Duas for family and protection

The duas

1. For the protection of your children

   I place you both under the protection of the perfect words of Allah against every devil, every harmful creature, and every evil eye. (For one child, say: u'îdhuka.)

2. When stopping at any place

   أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ

   A'ûdhu bi-kalimâti Llâhi t-tâmmâti min sharri mâ khalaq

   I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created.

3. To congratulate someone who has just married

   بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ، وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ، وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِي خَيْرٍ

   Bâraka Llâhu lak, wa bâraka 'alayk, wa jama'a baynakumâ fî khayr

   May Allah bless you, may He send His blessing upon you, and may He unite you both in goodness.

4. On the wedding day — the husband's supplication for his wife

   O Allah, I ask You for her good and for the good of the nature You have given her; and I seek refuge in You from her evil and from the evil of the nature You have given her.

5. Before spouses come together

   بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ، وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا

   Bismillâh, Allâhumma jannibnâ sh-shaytân, wa jannibi sh-shaytâna mâ razaqtanâ

   In the name of Allah. O Allah, keep the devil away from us, and keep the devil away from what You grant us.

6. To repel the plots of the devils

   I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah, which neither the righteous nor the wicked can overstep: from the evil of what He has created, formed and brought forth; from the evil of what descends from the sky and of what rises up to it; from the evil of what He has spread over the earth and of what comes out of it; from the evil of the trials of night and day; and from the evil of every visitor of the night, except one who visits with good, O Ar-Rahmân.

7. For your spouse and your children

   1. وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَٱجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

      walladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā hab lanā min 'azwājinā wadhurriyyātinā qurrata 'aʿyuniw wajʿalnā lil-muttaqīna 'imāmā

      And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives and offspring comfort to our eyes and make us a leader [i.e., example] for the righteous."

      Al-Furqan 25:74

   The page for this verse: Rabbana hab lana

When to say them

The congratulation is said to the couple on their wedding day; the protection, when arriving at a hotel, a house, a stop.

Verse 74 of Surah Al-Furqan is recited at any time for your spouse and children.