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  • Chapter: To someone who says “May Allah bless you”

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 204

    وَفيكَ بارَكَ الله


    English Translation:

    Wafīka bārakallāh.

    And may Allah bless you.

    Reference:
    Ibn As-Sunni, p. 138, (no. 278). See also Ibn Al-Qayyim, Al-Wdbil
    As-Sayyib, p. 304, with checking by Basheer Muhammad ?Uyoon.

  • Chapter: The scorn of ascribing things to evil omens

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 205

    اللّهُـمَّ لا طَيْـرَ إِلاّ طَيْـرُك،
    وَلا خَـيْرَ إِلاّ خَـيْرُك،
    وَلا إِلهَ غَيْـرُك


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma lā ṭayra illā ṭayruk,
    wa lā khayra illā khayruk,
    wa lā ilāha ghayruk.

    O Allah there is no portent other than Your portent,
    no goodness other than Your goodness,
    and none worthy of worship other than You.

    Reference:
    Ahmad 2/220, Ibn As-Sunni (no. 292). See also Al-Albani,
    Silsilatul-‘Ahadlth As-Sahihah 3/54, (no. 1065). As for bodings of good,
    these used to please the Prophet (ﷺ) and so when he heard good words from
    someone, he used to say: “We have taken from you a good portent from your
    mouth,” Abu Dawud, Ahmad. See also Al-Albani, Silsilatul-‘Ahadith
    As-Sahihah 2/363, and it is with Abu Ash-Shaikh Al-Asfahani in
    ‘Akhlaqun-Nabiyy, pg. 270.

  • Chapter: When mounting an animal or any means of transport

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 206

    بِسْـمِ اللهِ
    وَالْحَمْـدُ لله،
    ﴿سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ *
    وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ﴾
    الحَمْـدُ لله، الحَمْـدُ لله، الحَمْـدُ لله،
    اللهُ أكْـبَر، اللهُ أكْـبَر، اللهُ أكْـبَر،
    سُـبْحانَكَ اللّهُـمَّ إِنّي ظَلَـمْتُ نَفْسي
    فَاغْـفِرْ لي،
    فَإِنَّهُ لا يَغْفِـرُ الذُّنوبَ إِلاّ أَنْـت


    English Translation:

    Bismillāh,
    walḥamdulillāh.
    Subḥāna ‘lladhī sakhkhara lanā hādhā
    wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn.
    Wa innā ilā Rabbinā lamunqalibūn.
    Alḥamdulillāh, alḥamdulillāh, alḥamdulillāh,
    Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar,
    Subḥānaka ‘llāhumma innī ẓalamtu nafsī,
    faghfir lī,
    fa innahu lā yaghfirudh-dhunūba illā ant.

    With the Name of Allah.
    Praise is to Allah.
    Glory is to Him Who has provided this for us
    though we could never have had it by our efforts.
    Surely, unto our Lord, we are returning.
    Praise is to Allah. Praise is to Allah. Praise is to Allah.
    Allah is the Most Great. Allah is the Most
    Great. Allah is the Most Great.
    Glory is to You. O Allah, I have wronged my own soul.
    Forgive me,
    for surely none forgives sins but You.

    Reference:
    Abu Dawud 3/34, At-Tirmidhi 5/501. See also Al-Albani, Sahih
    At-Tirmidhi3/156.

  • Chapter: For travel

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 207

    “اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ،
    ﴿سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ *
    وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ﴾
    اللَّهُمَّ إِنّا نَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِنَا هَذَا البِرَّ وَالتَّقْوَى،
    وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تَرْضَى،
    اللَّهُمَّ هَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا سَفَرَنَا هَذَا
    وَاطْوِ عَنَّا بُعْدَهُ،
    اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ،
    وَالْخَليفَةُ فِي الْأَهْلِ،
    اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ،
    وَكَآبَةِ الْمَنْظَرِ،
    وَسُوءِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْأَهْلِ”، وإذا رَجَعَ قَالَهُنَّ وَزَادَ فِيهِنَّ:
    “آيِبُونَ، تائِبُونَ، عَابِدُونَ،
    لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُونَ”.


    English Translation:

    Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar, Allāhu Akbar,
    Subḥāna ‘l-ladhi sakhkhara lanā hādhā
    wa mā kunnā lahu muqrinīn.
    Wa innā ilā Rabbinā lamunqalibūn.
    Allāhumma innā nas’aluka fī safarinā hādha ‘l-birra wat-taqwā,
    Wa mina ‘l-`amali mā tarḍā,
    Allāhumma hawwin `alaynā safaranā hādhā
    waṭwi `annā bu`dah,
    Allāhumma antas-sāḥibu fis-safar,
    wa ‘l-khalīfatu fil-ahl,
    Allāhumma innī a`ūdhu bika min wa`thā’is-safar,
    wa ka’ābati ‘l-manẓar,
    wa sū’il-munqalabi fil-māli wa ‘l-ahl.

    (Upon returning recite the same again adding):
    Ā’ibūna, tā’ibūna, `ābidūn,
    Li Rabbinā ḥāmidūn.

    Allah is the Most Great. Allah is the Most Great. Allah is the Most Great.
    Glory is to Him Who has provided this for us
    though we could never have had it by our efforts.
    Surely, unto our Lord we are returning.
    O Allah, we ask You on this our journey for goodness and piety,
    and for works that are pleasing to You.
    O Allah, lighten this journey for us
    and make its distance easy for us.
    O Allah, You are our Companion on the road
    and the One in Whose care we leave our family.
    O Allah, I seek refuge in You from this journey’s hardships,
    and from the wicked sights in store
    and from finding our family and property in misfortune upon returning.

