Sunnats and Aadaab of Clothing – Part 14

1. When wearing any new clothing, one should recite the following Duaa

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

O Allah, for You alone is all praise. You have clothed me with this (new garment). I ask You for its good (that it may be a means of causing me to be grateful and recognizing Your favour upon me), and the good (benefits) for which it was made, and I seek Your protection from its evil (that it may be a means of me being ungrateful or being haughty and proud through it) and the evil for which it was made (using it in an impermissible way).

عن أبى سعيد الخدرى قال كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا استجد ثوبا سماه باسمه إما قميصا أو عمامة ثم يقول اللهم لك الحمد أنت كسوتنيه أسألك من خيره وخير ما صنع له وأعوذ بك من شره وشر ما صنع له (ابو داود رقم 4022)

Hazrat Abu Saeed Khudri (Radhiyallahu Anhu) reports that when Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) would wear any new clothing, he would refer to the cloth by mentioning its name (e.g. a shawl or a turban), and then he would recite the following duaa.

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