Travelling
Setting out, and coming home
67 verified supplications · 50 written out in full
إِذَا خَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ فَقَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لاَ …
When you step out the door
Whoever says it is guarded, guided and defended.
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا …
When you set out on a journey
Said by the Prophet ﷺ once he had settled onto his mount.
مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ. فِي يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ حُطَّتْ خَطَايَاهُ …
A hundred words that weigh more than they look
Said a hundred times in a day, and sins fall away though they were like
مَنْ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلاً ثُمَّ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا …
When you stop somewhere unfamiliar
Whoever says it, nothing will harm him until he moves on from that place
اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً، وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً، وَقِنَا عَذَابَ …
The supplication he ﷺ said most often
Anas ibn Mālik said this was the Prophet's ﷺ most frequent supplication
كَلِمَتَانِ خَفِيفَتَانِ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ، ثَقِيلَتَانِ فِي الْمِيزَانِ، حَبِيبَتَانِ إِلَى …
Two phrases, and a palm tree planted for you
Light on the tongue, heavy on the scale.
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِى مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَٱجْعَل لِّى مِن …
Going into something new
Mūsā ﷺ was told to say this. So was the Prophet ﷺ, at the hijrah.
اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُورِهَا
Blessing in the early part of the day
The Prophet ﷺ asked for his community to be blessed specifically in its
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.
أَسْتَوْدِعُ اللَّهَ دِينَكَ وَأَمَانَتَكَ وَخَوَاتِيمَ عَمَلِكَ
Saying goodbye to someone leaving
The Prophet ﷺ would entrust three things about the traveller to Allah.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ فِى سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى …
Wherever you happen to be
No qualification is attached to it.
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَنزِلْنِى مُنزَلًا مُّبَارَكًا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْمُنزِلِينَ
Arriving somewhere new
Nūḥ ﷺ was told to say it as the ark came to rest.
آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ، عَابِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا، حَامِدُونَ
Coming back from a journey
Said on the way home, four words in sequence.
مَنْ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ …
A hundred of one phrase, and what it is worth
Equal to freeing ten slaves, and a shield for the whole day.
مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ وَحِينَ يُمْسِي سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ …
A hundred in the morning, a hundred in the evening
Nobody will come with better on the Day of Rising, except someone who sa
اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِ سَعْدًا
Sitting with someone frightened of dying
Saʿd wept when he ﷺ visited him during his illness in Makkah.
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ذِكْرًا كَثِيرًا وَسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً …
How much remembrance is asked for
The only act of worship the Qur'an commands without an upper limit.
كَلِمَتَانِ خَفِيفَتَانِ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ، ثَقِيلَتَانِ فِي الْمِيزَانِ، حَبِيبَتَانِ إِلَى …
Light on the tongue, heavy on the scale
Two phrases, described by weight rather than length.
مَا كَانَ لِأَهْلِ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَمَنْ حَوْلَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ أَن يَتَخَلَّفُوا۟ عَن …
Nothing goes unrecorded
A verse listing what is written down for a person.
سَمَّعَ سَامِعٌ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ وَحُسْنِ بَلاَئِهِ عَلَيْنَا رَبَّنَا صَاحِبْنَا وَأَفْضِلْ …
Asked for at the start of a journey
Said as he set out in the morning.
أَتَانِي اللَّيْلَةَ آتٍ مِنْ رَبِّي فَقَالَ صَلِّ فِي هَذَا الْوَادِي الْمُبَارَكِ وَقُلْ …
A message about where to pray
ʿUmar heard him describing what he had been told that night.
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًا فَٱمْشُوا۟ فِى مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا۟ مِن …
An instruction to go out and use it
The earth is described as made easy, and then a command follows.
اللَّهُمَّ ارْزُقْنِي جَلِيسًا
Praying for someone to sit with
ʿAlqama arrived in a strange city, prayed two rakʿahs, and asked for thi
إِذَا نَزَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْزِلاً فَلْيَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ …
Said wherever you put your bags down
Khawla heard him give it as a general instruction for any place you stay
فُضِّلْتُ عَلَى الأَنْبِيَاءِ بِسِتٍّ أُعْطِيتُ جَوَامِعَ الْكَلِمِ وَنُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ …
Given something no prophet before him had
Five things listed, and one of them removes an obstacle most people neve
بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ تَقَبَّلْ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمِنْ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ
Said while making the sacrifice himself
He put his foot on its side and said it as he did it.
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ، إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ …
Said on arriving somewhere at first light
They reached Khaybar at dawn and he said it as the walls came into view.
لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ، لَبَّيْكَ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ، إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ …
The call said on entering the pilgrimage
Answering a summons rather than making a request.
أَتَانِي اللَّيْلَةَ آتٍ مِنْ رَبِّي وَهْوَ بِالْعَقِيقِ أَنْ صَلِّ فِي هَذَا الْوَادِي …
A command received in a valley
Delivered to him at night and passed straight on.
آيِبُونَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَائِبُونَ عَابِدُونَ حَامِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا سَاجِدُونَ، صَدَقَ …
Said on coming back from a journey
Three takbīrs first, then the four words.
أُعْطِيتُ خَمْسًا لَمْ يُعْطَهُنَّ أَحَدٌ قَبْلِي كَانَ كُلُّ نَبِيٍّ يُبْعَثُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ …
Five things he was given that were not given before
One of them changed where prayer can happen.
اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ كَمَا حَبَّبْتَ مَكَّةَ أَوْ أَشَدَّ وَصَحِّحْهَا …
When you have moved somewhere you did not want to be
Madinah made them ill when they first arrived, and Abū Bakr was feverish
مُوسَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ـ قَالَ ذَكَّرَ النَّاسَ يَوْمًا حَتَّى إِذَا …
Mūsā asking where to look
He was told the man he sought was at a junction.
إِنَّكَ لَنْ تُخَلَّفَ فَتَعْمَلَ عَمَلاً تَبْتَغِي بِهِ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ ازْدَدْتَ بِهِ …
Prayed over a man who did not want to die where he was
Saʿd fell ill in Makkah and feared dying in the city he had left.
ثُمَّ انْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ فَأَتَيْتُ عَلَى مُوسَى …
ʿĪsā ﷺ meeting the one who came after him
Described during the night journey.
سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي
What Ali said with his foot in the stirrup
He worked through four things before he said anything about himself.
أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ
What to say when you stop somewhere
A woman reported it, and a man stung by a scorpion proved it.
اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدِ اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدِ اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ
What he said three times at the end of the sermon
He raised his finger to the sky and pointed it back at them.
اللَّهُمَّ اطْوِ لَهُ الأَرْضَ وَهَوِّنْ عَلَيْهِ السَّفَرَ
What he said after the traveller had already left
The man never heard this part.
لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ وَمَحِلِّي مِنَ الأَرْضِ حَيْثُ حَبَسْتَنِي
A condition for someone who might not be able to finish
She asked whether she was allowed to make a condition at all.
إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ شَىْءٌ كَتَبَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى بَنَاتِ آدَمَ
Aisha weeping at Sarif
She said she wished she had never set out.
فَتَقُولُ الأَرْضُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ رَبِّ هَذَا مَا اسْتَوْدَعْتَنِي
What the ground says about the person buried in it
It explains why a need takes you somewhere.
أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لاَ تَضِيعُ وَدَائِعُهُ
What he said when he saw someone off
Abu Hurayrah reports it as said to him personally.
اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالاَهُ اللَّهُمَّ عَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ
What he said on the road back from the farewell pilgrimage
He called them to gather and prayed first.
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَدْمِ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ التَّرَدِّي وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ …
A list of ways to die that he asked to be spared
It ends with two he named specifically.
أَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِي هَذَا مِنَ الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تَرْضَى …
What he asked for on the road besides safety
Two of the four requests are about character.
بُنِيَ الإِسْلاَمُ عَلَى خَمْسٍ شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا …
What the whole thing stands on
Five, and only one of them is done every day.
فَرَضَ اللَّهُ الصَّلاَةَ حِينَ فَرَضَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ …
How the prayer was first given
One of the two was left as it was.
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.
أَمْهِلُوا حَتَّى تَدْخُلُوا لَيْلاً ـ أَىْ عِشَاءً ـ لِكَىْ تَمْتَشِطَ الشَّعِثَةُ …
Why he told them not to arrive unannounced
The reason given is on the other side of the door.
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.
مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، قَالَ أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَكَانِي. فَرَجَعَ فَنَامَ نَوْمَةً، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6308 · Invocations
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 3277 · The Book of Pilgrimage
رَبَّنَا صَاحِبْنَا وَأَفْضِلْ عَلَيْنَا عَائِذًا بِاللَّهِ مِنَ النَّارِ
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6900 · The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentanc
اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي وَالِدَانِ شَيْخَانِ كَبِيرَانِ وَامْرَأَتِي وَلِيَ صِبْيَةٌ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6949 · The Book of Heart-Melting Traditions
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الأَهْلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2598 · Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ * وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2599 · Jihad (Kitab Al-Jihad)
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ تَصَاغَرَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ مِثْلَ الذُّبَابِ
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4982 · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الأَهْلِ وَالْمَالِ اللَّهُمَّ …
Sunan an-Nasā'ī 5501 · The Book of Seeking Refuge with Allah
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الأَهْلِ اللَّهُمَّ اصْحَبْنَا …
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3438 · Chapters on Supplication
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الأَهْلِ اللَّهُمَّ اصْحَبْنَا …
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3439 · Chapters on Supplication
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِي هَذَا مِنَ الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا …
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3447 · Chapters on Supplication
آيِبُونُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَائِبُونَ عَابِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُونَ
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3447 · Chapters on Supplication
بِاسْمِ اللَّهِ . اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الأَهْلِ …
Muwaṭṭa' Mālik 1796 · General Subjects
تَكُونُ الأَرْضُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ خُبْزَةً وَاحِدَةً، يَتَكَفَّؤُهَا الْجَبَّارُ بِيَدِهِ …
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6520 · To make the Heart Tender (Ar-Riqaq)
إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةً يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ الْجَوَادَ الْمُضَمَّرَ السَّرِيعَ مِائَةَ …
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 7139 · The Book of Paradise, its Description, its Bounties and its Inhabitants
يَا عَائِشَةُ ارْفُقِي فَإِنَّ الرِّفْقَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي شَىْءٍ قَطُّ إِلاَّ زَانَهُ وَلاَ …
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4808 · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
إِذَا سَافَرْتُمْ فِي الْخِصْبِ فَأَعْطُوا الإِبِلَ حَظَّهَا مِنَ الأَرْضِ وَإِذَا سَافَرْتُمْ …
Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 2858 · Chapters on Manners