Dua for Entering and Leaving the Mosque

اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

Transliteration: Allahummaftah li abwaba rahmatik.

Translation: O Allah, open for me the gates of Your mercy.

Source: Sahih Muslim 713

When to recite: When entering the masjid, stepping in with the right foot; and the second dua when leaving, stepping out with the left foot. This is the Sunnah in a hadith of Anas, graded hasan by al-Albani (as-Silsilah as-Sahihah 2478).

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Dua After Adhan

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ، وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ، آتِ مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ، وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ

Transliteration: Allahumma Rabba hadhihid-da'watit-tammah, was-salatil-qa'imah, ati Muhammadanil-wasilata wal-fadilah, wab'athhu maqaman mahmudanil-ladhi wa'adtah.

Translation: O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and of the prayer about to be established, grant Muhammad al-Wasilah (the highest station in Paradise) and excellence, and raise him to the praised station You have promised him.

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 614

When to recite: After the adhan has finished, having repeated its words after the mu’adhdhin.

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Dua When Hearing the Adhan (Raditu Billahi Rabba)

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، رَضِيتُ بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولًا، وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا

Transliteration: Ash-hadu an la ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, wa anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuluh, raditu billahi Rabba, wa bi Muhammadin rasula, wa bil-Islami dina.

Translation: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, without partner, and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. I am pleased with Allah as my Lord, with Muhammad as Messenger and with Islam as my religion.

Source: Sahih Muslim 386

When to recite: On hearing the mu’adhdhin, after he says the two testimonies of faith.

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See also

Hadith references follow the standard numbering on sunnah.com. Quranic Arabic is the Uthmani text with the Pickthall (1930, public domain) translation; other translations are our own.

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