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1. Zakariyya's du'a (Surah Aal-Imran 3:38)
هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۥ ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ ٣٨Hunalika da'a Zakariyya Rabbahu, qala Rabbi hab li min ladunka dhurriyyatan tayyibah, innaka samee'u-d-du'a.
There Zakariyya called upon his Lord. He said: 'My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication.'
2. The du'a of righteous spouses (Surah Al-Furqan 25:74)
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَٱجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا ٧٤Wal-ladhina yaquluna Rabbana hab lana min azwajina wa dhurriyyatina qurrata a'yunin waj'alna li-l-muttaqina imama.
And those who say: 'Our Lord, grant us from among our spouses and offspring comfort to our eyes, and make us a leader for the righteous.'
3. Ibrahim's du'a for a righteous child (Surah As-Saffat 37:100)
رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ ١٠٠Rabbi hab li mina-s-saliheen.
My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous.
4. Ibrahim's du'a for prayer-keeping descendants (Surah Ibrahim 14:40)
رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْنِى مُقِيمَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَآءِ ٤٠Rabbi-j'alni muqima-s-salati wa min dhurriyyati, Rabbana wa taqabbal du'a.
My Lord, make me a keeper of the prayer, and from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.
5. Zakariyya's deeper du'a (Surah Maryam 19:5-6)
وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا ٥Wa inni khiftu-l-mawaliya min wara'i, wa kanati-mra'ati aqiran, fa-hab li min ladunka waliyya.
And indeed I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren. So grant me from Yourself an heir.
يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَٱجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا ٦Yarithuni wa yarithu min ali Ya'qoob, waj'alhu Rabbi radiyya.
Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Ya'qub. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You].
Protecting the child once granted
The Prophet(ﷺ)sought refuge for Hasan and Husayn using the same words their father Ibrahim used for Isma'il and Ishaq. This is the prophetic du'a of refuge:
Narrated by Ibn Abbas (radiy-Allahu anhu)
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ، وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لاَمَّةٍI seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from every devil, every harmful creature, and every envious eye.