Duas for Home & Daily Life

Short duas for dressing, using the bathroom, wudu and entering or leaving the house. They are the ones most people learn first.

14 duas

Dua for Wearing a Garment

الحمدُ للهِ الّذي كَساني هذا (الثّوب)وَرَزَقَنيه مِنْ غَيْرِ حَولٍ مِنّي وَلا قوّة

Alḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī kasānī hādhā (aththawba) wa razaqanīhi min ghayri hawlim-minnī wa lā quwwah.

Praise is to Allah Who has clothed me with this (garment) and provided it for me, though I was powerless myself and incapable

Al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah

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Dua When Wearing a New Garment

اللّهُمَّ لَكَ الحَمْدُ أنْتَ كَسَوْتَنيهِ،أََسْأََلُكَ مِنْ خَيرِهِ وَخَيْرِ مَا صُنِعَ لَه،وَأَعوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَشَرِّ ما صُنِعَ لَهُ

Allāhumma lakal-ḥamdu 'anta kasawtanīhi, 'as'aluka min khayrihi wa khayri mā ṣuni`a lahu, wa 'a`oothu bika min sharrihi wa sharri mā ṣuni`a lahu.

O Allah, praise is to You. You have clothed me. I ask You for its goodness and the goodness of what it has been made for, and I seek Your protection from the evil of it and the evil of what it has been made for.

Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi

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Dua To Someone Wearing a New Garment (2)

اِلبَس جَديداًوَعِشْ حَميداًوَمُتْ شهيداً

Ilbas jadīdan, wa `ish ḥamīdan, wa mut shahīdan.

Put on new clothes, live a praise-worthy life and die as a martyr.

Ibn Majah 2/1178

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Dua for Entering the Bathroom

(بِسْمِ الله)اللّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبْثِ وَالْخَبائِث

[Bismillāhi] Allāhumma 'innī 'a`ūdhu bika minal-khubthi walkhabā'ith.

[In the Name of Allah]. O Allah, I seek protection in You from evil and the evil ones (or, from the evil male and female Jinn).

Al-Bukhari 1/45

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Dua Before Wudu

بِسْمِ الله

Bismillāhi

In the Name of Allah

Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, and Ahmad

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Dua After Wudu (1)

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلَهَ إِلاّ اللهُوَحْدَهُ لا شَريكَ لَهُوَأَشْهَدُأَنَّ مُحَمّداً عَبْدُهُ وَرَسولُه

'Ash-hadu 'an lā 'ilāha 'illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu wa 'ash-hadu 'anna Muḥammadan `abduhu wa Rasūluhu.

I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner; and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger.

Muslim 1/209

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Dua After Wudu (2)

اللّهُمَّ اجْعَلني مِنَ التَّوّابينَوَاجْعَلْني مِنَ المتَطَهّرين.

Allāhummaj`alnī minat-tawwābīna waj`alnī minal-mutaṭahhirīn.

O Allah, make me among those who turn to You in repentance, and make me among those who are purified.

At-Tirmidhi 1/78

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Dua After Wudu (3)

سُبْحانَكَ اللّهُمَّ وَبِحَمدِكأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلهَ إِلاّ أَنْتَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتوبُ إِلَيْك

Subḥānaka Allāhumma wa biḥamdika, 'ash-hadu 'an lā 'ilāha 'illā 'Anta, 'astaghfiruka wa 'atūbu 'ilayk.

Glory is to You, O Allah, and praise; I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.

An-Nasa'i

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Dua for Leaving Home (1)

بِسْمِ اللهِ، تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلى اللهِوَلا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلاّ بِالله

Bismillāhi, tawakkaltu `alallāhi, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

In the Name of Allah, I have placed my trust in Allah, there is no might and no power except by Allah.

Abu Dawud 4/325

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Dua for Leaving Home (2)

اللّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعوذُ بِكَأَنْ أَضِلَّ أَوْ أُضَل،أَوْ أَزِلَّ أَوْ أُزَل،أَوْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أَُظْلَم،أَوْ أَجْهَلَ أَوْ يُجْهَلَ عَلَيّ

Allāhumma 'innī 'a`ūdhu bika 'an 'aḍilla, 'aw 'uḍalla, 'aw 'azilla, 'aw 'uzalla, 'aw 'aẓlima, 'aw 'uẓlama, 'aw 'ajhala 'aw yujhala `alayya.

O Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others , or I am misguided by others , lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err , lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others.

At-Tirmidhi 3/152

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Dua for Entering Home

بِسْمِ اللهِ وَلَجْنا،وَبِسْمِ اللهِ خَرَجْنا،وَعَلى رَبِّنا تَوَكّلْن(ثم ليسلم على أهله.)

Bismillāhi walajnā, wa bismillāhi kharajnā, wa `ala Rabbinā tawakkalnā

In the Name of Allah we enter , in the Name of Allah we leave , and upon our Lord we depend [then say As-Salāmu `Alaykum to those present].

Abu Dawud 4/325

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