156. Dua when leaving the house
Umm Salamah (RA) said, whenever Rasul (ﷺ) went outside my home he recite these words looking at the sky-
اَللَّـهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوْذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَضِلَّ، أَوْ أُضَلَّ، أَوْ أَزِلَّ، أَوْ أُزَلَّ، أَوْ أَظْلِمَ، أَوْ أُظْلَمَ، أَوْ أَجْهَلَ، أَوْ يُجْهَلَ عَلَيَّ
Dua when leaving the house English Transliteration
Allaahumma innee a‛oodhu bika an adilla aw udalla, aw azilla aw uzalla, aw azlima aw uzlama, aw adhala aw yudhala ‛alayya
Dua when leaving the house English Translation
O Allah, I seek refuge with You lest I should stray or be led astray, or slip (i.e. to commit a sin unintentionally) or be tripped, or oppress or be oppressed, or behave foolishly or be treated foolishly.
Hadith about the Dua
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سَرْجِسٍ، يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ قَالَ " اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَضِلَّ أَوْ أُضَلَّ أَوْ أَزِلَّ أَوْ أُزَلَّ أَوْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ أَوْ أَجْهَلَ أَوْ يُجْهَلَ عَلَيَّ " .
‘Abdullah bin Sarjis narrated: Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) would go out of his house, he would say: "O Allah, I seek refuge with You lest I should stray or be led astray, or slip or be tripped, or oppress or be oppressed, or behave foolishly or be treated foolishly."