Duas for sitting together, starting meetings, and leaving gatherings
O Allah, I seek Your guidance with Your knowledge, and I seek ability with Your power, and I ask of Your great bounty. For indeed, You decree and I have no power; You know and I do not know; and You are the Knower of the Unseen. O Allah, if You know that this matter โ (then name your need) โ is good for me in my religion, my livelihood, and my end, (or he said: in my present and my future) then decree it for me, make it easy for me, and bless it for me. And if You know that this matter is bad for me in my religion, my livelihood, and my end, (or he said: in my present and my future) then turn it away from me, and turn me away from it, and decree for me that which is good, wherever it may be, and make me content with it.
O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provisions, and accepted deeds.
O Allah, teach me wisdom and inspire me with right guidance.
O Allah, we ask You for beneficial knowledge, good provision, and acceptable deeds.
O Allah, we place You at their throats (i.e., we rely on You against them) and we seek refuge in You from their evils.
O Allah, we ask You on this journey of ours for righteousness and piety, and for deeds that please You. O Allah, make this journey easy for us and bring its distance closer. O Allah, You are the Companion on the journey and the Successor in the family. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the hardship of the journey, the distress of seeing misfortune, and the evil of returning home to property and family.
Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and I turn to You in repentance.
In the name of Allah, I rely on Allah, and there is no might nor power except with Allah.
O Allah, I ask You for its (this new endeavor's) goodness, the goodness of its people, and the goodness of what it contains. And I seek refuge in You from its evil, the evil of its people, and the evil of what it contains.
Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.
O Allah, I ask You for its goodness, and the goodness of its inhabitants, and the goodness of all that You have decreed for it. And I seek refuge in You from its evil, and the evil of its inhabitants, and the evil of all that You have decreed for it.
O Allah, I ask You to enable me to do good deeds, and to abandon evil deeds, and to love the poor, and that You forgive me and have mercy on me. And if You intend to try a people, then take me to Yourself without my being tried. And I ask You for Your love, and the love of those who love You, and the love of deeds which will bring me closer to Your love.