Bayhaqi 10304 — Supplication when setting out on a journey

Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to set out on a journey (Ziyad did not say "on a journey"), he would say: 'Allahumma anta al-sahibu fi al-safar, wa al-khalifatu fi al-ahl. Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min al-dubnati fi al-safar, wa al-ka'abati fi al-munqalab. Allahumma-qbid lana al-arda wa hawwin alayna al-safar' (O Allah, You are the Companion on the journey and the Guardian over the family. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from being a burden on the journey and from grief on the return. O Allah, fold up the earth for us and make the journey easy for us.) And when he intended to return, he would say: 'Ayibuna ta'ibuna li-rabbina hamidun' (We are returning, repenting, and praising our Lord.) And when he came to his family, he would say: 'Tawban tawban, li-rabbina awban, la yughadiru alayna huban' (I repent abundantly to my Lord, a return that leaves no sin upon us.)