155. Dua before leaving house
Umm Salamah (RA) narrated that: When the Prophet (ﷺ) would leave his house, he would say:
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ اَللَّـهُمَّ إِنَّا نَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ أَنْ نَزِلَّ أَوْ نَضِلَّ أَوْ نَظْلِمَ أَوْ نُظْلَمَ أَوْ نَجْهَلَ أَوْ يُجْهَلَ عَلَيْنَا
Dua before leaving house English Transliteration
Bismillaahi, tawakkaltu 'alal-laahi. Allaahumma, inna na`udhu bika min an nazilla aw nadilla, aw nazlima aw nuzlama, aw najhala aw yujhala 'alaina
Dua before leaving house English Translation
In the Name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah. O Allah! We seek refuge in You from slipping unintentionally or becoming misguided, or committing oppression or being oppressed, or acting ignorantly or being treated ignorantly.
A mu'min should recite these adhkar by his/her heart whenever (Day/Night) he/she goes outside.
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا خَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ فَقَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ . يُقَالُ حِينَئِذٍ هُدِيتَ وَكُفِيتَ وَوُقِيتَ فَيَقُولُ الشَّيْطَانُ لِشَيْطَانٍ آخَرَ كَيْفَ لَكَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ هُدِيَ وَكُفِيَ وَوُقِيَ " .
Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever says – when he leaves his house – ‘In the Name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah, there is no power and no might except by Allah (Bismillāh, tawakkaltu ʿalā Allāh, lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh),’ it will be said to him: ‘You are guided, defended, and protected.’ The devils will move away from him, and another devil will say: ‘How can you deal with a man who has been guided, defended, and protected?’”