Other Duas

Duas for greetings, thanks, praise, sneezing, anger and other everyday moments that do not belong to one of the main groups.

27 duas

Dua for Sneezing

إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُم فَلْيَقُلِ (الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ)،وَلْيَقُلْ لَهُ أَخُوهُ أَوْ صَاحِبُهُ: (يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ)،فَإِذَا قَالَ لَهُ: (يَرحَمُكَ اللَّهُ)، فَلْيَقُلْ: (يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ)

When you sneeze , then say : Alḥamdulillāh Your companion should say : Yarḥamukallāh When someone says Yarḥamukallāh to you then you should say: Yahdīkumu ‘llāhu wa yuṣliḥu bālakum.

When you sneeze, then say: All praises and thanks are to Allah. Your companion should say: May Allah have mercy upon you. When someone says Yarḥamukallāh to you then you should say: May Allah guide you and set your affairs in order.

Al-Bukhari 7/125

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Dua for Anger

أَعوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطانِ الرَّجيم

A`ūdhu billāhi minash-Shayṭānir-rajīm.

I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the outcast.

Al-Bukhari 7/99

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Dua Upon Seeing Someone in Trial or Tribulation

الْحَمْدُ للهِ الّذي عافاني مِمّا ابْتَلاكَ بِهِ،وَفَضَّلَني عَلى كَثيرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقَ تَفْضيلا

Alhamdu lillāhi ‘l-ladhī `āfānī mimmab-talāka bihi wa faḍḍalanī `alā kathīrin mimman khalaqa tafḍīlā.

Praise is to Allah Who has spared me what He has afflicted you with, and preferred me greatly above much of what He has created.

At-Tirmidhi 5/493,4

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Dua To the Debtor When His Debt Is Settled

بارَكَ اللهُ لَكَ في أَهْلِكَ وَمالِك،إِنَّما جَزاءُ السَّلَفِ الْحَمْدُ والأَداء

Bārakallāhu laka fī ahlika wa mālik, innamā jazā'us-salafi ‘l-ḥamdu wa‘l-adā'.

May Allah bless you in your family and your wealth, surely the reward for a loan is praise and returning (what was borrowed).

Ibn Majah 2/809

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Dua: The Scorn of Ascribing Things to Evil Omens

اللّهُمَّ لا طَيْرَ إِلاّ طَيْرُك،وَلا خَيْرَ إِلاّ خَيْرُك،وَلا إِلهَ غَيْرُك

Allāhumma lā ṭayra illā ṭayruk, wa lā khayra illā khayruk, wa lā ilāha ghayruk.

O Allah there is no portent other than Your portent, no goodness other than Your goodness, and none worthy of worship other than You.

Ahmad 2/220

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Dua: What to Say Upon Receiving Pleasing or Displeasing News

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا أَتَاهُ الْأَمْرُ يَسُرُّهُ قَالَ: (الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي بِنِعْمَتِهِ تَتِمُّ الصَّالِحَاتُ) وَإِذَا أَتَاهُ الْأَمْرُ يَكْرَهُهُ قَالَ: (الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ)

When something happened that pleased him, the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say: Alḥamdu lillāhi ‘lladhi bi ni`matihi tatimmuṣ-ṣāliḥāt. And if something happened that displeased him, he used to say: Alḥamdu lillāhi `alā kulli ḥāl.

When something happened that pleased him, the Prophet (ﷺ) used to say: Praise is to Allah Who by His blessings all good things are perfected. And if something happened that displeased him, he used to say: Praise is to Allah in all circumstances.

Al-Hakim who graded it authentic 1/499

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Dua: Excellence of Sending Prayers Upon the Prophet (ﷺ) (1)

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: (مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ صَلاَةً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بِهَا عَشْراً)

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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever prays for Allah's blessings upon me once, will be blessed for it by Allah ten times."

