Dua After Gathering
Dua 1: Seeking Forgiveness After a Gathering
It is narrated that Abu Hurayrah I reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever sits in a gathering and engages in much idle talk and then says, before getting up to leave: ‘Glory be to You, O Allah, and all praise is Yours. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You,’ will be forgiven for what took place in that gathering.”
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ ❁ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ ❁ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ ❁
Subḥānaka Llāhumma wa-bi-ḥamdika, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā anta, astaghfiruka wa-atūbu ilayk.
Glory be to You, O Allah, and all praise is Yours. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.
| Reference | At-Tirmidhi (3433) |
Dua 2: Glorifying Allah at the End of a Gathering
It is related in Hilyat al-Awliya that Ali I said: “Whoever wishes for his deeds to receive the fullest measure of reward should say at the conclusion of a gathering, or when rising to leave:”
﴿سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّكَ رَبِّ ٱلْعِزَّةِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ❁ وَسَلَـٰمٌ عَلَى ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ ❁ وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ❁﴾
﴾Subḥāna Rabbika Rabbi l-ʿizzati ʿammā yaṣifūna, wa-salāmun ʿalā l-mursalīna, wa-l-ḥamdu li-Llāhi Rabbi l-ʿālamīn﴿.
“Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Might, above what they ascribe to Him. And peace be upon the Messengers. And all praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds.” (37:180–182)
| Reference | Hilyat al-Awliya; Qur'an 37:180-182 |
Dua 3: Supplication at the End of a Gathering
It is narrated that Ibn Umar I reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would seldom rise from a gathering without making the following dua for his Companions.
اللَّهُمَّ اقْسِمْ لَنَا مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ مَا يَحُولُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ مَعَاصِيكَ ❁ وَمِنْ طَاعَتِكَ مَا تُبَلِّغُنَا بِهِ جَنَّتَكَ ❁ وَمِنَ الْيَقِينِ مَا تُهَوِّنُ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا مُصِيبَاتِ الدُّنْيَا ❁ وَمَتِّعْنَا بِأَسْمَاعِنَا ❁ وَأَبْصَارِنَا وَقُوَّتِنَا مَا أَحْيَيْتَنَا ❁ وَاجْعَلْهُ الْوَارِثَ مِنَّا ❁ وَاجْعَلْ ثَأْرَنَا عَلَى مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا ❁ وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى مَنْ عَادَانَا ❁ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مُصِيبَتَنَا فِي دِينِنَا ❁ وَلَا تَجْعَلِ الدُّنْيَا أَكْبَرَ هَمِّنَا ❁ وَلَا مَبْلَغَ عِلْمِنَا ❁ وَلَا تُسَلِّطْ عَلَيْنَا مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُنَا ❁
Allāhumma qsim lanā min khashyatika mā yaḥūlu baynanā wa-bayna maʿāṣīka, wa-min ṭāʿatika mā tuballighunā bihi jannataka, wa-mina l-yaqīni mā tuhawwinu bihi ʿalaynā muṣībāti d-dunyā, wa-mattiʿnā bi-asmāʿinā wa-abṣārinā wa-quwwatinā mā aḥyaytanā, wa-jʿalhu l-wāritha minnā, wa-jʿal tha'ranā ʿalā man ẓalamanā, wa-nṣurnā ʿalā man ʿādānā, wa-lā tajʿal muṣībatanā fī dīninā, wa-lā tajʿali d-dunyā akbara hamminā, wa-lā mablagha ʿilminā, wa-lā tusalliṭ ʿalaynā man lā yarḥamunā.
O Allah, grant us such fear of You as will keep us from disobeying You, such obedience to You as will lead us to Your Paradise, and such certainty as will make the hardships of this world easy for us, and allow us to enjoy our hearing, sight, and strength for as long as You keep us alive, and let them remain with us until the end of our lives. Let our retribution be against those who have wronged us, grant us victory over those who show us enmity, do not let our affliction be in our religion, do not make this world our greatest concern or the limit of our knowledge, and do not give authority over us to those who will show us no mercy.
| Reference | At-Tirmidhi (3502) |
