Marriage & Family

Invocation for the groom

بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ، وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ، وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِي خَيْرٍ

Barakal-lahu lak, wabaraka ‘alayk, wajama‘a baynakuma fee khayr.

May Allah bless for you (your spouse) and bless you, and may He unite both of you in goodness.

The groom’s supplication on the wedding night or when buying an animal

إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ أَحَدُكُمُ امْرَأَةً، أَوْ إِذَا اشْتَرَى خَادِماً فَلْيَقُلْ: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا، وَخَيْرَ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا، وَشَرِّ مَا جَبَلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ، وَإِذَا اشْتَرَى بَعِيراً فَلْيَأْخُذْ بِذِرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ وَلْيَقُلْ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ»

When you marry a woman or buy a maidservant, you should say:“O Allah, I ask You for the goodness within her and the goodness that you have made her inclined towards, and I take refuge with You from the evil within her and the evil that you have made her inclined towards.” And if you buy a camel, then you should take hold of it’s hump and say likewise.

Invocation to be recited before intercourse

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ، وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا

Bismil-lah, allahumma jannibnash-shaytan, wajannibish-shaytana ma razaqtana.

In the name of Allah. O Allah, keep the devil away from us and keep the devil away from what you have blessed us with.

ما يعوذ به الأولاد

كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يعوذ الحسن والحسين أعيذكما بكلمات الله التامة، من كل شيطان وهامة، ومن كل عينِ لامة