Before sleeping
اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا
O Allah, by your name I die and I live
(Bukhari)
- When we sleep we should create the right environment
- Do wudhu before going to bed
- Do miswak - use it regularly
- Read sleeping du’a
- Surah Waqiah, Mulk, last 2 verses of Sarah Baqarah
- Sleep on the right hand side
- Sleep is the brother of death
Upon waking up
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ الّذي أَحْـيانا بَعْـدَ ما أَماتَـنا وَإليه النُّـشور
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ الّذي أَحْـيانا بَعْـدَ ما أَماتَـنا وَإليه النُّـشور
Praise be to Allah, who gave us life after having given us death and to him is our final return
Bukhari, Muslim
- Allah gives us life in the morning - some may die in their sleep
- We have been revived but there will be a time where we will not be
- This reminds us of the purpose of life - to worship Allah, the most-powerful
When entering the toilet
اللَّهُـمَّ إِنِّيْ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ
اللَّهُـمَّ إِنِّيْ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ
O Allah I seek your protection from male and female demons
Bukhari, Muslim
- We should sit + urinate
- No impurity should be left on the clothing
- Enter with the left foot
- Shaytan will enter with us + look at privates if we don’t read the du’a
- Jinns attack in the bathroom
- We should cover the head in the bathroom: men = topi, women = hijab
After leaving the toilet
غُفْرَانَكَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ عَنِّي الْأَذٰى وَعَافَانِي
غُفْرَانَكَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَذْهَبَ عَنِّي الْأَذٰى وَعَافَانِي
O Allah, I seek your forgiveness, praise be to Allah Who relieved me of discomfort and granted me comfort
Ibn Majah
- Leave with the right foot
- Seek forgiveness as we cannot zikr in the toilet
- Don’t waste time on the toilet - leave as soon as and use the extra time for zikr
Before beginning wudhu (ablution)
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي، وَوَسِّعْ لِي فِي دَارِي، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِي رِزْقِي
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي، وَوَسِّعْ لِي فِي دَارِي، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِي رِزْقِي
O Allah, forgive me my sins, make spacious my home, and bless my sustenance
Ibnus-Sunni
Forgive me my sins = Feel true repentance
Make spacious my home = refers to the imaan + the heart
Bless my sustenance = whatever I’m given, I’m happy with. Grant us barakah.
- We should not waste water, SAW used 750ML for wudhu, we should aim to do it properly with one mug of water
- Wudhu washes sins + we should feel true repentance
- We should always stay in the state of wudhu - when it is broken we should re-do it
- The areas the wudhu has touched will be shining on the day of judgement
- SAW will recognise us as his ummah by the way of the wudhu
- We should be mindful of where the water goes and not be messy
After wudhu
أَنْ لَا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ اللّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَريـكَ لَـهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّـداً عَبْـدُهُ وَرَسُـولُـهُ
I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner; and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger
(Muslim, Abu Dawud)
اللّهُـمَّ اجْعَلنـي مِنَ التَّـوّابينَ وَاجْعَـلْني مِنَ المتَطَهّـرين
O Allah, make me of those who return to You often in repentance and make me of those who maintain purity
(Tirmidhi)
This is the kalimah shahadah
Whoever recites this du’a, the 8 doors of paradise will be opened for him. (Muslim, Abu Dawud)
8 doors = heaven
7 doors = hell
If after reciting this du’a you die, you will have died whilst these doors are open and the angels will take you through them
The person who dies with wudhu will enter jannah
You die as a shaheed = Martyr
- After adhaan
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ، وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ، آتِ مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ، وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ، وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ، آتِ مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ، وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ
“O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and established salah, grant
Muhammad a place near to You, an excellence and exalted degree, and raise him to the praiseworthy station that You have promised him.”
“Whoever recites this du’a will gain the intercession of the holy Prophet a on the Day of Judgement.” (Bukhãri)
This is why we must adhere to the sunnah daily and doing durood sharif should be done daily as it makes us closer to prophet SAW
- When entering the masjid
اللُّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِيْ أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ
اللُّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِيْ أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ
“O Alläh, open for me the doors of Your mercy.”
