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10 Duas

Home & Daily Life

Leaving and entering the home, dressing and the restroom.

What to say when leaving the home

Supplication 1 of 2

(بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَلَاَ حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ).

(In the name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah, and there is no might nor power except with Allah.)

Hisnul Muslim · No. 16

What to say when leaving the home

Supplication 2 of 2

(اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَضِلَّ، أَوْ أُضَلَّ، أَوْ أَزِلَّ، أَوْ أُزَلَّ، أَوْ أَظْلِمَ، أَوْ أُظْلَمَ، أَوْ أَجْهَلَ، أَوْ يُجْهَلَ عَلَيَّ).

(O Allah, I take refuge with You lest I should stray or be led astray, or slip or be tripped, or oppress or be oppressed, or behave foolishly or be treated foolishly.)(slip: i.e. to commit a sin unintentionally)

Hisnul Muslim · No. 17

What to say when entering the home

(بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَلَجْنَا، وَبِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَرَجْنَا، وَعَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا، ثُمَّ لِيُسَلِّمْ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ).

(In the name of Allah we enter and in the name of Allah we leave, and upon our Lord we place our trust.)

Hisnul Muslim · No. 18

Invocation for entering the restroom

([بِسْمِ اللَّهِ] اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبْثِ وَالْخَبائِث).

((In the name of Allah). O Allah, I take refuge with you from all evil and evil-doers.)

Hisnul Muslim · No. 10

Invocation when getting dressed

(الْحَمْدُ للَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي هَذَا (الثَّوْبَ) وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلاَ قُوَّة...)

(All Praise is for Allah who has clothed me with this garment and provided it for me, with no power nor might from myself.)

Hisnul Muslim · No. 5

Invocation when putting on new clothes

( اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ كَسَوْتَنِيهِ، أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِهِ وَخَيْرِ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَشَرِّ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ).

(O Allah, for You is all praise, You have clothed me with it (i.e. the garment), I ask You for the good of it and the good for which it was made, and I seek refuge with You from the evil of it and the evil for which it w…

Hisnul Muslim · No. 6

Invocations for someone who has put on new clothes

Supplication 1 of 2

(تُبْلِي وَيُخْلِفُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى)

(May you wear it out and Allah تعالى replace it (with another).’ The intended meaning: A supplication for long life.)

Hisnul Muslim · No. 7

Invocations for someone who has put on new clothes

Supplication 2 of 2

(اِلْبَسْ جَدِيداً وَعِشْ حَمِيداً وَمُتْ شَهِيداً).

(Wear anew, live commendably and die a shaheed.)(shaheed:One who dies fighting the kuffar in order to make the word of Allah superior or in defense of Islam. It also has other meanings found in the Sunnah such as: the on…

Hisnul Muslim · No. 8