1. Intention for Fasting (in the heart)
وَبِصَوْمِ غَدٍ نَّوَيْتُ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ
Wa bi-sawmi ghadin nawaytu min shahri Ramadan
I intend to keep the fast for tomorrow in the month of Ramadan.
2. Dua for Breaking Fast (Iftar)
اللَّهُمَّ إنِّى لَكَ صُمْتُ وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ [وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ] وَعَلَى رِزْقِكَ اَفْطَرْتُ
Allahumma inni laka sumtu wa bika aamantu [wa ‘alayka tawakkaltu] wa ‘alaa rizqika aftartu
O Allah! I fasted for You and I believe in You [and I put my trust in You] and I break my fast with Your sustenance.
3. Recommended du’as in Ramadan
اللْهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي
Allahumma innaka ‘afuwwun kariimun tuhibbul ‘afwa fa’fu ‘annii.
“O Allah, You are the best forgiver. You love forgiveness, so forgive me.” (Tirmidhi).
3.1 Du’as for the First 10 Days: Mercy from Allah
Allahummaghfir lii warhamnii wajburnii wahdinii warzuqnii.
“O Allah! Forgive me, have mercy on me, help me, guide me and sustain me.”
(Tirmidhi al Tabarani)
Laa ilaaha illaa anta subhaanak. Allahumma astaghfiruka li-dhambii wa as-aluka rahmatak. Allaahumma zidnii ‘ilmaw-walaa tuzigh qalbii ba’da idh hadaytanii wahab lii
milladunka rahmatan innaka antal-wahhaab.
“There is no God except You. You are glorified. O Allah! I seek Your forgiveness for my sins, I ask You for Your mercy. O Allah! Increase me in knowledge and do not misguide my heart after having guided me. And grant me mercy from Your treasure. Verily You are the Giver.” (Al-Hakim, Ibn HIbban and Abu Dawud).
3.2 Du’a for the Second 10 Days: Days of Forgiveness
Allahumma innii as-aluka bini’matika-assaabighati allatii an’amta bihaa ‘alaiyya wa balaa-ikal-ladhii ibtalaitanii wa bifadlikal-ladhee afdalta ‘alayya an tudkhilaniyal-jannah. Allahumma adkhilnii aljannata bifadlika wa mannika wa rahmatika.
“O Allah! I ask You by medium of Your abundant blessings that You have blessed me with and by medium of Your trials that You have tested me with and by medium of Your trials that You have favoured me with that You enter me in Paradise. O Allah! Enter me
into paradise with Your favour, boon and mercy.” (Al-Tabarani).
3.3 Du’as for the Last 10 Days: Salvation from Hellfire
Allahumma innii as-aluka-aljannata wa maa qarraba ilayhaa min qawlin aw ‘amal. Wa a’uudhu bika minan-naari wa maa qarraba ilayhaa min qawlin aw ‘amal. Wa as-aluka an taj’ala kulla qadaa-in qadaitahuu lii khayraa.
“O Allah! I ask You for paradise and whatever words and actions may take me near it. I seek Your protection from the fire and whatever words or actions that may take me near it. I beseech You to make Your decisions for me good.” (Ahmad Ibn Majah – similar wording in Al-Hakim and Al-Adab Al-Mufrad of Al-Bukhari).
Allahumma innii as-alukal-jannata wa na’iimahaa wa bahjatahaa wa a’uudhu bika minan-naari wa salaasilihaa wa aghlaalihaa.
“O Allah! I ask for heaven and its bounties and its joy and I seek Your protection from the Fire, its chains and its shackles.” (Abu Dawud, Ahmad)
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