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Invocations of the terminally ill
Allaahum-maghfir lee warhamnee wa 'alhiqnee bir-rafeeqil-'a'laa.
O Allah , forgive me and have mercy upon me and join me with the highest companions (in Paradise).
Reference: Al-Bukhari7/10, Muslim 4/1893.
As he was dying, the Prophet (SAW) dipped his hands in water and wiped his face saying:
Laa 'ilaaha 'illallaahu 'inna lilmawti lasakaraatin.
There is none worthy of worship but Allah , surely death has agonies.
Reference: Al-Bukhari, cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 8/144. The Hadith also mention him using the Siwak (tooth stick).
Laa 'ilaaha 'illallaahu wallaahu 'Akbar, laa 'ilaaha 'illallaahu wahdahu, laa 'ilaaha 'illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu, laa 'ilaaha 'illallaahu lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, laa 'ilaaha 'illallaahu wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata 'illaa billaah.
There is none worthy of worship but Allah , Allah is the Most Great . None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone . None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone , Who has no partner. There is none worthy of worship but Allah, His is the dominion and His is the praise. There is none worthy of worship but Allah , there is no power and no might but by Allah.
Reference: At-Tirmithi and Ibn Majah. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmithi 3/152 and Sahih Ibn Majah 2/317
What to encourage the dying person to say
Whoever dies with the last words :
Laa 'ilaaha 'illallaahu.
'There is none worthy of worship but Allah," will enter Paradise.
Reference: Abu Dawud 3/190. See also Al-Albani, Sahihul-Jami' As-Saghir 5/432.
Invocation for when tragedy strikes
'Innaa lillaahi wa 'innaa 'ilayhi raaji'oon, Allaahumma'-jurni fee museebatee wa 'akhliflee khayran minhaa.
We are from Allah and unto Him we return . O Allah take me out of my plight and bring to me after it something better.
Reference: Muslim 2/632.
