Dua for Entering Masjid | Dua for leaving Masjid

This blog is about dua entering and leaving masjid. In this page you will find 3 different Duas for entering Masjid and 2 Duas for leanig Masjid.

These supplications mentioned in such occasions are intended for guidance. Their aim is to connect the servant with his Lord in all his movements and rests. To remind us that Allah has power over all things, and to bring to mind that Allah Almighty loves for His servants to ask Him, as in the Almighty’s saying: And your Lord says Call upon Me, I will respond to you. [ Ghafir: 60].

Dua 1: Dua For entering Masjid - Arabic, English Transliteration

اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِيْ أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

English Transliteration: Allahummaftahli Abwaba Rahmatika.

English Translation: Ya Allah! Open for me the doors of your mercy.

Dua 1: Dua For Leaving Masjid - Arabic, English Transliteration

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ

English Transliteration: Allahumma inni Asaluka min Fadhlik.

English Translation: Ya Allah! I ask you to your bounty.

Dua for entering and leaving masjid - Hadith

ٰAbu Usaid reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

عَنْ أَبِي أُسَيْدٍ، – قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ إِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ ‏.‏ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ فَلْيَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ ‏”‏ ‏.‏

When any one of you enters the mosque, he should say:” O Allah! open for me the doors of Thy mercy” ; and when he steps out he should say: ‘O Allah! I beg of Thee Thy Grace.” Muslim

entering and leaving Masjid Dua - Explanation

This Hadith talks about two etiquettes of the mosque, which were guided by the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace:

The First etiquettes is related to entering the Mosque, as Prophet Muhammad, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, says: “If one of you enters the mosque,” meaning: he wants to enter it, when he reaches its door, “let him say: O God, open for me the doors of your mercy,” which includes everything, and this A plea to God to shower me with His mercy And to prepare for me good deeds that will be a reason for entering through the multiple doors of mercy.

Why do we ask mercy When entering the masjid?

The secret of singling out mercy as entry is that mercy in the Book of God means blessings related to the soul and the hereafter, as Allah Almighty said:

And the mercy of your Lord is better than what they gather. [Al-Zukhruf: 32]

whoever enters the mosque He seeks closeness to God, and is preoccupied with what will bring him closer to His reward and Paradise. This is appropriate to mention mercy.

The Second etiquettes It relates to leaving Masjid, so Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: “and when he steps out he should say: ‘O Allah! I beg of Thee Thy Grace.” from Your lawful provision.

Why do we ask grace and bounty When leaving the masjid?

The secret of allocating Fadhl when coming out from masjid is that Fadhl mean؛ worldly blessings, as Allah Almighty said: {There is no blame upon you if you seek bounty from your Lord} [Al-Baqarah: 198], and Allah said: {So when the prayer is completed. So they dispersed throughout the land and sought God’s bounty} [Friday] : 10]. This is a supplication to God and an acknowledgment that He is the owner of great bounty upon His servants, and He is the Sustainer, and that He gives of His vast bounty without hesitation. Whoever comes out of Masjid is seeking sustenance.

Dua 2: Dua for entering Masjid

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَافْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

English Transliteration: Bismillahi Wa-Ssalamu Ala Rasoolillah, Allahummaghfir Li Dhunoobee Waftah Li Abwaba Rahmatika.

English Transliteration: In the Name of Allah, and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, forgive me my sins and open to me the gates of Your mercy

Dua 2: Dua for Leaving Masjid

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَافْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ فَضْلِكَ

English Transliteration: Bismillahi Wa-Ssalamu Ala Rasoolillah, Allahummaghfir Li Dhunoobee Waftah Li Abwaba Fadhlika.

English Transliteration: In the Name of Allah, and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, forgive me my sins and open to me the gates of Your grace.

Dua before entering Masjid - Hadith

ٰSayyidah Fatimah radiyallahu anha said:

عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ يَقُولُ ‏”‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَافْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ وَإِذَا خَرَجَ قَالَ ‏”‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي وَافْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ فَضْلِكَ ‏”‏ ‏.‏

“Whenever the Messenger of Allah entered the mosque he would say: ‘Bismillah, was-salamu ‘ala Rasulillah, Allahummagh-firli dhunubi waftah li abwaba rahmatika. (In the Name of Allah, and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, forgive me my sins and open to me the gates of Your mercy).’ When he left he would say: ‘Bismillah, was-salamu ‘ala Rasulillah, Allahummagh-firli dhunubi waftah li abwaba fadlika. (In the Name of Allah, and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, forgive me my sins and open to me the gates of Your bounty).”

Dua 3: Dua for entering Masjid

أَعُوْذُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيْمِ وَبِوَجْهِهِ الْكَرِيْمِ وَسُلْطَانِهِ الْقَدِيْمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيْمِ

English Transliteration: Auoodhu Billahil Azeem, Wa Biwajhehil Kareem, Wa Sultanihil Qadeem, Minash Shaitanir-Rajeem.

English Translation: I seek refuge in Allah, the Magnificent, and in His noble face, and in his eternal domain, from the accursed Devil.

Dua before entering Masjid - Hadith

ٰHaiwah bin Shuraih reported:

عَنْ حَيْوَةَ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ، قَالَ لَقِيتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ مُسْلِمٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ حَدَّثْتَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ قَالَ ‏ “‏ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِوَجْهِهِ الْكَرِيمِ وَسُلْطَانِهِ الْقَدِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَقَطُّ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَإِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ حُفِظَ مِنِّي سَائِرَ الْيَوْمِ ‏.‏

I met ‘Uqbah b. Muslim and said to him: it has been reported to me that someone has narrated to you from the prophet (ﷺ) that when he entered the mosque, he would say: I seek refuge in Allah, the Magnificent, and in His noble face, and in his eternal domain, from the accursed Devil. He asked : is it so much only? I said: Yes. He said: when anyone says so. The devil says: he is protected from me all the day long. (abudawood:466)

Most beloved places On the earth:

ٰSalim bin Abdillah (May Allah be pleased with him) said :

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: ” أَحَبُّ البِلَادِ إِلَى اللَّهِ، مَسَاجِدُهَا، وَأَبْغَضُ البِلَادِ إِلَى اللَّهِ، أَسْوَاقُهَا ” (صحيح مسلم)
The Messenger of Allah –peace and prayer of Allah be upon him- said, “The most beloved places to Allah are the mosques, and the ones he dislikes the most are the markets.” (Muslim)