10 essential Masnun Duas for everyday life

From the moment we wake up each day until we go to bed again, we carry out various activities. Every one of these activities is necessary and important for us. For example, we leave home each day for work and other purposes, and then return home. We eat and drink, use the bathroom, go to the mosque for prayers, visit the market and buy essential goods. After the fatigue of the day, we eventually go to sleep again.

All these activities are important for a healthy way of life. The Holy Prophet (PBUH) taught us supplications to seek Allah’s mercy at the beginning of every activity and blessings at its end. This is because nothing a human being does is perfect or infallible. Therefore, he taught people to rely on Allah for the good and bad outcomes of whatever they do.

10 important and necessary Masnun Duas for everyday life

1. Dua before going to sleep

اللَّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا 

Meaning: O Allah! In Your name I lie down to sleep, and by Your grace I shall awaken again. (Bukhari, Hadith: 6324)

2. Dua upon waking up

الْحَمْدُ لله الذي أحيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أماتَنَا وإليه النُّشُوْر 

Meaning: All praise is due to Allah, who has given us life after causing us to die, and to Him is the resurrection. (Bukhari, Hadith: 6324)

3. Dua before eating

بِسْمِ اللهِ وَعَلَى بَرَكَةِ اللهِ 

Meaning: In the name of Allah, and with Allah’s blessings, I begin this meal.

4. Dua when leaving home

بِسْمِ اللهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللهَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللَّهِ 

Meaning: In the name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah. There is no power or strength to refrain from wrongdoing or attain goodness except through the help of Allah Almighty. (Tirmidhi, Hadith: 3426)

5. Dua when entering the home

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ الْمَوْلِجِ وَخَيْرَ الْمَخْرَجِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَلَجْنَا وَبِسْمِ اللَّهِ خَرَجْنَا وَعَلَى اللَّهِ رَبِّنَا تَوَكَّلْنَا 

Meaning: O Allah! I ask You for the goodness of entering and the goodness of leaving. In the name of Allah, we enter, and in the name of Allah, we leave, and upon Allah, our Lord, we place our trust. (Abu Dawud, Hadith: 5096)

6. Dua when boarding a vehicle

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ 

Meaning: Glory be to Him who has subjected this vehicle to us, for we could not have brought it under our control by ourselves.

7. Dua when entering the bathroom

‏اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّى أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبْثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ 

Meaning: O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of male and female jinn. (Bukhari, Hadith: 142)

8. Dua when leaving the bathroom

الْحَمْدُ للهِ الذي أَذْهَبَ عَنَّى الأَذَى وعَافَانِي 

Meaning: All praise is due to Allah, who has removed harmful things from me and granted me relief. (Abu Dawud, Hadith: 30)

9. Dua when entering the mosque

اللَّهمَّ افتَحْ لِيْ أبوابَ رَحْمَتِك 

Meaning: O Allah! Open for me the doors of Your mercy. (Abu Dawud, Hadith: 466)

10. Dua when leaving the mosque

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَالصّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِك 

Meaning: In the name of Allah, I leave. May blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah! I ask You for Your bounty. (Abu Dawud, Hadith: 126)