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Dua When Leaving Home

Sourced from the Qur’an and canonical hadith collections · updated July 2026

One sentence at the doorstep, and the narration says it is announced about you: "You have been guided, sufficed and protected."

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

Bismillāhi tawakkaltu ʿalallāhi wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh.

"In the name of Allah, I place my trust in Allah — there is no power and no strength except with Allah."

Sunan Abi Dawud 5095, Jami’ at-Tirmidhi 3426

How and when to say it

Say it as you cross the threshold — tying it to the physical act of leaving makes it stick.

The full narration adds that shaytan withdraws from the one who says it.

Pair it with the travel dua when the trip is longer than an errand.

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Honest answers

What dua do you say when leaving the house?

"Bismillahi tawakkaltu ’alallah, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah" — "In the name of Allah, I trust in Allah; there is no power or strength except with Allah" (Abu Dawud 5095, Tirmidhi 3426).