Family and relationships

Dua before marital intimacy

The selected supplication is reported before lawful marital intimacy. It names Allah and seeks protection, including for any offspring that may be granted, without promising conception or a particular family outcome.

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Before marital intimacyhadith
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا
Transliteration

Bismillah. Allahumma jannibnash-shaytana wa jannibish-shaytana ma razaqtana.

English meaning

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

The report’s context

Sahih al-Bukhari 141 records the wording and its before-intimacy setting. The card preserves the plural form and opening naming phrase in that report.

Read the narrated virtue with its own conditions. It should not be turned into a claim about guaranteed fertility, the sex of a child or this website’s ability to predict a child’s future.

Privacy, respect and consent

The prayer belongs within a private marital context. Learning it should not require a person to disclose intimate details publicly or accept pressure from a partner.

Supplication accompanies considerate conduct. It does not remove the need for consent, care or appropriate support where a relationship involves coercion or harm.

Learning the wording

Read the meaning before memorising the Arabic. Keep the words together as the selected quotation, and check any uncertainty with a competent reader.

Related questions about purification, fasting, health or marital rights have their own guidance. This short remembrance page is not a complete manual for those subjects.

Common questions

Is this a conception guarantee? No such claim is made. May I change the plural wording? Preserve the quotation; a different form needs accurate guidance. Is it said afterward? The report’s stated occasion is before intimacy. Does forgetting it settle a child’s future? Do not make unsupported judgments about a person or family from whether a phrase was remembered.