Entering the mosque: doors of mercy
×1اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ
Allah, open the doors of Your mercy for me.
When entering the mosque (Abu Usaid).
All adhkar
The mosque
Words for entering the mosque, leaving it and going out to prayer.
Leaving the mosque: asking for bounty
×1اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
Allah, I ask You for a share of Your bounty.
When leaving the mosque (Abu Usaid, in the same report).
Entering the mosque: refuge from Satan
×1أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِوَجْهِهِ الْكَرِيمِ وَسُلْطَانِهِ الْقَدِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
I seek shelter in Allah the Great, in His noble Face and His eternal authority, from the accursed Satan.
The Prophet ﷺ would say this when entering the mosque (Abdullah ibn Amr).
In brief: The narrators’ part of the report adds that Satan says of the person who says this: “He is protected from me for the rest of the day.”
On the way to prayer: asking for light
×1اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُورًا وَفِي لِسَانِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ فِي سَمْعِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ فِي بَصَرِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ مِنْ خَلْفِي نُورًا وَمِنْ أَمَامِي نُورًا وَاجْعَلْ مِنْ فَوْقِي نُورًا وَمِنْ تَحْتِي نُورًا اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي نُورًا
Allah, put light in my heart and on my tongue. Put light in my hearing and sight, behind me and before me, above me and beneath me. Allah, give me light.
The Prophet ﷺ was saying this as he went out to prayer (Ibn Abbas).