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See off a traveller with 'Astawdi'ullah'

The practice
When someone sets off on a journey, say to them 'Astawdi'ullaha dinaka wa amanataka wa khawatima 'amalik.'
When
When someone you know sets off on a journey
In daily life
Say it at the airport drop-off, the bus station, or at the front door as the suitcase goes into the car. Save the words in your phone notes, so when someone messages that they're setting off, you can send it to them too.

The source

أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، كَانَ يَقُولُ لِلرَّجُلِ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا ادْنُ مِنِّي أُوَدِّعْكَ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُوَدِّعُنَا ‏.‏ فَيَقُولُ ‏ "‏ أَسْتَوْدِعُ اللَّهَ دِينَكَ وَأَمَانَتَكَ وَخَوَاتِيمَ عَمَلِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

“Salim narrated that :when he intended to undertake a journey, Ibn `Umar used to say to a person to “Come close to me so that I may bid you farewell as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to bid us farewell.” Then he would say: “I entrust to Allah your religion, and your trusts, and the last of your deeds (Astawdi`ullāha dīnaka wa amānataka wa khawātīma `amalik).””
Narrated by Abdullah bin Umar (via Salim)Jami at-Tirmidhi 3443 (sahih, al-Albani)
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →

Arabic: ara-tirmidhi · Translation: translator not named in the edition (eng-tirmidhi), from the eng-tirmidhi edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.

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Say the travel du'a as you set offSettled in your seat at the start of a journeySeek refuge when you arrive somewhereArriving at a place you'll stayAvoid travelling alone at nightPlanning travel after dark

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Sources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.