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Duas for at the masjid.
Walking in, waiting, walking out

The Prophet ﷺ taught a du'a for stepping into the masjid and another for stepping out: mercy on the way in, bounty on the way out. The minutes between the adhan and the iqamah are a time when du'a is not turned away.

3 sourced Du'as Arabic, transliteration, meaning, and source
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Between the adhan and the iqamah

الدُّعَاءُ لَا يُرَدُّ بَيْنَ الْأَذَانِ وَالْإِقَامَةِ

Ad-du'a'u la yuraddu bayna-l-adhani wa-l-iqamah.

“The supplication made between the adhan and the iqamah is not rejected.”

Sunan Abi Dawud 521, Jami at-Tirmidhi 212 (sahih)

Not a fixed wording but an open door. In the quiet minutes before the iqamah, ask Allah (SWT) for whatever you need, in any words.

Du'a 2 · Daily-life du'as

Entering the masjid

اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

Allahumma-ftah li abwaba rahmatik.

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

Sahih Muslim 713a · Sunan Abi Dawud 465 (sahih)

The Prophet ﷺ said that when one of you enters the masjid, let him say this (Sahih Muslim 713). In Abu Dawud's narration (465) he first sends salam upon the Prophet ﷺ.

Du'a 3 · Daily-life du'as

Leaving the masjid

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ

Allahumma inni as'aluka min fadlik.

“O Allah, I ask You of Your bounty.”

Sahih Muslim 713a · Sunan Abi Dawud 465 (sahih)

Taught in the same hadith: mercy is asked for on the way in, bounty on the way out (Sahih Muslim 713).