Dua for Leaving Home

1. (بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَلَاَ حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ).

   Bismillah, tawakkaltu 'alallah, wala hawla wala quwwata illa billah

   (In the name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah, and there is no might nor power except with Allah.)

   ◆ Virtue

   When a person says this on leaving home, it is said to him: you are guided, you are sufficed and you are protected — and the devils move away from him. — Sunan Abi Dawud 5095 · sahih (al-Albani)

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2. (اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَضِلَّ، أَوْ أُضَلَّ، أَوْ أَزِلَّ، أَوْ أُزَلَّ، أَوْ أَظْلِمَ، أَوْ أُظْلَمَ، أَوْ أَجْهَلَ، أَوْ يُجْهَلَ عَلَيَّ).

   Allahumma innee a'oodhu bika an adill, aw udall, aw azill, aw uzall, aw azlim, aw uzlam, aw ajhal, aw yujhala 'alayy

   (O Allah, I take refuge with You lest I should stray or be led astray, or slip or be tripped, or oppress or be oppressed, or behave foolishly or be treated foolishly.)(slip: i.e. to commit a sin unintentionally)

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Source: Hisn al-Muslim by Saʿid ibn ʿAli ibn Wahf al-Qahtani. The Arabic is verbatim from the book; the English meaning is from the hisnmuslim.com English edition. The transliteration is generated by Waqtazan from the voweled Arabic as a reading aid — the Arabic and the recitation remain the reference. Virtues are quoted only from authentic hadith (al-Bukhari, Muslim, or graded sahih/hasan by al-Albani). Recitations: hisnmuslim.com.