THE ADHKĀR SERIES: 1

DAILY
ADHKAR
Authentic Remembrances & Supplications
prescribed by the Messenger of Allah 

A LIFE WITH ALLAH

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“When My servants ask you about Me, indeed

I am near. I respond to the invocation of the
supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them
obey Me, and believe in Me that they may be
guided.” (2:186)
 “Allah  says:
‘I am as My slave thinks of me, and I am
with him when he remembers Me. If he
remembers Me within himself, I remember
him within Myself; and if he remembers Me
in a gathering, I remember him in a better
gathering; and if he draws one span
nearer to Me, I draw one cubit nearer to
him; and if he draws one cubit nearer to
Me, I draw a distance of two outstretched
arms nearer to him; and if he comes to Me
walking, I go to him running.’”
(Hadīth Qudsī, Bukhārī)
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 CONTENTS
1 Introduction
3 Dhikr and its virtues
6 How to do dhikr
9 The two types of dhikr

PART ONE: GENERAL ADHKĀR

12 Qur’ān (1) and its virtues
13 Reflecting upon the Qur’ān
14 How much should one read?
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15 Tahlīl (‫( )ﻻ إِ َﻪﻟ إِﻻ اﷲ‬2) and its virtues
18 Tasbīh (3), tahmīd (4) & takbīr (5) and its virtues
20 The meaning of tasbīh, tahmīd & takbīr
22 Counting tasbīh
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23 Hawqalah (‫( )ﻻ َﺣ ْﻮل َوﻻ ﻗ َّﻮ َة إِﻻ ﺑِﺎﷲ‬6) and its virtues
24 Du‘ā’ (7) and its virtues
25 How to make du‘ā’
27 Opportune moments in which du‘ā’ is accepted
28 Asking Allah by His Beautiful Names (8)
30 The Beautiful Names of Allah
34 Sending salāh upon the Prophet  (9)
36 40 benefits of sending salāh upon the Prophet 
38 A gift: the best form of sending salāh
39 Seeking forgiveness (10) and its virtues
40 How to repent and seek forgiveness
44 The secrets of deeds
PART TWO: THE MORNING & EVENING ADHKĀR
47 What are the morning & evening adhkār?
48 When should the adhkār be read?
48 Dhikr after Fajr until Salāh al-Duhā
50 Why you should read the morning & evening adhkār
53 The shield
54 The morning & evening adhkār

PART THREE: ADHKĀR OF SLEEP

74 The etiquettes of sleep
75 Adhkār before sleeping
84 After a nightmare
85 When one wakes up at night
86 When one wakes up

PART FOUR: ADHKĀR AFTER SALĀH

88 Adhkār after each fardh salāh
91 To be read after Fajr & Maghrib
92 To be read after Witr

PART FIVE: ADHKĀR OF OTHER ACTIONS

94 Before removing & after wearing clothes
94 Before entering & coming out of the lavatory
95 Before & after wudhū
96 When leaving & entering the house
 98 Whilst going to the masjid
98 When entering & leaving the masjid
100 Responding to the adhān
102 Istikhārah
103 During & at the end of a gathering
105 Concluding the recitation of the Qur‘ān
106 Before & after eating
107 After drinking milk
108 Du‘ā’ for the host
108 After opening a fast
109 When travelling
110 When entering a (super) market
111 When visiting a graveyard
112 When entering a town or city
112 When it rains & thunders
113 When the wind blows
113 When dogs bark
113 When thanking someone
114 When greeting someone
114 For one you have insulted
114 What to say when angry
115 Before intimacy
115 After sneezing
116 For firmness of the heart
116 When one experiences doubt in faith
117 When one fears shirk & riyā’
117 Protection from Dajjāl, trials & tribulations
118 When something pleases you
118 When something you dislike happens
119 When one is in a difficult situation
119 When struck by a calamity
120 Grief and anxiety
121 When one is afraid of people
121 When one feels frightened
122 When difficulties make one yearn for death
122 Seeking protection for children
123 When one feels pain in the body
124 What should be said for the sick
125 When one sees an afflicted person
125 For difficult times: all your prayers answered
 INTRODUCTION
Praise be to Allah, who bestowed upon us the gift of
remembering Him, who blessed us with His beautiful
words so that we may know Him and who brought
comfort to our hearts by enabling us to worship Him.
May peace and blessings be upon the best of creation,
Muhammad , the Prophets, the Companions and
the Righteous.
Allah has praised the men and women who remember
Him frequently (‫اﷲ َﻛ ِﺜ ْ ًﺮﻴا َو ّٰاﺬﻟ ِﻛ ٰﺮ ِت‬
َ ‫�ﻦ‬ ّٰ َ
َ ‫اﺬﻟ ِﻛﺮ‬
ِ ‫ و‬33:35). Commenting on
this āyah, ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbās  said: “It refers to
those who remember Allah after the prayers, in the
morning and evening, upon going to bed and when
waking up, leaving or entering the house.” (al-Adhkār)

