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Dhikr and du‘a · When the moment comes

Say the returning-traveller du'a

The practice
On approaching home, say 'Ayibuna ta'ibuna 'abiduna li-rabbina hamidun'.
When
Approaching home after a journey
In daily life
Let the last stretch home be your cue: as the plane lands, as the train pulls into your city, or as you come off the motorway, say it. Save it in a note called 'Coming home' so it's ready.

The sources

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا قَفَلَ مِنْ غَزْوٍ أَوْ حَجٍّ أَوْ عُمْرَةٍ يُكَبِّرُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَرَفٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ ثَلاَثَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهْوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ، عَابِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا، حَامِدُونَ، صَدَقَ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ، وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ، وَهَزَمَ الأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ ‏"‏‏.

“Whenever Allah's Messenger ﷺ returned from a Ghazwa or Hajj or `Umra, he used to say, "Allahu Akbar," three times; whenever he went up a high place, he used to say, "La ilaha illal-lahu wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahu-l-hamd, wa huwa'ala kulli Shai 'in qadir. Ayibuna ta'ibuna 'abiduna lirabbina hamidun. Sadaqa-l-lahu wa'dahu, wa nasara`Abdahu wa hazama-l-ahzaba wahdahu”
Narrated by Ibn `UmarSahih al-Bukhari 6385
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →

Arabic: ara-bukhari · Translation: Muhsin Khan (eng-bukhari), from the eng-bukhari edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.

أَقْبَلْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ خَيْبَرَ، وَإِنِّي لَرَدِيفُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ وَهْوَ يَسِيرُ وَبَعْضُ نِسَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَدِيفُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذْ عَثَرَتِ النَّاقَةُ فَقُلْتُ الْمَرْأَةَ‏.‏ فَنَزَلْتُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِنَّهَا أُمُّكُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَشَدَدْتُ الرَّحْلَ وَرَكِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمَّا دَنَا أَوْ رَأَى الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ ‏"‏ آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ، عَابِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا، حَامِدُونَ ‏"‏‏.

“We were coming from Khaibar along with Allah's Messenger ﷺ while I was riding behind Abu Talha and he was proceeding. While one of the wives of Allah's Messenger ﷺ was riding behind Allah's Messenger ﷺ, suddenly the foot of the camel Slipped and I said, "The woman!" and alighted (hurriedly). Allah's Apostle said, "She is your mother." Sol resaddled the she-camel and Allah's Messenger ﷺ mounted it. When he approached or saw Medina, he said, "Ayibun, ta'ibun, 'abidun, li-Rabbina hami-dun”
Narrated by Anas bin MalikSahih al-Bukhari 5968
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →

Arabic: ara-bukhari · Translation: Muhsin Khan (eng-bukhari), from the eng-bukhari edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.

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