Seeking refuge for children in the perfect words of Allah (SWT)
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ
A'udhu bi-kalimati-llahi-t-tammah, min kulli shaytanin wa hammah, wa min kulli 'aynin lammah.
“I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from every devil and every poisonous creature, and from every evil eye.”
The Prophet ﷺ sought refuge for his grandsons al-Hasan and al-Husayn with these words, and said that Ibrahim (AS) sought refuge with them for Isma'il and Ishaq (AS).
Du'a 2 · Du'as from the Qur'an
Rabbi-j'alni muqima-s-salah, the du'a of Ibrahim (AS)
رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِي ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَاءِ
Rabbi-j'alni muqima-s-salah, wa min dhurriyyati. Rabbana wa taqabbal du'a'.
“My Lord, make me an establisher of prayer, and from my descendants. Our Lord, and accept my supplication.”
Ibrahim (AS), decades into his mission, still asking for prayer to be established in his line. The quiet prayer every parent should have on their lips.
Du'a 3 · Du'as from the Qur'an
Rabbi hab li min ladunka dhurriyyatan tayyibah
رَبِّ هَبْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ
Rabbi hab li min ladunka dhurriyyatan tayyibah, innaka sami'u-d-du'a.
“My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring. Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication.”
The prayer of Zakariya (AS) for a good and righteous child. It is a fitting Du'a for anyone asking Allah (SWT) for children or praying for the goodness of future offspring.
Du'a 4 · Du'as from the Qur'an
Wa inni u'idhuha bika, the mother of Maryam at her birth
وَإِنِّي أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
Wa inni u'idhuha bika wa dhurriyyataha mina-sh-shaytani-r-rajim.
“And I seek refuge for her in You, and for her descendants, from Satan, the expelled.”
The wife of 'Imran said this when her daughter Maryam was born, and her Lord accepted the child with a goodly acceptance (3:37). The words are recited as the verse gives them; their meaning, placing a newborn under Allah's protection, is for every child.