for forgiveness, mercy, and well-being. Al-Bayhaqī (4/9) also transmits—on the authority of Abū Hurayrah, traced back to the Prophet ﷺ:

“O Allah, make him a forerunner for us, a precursor who goes ahead, a treasure, an admonition, and a lesson. O Allah, make him a treasure for his parents by granting them forgiveness, mercy, and well-being.”

Al-Bayhaqī likewise relates (4/9), from Abū Hurayrah in a marfūʿ report:

“O Allah, through him make their scales heavy, magnify their rewards, join him to the righteous predecessors of the believers, place him under the care of Abraham, and by Your mercy shelter him from the torment of Hell-fire.”

Some scholars have remarked that this supplication befits the circumstance and is particularly apt for a child, for praying on behalf of his parents is more appropriate than praying for him, since he is an intercessor who has no need of intercession.

Fourth. The phrase “and protect him from the trial of the grave” refers here to the barzakh—the interval between a person’s death and the advent of the Hour—whether the deceased is in his burial pit, on land or at sea, within the earth or upon its surface.

Fifth. Al-Rawḍ and its marginal notes state: after the fourth takbīr one pauses briefly and does not supplicate, according to the well-known view from Aḥmad. Another narration from him allows supplication; this was chosen by al-Majd and is the opinion of the majority of scholars.

Al-Majd says in al-Muḥarrar that one should then say:

“Our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.”

It is authentically established that he never offered a supplication without concluding it with this prayer.