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Daily-life du'as
أَدْعِيَةُ الْحَيَاةِ الْيَوْمِيَّةِ
Short supplications for the turning points of the day, eating, sleeping, travelling, leaving and entering your home.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
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Alhamdulillahi-lladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilayhi-n-nushur.
All praise is for Allah who gave us life after He took it, and to Him is the resurrection.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6324
Open this dua →بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
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Bismika-llahumma amutu wa ahya.
In Your name, O Allah, I die and I live.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6324
Open this dua →أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ غَضَبِهِ وَعِقَابِهِ، وَشَرِّ عِبَادِهِ، وَمِنْ هَمَزَاتِ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَأَنْ يَحْضُرُونِ
A'udhu bi kalimati-llahi-t-tammati min ghadabihi wa 'iqabih, wa sharri 'ibadih, wa min hamazati-sh-shayatini wa an yahdurun.
I seek refuge in Allah's perfect words from His anger and punishment, from the evil of His servants, and from the whispers of the devils and from their presence.
The Prophet ﷺ said that when one of you is frightened in his sleep, let him say this, and it will not harm him. Al-Albani graded it hasan; Zubair Ali Za'i graded it weak (da'if).
Source: Jami at-Tirmidhi 3528 (hasan) · Sunan Abi Dawud 3893
Open this dua →بِسْمِ اللَّهِ
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Bismillah.
In the name of Allah.
If you forget at the start, say bismillahi fi awwalihi wa akhirih (in the name of Allah (SWT) at its beginning and its end).
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 3767 (sahih)
Open this dua →الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَٰذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ
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Alhamdulillahi-lladhi at'amani hadha wa razaqanihi min ghayri hawlin minni wa la quwwah.
All praise is for Allah who fed me this and provided it for me without any might or power from me.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 4023, Jami at-Tirmidhi 3458 (hasan)
Open this dua →بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
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Bismillah, tawakkaltu 'ala-llah, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah.
In the name of Allah. I place my trust in Allah. There is no power and no strength except with Allah.
The Prophet ﷺ said that whoever says this is told: you are guided, sufficed and protected, and the devils turn away from him.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 5095, Jami at-Tirmidhi 3426 (sahih)
Open this dua →اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ
Allahumma-ftah li abwaba rahmatik.
O Allah, open for me the doors of Your mercy.
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.
Source: Sahih Muslim 713a · Sunan Abi Dawud 465 (sahih)
Open this dua →اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
Allahumma inni as'aluka min fadlik.
O Allah, I ask You of Your bounty.
Taught in the same hadith: mercy is asked for on the way in, bounty on the way out (Sahih Muslim 713).
Source: Sahih Muslim 713a · Sunan Abi Dawud 465 (sahih)
Open this dua →بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَلَجْنَا، وَبِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَرَجْنَا، وَعَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا
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Bismillahi walajna, wa bismillahi kharajna, wa 'ala-llahi Rabbina tawakkalna.
In the name of Allah we enter. In the name of Allah we leave. And upon Allah our Lord we rely.
Al-Albani and Zubair Ali Za'i graded this narration weak (da'if) for a break in its chain; Ibn Baz considered its chain hasan. Remembering Allah (SWT) as you enter your home is itself sound: the Prophet ﷺ said that when a man mentions Allah (SWT) on entering his house and at his meal, the devil tells his companions there is no shelter and no supper for them (Sahih Muslim 2018).
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 5096 (chain hasan per Ibn Baz; weak per al-Albani)
Open this dua →اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ
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Allahumma inni a'udhu bika mina-l-khubuthi wa-l-khaba'ith.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the male and female evil beings.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 142, Sahih Muslim 375
Open this dua →غُفْرَانَكَ
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Ghufranak.
Your forgiveness.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 30, Jami at-Tirmidhi 7 (sahih)
Open this dua →بِسْمِ اللَّهِ
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Bismillah.
In the name of Allah.
The Prophet ﷺ said there is no wudu for the one who does not mention Allah's name over it. Scholars differ on whether this makes the bismillah obligatory or strongly recommended.
