اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ،
﴿سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ *
وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ﴾
اللَّهُمَّ إِنّا نَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِنَا هَذَا البِرَّ وَالتَّقْوَى،
وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تَرْضَى،
اللَّهُمَّ هَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا سَفَرَنَا هَذَا
وَاطْوِ عَنَّا بُعْدَهُ،
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ،
وَالْخَليفَةُ فِي الْأَهْلِ،
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ،
وَكَآبَةِ الْمَنْظَرِ،
وَسُوءِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالْأَهْلِ”،
وإذا رَجَعَ قَالَهُنَّ وَزَادَ فِيهِنَّ:
“آيِبُونَ، تائِبُونَ، عَابِدُونَ،
لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُونَ
Allah is the Most Great. Allah is the Most Great. Allah is the Most Great.
Glory is to Him Who has provided this for us
though we could never have had it by our efforts.
Surely, unto our Lord we are returning.
O Allah, we ask You on this our journey for goodness and piety,
and for works that are pleasing to You.
O Allah, lighten this journey for us
and make its distance easy for us.
O Allah, You are our Companion on the road
and the One in Whose care we leave our family.
O Allah, I seek refuge in You from this journey’s hardships,
and from the wicked sights in store
and from finding our family and property in misfortune upon returning.
(Upon returning recite the same again adding 🙂
We return repentant to our Lord, worshipping our Lord,
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar,
Subhana ‘l-ladhi sakhkhara lana hadha
wa ma kunna lahu muqrinin.
Wa inna ila Rabbina lamunqalibun.
Allahumma inna nas’aluka fi safarina hadha ‘l-birra wat-taqwa,
Wa mina ‘l-amali ma tarda,
Allahumma hawwin ‘alayna safarina hadha
watwi ‘anna budah,
Allahumma antas-sahibu fis-safar,
wa ‘l-khalifatu fil-ahl,
Allahumma inna a’udhu bika min wathais-safar,
wa ka’abati ‘l-manzar,
wa su’il-munqalabi fil-mali wa ‘l-ahl.
A’ibuna, ta’ibuna, ‘abidun,
Li Rabbinah hamidun.
and praising our Lord.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1342 : دعاء السفر : Dua for traveling
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) mounted his camel while setting out on a journey, he glorified Allah (uttered Allah-o-Akbar) thrice, and then said:
Hallowed is He Who subdued for us this (ride) and we were not ourselves powerful enough to use It as a ride, and we are going to return to our Lord. O Allah, we seek virtue and piety from Thee in this journey of ours and the act which pleaseth Thee. O Allah, lighten this journey of ours, and make its distance easy for us. O Allah, Thou art (our) companion during the journey, and guardian of (our) family. O Allah, I seek refuge with Thee from hardships of the journey, gloominess of the sights, and finding of evil changes in property and family on return. And he (the Holy Prophet) uttered (these words), and made this addition to them: We are returning, repentant, worshipping our Lord. and praising Him.
حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ عَلِيًّا الأَزْدِيَّ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَلَّمَهُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا اسْتَوَى عَلَى بَعِيرِهِ خَارِجًا إِلَى سَفَرٍ كَبَّرَ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ قَالَ ” سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ فِي سَفَرِنَا هَذَا الْبِرَّ وَالتَّقْوَى وَمِنَ الْعَمَلِ مَا تَرْضَى اللَّهُمَّ هَوِّنْ عَلَيْنَا سَفَرَنَا هَذَا وَاطْوِ عَنَّا بُعْدَهُ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الصَّاحِبُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَالْخَلِيفَةُ فِي الأَهْلِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ وَعْثَاءِ السَّفَرِ وَكَآبَةِ الْمَنْظَرِ وَسُوءِ الْمُنْقَلَبِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالأَهْلِ ” . وَإِذَا رَجَعَ قَالَهُنَّ . وَزَادَ فِيهِنَّ ” آيِبُونَ تَائِبُونَ عَابِدُونَ لِرَبِّنَا حَامِدُونَ ” .
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1342
In-book reference : Book 15, Hadith 479
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 7, Hadith 3113