Muslim 1/288

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Dua: Excellence of Sending Prayers Upon the Prophet (ﷺ) (2)

وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: (لاَ تَجْعَلُوا قَبْرِي عِيداً وَصَلُّوا عَلَيَّ؛ فَإِنَّ صَلاَتَكُم تَبْلُغُنِي حَيْثُ كُنْتُمْ)

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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Do not make my grave a place of ritual celebration, but pray for Allah's blessings upon me, for your blessings reach me from wherever you are.

Abu Dawud 2/218

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Dua: Excellence of Sending Prayers Upon the Prophet (ﷺ) (3)

وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: (الْبَخِيلُ مَنْ ذُكِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ فَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيَّ)

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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The miser is the one in whose presence I am mentioned yet does not pray for Allah's blessings upon me."

At-Tirmidhi 5/551

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Dua: Excellence of Sending Prayers Upon the Prophet (ﷺ) (4)

وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم:(إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَلاَئِكَةً سَيَّاحِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ يُبَلِّغُونِي مِنْ أُمَّتِي السَّلاَمَ)

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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Indeed Allah has angels who roam the earth and they convey to me the greetings (or prayers of peace) of my Ummah (nation)."

An-Nasa'i, Al-Hakim 2/421

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Dua: Excellence of Sending Prayers Upon the Prophet (ﷺ) (5)

وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: (مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيَّ إِلاَّ رَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ رُوحِيَ حَتَّى أَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمَ)

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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "No one sends greetings (or prayers of peace) upon me but Allah returns my soul to me so that I may return his greetings."

Abu Dawud 1/383

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Dua: Excellence of Spreading the Islamic Greeting (1)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: (لاَ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنُوا، وَلاَ تُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى تَحَابُّوا، أَوَلاَ أَدُلُّكُم عَلَى شَيْءٍ إِذَا فَعَلْتُمُوهُ تَحَابَبْتُم، أَفْشُوا السَّلاَمَ بَيْنَكُمْ)

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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "You shall not enter Paradise until you believe, and you have not believed until you love one another. Shall I tell you of something you can do to make you love one another? Spread the greetings of Salam (peace) amongst yourselves (i.e. between each other).

Muslim 1/74

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Dua: Excellence of Spreading the Islamic Greeting (2)

ثَلاَثٌ مَنْ جَمَعَهُنَّ فَقَدْ جَمَعَ الْإِيمَانَ: الْإِنْصَافُ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ، وَبَذْلُ السَّلاَمِ لِلْعَالَمِ، وَالْإِنْفَاقُ مِنَ الإِقْتَارِ

Three characteristics, whoever combines them, has completed his faith: to be just, to spread greetings to all people and to spend (charitably) out of the little you have.

Al-Bukhari

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Dua: Excellence of Spreading the Islamic Greeting (3)

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: أنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أيُّ الْإِسْلاَمِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ: (تُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ، وَتَقْرأُ السَّلاَمَ عَلَى مَنْ عَرَفْتَ وَمَنْ لَمْ تَعْرِفْ)

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`Abdullah bin `Umar (RA) said: A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ), "What is the best act of Islam?" He said, "To feed others and to give greetings of Salam (peace) to those whom you know and to those whom you do not know. "

Muslim 1/65

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Dua: Returning a Greeting to a Disbeliever

إذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا: وَعَلَيْكُمْ

If one of the People of the Scripture (i.e. Christians and Jews) greets you, saying As-Salāmu `alaykum, then say (to him): Wa `alaykum.

If one of the People of the Scripture (i.e. Christians and Jews) greets you saying As-Salaamu `alaykum, then say (to him): And upon you .

Muslim 4/1705

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Dua Upon Hearing a Rooster Crow or the Braying of a Donkey

إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ صِيَاحَ الدِّيَكَةِ فَاسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ؛ فَإِنَّهَا رَأَتْ مَلَكاً وَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ نَهِيقَ الْحِمَارِ فَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيطَانِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ رَأَى شَيْطَاناً

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When you hear the cock's crow, ask Allah for His favor upon you for surely it has seen an angel. When you hear the bray of a donkey, seek refuge in Allah from Satan, for surely it has seen a devil.

