Upon going to sleep
Essential everyday duas
#1
بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
O Allah, in Your name I die and I live.
Waking up from sleep
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#2
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
All praise be to Allah, who gave us life after death (sleep is a form of death), and to Him we shall be raised and returned.
Entering the toilet
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#3
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ
In the name of Allah. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the male and female devils (and evil).
Leaving the toilet
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#4
غُفْرَانَكَ
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ عَنِّي الْأَذَى وَعَافَانِي
O Allah, I seek forgiveness from You. All praise be to Allah who removed the difficulty from me and gave me ease (relief).
Start of wudu
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#5
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
Completion of wudu
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#6
أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ
وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ
I testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone, without partner; and I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.
Entering the masjid
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#7
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ
In the name of Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, open for me the doors of Your mercy.
Leaving the masjid
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#8
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
In the name of Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, I ask You for Your bounty.
Before meals
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#9
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ
In the name of Allah.
If you forgot to say Bismillah
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#10
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ
In the name of Allah at its beginning and end.
After meals (1)
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#11
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنِي هَذَا وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ
Praise is to Allah Who has given me this food and sustained me with it though I had no power nor ability.
After meals (2)
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#12
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا وَجَعَلَنَا مُسْلِمِينَ
All praise belongs to Allah, who fed us and quenched our thirst and made us Muslims.
Before salam in prayer
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#14
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ
وَمِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ
وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ
وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hellfire, the punishment of the grave, the trials of life and death, and from the evil trial of the False Messiah.
Entering home
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#16
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَلَجْنَا
وَبِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَرَجْنَا
وَعَلَى رَبِّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا
In the name of Allah we enter, and in the name of Allah we leave, and upon our Lord we depend.
On journey
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#17
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ
وَإِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ
Glory be to Him Who has subjected this to us, and we could never have it (by our efforts). And to our Lord we shall return.
Return from journey
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#18
آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ عَابِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُونَ
We return, repent, worship, and praise our Lord.
When sneezing
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#19
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
All praise is for Allah.
Hearing someone sneeze (response)
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#20
يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ
May Allah have mercy on you.
Sneezer's reply
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#21
يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ
May Allah guide you and rectify your condition.
Entering the market
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#22
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ
لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ
يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ
بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
None has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone, without partner. To Him belongs sovereignty and praise. He gives life and causes death, and He is Living and does not die. In His Hand is all go
Before relations with spouse
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#23
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ
اللَّهُمَّ جَنِّبْنَا الشَّيْطَانَ وَجَنِّبِ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا
In the name of Allah. O Allah, keep us away from Satan and keep Satan away from what You bestow upon us.
After adhaan
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#24
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ
آتِ مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ
وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ
O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and the prayer to be established, grant Muhammad al-Wasilah and al-Fadilah, and raise him to the praised station You have promised him.
Dua for janazah
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#25
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِحَيِّنَا وَمَيِّتِنَا، وَشَاهِدِنَا وَغَائِبِنَا، وَصَغِيرِنَا وَكَبِيرِنَا، وَذَكَرِنَا وَأُنْثَانَا.
اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ أَحْيَيْتَهُ مِنَّا فَأَحْيِهِ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، وَمَنْ تَ
O Allah, forgive our living and our dead, those present and absent, our young and old, our males and females. O Allah, whom You keep alive, let them live upon Islam, and whom You take, let them die up
Tasbeeh (1)
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#26
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
How perfect Allah is, and I praise Him. How perfect Allah is, the Supreme.
Dua of Laylatul Qadr
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#27
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي
O Allah, You are Pardoning and love to pardon, so pardon me.
Dhikr
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#28
لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
There is no might nor power except with Allah.
Tasbeeh (2)
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#29
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ
وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Glory be to Allah, all praise is for Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest.
When in distress
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#30
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
None has the right to be worshipped except You. Glory be to You. Indeed, I have been among the wrongdoers.
Leaving all affairs to Allah
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#31
حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَنِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ
Allah is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs.
Protection from Hellfire
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#32
اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ
O Allah, save me from the Fire.
Fear of shirk
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#33
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُشْرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنَا أَعْلَمُ
وَأَسْتَغْفِرُكَ لِمَا لَا أَعْلَمُ
O Allah, we seek refuge in You from associating anything with You knowingly, and we seek Your forgiveness for what we do unknowingly.
Protection for children
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#34
أُعِيذُكُمَا بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ
مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْطَانٍ وَهَامَّةٍ
وَمِنْ كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لَامَّةٍ
I seek protection for you in the Perfect Words of Allah from every devil, every harmful creature, and from every envious/blameworthy eye.
Dua for parents (Ibrahim 14:41)
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#35
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ
Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents, and (all) the believers on the Day when the reckoning will be established.
Dua for parents (Al-Isra 17:24)
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#36
رَبِّ ارْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِي صَغِيرًا
My Lord! Have mercy on them both as they cared for me when I was young.
When breaking fast
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#37
ذَهَبَ الظَّمَأُ وَابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ وَثَبَتَ الْأجْرُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
The thirst has gone, the veins are moistened, and the reward is confirmed, if Allah wills.
When visiting the sick
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#38
لَا بَأْسَ طَهُورٌ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
Do not worry, it will be a purification (for you), Allah willing.
For good health (repeat 7 times)
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#39
أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِيمَ رَبَّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنْ يَشْفِيَكَ
(سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ)
I ask Almighty Allah, Lord of the Magnificent Throne, to make you well. (7 times)
Cure of any illness
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#40
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ النَّاسِ أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ، اشْفِ أَنْتَ الشَّافِي
لَا شِفَاءَ إِلَّا شِفَاؤُكَ
شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا
O Lord of the people, remove this pain and cure it. You are the Healer; there is no cure but Your cure— a cure that leaves no illness.
Visiting the graves
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#41
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الدِّيَارِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ
وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ بِكُمْ لَاحِقُونَ
أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمُ الْعَافِيَةَ
Peace be upon you, people of this abode, from among the believers and Muslims. We, by the will of Allah, shall be joining you. I ask Allah to grant us and you well-being.
Any difficult affairs
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#42
اللَّهُمَّ لَا سَهْلَ إِلَّا مَا جَعَلْتَهُ سَهْلًا
وَأَنْتَ تَجْعَلُ الْحَزْنَ إِذَا شِئْتَ سَهْلًا
O Allah, there is no ease except what You make easy, and You make difficulty, if You wish, easy.
Salatul Istikhara (dua)
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#43
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ، وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ...
(يُذْكَرُ الْأَمْرُ)
O Allah, I seek Your guidance by virtue of Your knowledge, and I seek ability by virtue of Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty... (mention the matter).
Dua Qunoot (1)
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#44
اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنَا فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ
وَعَافِنَا فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ
وَتَوَلَّنَا فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ
وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ
وَقِنَا شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ
فَإِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلَا يُقْضَى عَلَيْكَ
O Allah, guide us among those You have guided, pardon us among those You have pardoned... Blessed are You, O Lord, and Exalted.
Dua Qunoot (2)
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#45
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْتَعِينُكَ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ
وَنُثْنِي عَلَيْكَ الْخَيْرَ كُلَّهُ، نَشْكُرُكَ وَلَا نَكْفُرُكَ...
O Allah, we beg help from You, seek forgiveness from You, believe in You, and rely on You... We fear Your severe punishment and hope for Your mercy.
Leaving home
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#600
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ
وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
In the name of Allah, I rely upon Allah. There is no might nor power except with Allah.