Source: Sunan Ibn Majah 399 (hasan)
Open this dua →أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ. اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنَ التَّوَّابِينَ وَاجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُتَطَهِّرِينَ
Ash-hadu an la ilaha illa-llahu wahdahu la sharika lah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuluh. Allahumma-j'alni mina-t-tawwabina wa-j'alni mina-l-mutatahhirin.
I bear witness 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 turn to You in repentance, and make me among those who purify themselves.
The Prophet ﷺ said whoever completes their wudu and says this, the eight gates of paradise are opened for them.
Source: Sahih Muslim 234, Jami at-Tirmidhi 55 (sahih)
Open this dua →سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ. اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِنَا هَٰذَا الْبِرَّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ، وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تَرْضَىٰ
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Subhana-lladhi sakh-khara lana hadha wa ma kunna lahu muqrinin, wa inna ila Rabbina la-munqalibun. Allahumma inna nas'aluka fi safarina hadha-l-birra wa-t-taqwa, wa mina-l-'amali ma tarda.
Glory to Him who has subjected this to us, we could never have accomplished it on our own, and surely to our Lord we are returning. O Allah, we ask You for righteousness and mindfulness on this journey, and for the kinds of actions that please You.
Source: Sahih Muslim 1342
Open this dua →لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْعَظِيمُ الْحَلِيمُ، لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ، لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَرَبُّ الْأَرْضِ وَرَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْكَرِيمِ
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La ilaha illa-llahu-l-'Adheemu-l-Halim, la ilaha illa-llahu Rabbu-l-'arshi-l-'adheem, la ilaha illa-llahu Rabbu-s-samawati wa Rabbu-l-ard wa Rabbu-l-'arshi-l-karim.
There is no god but Allah, the Most Great, the Most Forbearing. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Mighty Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens and Lord of the earth and Lord of the Noble Throne.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 6345, Sahih Muslim 2730
Open this dua →مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
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Masha'Allah, la quwwata illa billah.
What Allah has willed. There is no power except with Allah.
Said to ward off envy (ayn) when admiring something, a child, a possession, a view.
Source: Quran 18:39
Open this dua →إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
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Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.
Indeed we belong to Allah, and to Him we return.
Source: Quran 2:156
Open this dua →إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ، اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. Allahumma'jurni fi musibati wa akhlif li khayran minha.
Indeed we belong to Allah, and to Him we return. O Allah, reward me for my affliction and replace it for me with something better than it.
Source: Sahih Muslim 918b
Open this dua →سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَلَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
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Subhanallah, wal-hamdulillah, wa la ilaha illa-llah, wa-llahu akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah.
Glory to Allah, and all praise is His, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest, and there is no power or strength except with Allah.
A man told the Prophet ﷺ that he could not learn anything of the Quran and asked for something that would suffice him, and the Prophet ﷺ taught him these words. A remembrance anyone can hold onto, at any moment.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 832, Sunan an-Nasa'i 924 (hasan)
Open this dua →اللَّهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا
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Allahumma sayyiban nafi'a.
O Allah, a beneficial rain.
Said by the Prophet ﷺ whenever he saw rain. Rain is a time of mercy and the du'a is answered, make du'a while it falls.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 1032
Open this dua →مُطِرْنَا بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَرَحْمَتِهِ
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Mutirna bi-fadli-llahi wa rahmatih.
We have been given rain by the grace of Allah and His mercy.
The Prophet ﷺ corrected those who attributed the rain to the stars: we name the giver, not the channel.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 846, Sahih Muslim 71
Open this dua →سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي يُسَبِّحُ الرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ خِيفَتِهِ
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Subhana-lladhi yusabbihu-r-ra'du bi-hamdihi wa-l-mala'ikatu min khifatih.
Glory to the One whom thunder glorifies with His praise, and the angels out of fear of Him.
Not a saying of the Prophet ﷺ: Imam Malik reports that 'Amir ibn 'Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr would stop talking when he heard thunder and say this, and al-Adab al-Mufrad reports the same practice from his father, the Companion 'Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr. The words echo the Quran (ar-Ra'd 13:13).
