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Dua for Gatherings: Kaffaratul Majlis

Hadith/Dhikr

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ

Transliteration

Subḥānaka Allāhumma wa biḥamdik, ashhadu an lā ilāha illā anta, astaghfiruka wa atūbu ilayk.

Translation

Glory is to You, O Allah, and praise. I bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship except You. I seek Your forgiveness and repent to You.

Understand the dua

Background & benefit

Background

Said at the end of a gathering.

Benefit

Closes gatherings with glorification, tawhid, forgiveness, and repentance.

When to recite

gathering, meeting

Source & authenticity

Source: Hadith/Dhikr

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4859; Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3433

Authenticity: Sahih/Hasan in common grading

Sahih/Hasan in common grading

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Hadith/DhikrSahih

Dua for Forgiveness Before Tasleem

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا، وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، وَارْحَمْنِي، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

Allāhumma innī ẓalamtu nafsī ẓulman kathīrā, wa lā yaghfiru adh-dhunūba illā anta, faghfir lī maghfiratan min ʿindik, warḥamnī, innaka anta al-ghafūru ar-raḥīm.

O Allah, I have wronged myself greatly, and none forgives sins except You. So forgive me with forgiveness from You and have mercy on me. Indeed, You are the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

Why this dua?

A powerful concise dua for forgiveness, mercy, and acknowledging one’s shortcomings.

Sahih al-Bukhari 834; Sahih Muslim 2705

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Adam’s Repentance

رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

Rabbana zalamna anfusana wa il-lam taghfir lana wa tarhamna lanakunanna minal-khasirin

Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will surely be among the losers.

Why this dua?

Reciting it helps cultivate humility, admission of fault, and hope in Allah’s mercy after sin, following the model of our first parents.

Al-A‘raf 7:23

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Laylatul Qadr Dua

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ عَفُوٌّ تُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ فَاعْفُ عَنِّي

Allāhumma innaka ʿafuwwun tuḥibbu l-ʿafwa faʿfu ʿannī.

O Allah, You are Pardoning and You love to pardon, so pardon me.

Why this dua?

A concise dua for Allah’s pardon, especially in the last ten nights of Ramadan and whenever seeking forgiveness.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3513; Sunan Ibn Majah 3850

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Opening Prayer: Distance Me from Sins

اللَّهُمَّ بَاعِدْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ خَطَايَايَ، كَمَا بَاعَدْتَ بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ...

Allāhumma bāʿid baynī wa bayna khaṭāyāya kamā bāʿadta bayna l-mashriqi wa-l-maghrib...

O Allah, distance me from my sins as You have distanced the east from the west...

Why this dua?

A powerful supplication for purification from sins at the start of prayer.

Sahih al-Bukhari 744; Sahih Muslim 598

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I Seek Refuge From Asking What I Have No Knowledge Of

رَبِّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِهِ عِلْمٌ ۖ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِي وَتَرْحَمْنِي أَكُن مِّنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

Rabbi innī aʿūdhu bika an asʾalaka mā laysa lī bihi ʿilm, wa-illā taghfir lī wa-tarḥamnī akun mina al-khāsirīn.

My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking You for that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy on me, I will be among the losers.

Why this dua?

For humility, knowledge, and seeking forgiveness when one misunderstands a matter.

Quran 11:47

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I Have Wronged Myself, So Forgive Me

رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي

Rabbi innī ẓalamtu nafsī faghfir lī.

My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me.

Why this dua?

For seeking Allah’s mercy, guidance, protection, and goodness through a Quranic supplication.

Quran 28:16

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Opening Prayer: Distance Me from Sins

I Seek Refuge From Asking What I Have No Knowledge Of

I Have Wronged Myself, So Forgive Me