2180 دعاء دخول المسجد والخروج منه
Supplication for entering and leaving the mosque

عن أبي حُميد أو عن أبي أُسيد قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: "إذا دخل أحدكم المسجد فليقل: اللهم افتح لي أبواب رحمتك، وإذا خرج فليقل: اللهم إني أسألك من فضلك".

Abu Humayd related that Abu Usayd reported that the Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When anyone of you enters the mosque, let him say: 'O Allah, open to me the gates of Your mercy.' And when he leaves, let him say: 'O Allah, I ask You from Your bounty.'"

صحيح - ( رواه مسلم ). Sahih/Authentic. [Muslim]

أرشد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أمَّتَه إلى الدّعاء الذي يقوله مَن أراد دخول المسجد، ولا يختص ذلك بمسجد معين، وإنما في المساجد كلها، بأن يقول: (اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لي أَبْوابَ رَحْمَتِكَ)، فيسألُ اللهَ تعالى أن يتيح له أسباب رحمته، وأن يُوفِّقَه لكلّ خير، وأن يرحمَه ويرفَع درجتَه عنده. وإذا أراد الخروج فليقل: (اللَّهُمَّ إني أَسْأَلُك مِن فَضْلِكَ)، فيسألُ اللهَ مِن فضله ومزيد إحسانه الرِّزقَ الحلالَ. وسِرّ تخصيص ذكر الرَّحمة بالدّخول، والفضل بالخروج: أنّ الدّاخل اشتغل بما يقرِّبه إلى الله وإلى ثوابه وجنته مِن العبادة، فناسَب أن يذكُر الرَّحمة، فإذا خرج سعى في الأرض ابتِغاء فضل الله مِن الرِّزق، فناسَب ذكر الفَضْل، كما قال تعالى: {فانتشروا في الأرض وابتغوا من فضل الله}.
The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) guides his Ummah in this Hadīth to the supplication to be said upon entering the mosque, and this applies to any mosque. A person entering the mosque should say: O Allah, open for me the gates of Your mercy. He asks Allah Almighty to provide him with the means to attain His mercy, to guide him to everything good, and to show mercy to him and elevate his rank in His sight. And upon leaving the mosque, one should say: O Allah, I ask You from Your bounty. He asks Allah Almighty from His bounty and benevolence to provide him with lawful sustenance. Mercy is mentioned in the supplication of entering and bounty in the supplication of leaving, because a person who enters the mosque will engage in acts of worship that will draw him closer to Allah and to His reward and Paradise, and it is suitable in this situation to mention mercy. On the other hand, when he leaves the mosque, he moves about in the land to seek sustenance and livelihood, and so it is appropriate to mention bounty here. Allah Almighty says: {When the prayer is over, disperse in the land and seek from the bounty of Allah.} [Surat al-Jumu‘ah: 10]

الذكر عند دخول المسجد والخروج منه. خصت الرَّحمة بالدّخول؛ لأنّ المسجد محلّ رحمة الله ومغفرته، وخصّ الفضل بالخروج؛ لأنّ خارج المسجد محلّ طلب الرّزق، فشرع لكلٍّ أن يدعو ربَّه بما يناسب حالَه.
The Hadīth contains the dhikr to be said upon entering and leaving the mosque. Mercy is mentioned in relation to entering the mosque, because it is a place where people seek Allah's mercy and forgiveness. And bounty is mentioned in relation to leaving the