    (Upon returning recite the same again adding 🙂

    We return repentant to our Lord, worshipping our Lord,
    and praising our Lord.

    Reference:
    Muslim 2/978.

  • Chapter: Upon entering a town or village

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 208

    أللّـهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّـمواتِ السّـبْعِ وَما أَظْلَلَـن،
    وَرَبَّ الأَراضيـنَ السّـبْعِ وَما أقْلَلْـن،
    وَرَبَّ الشَّيـاطينِ وَما أَضْلَلْـن،
    وَرَبَّ الرِّياحِ وَما ذَرَيْـن،
    أَسْـأَلُـكَ خَيْـرَ هذهِ الْقَـرْيَةِ
    وَخَيْـرَ أَهْلِـها،
    وَخَيْـرَ ما فيها،
    وَأَعـوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَـرِّها
    وَشَـرِّ أَهْلِـها،
    وَشَـرِّ ما فيها


    English Translation:

    Allāhumma Rabbas-samāwātis-sab`i wa mā aẓlaln,
    Wa Rabba ‘l-arāḍīnas-sab`i wa mā aqlaln,
    wa Rabbash-shayāṭīni wa mā aḍlaln,
    wa Rabbar-riyāḥi wa mā dharayn.
    As’aluka khayra hādhihi ‘l-qaryah,
    wa khayra ahlihā,
    wa khayra māfīhā,
    wa a`ūdhu bika min sharrihā,
    wa sharri ahlihā,
    wa sharri mā fīhā.

    O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and all they overshadow,
    Lord of the seven worlds and all they uphold,
    Lord of the devils and all they lead astray,
    Lord of the winds and all they scatter.
    I ask You for the goodness of this town,
    and for the goodness of its people,
    and for the goodness it contains.
    I seek refuge in You from its evil,
    from the evil of its people,
    and from the evil it contains.

    Reference:
    Al-Hakim who graded it authentic and Ath-Tfaahabi agreed 2/100, and Ibn
    As-Sunni (no. 524). Al-Hafidh graded it good in his checking of Al-‘Athkdr
    5/154. Ibn Baz said in Tuhfatul-‘Akhydr p. 37, that An-Nasa’i recorded it
    with a good chain of narration.

  • Chapter: When entering the market

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 209

    لا إلهَ إلاّ اللّه
    وحدَهُ لا شريكَ لهُ،
    لهُ المُلْـكُ ولهُ الحَمْـد،
    يُحْيـي وَيُميـتُ
    وَهُوَ حَيٌّ لا يَمـوت،
    بِيَـدِهِ الْخَـيْرُ
    وَهوَ على كلّ شيءٍ قدير


    English Translation:

    Lā ilāha illallāh
    waḥdahu lā sharīka lah,
    Lahu ‘l-mulku wa lahu ‘l-ḥamd,
    Yuḥyī wa yumīt,
    wa huwa ḥayyun lā yamūt,
    Biyadihi ‘l-khayr,
    wa huwa `alā kulli shay’in Qadīr.

    None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone,
    Who has no partner.
    His is the dominion and His is the praise. He brings life and He causes death,
    and He is living and does not die.
    In His Hand is all good,
    and He is Able to do all things.

    Reference:
    At-Tirmidhi 5/291, and Al-Hakim 1/538. Al-Albani graded it good in Sahih
    Ibn Majah 2/21 and Sahih At-Tirmidhi 3/152.

  • Chapter: When the mounted animal (or mean of transport) stumbles

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 210

    بِسْـمِ اللهِ


    English Translation:

    Bismillāh.

    With the Name of Allah.

    Reference:
    Abu Dawud 4/296. Al-Albani graded it authentic in Sahih Abu Dawud 3/941.

  • Chapter: Supplication of the traveller for the resident

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 211

    أَسْتَـوْدِعُكُـمُ اللَّهَ الَّذي لا تَضـيعُ وَدائِعُـه


    English Translation:

    Astawdi`ukumu ‘llāha ‘l-ladhi lā taḍī`u wadā’i`uh.

    I place you in the trust of Allah, whose trust is never misplaced.

    Reference:
    Ahmad 2/403, Ibn Majah 2/943. See also Al-Albani, Sahih Ibn Majah 2/133.

  • Chapter: Supplication of the resident for the traveller

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 212

    أَسْتَـوْدِعُ اللَّهَ ديـنَكَ
    وَأَمانَتَـكَ،
    وَخَـواتيـمَ عَمَـلِك


    English Translation:

    Astawdi`ullāha dīnak,
    wa amānatak,
    wa khawātīma `amalik.

    I leave your religion in the care of Allah,
    as well as your safety,
    and the last of your deeds.

    Reference:
    Ahmad 2/7, At-Tirmidhi 5/499. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi 2/155.

  • Chapter: Supplication of the resident for the traveller

    Status Reference : Hisn al-Muslim 213

    زَوَّدَكَ اللَّهُ التقْوى،
    وَغَفَـرَذَنْـبَكَ،
    وَيَسَّـرَ لَكَ الخَـيْرَ حَيْـثُما كُنْـت


    English Translation:

    Zawwadaka ‘llāhut-taqwā,
    wa ghafara dhanbak,
    wa yassara laka ‘l-khayra ḥaythu mā kunt.

    May Allah give you piety as your provision,
    forgive your sins,
    and make goodness easy for you wherever you are.

    Reference:
    At-Tirmidhi. See Al-Albani, Sahih At-Tirmidhi, 3/155.