Remembrance 2 from Chapter 9

Allāhumma innī as’aluka khayra-l-mawlaj, wa khayra-l-makhraj, bismi-llāhi walajnā wa bismi-llāhi kharajnā, wa ‘ala-llāhi Rabbinā tawakkalnā.

We relate in the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd that Abū Mālik al-Ash‘arī , whose name was al-Ḥārith—but some say ‘Ubayd, some say Ka‘b and some say ‘Amr—reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “When a man enters his house he should say: O Allah, I ask You for the best entrance and the best exit. In the name of Allah do we enter and in the name of Allah do we leave, and in Allah our Lord do we trust. Then he should greet his family.” ^[3].Abū Dāwūd did not consider this hadith weak.

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