735. Dua for Protection from Accidents and Calamities
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray like this:
Dua for Protection from Accidents in Arabic
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَدْمِ وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ التَّرَدِّيْ وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْغَرَقِ وَالْحَرَقِ وَالْهَرَمِ وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ أَنْ يَتَخَبَّطَنِيَ الشَّيْطَانُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَمُوْتَ فِي سَبِيْلِكَ مُدْبِرًا وَأَعُوْذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَمُوْتَ لَدِيْغًا
Dua for Protection from Accidents English Transliteration
Allaahumma inni a‛oodhu bika minal-hadmi, wa a‛oodhu bika minat-taraddi, wa a‛oodhu bika minal-gharaqi, wal-‘haraqi wal-harami, Wa a‛oodhu bika an yata-khabbataniyash-shaitaanu ‛indal-mauti, wa a‛oodhu bika an amoota fee sabeelika mudbiran, wa a‛oodhu bika min an amoota la-deegha
Dua for Protection from Accidents English Translation
O Allah I seek refuge in You from [a death caused by] demolition, and I seek refuge in You from [a death caused by] tumbling from a hight, and I seek refuge in You from drowning, [a death caused by] burning [due to fire], old and infirm age. And I seek refuge in You from the deception of the devil at the moments of death, and I seek refuge in You from dying while fleeing [the battlefield] during a battle [fought] in Your sake, and I seek refuge in You from dying from a [venomous] sting.