Is there a specific dua for one's parents?

The Quran pairs the command to worship Allah alone directly with kindness to parents: 'Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and that you be good to parents... and lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy, and say, "My Lord, have mercy upon them as they raised me when I was small"' (17:23-24). This verse gives Muslims a ready-made dua — Rabbi irhamhuma kama rabbayani saghira — to say for parents whether they are living or have passed away, asking Allah to show them the same mercy they once showed us as helpless children. Ibrahim modeled a similar dua for his own parents: 'Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers on the Day the account is established' (14:41). Scholars note that continuing to pray for one's parents — through dua, charity on their behalf, and asking forgiveness for them — is one of the ways a child's good deeds keep reaching a parent after death, alongside ongoing charity and beneficial knowledge left behind. Making this dua regularly, not just on special occasions, is considered one of the simplest yet most rewarding forms of honoring parents.

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