Leaving home, eating, the masjid, rain
An ordinary day has more moments of asking in it than most people realise: stepping out of the door, sitting down to eat, walking into the masjid, watching it rain. Each has short wording the Prophet ﷺ taught.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ، تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللّٰهِ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللّٰهِ
Bismillāh, tawakkaltu ʿala-llāh, wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh
In the name of Allah. I put my trust in Allah. There is no power to change anything and no strength except with Allah.
As you leave home. · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5095; Sunan at-Tirmidhī 3426
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ وَلَجْنَا، وَبِسْمِ اللّٰهِ خَرَجْنَا، وَعَلَى اللّٰهِ رَبِّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا
Bismillāhi walajnā, wa bismillāhi kharajnā, wa ʿala-llāhi Rabbinā tawakkalnā
In the name of Allah we enter, in the name of Allah we leave, and upon Allah our Lord we depend.
As you enter your home; then greet the people inside with salām. · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5096
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ، وَإِنْ نَسِيَ: بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ
Bismillāh — and if you forgot: Bismillāhi fī awwalihi wa ākhirih
In the name of Allah. If you only remember partway through: in the name of Allah, at its beginning and its end.
Before the first bite. · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 3767; Sunan at-Tirmidhī 1858
الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هٰذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī 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 with no power or strength of my own.
After eating. · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4023; Sunan at-Tirmidhī 3458
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Subḥānalladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn, wa innā ilā Rabbinā la-munqalibūn
Glory to the One who put this under our control — we could never have managed it ourselves — and truly it is to our Lord that we are returning. The Prophet ﷺ said these words of the Qur'an when he settled onto his mount.
When you sit into the car, or the seat on a plane or train. · Qur'an 43:13–14; Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 1342
اللّٰهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ
Allāhumma-ftaḥ lī abwāba raḥmatik
O Allah, open for me the doors of Your mercy.
Entering, right foot first. · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 713
اللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
Allāhumma innī as'aluka min faḍlik
O Allah, I ask You from Your bounty.
Leaving, left foot first. · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 713
اللّٰهُمَّ صَيِّبًا نَافِعًا
Allāhumma ṣayyiban nāfiʿā
O Allah, make it rain that brings good.
As the rain falls. · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1032
None of these takes more than a few seconds. Learn one at a time — the one for leaving the house is the usual place to start.
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