Pray for mercy: a prayer page for someone who has passed away
When someone dear dies, their family and friends ask what they can still do for them. Pray. Create a page in their name and send its link to the family group or with a message of condolence: whoever opens it finds established supplications from the Qur’an and Sunnah to read for them, then presses “I prayed” and the count rises. No sign-up, no app.
Create a prayer page
How it works
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Write the name
Write the name people knew them by. No account, no e-mail, no phone number.
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Send the link
One link is created for the page. Send it to the family or friends group, or with a message of condolence.
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Everyone prays
Whoever opens it finds the supplication ready, with the name and the right pronouns. They read, press “I prayed”, and everyone sees how many have prayed. Anyone who comes back on another day and prays again is counted again.
Supplications for the deceased from the Qur’an and Sunnah
These same supplications appear on every page, with the right name and pronouns. You are free to pray in your own words, in any language.
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The Prophet ﷺ prayed this over a Muslim man at his funeral, naming him
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ فِي ذِمَّتِكَ، وَحَبْلِ جِوَارِكَ، فَقِهِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْقَبْرِ وَعَذَابِ النَّارِ، وَأَنْتَ أَهْلُ الْوَفَاءِ وَالْحَقِّ، فَاغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ
O Allah, so-and-so son of so-and-so is in Your care and under the protection of Your nearness, so shield him from the trial of the grave and the punishment of the Fire. You are the One who keeps faith and the Truth: forgive him and have mercy on him. You are the Forgiving, the Merciful.
Narrated in Abu Dawud & Ibn Majah
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The Prophet’s ﷺ supplication in the funeral prayer
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ، وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ، وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ، وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ، وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ، وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الْأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ، وَأَهْلًا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، وَزَوْجًا خَيْرًا مِنْ زَوْجِهِ، وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَمِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ
O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, keep him safe and pardon him. Honour his resting place and make his entrance wide. Wash him with water, snow and hail, and cleanse him of sins as a white garment is cleansed of dirt. Give him a home better than his home, a family better than his family and a spouse better than his spouse. Admit him to Paradise, and protect him from the punishment of the grave and the punishment of the Fire.
Narrated in Sahih Muslim
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The Prophet ﷺ prayed this for Abu Salamah when he died, naming him
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ، وَارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فِي الْمَهْدِيِّينَ، وَاخْلُفْهُ فِي عَقِبِهِ فِي الْغَابِرِينَ، وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلَهُ يَا رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ، وَافْسَحْ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ، وَنَوِّرْ لَهُ فِيهِ
O Allah, forgive him and raise his rank among the rightly guided, and be his successor for those he leaves behind. Forgive us and him, Lord of the worlds. Make his grave spacious for him and fill it with light.
Narrated in Sahih Muslim
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The believers’ prayer for those who went before them in faith
رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who went before us in faith, and leave no rancour in our hearts towards those who believe. Our Lord, You are Most Kind, Most Merciful.
Quran — al-Hashr 59:10
What we were careful about
- Supplication, not dedication. The page is only supplication, which benefits the dead by agreement of the scholars. It offers no reading or khatma “gifted” to them, since whether the reward of recitation reaches the dead is disputed.
- No target number. The count is there so the family know people prayed — not a goal. We set no number and promise nothing for reaching one.
- Established supplications. From the Qur’an and authentic Sunnah, each with its source, and in the feminine form when the prayer is for a woman.
- No names, no ranking. We never ask who prayed and never list them.
- A private page. It is kept out of search engines, only people with the link can open it, and its creator can delete it at any time.
Common questions
Do the dead benefit from the prayers of the living?
Yes, by agreement of the scholars. Allah describes the believers as saying: “Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who went before us in faith” (al-Hashr 59:10), and the Prophet ﷺ said: “When a person dies, his deeds come to an end except for three: ongoing charity, knowledge that benefits, or a righteous child who prays for him” (Muslim). He ﷺ himself prayed for the dead in the funeral prayer and when visiting graves.
Is there special merit in reaching forty or a hundred people?
Sahih Muslim reports the merit of forty, or a hundred, Muslims praying over the deceased and interceding for them — but that is about the funeral prayer itself. No number is reported for supplication made like this, which is why the page sets no target: one sincere prayer is worth more than a large count.
Why is there no khatma or reading dedicated to the deceased?
Because whether the reward of reciting the Qur’an reaches the dead is disputed between the schools, while supplication is agreed to benefit them. If you want to read the Qur’an with others, the site’s group khatma is there as a general reading, without dedication.
Do I need an account? Will my name show?
Neither. The link is all anyone needs, and we never ask who prayed. Your browser keeps a random code so your prayer is not counted twice; it is not linked to who you are.
Can I pray for them more than once?
Yes — pray as often as you like. The page counts each device as one person, and a prayer on a later day is added to the total, so whoever created it can see both how many people prayed and how often.
I misspelt the name — do I make a new page?
No. In the browser that created the page, an “Edit” button appears at the bottom: correct the name or the pronoun, and the link you sent and the count stay as they are. The page can also be deleted for good from there. If you created it on another device, write to [email protected] with the link.