Invocations of the terminal ill

  1. اللَّهُمَّ اِغْفِرْ لِي وَاِرْحَمْنِي وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ الأَعْلَى

    ‘O Allaah, forgive me, have mercy upon me and unite me with the highest companions

  2. جَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ يُدْخِلُ يَدَيْهِ فِي المَاءِ فَيَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ وَيَقُولُ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ إِنَّ لِلْمَوْتِ لَسَكَرَاتٌ

    'Aa.ishah (radhi-yAllaahu 'anhaa) related that The Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) [during his illness in which he passed away] would dip his hands in water and then he would wipe his face and say: ‘None has the right to be worshipped except Allaah, death does indeed contain agony.’

  3. لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ، لَاإِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَهُ المُلْكُ وَلَهُ الحَمْدُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

    (None has the right to be worshipped except Allah and Allah is the greatest.None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone.None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone, without partner.None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, to Him belongs all sovereignty and praise. None has the right to be worshipped except Allah and there is no might and no power except with Allah.)