Adhkār is the plural of dhikr, and it refers to

remembrances and supplications. This concise book of
adhkār aims to highlight the established and
indispensable daily adhkār prescribed by the
Messenger of Allah , which are found in the sahīh
and hasan ahādīth. These are the essentials that every
believer should take as provisions in his journey to
Allah. The first chapter ‘General Adhkār’ contains
remembrances for all times. This is followed by three
chapters dedicated to the daily morning and evening

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adhkār, the adhkār before sleeping, and the adhkār
after salāh, as per the statement of Ibn ‘Abbās .
The final chapter concludes with supplications and
remembrances for other actions. Special attention has
been given to the morning and evening adhkār to
revive this oft-neglected Sunnah of the Messenger of
Allah . For the benefit of the readers, translations of
the adhkār and their virtues where applicable have
been included.
Ummah Welfare Trust humbly requests its readers to
benefit from this free publication as they journey to the
Hereafter by remembering and supplicating to Allah
with that which most pleases Him. We ask Allah to
grant us the ability to be consistent with the daily
adhkār. May He make us amongst those who
remember Him frequently, enable us to live our lives in
‘ubūdiyyah (servitude) to Him and protect us from the
trials and tribulations of this world and the Hereafter.

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Shawwāl 1441/June 2020

‘The best and most beneficial dhikr is when one remembers Allah
with the tongue and the heart, it is from the Sunnah adhkār, and
one is conscious of its meaning and its purpose.’
(Ibn al-Qayyim )

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 DHIKR AND ITS VIRTUES

The believer’s ultimate purpose in this life is to

worship the Almighty; to love Him, to obey Him and
to submit to Him. Remembering Allah (dhikr) is one
of the greatest means of achieving this. The Qur’ān and
Sunnah highlight the following virtues of dhikr:

Dhikr
1 is greater than everything:
“…And the remembrance of Allah is greater…” (29:45)

2 Doing frequent dhikr leads to success:

“Remember Allah much that you may be successful.”
(8:45)

3 Dhikr brings life to the heart:

“The parable of the one who remembers his Lord and
the one who does not is like the parable of the living
and the dead.” (Bukhārī)

4 Dhikr is the source of peace and tranquillity:

“Truly it is in the remembrance of Allah that hearts
find peace.” (13:28)

5 Those who are distracted from dhikr are losers:

“O you who believe, let not your wealth and your
children divert you from remembrance of Allah. And
whoever does that, then those are the losers.” (63:9)

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6 Dhikr is a protection against Shaytān:
“I command you to remember Allah. Verily, the
parable of that is a man who goes forth while his
enemies are fast upon him, and then he comes to a safe
fortress, where he protects himself from them. In the
same way, a servant will not protect himself against
Shaytān except by the dhikr of Allah.” (Tirmidhī)

7 Dhikr is the best protection from punishment:

“For everything there is a polish, and the polish of the
heart is the remembrance of Allah. There is nothing
better a person can do to save himself from Allah’s
punishment than to remember Him.” (Bayhaqī)

8 The reward of one who remembers Allah is that

Allah remembers him:
“Remember Me, and I will remember you.” (2:152)

9 Dhikr is the best reason for a gathering:

“When a group of people assemble for the dhikr of
Allah, the angels surround them, (Allah's) mercy
envelops them, tranquillity descends upon them and
Allah mentions them to those who are near Him.”
(Muslim)

10 Dhikr is the best of all deeds:

The Messenger of Allah  asked: “Shall I not inform
you of the best of your deeds, and the purest of them

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by your Master, and the highest of them in ranks, and
what is better for you than spending gold and silver,
and better for you than meeting your enemy and
striking their necks, and they strike your necks?” They
replied: “Of course.” He  said: “The remembrance of
Allah.” (Tirmidhī)

A man asked the Messenger of Allah : “Which

warriors are the best?” He  replied: “Those who
remember Allah the most.” The man asked: “Which of
those who fast are the best?” He  replied: “Those
who remember Allah the most.” Then the man
mentioned Salāh, Zakāh and Hajj, and each time the
Messenger of Allah  replied: “Those who remember
Allah the most.” Abū Bakr  said to ‘Umar : “Those
who remember (Allah) have taken all the good,” at
which the Messenger of Allah  remarked: “Yes,
indeed!” (Ahmad)

One of the companions  asked: “O Messenger of Allah,

the laws of Islam have become many for me, so tell me
something which I can cling on to.” He  replied: “Always
keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of Allah.”
(Tirmidhī)

See al-Wābil al-Sayyib (The Invocation of God)

for over 70 benefits of dhikr.

