Dua when starting wudhu

Bismillah should be recited first. (Abi Daud)

Allahummaghfirli dhanbi wassili fidri wa barik li fi rizqi.

O Allah (SWT), forgive my sin, grant me expansion in my home and bless my livelihood. (Tirmidhi)

Duas for Forgivness - Istighfar

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O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of Me, I shall forgive you for what you have do
not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask fo
Me, I would forgive you.
[hadith Qudsi]

Rabbana innan amanna, faghfir lana,dhunoobana wa-qinna 'adhban-naar

(Our Lord! we have indeed believed: forgive us, then, our sins, and save us from the agony of the

[surah Ali' Imran; 3:16]

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Subhna Rabbina inna kunnadhalimeen

(Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!)

[68:29]

La illaha illa Anta Subhanak, inni kuntu min adh-dhalimeen

(There is no God but You; Glory be to You, Truly I have been one of the wrongdoers)
[Surah al-Anbiyah, 21: 87]

Sa'd ibn Waqas (radiAllahu anhu) reported that the Prophet (salAllahu allayhi wasalam) said, "The s
made by the Companion of the Fish (Prophet Yunus (as)) in the belly of the fish was (the above). If
supplicates in these words, his supplication will be accepted/responded to."

In another report we read, "I know words that will cause Allah to remove one's distress. These are t
supplication) of my brother Yunus, peace be upon him"
[at-Tirmidhi; 3500, an-Nisa'i in `Amal al-yawmi wa al-layla; #656, al-Hakim 1:505 and 2:383. The la
it sound (sahih) and Dhahabi confirmed him]

Subhnaka tubtu ilaiyka wa 'ana awwal-ul mu'mineen

(Glory be to Thee! To Thee I turn in repentance, and I am the first to believe)

[surah al-A'raf, 7:143]


Allahumma-ghfir lidhanbi kullahu, diqqahu wa jillahu, wa awwalahu wa akhirahu, wa 'ala niyatahu

(O Allah! Forgive me all my sins, great and small, the first and the last, those that are apparent an
are hidden)
[Muslim 1:350]

Allahumma inni asaluka ya Allahu bi annakal Wahidul Ahadus-Samadul ladhi, lam ya-lid wa lam you
yakullahu kufuwan Ahad, an taghfiralidhunoobi innaka Antal Ghafrur Raheem

(O Allah! I ask You, O Allah, You are the One, the Only, Self Sufficient Master, who was not begotte
not and non is equal to Him. Forgive me my sins, surely you are Forgiving, Merciful.)

[Abu Dawud, an Nasa'i, ibn Majah, at Tirmidhi]

Astaghfirullaha wa atbu ilai(hi)

(I seek the Forgiveness of Allah and repent to Him.)

[to be reicted 100 times during the day]
[Sahih al Bukhari, Muslim 4:2075]


Subhanakal-Lahumma wa bihamdik, ash-hadu allaillaha illa ant, astaghfiruka wa'atoobu ilaiyk

(Glory be to You, O Allah, and all Praise, I testify that there is no deity but You, I seek Your Forgivene
do I repent.)
[3 times] [recommended for at the end of meetings, atoning for infractions during it]
[at Tabari, an Nasa'i, al Hakim]

Allahumma inni astaghfiruka lidhanbi wa as'aluka rahmatak

(O Allah! I ask You for Forgiveness for my sins, and for Your Mercy.)

Allahummaghfirli khatyaya wadhunubi kullaha

(O Allah! Forgive all my sins and ommissions.)

Rabbana la tu'a-khidhna in-nasina aw akta'na, Rabbana wa la tahmil 'alaiyna isran kama hamaltah
ladheena min qablina. Rabbana wala tuham-milna mala taqata-lana beh. Wa'fu-'anna, waghfir-lan
Anta maulana fansurna 'alal qawmil kaafireen

(Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that
didst lay on those before us; Our Lord! lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to be
our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us, Thou art our Protector; Help us against thos
against Faith)
[surah al-Baqarah; 2:286]

Allahumma anta Rabbi la ilaha illa anta, Anta Khalaqtani wa ana abduka, wa ana 'ala ahdika wa wa
mastata'tu, A'udhu bika min Sharri ma sana'tu, abu'u Laka bini'matika 'alaiya, wa Abu Laka bidhan
innahu la yaghfiru adhdhunuba illa anta

(O Allah! You are my Lord! None has the right to be worshipped but You. You created me and I am Y
I am faithful to my covenant and my promise as much as I can. I seek refuge with You from all the e
done. I acknowledge before You all the blessings You have bestowed upon me, and I confess to You
So I entreat You to forgive my sins, for nobody can forgive sins except You.)

Shaddad ibn Aws (radiAllahu anhu) relates that the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said that he
Istighfar)most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allah is to say (the above du'a). That "If
recites it during the day with firm faith in it, and dies on the same day before the evening, he will b
people of Paradise; and if somebody recites it at night with firm faith in it, and dies before the morn
be from the people of Paradise."
[sahih al-Bukhari; 8,75,318, at-Tirmidhi; 3393, an-Nasa'i; 5522, Ahmad; 16662]

Allahumma inni astaghfiruka li kulli dhambin,

(O Allah, I seek Your forgiveness for all my sins. I ask You to forgive me for all my wrongdoings [ma
people that You have recorded, for there are many rights [huquq] and dues [mazalim] owed to Your
I am burdened with and for which I am hostage [murtahin]. O Allah, even if these (wrongdoings) ar
are insignificant in comparison with the magnitude of Your forgiveness. O Allah, any male or female
Yours who has rights upon me, in either that I have unjustly taken from him [ghasabtu] in regards t
possession, honor, body; whether he was absent or present; or he or his representatives demanded
and neither was I able to return it to him nor did I seek release of it from him. So I ask You through
benevolence, generosity, and abundance of what You possess that You satisfy them on my behalf,
them a position over me that will decrease my good deeds; for You possess what You can satisfy th
my behalf and I do not possess what to satisfy them with; and do not allow for their bad deeds to fi
over my good deeds on the Day of Judgment.)

[From 'The Prayers of Forgiveness that Save from the Hellfire' by Hasan al-Basri]