For the sick person who has given up hope of life

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اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَارْحَمْنِي، وَأَلْحِقْنِي بِالرَّفِيقِ الْأَعْلَى

Allahummaghfir li warhamni, wa alhiqni bir-rafiqil-a'la

O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, and join me with the Highest Companion.

Source Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5674 Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book of the Merits of the Companions — site no. 6135 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites al-Bukhārī 7/10; Muslim 4/1893

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As death drew near, the Prophet ﷺ would put his hands in water, wipe his face and say:

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، إِنَّ لِلْمَوْتِ لَسَكَرَاتٍ

La ilaha illallah, inna lilmawti lasakarat

There is no deity except Allah; truly, death has its agonies.

The same hadith mentions that he ﷺ used the tooth-stick (siwāk) as death approached.

Source Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4449 Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6510 Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites al-Bukhārī with Fatḥ al-Bārī 8/144

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لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

La ilaha illallahu wallahu akbar, la ilaha illallahu wahdah, la ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, la ilaha illallahu lahul-mulku walahul-hamdu, la ilaha illallahu wala hawla wala quwwata illa billah

There is no deity except Allah, and Allah is the Greatest. There is no deity except Allah alone. There is no deity except Allah alone, with no partner. There is no deity except Allah; His is the dominion and His is the praise. There is no deity except Allah, and there is no power and no strength except through Allah.

Allah confirms each of these sayings; whoever says them in his illness and then dies, the Fire will not consume him.

Source Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3430 Ṣaḥīḥ · Sunan Ibn Mājah 3794 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ

Compiler cites at-Tirmidhī and Ibn Mājah; al-Albānī: ṣaḥīḥ — see Ṣaḥīḥ at-Tirmidhī 3/152, Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Mājah 2/317