Protection

Home & household

Entering, leaving, and being kept in it

42 verified supplications · 24 written out in full

ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ …

When you want to be kept safe

The greatest verse in the Qur'an. Whoever says it at night has a protect

Qur'anQur'an 2:255

رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ …

For everyone under your roof

Nūḥ ﷺ asked not only for himself, but for whoever entered his house beli

Qur'anQur'an 71:28

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِنَا وَمُدِّنَا

Blessing in what your household measures out

The Prophet ﷺ asked for blessing in the very units they weighed food wit

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2889

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ

Coming in through your own front door

The greeting given to a household on entering it.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4793

وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْ هَـٰذَا بَلَدًا ءَامِنًا وَٱرْزُقْ أَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ …

For the place you live to be safe

The first thing Ibrāhīm ﷺ asked for a city was security, before provisio

Qur'anQur'an 2:126

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي شَأْمِنَا، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي يَمَنِنَا

For the place and its people

The Prophet ﷺ named the regions and asked for blessing on each.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 7094

إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ صِيَاحَ الدِّيَكَةِ فَاسْأَلُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ، فَإِنَّهَا رَأَتْ …

Sounds in the night

The Prophet ﷺ told them what to do when they heard a cockerel, and what

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3303

وَقُل رَّبِّ أَنزِلْنِى مُنزَلًا مُّبَارَكًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْمُنزِلِينَ

Arriving somewhere new

Nūḥ ﷺ was told to say it as the ark came to rest.

Qur'anQur'an 23:29

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ …

A command about the people in your house

Yourself first, then them.

Qur'anQur'an 66:6

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لأَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ فِي مُدِّهِمْ

Asking for a place to be doubly blessed

He ﷺ asked for twice what Ibrāhīm had asked for Makkah.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 3363

اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ بِالْمَدِينَةِ ضِعْفَىْ مَا بِمَكَّةَ مِنَ الْبَرَكَةِ

Asking for more than had been asked before

Ibrāhīm had asked for Makkah. He asked for twice that.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 3326

خَيْرُكُمْ خَيْرُكُمْ لأَهْلِهِ وَأَنَا خَيْرُكُمْ لأَهْلِي وَإِذَا مَاتَ صَاحِبُكُمْ فَدَعُوهُ

A measure given for who is best

It is not about worship.

ṢaḥīḥJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3895

طُهُورُ إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا وَلَغَ الْكَلْبُ فِيهِ أَنْ يَغْسِلَهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ

A ruling about a bowl

Ordinary, practical, and preserved with the same care as everything else

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 652

جَاءَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَجِبْ رَبَّكَ - قَالَ - …

Asking to be brought a little closer first

Mūsā ﷺ made one request when the Angel of Death returned.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ Muslim 6149

اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي شَهَادَةً فِي سَبِيلِكَ، وَاجْعَلْ مَوْتِي فِي بَلَدِ رَسُولِكَ

A prayer with two halves that seem to contradict

ʿUmar asked for two things that do not usually happen together.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1890

اللَّهُمَّ هَؤُلاَءِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي فَأَذْهِبْ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ تَطْهِيرًا

What he said after gathering them under a cloak

Umar ibn Abi Salamah was in the house and saw it.

ṢaḥīḥJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3205

فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهَا فَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَجِيبِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

Abu Ayyub and the thing taking his dates

It kept coming back to the same store room.

ṢaḥīḥJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2880

اللَّهُمَّ أَمْضِ لأَصْحَابِي هِجْرَتَهُمْ، وَلاَ تَرُدَّهُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِمْ

What Saʿd was afraid of while he was dying

He was ill in Makkah, the city he had left.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1295

بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي ثِمَارِنَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مَدِينَتِنَا وَبَارِكْ لَنَا فِي صَاعِنَا …

What he asked for the city he had arrived in

He put a claim next to Ibrahim's.

ṢaḥīḥJāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3454

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، مَاذَا أُنْزِلَ اللَّيْلَةَ مِنَ الْفِتْنَةِ، مَاذَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ …

What he was saying when he woke in the night

Umm Salamah heard it as he came out of sleep.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5844

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَمِنْ كَآبَةِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ وَمِنْ …

Three things he asked to be spared on a journey

Only one of them happens while you are away.