(Muslim, Abu Däwud)
5 sunnah of entering the masjid:
1. Enter with the right foot
2. Send durood upon SAW
3. Recite this du’a
4. Make the intention of ihtikaaf
5. Perform 2 rakaats of salah = tahayyatul masjid
- When leaving the masjid
اللّهُمَّ إِنِّي اَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
اللّهُمَّ إِنِّي اَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
“O Alläh, I ask of You Your favour.” (Muslim, Abu Dawüd)
3 sunnah of leaving the masjid:
1. leave with the left foot
2. recite the du’a
3. do durood sharif
The masjid is known as the gardens of paradise - we should value the masjid and be well-versed of the importance of it
We should look well + clean when entering
We should contemplate and not disrespect the masjid or the teachers
- Before eating
بِسْمِ اللهِ وَبَرَكَةِ اللهِ
بِسْمِ اللهِ وَبَرَكَةِ اللهِ
“In the name of Alläh and with the blessing of Alläh.”
(Mustadrak Hakim)
- Wash hands before + after eating (we should not wipe away the water before)
- Recite du’a
- Eat with our hands
- Eat on the floor
- Drink water at the end or the beginning
- Recite the du’a after eating
If one eats without reciting this du’a then shaytan joins you so there is no barakah
- After eating
الْحَمْدُ لِلْهِ الَّذِيْ أَطْعَمَنَا وَسَقَانَا وَجَعَلَنَا مُسْلِمِيْنَ
“Praise be to Alläh Who fed us and gave us to drink and made us Muslims.”
(Abü Dāwud)
SAW said
“Allah is pleased with a person who eats some food and then praises His for it or who drinks some drink and then praises Him for it.”
- When forgetting to recite the du’a before eating, then upon remembering one should recite
بِسُمِ اللهِ اَوَّلَهُ وَأَخِرَة
بِسُمِ اللهِ اَوَّلَهُ وَأَخِرَة
“In the name of Alläh, at the beginning of it (the meal) and at the end ofit.”
(Abu Dawüd)
We should recite these duo’s loudly in a crowd to remind others to also recite it
We should eat with 3 gingers, eat all morsels, eat from the side first and then the middle
1/3rd stomach should be full, 1/3rd for water, 1/3rd for breathing
Every crumb wasted will testify against us and question why we didn’t eat when so many starve
REMEMBER:
Don’t waste
Get what you can eat
We lose barakah when we don’t say bismillah
- At the time of completing the fast
اللُّهُمَّ لَكَ صُمْتُ وَعَلَى رِزْقِكَ اَفْطَرْتُ
“O Alläh, for You I have fasted and by what (food) You have blessed me with, have I broken it.”
(Abu Dawüd)
- We are fasting solely for Allah, not to show off
- Laka = only for you
- Laka sumtu = for you Allah, I have fasted
- When eating at someone’s house or after eating food by invitation
اللَّهُمَّ اطْعِمُ مَنْ اَطْعَمَنِيْ وَاسْقِ مَنْ سَقَانِىْ
اللَّهُمَّ اطْعِمُ مَنْ اَطْعَمَنِيْ وَاسْقِ مَنْ سَقَانِىْ
“O Alläh, feed those who have fed me and give drink to those who have given me drink.”
(Muslim)
- A du’a for someone who has cooked for you, fed you or given you money
- “Feed those who have fed me”
- We should read this aloud so they feel appreciated + acknowledge blessings
- After drinking milk
اللُّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيْهِ وَزِدْنَا مِنْهُ
اللُّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيْهِ وَزِدْنَا مِنْهُ
“O Alläh, bless us in it and increase us by it.”
(Tirmidhi)
- We are asking Allah to place barakah in to + give us more of it
- Milk was chosen by SAW (from nature) instead of wine which would’ve misguided the ummah
- We should read this du’a when eating anything containing milk; chocolate, rasmalai, etc.
- When drinking Zam Zam water
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا وَاسِعًا
وَشِفَآءً مِّنْ كُلِّ دَآءٍ
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي اَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا وَرِزْقًا وَاسِعًا
وَشِفَآءً مِّنْ كُلِّ دَآءٍ
“O Alläh, I ask of You (to give me) beneficial knowledge, ample provisions and restoration from every illness.”
(Mustadrak Hakim)
- Zamzam is the best water on earth
- SAW heart was cleaned with zamzam
- When putting on clothing
الْحَمُدُ لِلِّهِ الَّذِيْ كَسَانِيْ هٰذَا وَرَزَقَنِيْهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّىْ وَلَا قُوَّةٍ
الْحَمُدُ لِلِّهِ الَّذِيْ كَسَانِيْ هٰذَا وَرَزَقَنِيْهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّىْ وَلَا قُوَّةٍ
“Praise be to Allah Who clothed me in this and gave it to me without any strength and ability on my part.”
