Supplication of Atonement For Misdeeds During A Gathering

عَنْ أَبِي بَرْزَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ بِأَخَرَةٍ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَقُومَ مِنْ الْمَجْلِسِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَتَقُولُ قَوْلًا مَا كُنْتَ تَقُولُهُ فِيمَا مَضَى فَقَالَ كَفَّارَةٌ لِمَا يَكُونُ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ 

Narrated Abu Barzah al-Aslami: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) intended to get up from the assembly he used to say in the last. Glory be to Thee, O Allah, and I begin with praise of Thee, I testify that there is no god but Thou; I ask Thy pardon, and return to Thee in repentance. The man asked: Messenger of Allah! You utter the words now which you did not do in the past? He replied: (This is an) atonement for what takes place in the assembly. (HR Abu Daud: 4841) Status: Hasan Sahih 

Hadith translation taken from http://sunnah.com/abudawud/43/87) 

Lessons: 

1.  Always accompany everything we do with the remembrance of and supplication to Allah.  

2.  Rasulullah SAW ended any assembly or gathering by reading the kaffaratul majlis (supplication for atonement for misdeeds during a gathering):

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ 

3.  One who ends a gathering or ceremony with kaffaratul majlis will redeem minor sins which occurred during his time in the assembly. 

Let’s end every assembly with the supplication for atonement.