The 365 · Sunnah · Day 110 · Speech
Reciting the Prophetic Duʿāʾ When Leaving Home
The hadith
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
The Prophet ﷺ: 'Whoever says when leaving his house: Bismi-llāhi tawakkaltu ʿalā Allāh, wa-lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata illā bi-llāh, it is said to him: You have been guided, sufficed, and protected, and Shayṭān moves away from him.' (Sunan at-Tirmidhī 3426, Sunan Abū Dāwūd 5095, classed ṣaḥīḥ, Anas ibn Mālik.)
Svenska: Profeten ﷺ: 'Den som säger när han lämnar sitt hus: Bismillahi tawakkaltu 'ala Allah, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah, sagt till honom: Du har vägletts, varit tillräckligt och skyddats, och Shaytan flyttar sig från honom.' (Tirmidhī 3426, Abu Dawud 5095.)
Tirmidhī 3426, Abu Dawud 5095 (Anas ibn Mālik)
The story
The Companions practiced this consistently. Each leaving was structurally consecrated by the duʿāʾ. The classical scholars: the hadith promises three of the most-needed daily benefits (guidance, sufficiency, protection) in a single phrase.
Why it's here
The Prophet ﷺ named three structural results of this duʿāʾ at home-leaving: (1) hudīta (you have been guided), (2) kufita (you have been sufficed), (3) wuqita (you have been protected); plus a fourth: Shayṭān moves away. The cost is 5 seconds; the benefit is fourfold protection-and-grant.
Try it today
1. Memorize the duʿāʾ. About 5 seconds. 2. Recite at every leaving from home: work, errands, masjid-trips, family visits. 3. Pair with the entry-duʿāʾ (Day 109): leaving + entry both anchored. 4. Train children: the leaving-duʿāʾ is operationally simple to teach.
In your day
Multiple home-leavings daily. Each is an opportunity for the named fourfold benefit. Build it as automatic. The accumulated structural protection across years is severe.
A reflection to carry
Duʿāʾ when leaving the home (revisit). 'Bismi-llāh, tawakkaltu ʿalā Allāh, wa-lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata illā bi-llāh.' (Tirmidhī 3426.) Threefold benefit: guided + sufficed + protected; plus Shayṭān moves away.
Read the longer reflection
The named structural protection covers the day's external risks. 5 seconds invokes all four. Cure: memorize; install as automatic before crossing the threshold of the home; train children. Multiple home-leavings daily (work, errands, masjid, family visits): each is an opportunity for the named fourfold benefit. The accumulated structural protection across years is severe; the believer's daily exits become structurally sanctified.
Sources: Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud. The Qur'an and its translation are verified; the scholarship is retold faithfully in our own words and credited to its sources, never reproduced verbatim.
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