Dua for Wearing New Clothes
“Allahumma lakal-hamdu anta kasawtanih” is an authentic dua from the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, recorded in Sunan Abi Dawud 4020. Read it below in Arabic with transliteration and an English translation, and learn when to say it.
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ كَسَوْتَنِيهِ، أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِهِ وَخَيْرِ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَشَرِّ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ
Transliteration: Allahumma lakal-hamdu anta kasawtanih, as'aluka min khayrihi wa khayri ma suni'a lah, wa a'udhu bika min sharrihi wa sharri ma suni'a lah.
Translation: O Allah, to You belongs all praise; You have clothed me with it. I ask You for its good and the good of what it was made for, and I seek refuge in You from its evil and the evil of what it was made for.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 4020; Jami at-Tirmidhi 1767
When to recite
When wearing a new garment for the first time.
About this dua
Narrated by Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri: when the Prophet ﷺ put on a new garment he would name it — a shirt or a turban — and then say this dua. The Companions would say to someone wearing new clothes, “May you wear it out and may Allah replace it.”
Source and authenticity
- Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4020; Jami at-Tirmidhi 1767
- Grading: Graded sahih by al-Albani.
- Read the source: Sunan Abi Dawud 4020 · Jami at-Tirmidhi 1767
The English translation is our own, kept close to the Arabic. Hadith numbers follow the standard numbering used on sunnah.com.
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