158. Dua before entering home

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

Dua before entering home English Transliteration

As-salaamu 'alaykum wara'hmatullaahi wa barakaatuh

Dua before entering home English Translation

Peace be upon you, and the Mercy of Allah and His Blessings.

To give salaam upon all is sunnah. Giving salaam upon spouse and family members is additional sunnah. It is recommended and have special rewards and those who have this character, this below mentioned hadith give glad tidings. Abu umama (RA) said that, Rasoolullah (ﷺ) said, “Allah will give guarantee and protection for three kinds of people. If he live then all of his matter will be protected by Allah and if he die then he will enter into jannah. (First one is) He who give salaam before enter into the house, he will enter in the protection of Allah….”

ReferenceHasan (Ibn Hajar). MIshkat: 4/316

Hadith about the Dua

Arabic Text

عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏:‏ إِذَا دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ بَيْتَهُ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ وَعِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لاَ مَبِيتَ لَكُمْ وَلاَ عَشَاءَ، وَإِذَا دَخَلَ فَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ، وَإِذَا لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ قَالَ أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ وَالْعَشَاءَ.‏ اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

Translation

Abu Umamah reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When a man enters his house and mentions Allah's Name upon entering and upon eating, the devil says: 'You have no place to spend the night and no dinner.' But when he enters without mentioning Allah's Name, the devil says: 'You have found a place to spend the night,' and when he does not mention Allah's Name at the time of eating, the devil says: 'You have found a place to spend the night and dinner.'" (Sunan Abi Dawud 3766) Dua (Supplication):

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Al-Bukhari mentioned in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad (1055) that Ibn `Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: “When you walk into an empty house, say ‘As-Salamu `alayna wa `ala `ibad-Illah is-salihin (peace be upon us and on the righteous servants of Allah).” This dua before entering home is good to remember, especially in places where nobody’s inside.

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