43. Good Conduct and Manners
٤٣۔ كتاب الأدب
Dua when exiting to go outside
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never went out of my house without raising his eye to the sky and saying:
allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika an aḍilla aw uḍall, aw azilla aw uzall, aw aẓlima aw uẓlam, aw ajhala aw yujhala ʿalayya.
(O Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I go astray or be led astray, lest I slip or be made to slip, lest I wrong others or be wronged, or lest I act ignorantly or ignorance be shown toward me.)
مَا خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ بَيْتِي قَطُّ إِلاَّ رَفَعَ طَرْفَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ:
«اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَضِلَّ أَوْ أُضَلَّ، أَوْ أَزِلَّ أَوْ أُزَلَّ، أَوْ أَظْلِمَ أَوْ أُظْلَمَ، أَوْ أَجْهَلَ أَوْ يُجْهَلَ عَلَىَّ».
Dua when leaving your home
The Prophet ﷺ said: "When a man goes out of his house and says:
bismi Allāhi tawakkaltu ʿalā Allāhi, lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata illā bi-Allāh
(In the name of Allah, I trust in Allah; there is no might and no power but in Allah)
the following will be said to him at that time: "You are guided, defended and protected." The devils will go far from him and another devil will say: How can you deal with a man who has been guided, defended and protected?"
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِذَا خَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ فَقَالَ:
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ
قَالَ: «يُقَالُ حِينَئِذٍ: هُدِيتَ وَكُفِيتَ وَوُقِيتَ، فَتَتَنَحَّى لَهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ، فَيَقُولُ لَهُ شَيْطَانٌ آخَرُ: كَيْفَ لَكَ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ هُدِيَ وَكُفِيَ وَوُقِيَ؟».