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Leaving the washroom

One word. The Prophet ﷺ said it on coming out.

Say this

غُفْرَانَكَ

Ghufrānak.

“Your forgiveness.”

A strange thing to say on leaving a washroom, until you notice what it does: even here, the first instinct is to ask to be forgiven.

The full narration

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: When the Prophet (ﷺ) came out of the privy, he used to say: "Grant me Thy forgiveness

Source

Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 30

Ṣaḥīḥ
  • Al-Albani: Sahih
  • Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Sahih
  • Zubair Ali Zai: Isnaad Sahih

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