"Allahumma Inni As'aluka Min Fadlika Wa Rahmatika" — Meaning & Source
You've come across this exact phrase somewhere and want to know if it's real before you start saying it. It is — and the story behind it, about a guest, an empty house, and a gift that arrived right after, is worth knowing too.
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The Dua and What It Means
It's a dua that asks for two things at once — fadl (bounty, favor, material provision) and rahmah (mercy) — and grounds the request in a simple fact: nobody but Allah actually controls either one. Asking anywhere else, or relying on anything else, is asking the wrong source.
The Story Behind It
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (RA) narrates that a guest once came to the Prophet ﷺ. He asked his wives if there was any food in the house — there wasn't. Rather than apologize or turn the guest away, he made this exact dua.
The timing is the whole point of the story — the dua was made from genuine need, not as a formula, and what followed was read directly as the fadl being asked for arriving, with the rahmah still to come. It's a small, concrete picture of what the two words in the dua actually mean in practice.
Is It Authentic?
Yes. The narration is recorded in Al-Mu'jam al-Kabir by Imam Tabarani, and graded Sahih (authentic) by Al-Albani in Silsilat al-Ahadith as-Sahihah, hadith 1543. It's a short chain with a clear, well-documented occasion — not one of the many dua texts that circulate online without a real source.
Don't Confuse It With the Mosque Dua
This is genuinely easy to mix up, because a shorter, completely separate dua starts with almost the same words:
This dua (the one above) is the full, longer version — "...wa rahmatika, fa innahu la yamlikuha illa anta" — from Tabarani, tied to the story of the guest and the gift.
The mosque dua is shorter and stops at "fadlik" — said specifically when leaving the mosque, paired with a different dua, "Allahumma iftah li abwaba rahmatik" (O Allah, open for me the gates of Your mercy), said when entering. This pair comes from an entirely separate, well-known hadith — Sahih Muslim 713.
If you've heard this phrase specifically in the context of entering or leaving a mosque, that's the Sahih Muslim 713 pair — a good one to know, but a different dua from the one this article is about.
When to Say It
Unlike the mosque dua, this one isn't tied to a specific place or moment. It fits naturally whenever you're genuinely asking Allah for provision — financial pressure, uncertainty about what's coming, or just wanting to ask for both bounty and mercy together rather than one at a time. The story behind it is specifically about material need, so it's a fitting dua for exactly that kind of moment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is "Allahumma inni as'aluka min fadlika wa rahmatika" authentic?
What does this dua mean?
Is this the same as the dua for leaving the mosque?
When should I say this dua?
Two words, asked together, from someone who had nothing to offer a guest — and a dua worth knowing by its real source rather than however it reached you.
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