Muslim 4/2092

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Dua Upon Hearing the Barking of Dogs at Night

إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ نُبَاحَ الْكِلاَبِ وَنَهِيقَ الْحَمِيرِ بِاللَّيْلِ فَتَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْهُنَّ؛ فَإِنَّهُنَّ يَرَيْنَ مَا لاَ تَرَوْنَ

When you hear a dog barking or a donkey braying in the night, then seek refuge in Allah from them, for surely they have seen what you see not.

Abu Dawud 4/327

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Dua For One You Have Insulted

قال صلى الله عليه وسلم: «اللَّهُم فأيما مؤمن سببته فاجعل ذلك له قربة إليك يوم القيامة»

Allāhumma fa'ayyumā mu'minin sababtuhu faj`al dhālika lahu qurbatan ilayka yawma ‘l-qiyāmah.

O Allah, whomever of the believers I have abused, give him the reward of a sacrificial slaughter for it on the Day of Resurrection.

Muslim 4/2007

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Dua: The Etiquette of Praising a Fellow Muslim

قال صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُم مَادِحاً صَاحِبَهُ لاَ مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ: أَحْسِبُ فُلاَناً وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ، وَلاَ أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَداً، أَحْسِبُهُ – إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ ذَاكَ – كَذَا وَكَذَا»

If any of you praises his companion then let him say: Aḥsibu fulānan wallāhu ḥasībuh wa lā uzakkī `alallāhi aḥada.

If any of you praises his companion then let him say: I consider (such and such a person), and Allah is his Assessor, (meaning: and I cannot claim anyone to be pious before Allah) if you know of this (good character trait in the person) to be such and such (saying what he thinks is praiseworthy in that person).

Muslim 4/2296

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Dua For the One That Have Been Praised

اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا يَقُولُونَوَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
[وَاجْعَلْنِي خَيْرًا مِمَّا يَظُّنُّونَ]

Allāhumma lā tu'ākhidhnī bimā yaqūlūn, waghfir lī mā lā ya`lamūn [waj`alnī khayran mimmā yaẓunnūn].

O Allah, do not call me to account for what they say and forgive me for what they have no knowledge of [and make me better than they imagine].

Al-Bayhaqi, Shu'ab Al-Iman 4/228

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Dua When Slaughtering or Offering a Sacrifice

بِسْمِ اللَّهِوَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
[اللَّهُمَّ مِنْكَ وَلَكَ]
اللَّهُمَّ تَقَبَّلْ مِنِّي

Bismillāh wallāhu Akbar [Allāhumma minka wa lak] Allāhumma taqabbal minnī.

With the Name of Allah, Allah is the Most Great! [O Allah, from You and to You.] O Allah, accept it from me.

Muslim 3/1557

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Dua: Comprehensive Types of Good and Manners

إِذَا كَانَ جُنْحُ اللَّيْلِ – أَوْ أَمْسَيْتُم – فَكُفُّوا صِبْيانَكُم، فَإِنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ تَنْتَشِرُ حِينَئِذٍ، فَإِذَا ذَهَبَ سَاعَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيلِ فَخَلُّوهُمْ، وَأَغْلِقُوا الأَبْوَابَ وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ؛ فَإِنَّ الشَّيطَانَ لاَ يَفْتَحُ بَاباً مُغلَقاً، وَأَوْكُوا قِرَبَكُمْ، وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ، وَخَمِّرُوا آنِيَتَكُم، وَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ، وَلَوْ أَنْ تَعْرُضُوا عَلَيْهَا شَيْئاً، وَأَطْفِئُوا مَصَابِيحَكُمْ.

When night falls, restrain your children (from going out) because at such time the devils spread about. After a period of time has passed, let them be. Shut your doors and mention Allah’s name, for verily the devil does not open a shut door, tie up your water-skins and mention Allah’s name, cover your vessels with anything and mention Allah’s name and put out your lamps.

Al-Bukhari with Al-Fath 10/88

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