cause a person to suffer from a bad death. However, there are many other causes also, such as, missing Salah, drinking alcohol, disobeying parents, or harming other Muslims.^[1]  In order to preserve our faith, we should strive to avoid all of these bad actions, because the fortunate Muslim who succeeds in leaving this world with his faith intact, Allah Almighty, through His mercy, will grant him entry into Paradise, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه.

In order to die upon faith, alongside observing the obligatory (Faraaid) and necessary (Wajibat) acts of worship, our pious predecessors رَحْمَۃُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَیْہِمْ اَجْمَعِیْن have also prescribed various litanies for this purpose. The one who recites them will be successful in preserving his faith at the time of death, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه.

Let us now listen to five litanies we can recite to pass away with faith:

Five litanies for a good end

A person once came to the Imam of the Ahl al-Sunnah, Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه, and asked for the great Imam to make Du’a for him to pass away with his faith intact. Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه not only made Du’a for him, but went on to say:

1.   Recite یَا حَیُّ یَا قَیَّوْمُ لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اَنْتَ (‘O Ever Living! O Self-Subsisting! There is no God except You’), 41 times every morning. Recite Salat upon the Prophet, before and after.^[2]

2.   After finishing all other litanies, recite Surah Al-Kafiroon every night before sleeping. Do not speak after having recited this. If you must speak again, then ensure to recite Surah Al-Kafiroon again, making this your final act before sleeping. اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه, you will pass away with faith.^[3]