IN02- When Getting Dressed

IN-02

* Invocation When Getting Dressed *

" الْحَمْدُ للهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي هَذَا (الثَّوبَ) وَرَزَقَنِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ حَوْلٍ مِنِّي وَلَا قُوَّةٍ"

Alhamdu lillaahil-lathee kasaanee haathaa (aththawba) wa razaqaneehi min ghayri hawlim-minnee wa laa quwwatin.

Praise is to Allah Who has clothed me with this (garment) and provided it for me, though I was powerless myself and incapable

Reference: Al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, At-Tirmithi. See also 'Irwa'ul-Ghalil 7/47.



*Invocation When Putting On New Clothes *

"اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ أَنْتَ كَسَوْتَنِيهِ، أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِهِ وَخَيْرِ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَشَرِّ مَا صُنِعَ لَهُ"

Allaahumma lakal-hamdu 'Anta kasawtaneehi, 'as'aluka min khayrihi wa khayri maa suni'a lahu, wa 'a'oothu bika min sharrihi wa sharri ma suni'a lahu.

O Allah, praise is to You. You have clothed me. I ask You for its goodness and the goodness of what it has been made for, and I seek Your protection from the evil of it and the evil of what it has been made for.

Reference: Abu Dawud and At-Tirmithi. See also Al-Albani, Mukhtasar Shamd'il At-Tirmithi, p. 47.

*Invocation for someone who has put on new clothes*

"تُبْلِي وَيُخْلِفُ اللهُ تَعَالَى"

Tublee wa yukhliful-laahu ta'aalaa.

May Allah replace it when it is worn out.

Reference: Abu Dawud 4/41. See also Al-Albani Sahih Abu Dawud 2/760.

"الْبَسْ جَدِيداً، وَعِشْ حَمِيداً، وَمُتْ شَهِيداً"

Ilbas jadeedan, wa 'ish hameedan, wa mut shaheedan.

Put on new clothes , live a praise-worthy life and die as a martyr.

Reference: Ibn Majah 2/1178, Al-Baghawi 12/41. See also Al-Albani, Sahih Ibn Majah 2/275

*What to say when Undressing*

"بِسْمِ اللهِ"

Bismillaahi

In the Name of Allah.

Reference: At-Tirmithi 2/505, among others. See 'Irwa'ul Ghalil no. 49 and Sahihul-Jami' 3/203