ṢaḥīḥMuwaṭṭa' Mālik 1796

ارْجِعُوا إِلَى أَهْلِيكُمْ فَعَلِّمُوهُمْ وَمُرُوهُمْ، وَصَلُّوا كَمَا رَأَيْتُمُونِي أُصَلِّي

What he told the young men after twenty nights

He worked out that they were homesick before they said so.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6008

كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْئُولٌ، فَالإِمَامُ رَاعٍ وَهْوَ مَسْئُولٌ وَالرَّجُلُ رَاعٍ …

Nobody in the list is exempt

It runs from the ruler down and back up again.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5188

أَحْنَاهُ عَلَى وَلَدٍ فِي صِغَرِهِ وَأَرْعَاهُ عَلَى زَوْجٍ فِي ذَاتِ يَدِهِ

Two things he praised women for

Both of them are about somebody else's welfare.

ṢaḥīḥṢaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 5082

From the wider collections

Each of these passed the same grading rule. They are shown with the source narration rather than a written-out translation.

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَتُقِيمَ الصَّلاَةَ وَتُؤْتِيَ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 93 · The Book of Faith

Ṣaḥīḥ

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلاَةِ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 113 · The Book of Faith

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لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَإِقَامِ الصَّلاَةِ وَإِيتَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ وَصِيَامِ رَمَضَانَ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 114 · The Book of Faith

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اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ …

Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 907 · The Book of Prayers

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أَمْسَيْتُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطُوفُوا هَذَا الْبَيْتَ صِرْتُمْ حُرُمًا كَهَيْئَتِكُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 1999 · The Rites of Hajj (Kitab Al-Manasik Wa'l-Hajj)

Ḥasan

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي وَسِعَ سَمْعُهُ الأَصْوَاتَ، لَقَدْ جَاءَتِ الْمُجَادِلَةُ إِلَى …

Sunan Ibn Mājah 188 · The Book of the Sunnah

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أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّةِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ - لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ فِي ذَلِكَ …

Sunan Ibn Mājah 3547 · Chapters on Medicine

Ṣaḥīḥ

خَمِّرُوا الآنِيَةَ وَأَجِيفُوا الأَبْوَابَ، وَأَطْفِئُوا الْمَصَابِيحَ، فَإِنَّ …

Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6295 · Asking Permission

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أَنْ تُطْعِمَهَا إِذَا طَعِمْتَ وَتَكْسُوَهَا إِذَا اكْتَسَيْتَ - أَوِ اكْتَسَبْتَ - وَلاَ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2142 · Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)

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وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ الْمُسْلِمَيْنِ وَاسْتِحْلاَلُ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ قِبْلَتِكُمْ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2875 · Wills (Kitab Al-Wasaya)

Ḥasan

الإِسْلاَمُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4695 · Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)

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اخْرُجْ إِلَى هَذَا فَعَلِّمْهُ الاِسْتِئْذَانَ فَقُلْ لَهُ قُلِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ …

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5177 · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

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مَنْ عَادَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ زَارَ أَخًا لَهُ فِي اللَّهِ نَادَاهُ مُنَادٍ أَنْ طِبْتَ وَطَابَ …

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2008 · Chapters on Righteousness And Maintaining Good Relations With Relatives

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مَنْ خَافَ أَدْلَجَ وَمَنْ أَدْلَجَ بَلَغَ الْمَنْزِلَ أَلاَ إِنَّ سِلْعَةَ اللَّهِ غَالِيَةٌ …

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2450 · Chapters on the description of the Day of Judgement, Ar-Riqaq, and Al-Wa

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مَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ وَصَلَّى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَحَجَّ الْبَيْتَ لاَ أَدْرِي أَذَكَرَ الزَّكَاةَ …

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2530 · Chapters on the description of Paradise

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خَمِّرُوا الآنِيَةَ وَأَوْكُوا الأَسْقِيَةَ وَأَجِيفُوا الأَبْوَابَ وَأَطْفِئُوا الْمَصَابِيحَ …

Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2857 · Chapters on Manners

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أَنْ يُطْعِمَهَا إِذَا طَعِمَ وَأَنْ يَكْسُوَهَا إِذَا اكْتَسَى وَلاَ يَضْرِبِ الْوَجْهَ وَلاَ …

Sunan Ibn Mājah 1850 · The Chapters on Marriage

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إِذَا دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ بَيْتَهُ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ وَعِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ قَالَ …

Sunan Ibn Mājah 3887 · Supplication

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