Dua at the time of looking in the mirror

"Allah humma anta hassanta khalqi fa hassin khuluqi"
"O Allah as you made my outward appearance good make my character good too"

Dua after sneezing

"Al humdulilAllah"
"All praise onto Allah"

Dua after eating

"Al humdulilAllahil lazi at'amanaa wasaqaana waja'alana minal muslimeen"

"Thanks to Allah woh fed us and made us among muslims"

Dua before eating

"BismilAllahi wa'alaa barakatiAllah" "

"In the name of Allah and with the bounty of Allah I eat"

Dua when proceeding downward

"SubhaanAllah"
"Glory is for Allah"

Dua when proceedind upward

"Allah hu Akbar"

"Allah is the Greatest"

Dua when wearing new clothes

"Al humdulliAllah hillazi kasani haaza wa raza qanihi min ghairi hawlim minni wala quwwah"

"All excellencies are for Allah who gave me this cloth to wear and granted me without any strength and power"

Dua for Increase in Knowledge

"Rabbi zidni ilma"
"Oh Allah grant me more knowledge"

Dua for Bride & Groom after Marraige/Nikah

"Barak Allah hu laka wa baa rak Allah hu alaika wa jama'aa bainakuma fi khair"
"Allah bless you and shower HIS blessings on you and place goodness between both of you "

Dua when Beginning a Journey

"Allah humma bika asoolu wa bika ahoolo wa bika aseer"
"Oh Allah I attack with your help and proceed with your help and return with your help"

Dua-e-Qunoot

Transliteration of Dua-e-Qunoot:

"Allah humma inna nasta-eenoka wa nastaghfiruka wa nu'minu bika wa natawakkalu alaika wa nusni alaikal khair, wa nashkuruka wala nakfuruka wa nakhla-oo wa natruku mai yafjuruka, Allah humma iyyaka na'budu wa laka nusalli wa nasjudu wa ilaika nas aaa wa nahfizu wa narju rahma taka wa nakhshaa azaabaka inna azaabaka bil kuffari mulhikun"

Translation of Dua-e-Qunoot:

"O' Allah! We implore You for help and beg forgiveness of You and believe in You and rely on You and extol You and we are thankful to You and are not ungrateful to You and we alienate and forsake those who disobey You. O' Allah! You alone do we worship and for You do we pray and prostrate and we betake to please You and present ourselves for the service in Your cause and we hope for Your mercy and fear Your chastisement. Undoubtedly, Your torment is going to overtake infidels"

Dua-e-Kunoot is recited in the third rakat of Witr (Witar) Salaah after Isha Prayer

Dua when you see a funeral or janaza

"Subhanal hayyi-il-lazi laa Yamuuto"
"Glory is for the one who is alive (Allah) who will never die"

Dua when entering a Cemetry or Graveyard

"As-Salaamu Alaikum Yaa Ahlal Quboori Yaghfirullahu lana wa lakum
Antum Salafuna wa nahnu bil asar"
" O dweller of the graves, peace be upon you. May Allah forgive us and you. You reached before us and we will follow behind you."

Dua-e-Istikhara (Suggestions from God)

"Istikhara" means to seek goodness from Allah (Exalted is He), meaning when one intends to do an important task they do istikhara before the task. The one who does the istikhara is as if they request Allah Almighty that, O the Knower of Unseen (Exalted is He) guide me if this task is better for me or not?

According to Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 21, Number 263:Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah :The Prophet (Sallal Laho Alaihi Wasallam) used to teach us the way of doing Istikhara, in all matters as he taught us the Suras of the Quran. He said, "If anyone of you thinks of doing any job he should offer a two Rakat prayer other than the compulsory ones and say the above dua (after the prayer)"


WAY TO PERFORM ISTIKHARA:
First pray two cycles of ritual prayer [raka'] such that in the first raka' after Surah Fatiha (Allhamd…) recite Surah al-Kafirun (Chapter 109) and in the second raka' after Fatiha (Allhamd…) recite Surah al-Ikhlas (Chapter 112) and after finishing prayer [salam] then recite this (supplication/dua'): Dua in Arabic Text above.

TRANSLITERAION of Dua e Istikhara:
Allahumma inni astakheeroka bi ilmik. Wa'astaq-diroka biqudratika. Wa'as'aloka min fadlikal-azeem. Fa'innaka taqdiru wala aqdir. Wata lamo wala-a lam. Wa'anta-allamul ghuyoob. Allahumma in kunta ta lamu anna (hathal-amra*) khair ul-lee fi deenee wa ma'ashi wa aakibati amri aw aajili amri wa'ajilah, faqdorho lee, wayassirho lee, somma-bariko lee fih. Wa'in kunta talamo anna (hathal-amra*) sharrul-lee fi deenee. Wama ashi. Wa aakibati amri, Wa aajila amri. Wa'ajilaho. Fasrifho annee. Wasrifnee anh. Waqdur leyal-khayra haytho kaana somma ardini bih.