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 HOW TO DO DHIKR
In his masterpiece ‘al-Adhkār’, Imam al-Nawawī 
writes: ‘The purpose of dhikr is to remember Allah
with the presence of the heart. It is extremely
important that every person aims for this and strives to
achieve it. Thus, one should contemplate on what one
is saying and try to understand its meaning.
Contemplation is the objective of dhikr, just as it is the
objective of reciting Qur’ān. This is why, for example,
the correct and preferred view is that one should
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elongate saying “‫ ”ﻻ إِ َﻪﻟ إِﻻ اﷲ‬in order to contemplate
upon it.’
Dhikr is of two types: DHIKR OF THE
habitual vs. conscious, 3 TONGUE & HEART 3
and only one of these
types will bring about
Allah’s recognition. Ibn
al-Jawzī  illustrates 2
DHIKR OF THE HEART
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this: ‘The heedless one
َ َ ْ ُ
says ‫ﺎن اﷲ‬ ‫ ﺳﺒﺤ‬out of
habit. As for the
conscious one, he is 1
DHIKR OF THE TONGUE
1
constantly thinking
about the wonders of
creation, or the awesome
nature of the Creator,

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 َ َ ْ ُ
and this thinking drives him to say ‫ﺎن اﷲ‬ ‫ﺳﺒﺤ‬. Thus, this
tasbīh is the fruit of these thoughts, and this is the
tasbīh of the conscious… Likewise, they think about
the ugliness of past sins, and this leads them to ponder,
to have anxiety and to have regret. The fruit of this
ُ ََْْ
thought is that they say ‫أﺳﺘﻐ ِﻔﺮ اﷲ‬. This is the true tasbīh
and istighfār. As for the heedless, they merely utter
these out of habit. And what a difference there is
between the two types…’ (Sayd al-Khātir)

However, complete contemplation from the heart may

not be possible for everyone at all times. Hence,
sometimes Shaytān casts doubts into an individual’s
َ َ ْ ُ
heart and one may think: ‘I am uttering ‫ﺎن اﷲ‬ ‫ ﺳﺒﺤ‬a
hundred times but I am not thinking about it. Is there
even a point?’ Ibn Hajar’s  comprehensive response
provides a deep insight regarding this matter:

‘1. Dhikr can be of the tongue, for which the one who
utters it receives reward, and it is not necessary for this
that he understands or recalls its meaning (as long as
he does not intend other than its meaning).
2. In addition to uttering it, if he also remembers Allah
with his heart, then this is more complete.
3. In this stage, one recollects the meaning of the dhikr
and what it entails, such as magnifying Allah and
exalting Him from defects; this is even more complete.

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 4. An even loftier stage would be if all this takes place
inside a good deed, be it a fardh prayer or striving in
Allah’s path, etc.
5. And if the above is combined with complete
devotion and sincerity, then that is the utmost level of
dhikr.’ (Fath al-Bārī)

‘Dhikr of the heart and tongue leads one to know Allah,

inspires love, encourages modesty, and leads to fear and
self-examination. It keeps one from falling short in
obedience to Him and prevents one from taking sins lightly.’
(Ibn al-Qayyim )

Imām al-Nawawī  further states: ‘Anyone making

dhikr should be in the most perfect state. If he is sitting
somewhere, he should face the qiblah with humility
and serenity, bowing one’s head. If one remembers
Allah in any other state it is still permissible, without
any disapproval; but if there is no excuse for doing so,
one would be forfeiting something most excellent.’

‘Anyone who has a daily litany of dhikr (wird) in the

night or day or after Salāh or any other time, and then
misses it and later remembers it, ought to make it up
when he is able to, so as not to neglect it. If one is
consistent in practising it, he will not find himself
missing it; but if he is lax in fulfilling it, it will become
easy to neglect it at its proper time.’ (al-Adhkār)

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 THE TWO TYPES OF DHIKR

DHIKR

GENERAL SPECIFIC

This is when one These are the

remembers Allah at any supplications and
time, as the Messenger of remembrances which are
Allah  used to do. These to be said in specific
words can be uttered at places & times, in
any time and in unlimited specified quantities, and
quantities. in their specific wordings.

