Wudu & Clothing

الوضوء واللباس

Entering and leaving the bathroom, before and after ablution, and dressing.

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When wearing a garment

دعاء لبس الثوب
الحمدُ للهِ الّذي كَساني هذا (الثّوب) وَرَزَقَنيه مِنْ غَـيـْرِ حَولٍ مِنّي وَلا قـوّة.

Alḥamdu lillāhil-ladhī kasānī hādhā (ath-thawba) wa razaqanīhi min ghayri ḥawlin minnī wa lā quwwah.

Praise is to Allah Who has clothed me with this (garment) and provided it for me, though I was powerless myself and incapable

[ Al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, At-Tirmidhi. See also 'Irwa'ul-Ghalil 7/47. Hisn al-Muslim 5 ]

When wearing a new garment

دعاء لبس الثوب الجديد
اللّهُـمَّ لَـكَ الحَـمْـدُ أنْـتَ كَسَـوْتَنيهِ، أَسْأََلُـكَ مِـنْ خَـيرِهِ وَخَـيْرِ مَا صُنِعَ لَـه، وَأَعوذُ بِكَ مِـنْ شَـرِّهِ وَشَـرِّ مـا صُنِعَ لَـهُ.

Allāhumma lakal-ḥamdu 'anta kasawtanīhi, 'as'aluka min khayrihi wa khayri mā ṣunia lahu, wa 'aoothu bika min sharrihi wa sharri mā ṣuni`a lahu.

O Allah, praise is to You. You have clothed me. I ask You for its goodness and the goodness of what it has been made for, and I seek Your protection from the evil of it and the evil of what it has been made for.

[ Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi. See also Al-Albani, Mukhtasar Shama'il At-Tirmidhi, p. 47. Hisn al-Muslim 6 ]

To someone wearing a new garment

الدعاء لمن لبس ثوباً جديداً
تُبْـلي وَيُـخْلِفُ اللهُ تَعَالى

Tublī wa yukhliful-lāhu ta`ālā.

May Allah replace it when it is worn out.

[ Abu Dawud 4/41. See also Al-Albani Sahih Abu Dawud 2/760. Hisn al-Muslim 7 ]

اِلبَـس جَديـداً وَعِـشْ حَمـيداً وَمُـتْ شهيداً

wa `ish ḥamīdan, wa mut shahīdan.

Put on new clothes, live a praise-worthy life and die as a martyr.

[ Ibn Majah 2/1178, Al-Baghawi 12/41. See also Al-Albani, Sahih Ibn Majah 2/275. Hisn al-Muslim 8 ]

Before undressing

ما يقول إذا وضع الثوب
بِسْمِ الله

Bismillāhi

In the Name of Allah.

[ At-Tirmidhi 2/505, among others. See 'Irwa'ul Ghalil no. 49 and Sahihul-Jami' 3/203. Hisn al-Muslim 9 ]

Before entering the bathroom

دعاء دخول الخلاء
(بِسْمِ الله) اللّهُـمَّ إِنِّـي أَعـوذُ بِـكَ مِـنَ الْخُـبْثِ وَالْخَبائِث

[Bismillāhi] Allāhumma 'innī 'a`ūdhu bika minal-khubthi walkhabā'ith.

[In the Name of Allah]. O Allah, I seek protection in You from evil and the evil ones (or, from the evil male and female Jinn).

[ Al-Bukhari 1/45, Muslim 1/283. The addition of Bismillah at its beginning was reported by Said bin Mansur. See Fathul-Bari 1/244. Hisn al-Muslim 10 ]

After leaving the bathroom

دعاء الخروج من الخلاء
غُفْـرانَك

Ghufrānaka

I seek Your forgiveness.

[ Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and At-Tirmidhi. An-Nasa'i recorded it in 'Amalul-Yawm wal-Laylah. Also see the checking of Ibn Al-Qayyim's Zadul-Ma'ad, 2/387. Hisn al-Muslim 11 ]

Before ablution

الذكر قبل الوضوء
بِسْمِ الله

Bismillāhi

In the Name of Allah

[ Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, and Ahmad. See also Al-Albani, 'Irwa'ul-Ghain 1/122. Hisn al-Muslim 12 ]

Upon completing the ablution

الذكر بعد الفراغ من الوضوء
أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلَـهَ إِلاّ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَريـكَ لَـهُ وَأَشْهَدُأَنَّ مُحَمّـداً عَبْـدُهُ وَرَسـولُـه

'Ash-hadu 'an lā 'ilāha 'illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu wa 'ash-hadu 'anna Muḥammadan `abduhu wa Rasūluhu.

I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner; and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger.

[ Muslim 1/209. Hisn al-Muslim 13 ]

اللّهُـمَّ اجْعَلنـي مِنَ التَّـوّابينَ وَاجْعَـلْني مِنَ المتَطَهّـرين.

Allāhummaj`alnī minat-tawwābīna waj`alnī minal-mutaṭahhirīn.

O Allah, make me among those who turn to You in repentance, and make me among those who are purified.

[ At-Tirmidhi 1/78. See also Al-Albani, Sahih At- Tirmidhi 1/18. Hisn al-Muslim 14 ]

سُبْحـانَكَ اللّهُـمَّ وَبِحَمدِك أَشْهَـدُ أَنْ لا إِلهَ إِلاّ أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتوبُ إِلَـيْك

Subḥānaka Allāhumma wa biḥamdika, 'ash-hadu 'an lā 'ilāha 'illā 'Anta, 'astaghfiruka wa 'atūbu 'ilayk.

Glory is to You, O Allah, and praise; I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.

[ An-Nasa'i, 'Amalul-Yawm wal-Laylah, p. 173. See also Al-Albani, 'Irwa'ul-Ghalil 1/135 and 2/94. Hisn al-Muslim 15 ]

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