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Duas for Wudu and the Bathroom

Short supplications for entering and leaving the bathroom and the testimony of faith after completing wudu, with its reward of the eight gates of Paradise being opened.

Dua for Entering the Bathroom (Toilet)

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخُبُثِ وَالْخَبَائِثِ

Transliteration: Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal-khubuthi wal-khaba'ith.

Translation: O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the male and female devils (or: from all evil and evil beings).

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 142; Sahih Muslim 375

When to recite: Before entering the toilet, stepping in with the left foot. Say it before going in, not inside. The left is for the opposite of honourable things (Sunan Abi Dawud 33), and scholars apply this to the feet.

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Dua for Leaving the Bathroom (Toilet)

غُفْرَانَكَ

Transliteration: Ghufranak.

Translation: I ask for Your forgiveness.

Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 30; Jami at-Tirmidhi 7

When to recite: After coming out of the toilet, stepping out with the right foot, as the Prophet loved to begin with the right (Sahih al-Bukhari 168).

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Dua After Wudu

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

Transliteration: Ash-hadu an la ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuluh.

Translation: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, without partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.

Source: Sahih Muslim 234

When to recite: Immediately after completing wudu (ablution).

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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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