, pour down tranquility upon them. Strengthen her, and make her illness easier for her. Heal her heart, O Allah, hug her heart with Your kindness and mercy.
- O Allah, comfort my friend’s heart with peace, be with her, and prepare her for strength and patience in the face of her illness. Relieve her distress, guide her heart, and ease her worries. Grant her patience like that of Job, O Lord, be with her and strengthen her heart.
Prayers for My Deceased Friend
Prayer for Mercy for My Deceased Friend
- O Lord, perfume my friend’s grave with the scent of Paradise. Have mercy on that pure soul that has parted from us; only You know the pain of her loss. Gather me with her in Your gardens.
- May Allah have mercy on a heart that overflows with purity and clarity. O Allah, grant her countless smiles that linger in my memory. Let my friend be smiling in Your Paradise.
- O Allah, have mercy on the one who was my support and my right-hand. Forgive the one who was a piece of my heart and an inseparable part of my soul. Have mercy on the one who illuminated my life with her smile.
- O Allah, grant my friend mercy that no caller has called upon nor has it crossed the hearts of created beings. Bring her joy in her grave and grant her solace.
- O Allah, have mercy on my friend who has departed from me but has not vanished from my heart. Have mercy on a spirit that brought joy through her existence and has now found her place in the earth. Make her one of the people of Your Paradise, O Lord.
Prayer for Forgiveness and Deliverance from Fire for My Deceased Friend
- O Allah, have mercy on my friend, and shower her grave with Your mercy and forgiveness. Forgive her sins as numbers of raindrops, and protect her body from the Fire.
- O Allah, as You have rained goodness upon Your earth, rain mercy upon my friend’s grave and the graves of all Muslims. Provide her comfort and forgiveness in every drop of rain.
- O Allah, feed her from Paradise, give her drink from Paradise, show her her place in Paradise, and tell her to enter through whichever gate she desires. Make her among those who are sheltered from the Fire.
- O Allah, replace her abode with one better than her previous one, grant her a family better than her former one, offspring better than her own, and a spouse better than her late husband. Entrance her into Paradise without reckoning, for Your mercy envelops the worlds.
- O Allah, I ask You by every name You have, to grant my friend deliverance from the Fire. Provide her with sustenance from the delights of Paradise.
Prayers for My Traveling Friend
Prayer for Contentment and Happiness for My Traveling Friend
- O Allah, I entrust my traveling friend to You. Protect her for me and shield her from the harms of the journey and destiny. Place her in Your care, in Your vast mercy, and Your strong fortress. Grant her safe travels, return her to me unharmed, and light her path with happiness and satisfaction.
- O Lord, protect my traveling friend to the extent of my love for her. I entrust her to You, so keep her safe, bring her joy, and fill her heart with contentment and peace, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
- O Allah, grant my friend righteousness and piety during this journey. Keep her away from harm and hardship; protect her from the evil of all of Your creatures, facilitate her affairs, and bring her good fortune, O Most Generous of the Generous.
- O Allah, bring joy to my friend’s heart, keep her from all harm, and grant her more goodness than she can imagine.
- O Allah, safeguard my friend wherever her feet tread. I entrust her smile, her heart, her spirit, her joy, and her happiness to You, and bring her back to us safely.
- O Allah, keep her away from oppressors, protect her from the plots of the wicked, and grant her happiness and contentment during her journey, O Lord of the worlds.
Prayer for Healing and Relief for My Traveling Friend
- O Reliever of concerns, relieve my traveling friend’s worries. O Allah, calm her fears, ease her heart, and expand her chest. Grant her goodness, and fulfill her wishes, O Lord.
- O Allah, comfort my friend’s heart as she travels, freeing her from all her sorrows. Relieve her worries and fill her heart with happiness. You know no one else sees her burdens but You; relieve her heart and strengthen her through You.
- O Allah, I entrust my traveling friend to You. Keep her away from all distress she feels, ease her worries, grant her success in her affairs, and elevate her in high ranks. Replace her distress with joy, and her sorrows with peace. Her worries are my worries, and her happiness is my happiness; You are capable of all things.
- O Allah, purify my friend’s heart so that not even a grain of sadness remains. If she sheds tears secretly without my knowledge, send her waves of comfort and happiness. Grant her peace, and bring her back from her journey safely.