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Dua 1

Before eating

Before any meal

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ

Bismillāh.

In the name of Allah.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5376. The Prophet ﷺ taught: “Mention the name of Allah, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is near you.”

Dua 2

If you forgot Bismillāh

Mid-meal, when you remember

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ

Bismillāhi fī awwalihi wa ākhirih.

In the name of Allah, at its beginning and its end.

Abū Dāwūd 3767, Tirmidhī 1858.

Dua 3

After eating

On finishing a meal

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَٰذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi lladhī aṭʿamanī hādhā wa razaqanīhi min ghayri ḥawlin minnī wa lā quwwah.

All praise is for Allah who fed me this and provided it for me without any power or strength from myself.

Abū Dāwūd 4023, Tirmidhī 3458.

Whoever eats food and says this, his previous sins will be forgiven. (Tirmidhī 3458)

Dua 4

Dua for the host

After eating at someone's home

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَهُمْ فِيمَا رَزَقْتَهُمْ، وَاغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَارْحَمْهُمْ

Allāhumma bārik lahum fīmā razaqtahum, waghfir lahum warḥamhum.

O Allah, bless them in what You have provided for them, and forgive them and have mercy on them.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2042.

Dua 5

Before entering the bathroom

Stepping into the toilet

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ

Bismillāh, Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika mina l-khubuthi wa l-khabāʾith.

In the name of Allah. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from male and female devils.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 142, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 375.

Enter with your left foot.

Dua 6

Leaving the bathroom

On stepping out

غُفْرَانَكَ

Ghufrānak.

I seek Your forgiveness.

Abū Dāwūd 30, Tirmidhī 7.

Exit with your right foot.

Dua 17

After completing wudu

Immediately after finishing wudu (ablution)

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ

Ashhadu an lā ilāha illa llāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan ʿabduhu wa rasūluh. Allāhumma jʿalnī mina t-tawwābīna wajʿalnī mina l-mutaṭahhirīn.

I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger. O Allah, make me among those who repent and make me among those who purify themselves.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 234 — narrated by ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir. The closing "tawwābīn/mutaṭahhirīn" addition is from Tirmidhī 55.

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever performs wudu and does it well, then says this — the eight gates of Paradise will be opened for him, and he may enter through whichever one he wishes." (Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 234)

Dua 7

When entering the home

Every time you enter

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَلَجْنَا، وَبِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَرَجْنَا، وَعَلَى رَبِّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا

Bismillāhi walajnā, wa bismillāhi kharajnā, wa ʿalā Rabbinā tawakkalnā.

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

Abū Dāwūd 5096.

Dua 8

When leaving the home

Every time you step out

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

Bismillāh, tawakkaltu ʿala llāh, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

In the name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah.

Abū Dāwūd 5095, Tirmidhī 3426.

Dua 9

When entering the masjid

Stepping into the mosque

اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

Allāhumma ftaḥ lī abwāba raḥmatik.

O Allah, open for me the doors of Your mercy.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 713.

Enter with your right foot.

Dua 16

Dua after hearing the Azaan

After the muezzin finishes the call to prayer

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَٰذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ، آتِ مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ، وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ، إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ

Allāhumma Rabba hādhihi d-daʿwati t-tāmmati wa ṣ-ṣalāti l-qāʾimah, āti Muḥammadan al-wasīlata wa l-faḍīlah, wabʿathhu maqāman maḥmūdan illadhī waʿadtah, innaka lā tukhlifu l-mīʿād.

O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and established prayer, grant Muhammad the intercession and the eminence, and raise him to the praised station that You have promised him. Indeed, You do not break promises.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 614 — narrated by Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh.

The Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever says this when he hears the azaan, my intercession will be granted to him on the Day of Resurrection."

Dua 10

When leaving the masjid

Stepping out of the mosque

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ

Allāhumma innī asʾaluka min faḍlik.

O Allah, I ask You from Your bounty.

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 713.

Exit with your left foot.

Dua 11

When putting on clothes

Dressing in new or clean clothes

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي هَٰذَا الثَّوْبَ وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ

Al-ḥamdu lillāhi lladhī kasānī hādha th-thawba wa razaqanīhi min ghayri ḥawlin minnī wa lā quwwah.

All praise is for Allah who clothed me with this garment and provided it for me without any power or strength from myself.

Abū Dāwūd 4023, Tirmidhī 3458.

Whoever says this when wearing a new garment will have his past sins forgiven.

Dua 12

When looking in the mirror

Seeing your reflection

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ حَسَّنْتَ خَلْقِي فَحَسِّنْ خُلُقِي

Allāhumma anta ḥassanta khalqī fa-ḥassin khuluqī.

O Allah, You have made my appearance beautiful, so make my character beautiful.

Musnad Aḥmad 3823.

Dua 13

When sneezing

After you sneeze

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāh.

All praise is for Allah.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6224.

When someone sneezes and says “Al-ḥamdu lillāh”, respond with “Yarḥamuka llāh.”

Dua 14

Responding to someone's sneeze

When someone near you sneezes and says al-ḥamdu lillāh

يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ

Yarḥamuka llāh.

May Allah have mercy on you.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6224.

The sneezer then replies: Yahdīkumu llāhu wa yuṣliḥu bālakum — May Allah guide you and set your affairs right.

Dua 15

Before sleeping

Lying down to sleep

بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا

Bismika Allāhumma amūtu wa aḥyā.

In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6324.

“Sleep” here refers to the minor death — each night Allah takes your soul, and each morning He returns it.