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Before Removing Clothes

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ

Translation

In the Name of Allah.

Transliteration

Bismi-llāh.

Virtue

Anas b. Mālik (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The screen between the jinn and the nakedness of the children of Ādam when they take off their garments is that they say [the above].” (Ṭabarānī in al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ 7066)

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After Wearing Clothes

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِيْ كَسَانِيْ هٰذَا الثَّوْبَ ، وَرَزَقَنِيْهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِّنِّيْ وَلَا قُوَّةٍ.

Translation

All praise is for Allah who has clothed me with this garment and provided it for me, without any power or might from me.

Transliteration

Alḥamdu li-llāhi-l-ladhī kasānī hādha-th-thawb, wa razaqanīhi min ghayri ḥawli-m-minnī wa lā quwwah.

Virtue

Muʿādh b. Anas (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever puts on a garment and says [the above], his past and future sins will be forgiven.” (Abū Dāwūd 4023)

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When Wearing New Clothes

اَللّٰهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ كَسَوْتَنِيْهِ ، أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِهِ وَخَيْرِ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَشَرِّ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ.

Translation

O Allah, all praise is for You Alone — You have clothed me with it. I ask You for its good and the good of that for which it was made; and I seek Your protection from its evil and the evil of that for which it was made.

Transliteration

Allāhumma laka-l-ḥamdu Anta kasawtanīhi, as’aluka min khayrihī wa khayri mā ṣuniʿa lahu, wa aʿūdhu bika min sharrihī wa sharri mā ṣuniʿa lahu.

Virtue

Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) reported that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wore a new garment he would name it: either a turban, a shirt, or a cloak; and then he would say [the above].
(Tirmidhī 1767)

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To be Said to Someone Wearing New Clothes

تُبْلِيْ وَيُخْلِفُ اللّٰهُ تَعَالَىٰ.

Translation

May you wear it out and may Allah replace it (with another).

Transliteration

Tublī wa yukhlifu-llāhu taʿālā.

Virtue

Abū Naḍrah said: When any of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ put on a new garment, [the above] was said to him. (Abū Dāwūd 4020)

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