* When making the du'a, the actual matter or decision should be mentioned instead of the words "hathal-amra" ("this matter").

TRANSLATION of Dua-e-Istikhara:
"O Allah! I seek goodness from Your Knowledge and with Your Power (and Might) I seek strength, and I ask from You Your Great Blessings, because You have the Power and I do not have the power. You Know everything and I do not know, and You have knowledge of the unseen. Oh Allah! If in Your Knowledge this action ------------------------------------------------ (which I intend to do) is better for my religion and faith, for my life and end [death], for here [in this world] and the hereafter then make it destined for me and make it easy for me and then add blessings [baraka'] in it, for me. O Allah! In Your Knowledge if this action is bad for me, bad for my religion and faith, for my life and end [death], for here [in this world] and the hereafter then turn it away from me and turn me away from it and whatever is better for me, ordain [destine] that for me and then make me satisfied with it."

How many times?
It depends. Sometimes it takes only once to get the answer and sometimes it takes longer. It is better to do istakhara seven (7) times and right after reciting the supplication, given above, sleep with ablution (people who cannot keep the ablution for longer times due to health problems do not have to worry about ablution before falling asleep) facing the direction of the Qibla (facing the Qibla is not required but it is a Sunnat of our beloved Prophet Peace Be Upon Him). It is better to recite salutations (durood/ salawat) on the Prophet Allah's Grace and Peace be upon him before and after the above Dua (supplication).

Answer to your Dua:
If in the dream one sees whiteness (means any thing white in color, for example: milk, white paper, white sky, white clothes, white light etc.) or greenness (means any thing green in color, for example: grass, plants, trees, green clothes, green light etc.) then understand that this task is better and if one sees redness (means any thing red in color, for example: blood, red clothing, red fruit, red light etc.) or blackness (means any thing black in color, for example: black water, black light, black clothings, black sky, black wall etc. ) then understand it is bad and avoid it.
If do not remember any dream or do not see any colors then follow your heart. Whatever intention grows stronger in your heart regarding your targated work follow it after seven days of Istakhara.



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Dua-e-Khauf - Dua for fear or when scared

Allah humma inni Aj alooka fi noohoorihim wa aao zubika min shuroorihim

Ayat-ul-Kursi - The verse of The Throne

Transliteration in English:
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Raheem
Allahu la ilaha illa Huwa, Al-Haiyul-Qaiyum La ta'khudhuhu sinatun wa la nawm, lahu ma fis-samawati wa ma fil-'ard Man dhal-ladhi yashfa'u 'indahu illa bi-idhnihi Ya'lamu ma baina aidihim wa ma khalfahum, wa la yuhituna bi shai'im-min 'ilmihi illa bima sha'a Wasi'a kursiyuhus-samawati wal ard, wa la ya'uduhu hifdhuhuma Wa Huwal 'Aliyul-Adheem

Translation in English:
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
"Allah! There is no god but He - the Living, The Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him Nor Sleep. His are all things In the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede In His presence except As he permitteth? He knoweth What (appeareth to His creatures As) Before or After or Behind them. Nor shall they compass Aught of his knowledge Except as He willeth. His throne doth extend Over the heavens And on earth, and He feeleth No fatigue in guarding And preserving them, For He is the Most High. The Supreme (in glory)."

(This Verse 2:255 is called Ayat al-Kursi)

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Dua when intending sexual intercouse with your wife

Narrated ibn 'abbas: The Prophet said, "If anyone of you, when intending to have a sexual intercourse with his wife, says:

'Bismillah, Allahumma jannibna-sh-shaitan, wa jannibi-sh-shaitan ma razaqtana'
"In the name of Allah. O Allah! Protect us from Satan and also protect what you bestow upon us"

And if the couple are destined to have a child (out of that very sexual relation), then Satan will never be able to harm that child."

Sahih Bukhari (Book #75, Hadith #397)

Dua for Sehri & iftaar (Fasting in Ramadan)

Wa bissawmi ghadann nawaitu min shahri ramadan
'I intend to keep the fast tomorrow for the month of ramadan'

Allah humma inni laka samtu wa bika amantu wa alaika tawakkaltu wa 'ala rizkika aftarto
'O Allah! I fasted for You and I believe in You (and i put my trust in you) and I break my fast with Your sustenance'

Dua before entering the Mosque

"(I enter) in the name of Allah and peace be upon Messenger of Allah (Hazrat Mohammad), Oh Allah open the gates of blessing for me"

Dua when angry/ when anger strikes

"I seek the refuge of Allah Almighty from the Rejected Shaitaan(Devil)"