Dua for Wearing Clothes
“Alhamdu lillahil-ladhi kasani hadhath-thawb” is an authentic dua from the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ, recorded in Sunan Abi Dawud 4023. Read it below in Arabic with transliteration and an English translation, and learn when to say it.
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي هَذَا الثَّوْبَ، وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ
Transliteration: Alhamdu lillahil-ladhi kasani hadhath-thawba, wa razaqanihi min ghayri hawlin minni wa la quwwah.
Translation: All praise is for Allah who clothed me with this garment and provided it for me without any might or power on my part.
Source: Sunan Abi Dawud 4023
When to recite
When putting on a new garment.
Virtue
The hadith says that whoever says this when putting on a garment will have his previous sins forgiven.
About this dua
Narrated by Mu‘adh ibn Anas, in the same hadith as the dua after eating. Clothing is one of the blessings the Quran reminds us of, and this dua acknowledges it as a gift from Allah.
Source and authenticity
- Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4023
- Grading: Hasan (al-Albani), except the words "and what is to come", which he did not authenticate.
- Read the source: Sunan Abi Dawud 4023
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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