Whoever recites this du’a, his past and present sins will be forgiven.”
(Abu Dăwud)
- Allah is providing for us when we put on new clothing
- Clothing is a provision, Allah gave it to us
- The two purposes of clothing is 1. To cover attar, 2. To look good/adornment
- We should recognise our blessings + give thanks to Allah
- When putting on NEW clothing
الْحَمُدُ لِلْهِ الَّذِيْ كَسَانِىْ مَا أُوَارِىْ بِهِ عَوْرَتي وَاَتَجَمَّلُ بِهِ فِي حَيَاتِى
الْحَمُدُ لِلْهِ الَّذِيْ كَسَانِىْ مَا أُوَارِىْ بِهِ عَوْرَتي وَاَتَجَمَّلُ بِهِ فِي حَيَاتِى
“Praise be to Allah Who clothed me with what covers my nakedness and with that by which I adorn myself in my life.”
(Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah)
- Ensure our clothes cover our attar
- The purpose of clothing is to cover oneself
- We should be clean, wear clean clothing, wear modest clothing.
“Indeed Allah is beautiful, he loves beauty” - We should not wear things that will increase our pride or ignorance
- When leaving the home
بِسْمِ اللهِِ تَوَ كَّلْتُ عَلَى اللهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَةَ اِلَّا بِاللهِ
بِسْمِ اللهِِ تَوَ كَّلْتُ عَلَى اللهِ لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَةَ اِلَّا بِاللهِ
“In the name of Allah, I depend on Allah, and there is no power (to do good) nor restraint (to avoid evil)
except with Allah.”
When anyone reads this du’a, the angels say to him, “You have been guided and have been saved (from all harms).”
Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi
- When entering the home
اللَّهُمَّ اِ نِّي اَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ الْمَوْلَجِ وَخَيْرَ الْمَخْرَجِ بِسْهِ اللهِ
وَلَجْنَا وَبِسْمِ اللهِ خَرَجُنَا وَعَلَى اللهِِ رَبِّنَا تَوَكَلْنَا
“O Allah, I beseech You the blessing of entering and leaving. In Allah’s name we enter and in Allah’s name we leave and in Allah, our Lord, we trust.” (Abú Dāwud)
- When looking in the mirror
اللُّهُمَّ اَحْسَنْتَ خَلْقِى فَاَحْسِنْ خُلُقِىْ
“O Allah! You made my external appearance good, so make me good in morals (too).” (Ahmad)
- we should work on our morals and our akhlaq
- stop trimming eyebrows and cutting hair short as it is haram
- stop swearing
- we are all beautiful in the eyes of Allah
- we must not mock appearances as appearances come from Allah and mocking would take us out of the fold of Islam
- When greeting someone
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ
“May peace be upon you and the mercy of Alläh and His blessings.”
Returning the greeting:
وَعَلَيْكُمْ السَّلَامُ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ
“May peace be upon you also and the mercy of Alläh and His blessings.” (Abü Däwüd, Tirmidhi)
Note:
When one receives the salam of anyone by means of another person, then say the following:
عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ
- When bidding someone farewell
اَسْتَوْدِعُ اللهَ دِيْنَكَ وَامَانَتَكَ وَخَوَا تِيْمَ عَمَلِكَ
اَسْتَوْدِعُ اللهَ دِيْنَكَ وَامَانَتَكَ وَخَوَا تِيْمَ عَمَلِكَ
“I entrust Alläh with your religion, your belongings and the result of your deeds.” (Abu Dawüd, Tirmidhi)
- When boarding a vehicle or mounting an animal
- When first boarding:
بِسْمِ اللهِ
In the name of Allah
- When comfortably seated:
اَلْحَمْدُ لِله
“Praise be to Allah”
- Follow with:
سُبْحَانَ اَلَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هٰـذا وَ مَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِيْنَ وَاِنَّا إِلٰى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُوْنَ
“Exalted is He Who subdued this to us, and we could not have subdued it, verily to our Lord we return.” (43:13)
- Follow 3x with
اَلْحَمْدُ لَله
- Follow 3x with
اَللهُ اَكْبَرُ
“God is the greatest”
- Recite the following for forgiveness:
سُبُحَانَكَ اِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِىْ فَا غْفِرْلِي فَاِنَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوْبَ إِلَّا انْتَ
“Exalted are You (O Alläh) verily I have wronged myself, so forgive me as none but You forgive sins.”
(Abü Däwüd, Tirmidhi)
