✿ Masnun Duas for the Release and Support of Innocent Prisoners ✿
Written by: Qari Usama bin Abdus Salam ḥafiẓahullāh
❀ Supplications for Innocent Prisoners
Praying for innocent Muslims—especially those imprisoned due to injustice and oppression—is a great virtue. Below are some powerful and effective supplications that can be recited on their behalf.
◈ Supplications from the Noble Qur’an
① Supplication for Release:
رَبِّ نَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
(Al-Qasas: 21)
(O my Lord! Deliver me from the oppressive people.)
② Supplication for Ease in Difficulties:
رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي وَيَسِّرْ لِي أَمْرِي وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي يَفْقَهُوا قَوْلِي
(Ṭāhā: 25–28)
(O my Lord! Expand my chest for me, ease my task, and untie the knot in my tongue so they may understand my speech.)
③ Supplication for the Oppressed:
وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ الْوَارِثِينَ
(Al-Qasas: 5)
(And We intend to favor those who were oppressed in the land by making them leaders and inheritors.)
④ Supplication for Deliverance from a City of Oppressors:
رَبِّ أَخْرِجْنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ الظَّالِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَاجْعَلْ لِي مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا وَاجْعَلْ لِّي مِن لَّدُنكَ نَصِيرًا
(An-Nisāʾ: 75)
(O my Lord! Bring me out of this town whose people are oppressors, and appoint for me a protector from Yourself, and appoint for me a helper from Yourself.)
◈ Supplications from the Hadith
⑤ Supplication for the Release of Prisoners:
اللَّهُمَّ فُكَّ أَسْرَ الْمَأْسُورِينَ، وَأَطْلِقْ سَرَاحَ الْمَظْلُومِينَ، وَرُدَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمْ سَالِمِينَ
(O Allah! Release the captives, grant freedom to the oppressed, and return them safely to their families.)
⑥ Supplication for the Help of Every Oppressed One:
اللَّهُمَّ كُنْ مَعَ كُلِّ مَظْلُومٍ وَنَجِّهِ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ وَالطُّغْيَانِ
(O Allah! Be with every oppressed person and grant them deliverance from injustice and tyranny.)
⑦ Supplication for the Release of Innocent Prisoners:
اللَّهُمَّ عَجِّلْ بِالْفَرَجِ لِكُلِّ مَسْجُونٍ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ، وَارْزُقْهُمُ الصَّبْرَ وَالثَّبَاتَ
(O Allah! Hasten the release of every wrongfully imprisoned person, and grant them patience and steadfastness.)
⑧ Supplication for Freedom and Relief:
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لَهُمْ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ مَخْرَجًا، وَيَسِّرْ لَهُمْ سَبِيلَ الْحُرِّيَّةِ وَالرَّاحَةِ
(O Allah! Provide them a way out of their plight and ease for them the path to freedom and comfort.)
◈ Additional Masnun Duas
⑨ Supplication for the Salvation of Innocent Prisoners:
اللَّهُمَّ فُكَّ أَسْرَ إِخْوَانِنَا الْمَسْجُونِينَ وَأَعِدْهُمْ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِمْ بِسَلاَمٍ
(O Allah! Free our imprisoned brothers and return them to their families safely.)
⑩ Supplication for Help and Steadfastness:
اللَّهُمَّ ارْحَمْ ضُعْفَهُمْ وَأَعِنْهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَا هُمْ فِيهِ وَثَبِّتْهُمْ عَلَىٰ دِينِكَ
(O Allah! Have mercy on their weakness, aid them in their suffering, and keep them firm upon Your religion.)
⑪ Supplication for the Relief of Distressed Prisoners:
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِأَسْمَائِكَ الْحُسْنَىٰ وَصِفَاتِكَ الْعُلْيَا أَنْ تُفَرِّجَ هَمَّ وَكَرْبَ كُلِّ مَسْجُونٍ وَمُضْطَهَدٍ
(O Allah! I ask You by Your Most Beautiful Names and Lofty Attributes to relieve the grief and distress of every prisoner and oppressed person.)
⑫ Supplication for Light in the Darkness of Prison:
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لَهُمْ نُورًا فِي ظُلُمَاتِ السِّجْنِ وَأَخْرِجْهُمْ مِنْهُ بِرَحْمَتِكَ
(O Allah! Grant them light in the darkness of prison and bring them out by Your mercy.)
✔ Conclusion
These supplications are immensely effective for innocent prisoners. We must recite them frequently and sincerely, asking Allah ﷻ to have mercy on all innocent Muslims, grant them swift freedom, and protect them from the cruelty of oppressors.
اللّٰهُمَّ آمين!