Source: Muwatta Malik, Book 56, Hadith 26; Al-Adab al-Mufrad 723 (sahih per al-Albani)
Open this dua →لاَ بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
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La ba'sa, tahur inshaAllah.
No harm, a purification, if Allah wills.
Also recommended to say seven times: 'As'alu-llaha-l-'Adheem, Rabba-l-'arshi-l-'adheem, an yashfiyak', I ask Allah (SWT) the Mighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to cure you.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 3616
Open this dua →اللَّهُمَّ أَهْلِلْهُ عَلَيْنَا بِالْيُمْنِ وَالإِيمَانِ وَالسَّلاَمَةِ وَالإِسْلاَمِ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكَ اللَّهُ
Allahumma ahlilhu 'alayna bi-l-yumni wa-l-iman, wa-s-salamati wa-l-islam. Rabbi wa rabbuka-llah.
O Allah, bring it over us with blessing and faith, safety and Islam. My Lord and your Lord is Allah.
The second sentence is addressed to the crescent itself. Said at the start of every Hijri month, especially Ramadan.
Source: Jami at-Tirmidhi 3451 (hasan per al-Albani by supporting chains; weak by others)
Open this dua →أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
A'udhu billahi mina-sh-shaytani-r-rajim.
I seek refuge with Allah from Shaytan, the accursed.
Two men were trading insults near the Prophet ﷺ, and one of them grew red in the face with anger. The Prophet ﷺ said he knew words that, if the man said them, what he felt would leave him: I seek refuge with Allah (SWT) from Shaytan, the accursed. Al-Bukhari's wording ends at "from Shaytan".
Source: Sahih Muslim 2610 · Sahih al-Bukhari 3282
Open this dua →إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمُ الرُّؤْيَا يَكْرَهُهَا فَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ثَلَاثًا، وَلْيَتَحَوَّلْ عَنْ جَنْبِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَيْهِ
Idha ra'a ahadukumu-r-ru'ya yakrahuha fal-yabsuq 'an yasarihi thalathan, wal-yasta'idh billahi mina-sh-shaytani thalathan, wal-yatahawwal 'an janbihi-lladhi kana 'alayh.
When one of you sees a dream he dislikes, let him spit lightly to his left three times, seek refuge with Allah from Shaytan three times, and turn over from the side he was lying on.
These are the Prophet's ﷺ instructions rather than a fixed formula: the refuge is sought in your own words, such as A'udhu billahi mina-sh-shaytani-r-rajim. In Sahih Muslim 2261 he ﷺ said to seek refuge with Allah (SWT) from the dream's evil and not to tell anyone about it, for then it will not harm you.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2262 · Sahih Muslim 2261
Open this dua →اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ، وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ، وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ، وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ، وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الْأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ، وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ، وَأَهْلًا خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ، وَزَوْجًا خَيْرًا مِنْ زَوْجِهِ، وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، أَوْ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ
Allahumma-ghfir lahu warhamhu wa 'afihi wa'fu 'anh, wa akrim nuzulah, wa wassi' mudkhalah, waghsilhu bi-l-ma'i wa-th-thalji wa-l-barad, wa naqqihi mina-l-khataya kama naqqayta-th-thawba-l-abyada mina-d-danas, wa abdilhu daran khayran min darih, wa ahlan khayran min ahlih, wa zawjan khayran min zawjih, wa adkhilhu-l-jannah, wa a'idhhu min 'adhabi-l-qabri, aw min 'adhabi-n-nar.
O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, keep him safe and pardon him. Honour his arrival and make his entry spacious. Wash him with water, snow and hail, and cleanse him of sins as a white garment is cleansed of dirt. Give him a home better than his home, a family better than his family, and a spouse better than his spouse. Admit him to Paradise and protect him from the punishment of the grave, or from the punishment of the Fire.
'Awf ibn Malik memorised this from the Prophet ﷺ as he prayed over a funeral, and said he wished he had been that deceased. The final words "or from the punishment of the Fire" keep the narrator's own hesitation. When praying for a woman, the pronouns are made feminine (Allahumma-ghfir laha warhamha).
