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Dua for Marriage

There is no fixed transmitted wording called 'the dua for marriage', but there are comprehensive supplications that include this request and more — and they are better than an invented text passed around.

Among the most complete is the supplication of Musa, alone, afraid and destitute: 'My Lord, I am in need of whatever good You send down to me' — and within a few verses he was granted safety, a wife and work. And the supplication of the servants of the Most Merciful: 'Our Lord, grant us from among our spouses and offspring comfort to our eyes.'

The authentic congratulation is: 'May Allah bless you, and send blessings upon you, and join you both in good' — not the pre-Islamic formula the Prophet ﷺ forbade.

The supplication of Musa

رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ

Rabbi inni lima anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqir.

My Lord, I am in need of whatever good You send down to me.

Plain text (no diacritics)

رب إني لما أنزلت إلي من خير فقير

Source: al-Qasas 24 Sahih

From the supplication of the servants of the Most Merciful

رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا

Rabbana hab lana min azwajina wa dhurriyyatina qurrata a'yunin waj'alna lil-muttaqina imama.

Our Lord, grant us from among our spouses and offspring comfort to our eyes, and make us leaders for the righteous.

Plain text (no diacritics)

ربنا هب لنا من أزواجنا وذرياتنا قرة أعين واجعلنا للمتقين إماما

Source: al-Furqan 74 Sahih

Congratulating the couple

بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ، وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ، وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِي خَيْرٍ

Barakallahu lak, wa baraka 'alayk, wa jama'a baynakuma fi khayr.

May Allah bless you, and send blessings upon you, and join you both in good.

Plain text (no diacritics)

بارك الله لك، وبارك عليك، وجمع بينكما في خير

Source: Abu Dawud 2130 • at-Tirmidhi 1091 Sahih

When

Two companions keeping each other to prayer

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Common questions

Is there a specific dua for getting married?

No fixed wording is transmitted under that name. Comprehensive supplications such as 'Rabbi inni lima anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqir' cover it.