Source: Sahih Muslim 963
Open this dua →السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَلَاحِقُونَ، أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمُ الْعَافِيَةَ
As-salamu 'alaykum ahla-d-diyari mina-l-mu'minina wa-l-muslimin, wa inna in sha' Allahu la-lahiqun. As'alu-llaha lana wa lakumu-l-'afiyah.
Peace be upon you, people of these dwellings, from among the believers and the Muslims. We will, if Allah wills, join you. I ask Allah for well-being for us and for you.
The Prophet ﷺ taught his companions to say this when they went out to the graves. A visit to the graves is a reminder of death and a chance to pray for the dead; the du'a is made to Allah (SWT) alone.
Source: Sahih Muslim 975
Open this dua →بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ، وَبَارَكَ عَلَيْكَ، وَجَمَعَ بَيْنَكُمَا فِي خَيْرٍ
Baraka-llahu laka, wa baraka 'alayka, wa jama'a baynakuma fi khayr.
May Allah bless you, send blessings upon you, and bring you both together in goodness.
Abu Hurayrah reported that this is what the Prophet ﷺ said when he congratulated someone on their marriage. At-Tirmidhi graded it hasan sahih.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 2130, Jami at-Tirmidhi 1091 (sahih)
Open this dua →ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ، وَابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ، وَثَبَتَ الْأَجْرُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
Dhahaba-dh-dhama'u, wabtallati-l-'uruqu, wa thabata-l-ajru in sha' Allah.
The thirst has gone, the veins are moistened, and the reward is certain, if Allah wills.
Ibn 'Umar reported that the Prophet ﷺ said this when he broke his fast.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 2357 (hasan)
Open this dua →اللَّهُمَّ أَطْعِمْ مَنْ أَطْعَمَنِي، وَأَسْقِ مَنْ أَسْقَانِي
Allahumma at'im man at'amani, wa asqi man asqani.
O Allah, feed the one who fed me, and give drink to the one who gave me drink.
Al-Miqdad reported that the Prophet ﷺ raised his head to the sky and said this on a night his share of milk had been drunk. It suits anyone who hosts you, including the one who gives you iftar.
Source: Sahih Muslim 2055
Open this dua →اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي
Allahumma innaka 'Afuwwun tuhibbu-l-'afwa fa'fu 'anni.
O Allah, You are the Pardoner and You love to pardon, so pardon me.
'A'ishah asked the Prophet ﷺ what she should say if she knew which night was Laylat al-Qadr, and he taught her these words. Some printed editions of at-Tirmidhi add "karim" (Generous) after "'Afuwwun"; the wording in Ibn Majah, given here, does not have it.
Source: Sunan Ibn Majah 3850, Jami at-Tirmidhi 3513 (sahih)
Open this dua →اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
Allahu Akbar (34 times), SubhanAllah (33 times), Alhamdulillah (33 times).
Allah is the Greatest (34 times). Glory be to Allah (33 times). Praise be to Allah (33 times).
Fatimah was worn out by the hand mill and asked for a servant. The Prophet ﷺ came to her and 'Ali at bedtime and taught them to say Allahu Akbar thirty-four times, SubhanAllah thirty-three times and Alhamdulillah thirty-three times when they lay down, and said it was better for them than a servant.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 3705
Open this dua →اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ
Allahumma inni as'aluka-l-jannah, wa a'udhu bika mina-n-nar.
O Allah, I ask You for Paradise, and I seek refuge in You from the Fire.
A man told the Prophet ﷺ that after the tashahhud he simply asked for Paradise and refuge from the Fire, as he could not match the longer supplications of the Prophet ﷺ and Mu'adh. The Prophet ﷺ replied that their supplications revolve around the same. He ﷺ also said that whoever asks Allah (SWT) for Paradise three times, Paradise says: O Allah (SWT), admit him to Paradise; and whoever seeks refuge from the Fire three times, the Fire says: O Allah (SWT), protect him from the Fire (Jami at-Tirmidhi 2572, sahih).
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 792 (sahih)
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