Chapter 1 Chapters 2-5

Qur’ān Tahlīl Tasbīh Morning and Evening

Tahmīd Takbīr Hawqalah Before Sleep After Salāh

Names of Allah Istighfār Other Actions e.g. eating,

wearing clothes, entering &
Salāh upon the Prophet  leaving the house etc
+ +
the
house
Du‘ās from the Qur’ān & Sunnah Ruqyah (remedy for illnesses)
(see our publication ‘I Am Near’) etc. ‘Ruqyah’)
(see our publication

Salāh and its Adhkār

(see our publication ‘Taste the Sweetness of Salāh’)

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In order to follow the sunnah of the Prophet  and to
attain specific rewards mentioned for the different
adhkār, they should be recited as they are found in the
books of hadīth. An example of this is when the
Prophet  said to his wife Juwayriyah : “I recited
four phrases three times after I left you. If everything
that you have said today was put in the scales, [the four
phrases] would outweigh it.” (Muslim) (see p. 72)

What is more virtuous: recitation of the Qur’ān,

making du‘ā’ or other forms of dhikr?
The recitation of the Qur’ān is more virtuous than
dhikr as it is the word of Allah. Dhikr is more virtuous
than du‘ā’, because dhikr is praising and glorifying
Allah; whilst du‘ā’ consists of the servant asking Allah
for something he needs. And salāh is the best of all
deeds as it is a combination of Qur’ān, dhikr and du‘ā’.
Yet, each of these is considered in its own right and
some situations may give what has less merit priority
over what has more. Therefore, despite the overall
superiority of the Qur’ān, remembering Allah with
prescribed adhkār at their specific times is more
virtuous. This is because the Messenger of Allah 
encouraged and prescribed certain supplications for
certain times and certain occasions.

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 GENERAL ADHKĀR

‫اﻷذﻛﺎر اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ‬

1. QUR’ĀN
2. TAHLĪL
3-5. TASBĪH, TAHMĪD & TAKBĪR
6. HAWQALAH
7. DU‘Ā’
8. THE NAMES OF ALLAH
9. SALĀH UPON THE PROPHET 
10. ISTIGHFĀR

‘Search for pleasure in salāh, Qur’ān and dhikr. If you find it, then
rejoice. And if you do not find it, then know that the door is closed.’
(Hasan al-Basrī )
GENERAL

1. QUR’ĀN AND ITS VIRTUES

Undoubtedly, the best form of dhikr is the recitation of

the Noble Qur’ān. The Messenger of Allah  said:
“Allah has His own people among mankind.” They
MORNING & EVENING

asked: “O Messenger of Allah, who are they?” He

replied: “They are the people of the Qur’ān: the people
of Allah and His chosen people.” (Ibn Mājah)

In another hadīth, he  said: “The Qur’ān will be

brought on the Day of Judgement and it will say (for its
reciter): ‘My Lord, adorn him.’ So he will be made to
wear a crown of nobility. Then it will say: ‘My Lord,
SLEEP

give him more.’ So he will be clothed with a suit of

nobility. Then it will say: ‘My Lord, be pleased with
him.’ So Allah will be pleased with him and it will be
said to him: ‘Recite and rise up, and be increased in
reward with every verse.’” (Tirmidhī)
AFTER SALAH

‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān said: ‘If your hearts were pure,

they would never have enough of reciting Allah’s
words.’ (Kitāb al-Zuhd of Imām Ahmad )

‘Do whatever you wish to get close to Allah, but know you
OTHER

will never get closer to Him with anything more beloved to

Him than His own words (i.e. the Qur’ān).’ (Khabbāb )

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 GENERAL
REFLECTING UPON THE QUR’ĀN

َ ُ َ
.‫ب‬ ٰ ۡ ۡ ُ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ٰ ٓ ُ َّ َّ َ ّ ٞ َ ٰ ُ َ ۡ َ ُ ٰ ۡ َ ٌ ٰ
ِ ��‫كِتب أنز�ه إِ�ك ��ك ِﻴﻟﺪﺑﺮوا آيتِهِۦ و ِ�تذﻛﺮ أو�وا ا‬

“This is a blessed Book which We revealed to you,

that they may reflect upon its verses, and those with
understanding may take heed.” (38:29)

Imām al-Nawawī  stated: ‘The reciter is enjoined to

be sincere in recitation, and to seek the pleasure of
Allah thereby, not seeking to gain anything else. He
should follow the proper etiquette of the Qur’ān and
remember in his heart that he is having a private
conversation with Allah and that he is reciting His
Book. So he should recite it as though he could see
Him, for even if he cannot see Him, Allah sees him.’

Ibn al-Qayyim  wrote: ‘There is nothing more

beneficial for the heart than reading the Qur’ān with
contemplation and reflection. It is the Qur’ān that
inspires love and longing for Allah. It generates fear of
Him and hope in Him. It makes one turn in
repentance to Him and rely on Him. It causes one to
fully submit to him, leave matters in His Hands and be
pleased with His Decree. It inspires patience and
gratitude and is a means of acquiring all of the
characteristics which give life to and perfect the heart.

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 If people knew what recitation of the Qur’ān with
GENERAL

contemplation contains, they would devote themselves

to it at the expense of anything else. When one reads
with reflection and comes across an āyah that he is in
need of to cure his heart, he repeats it. He may repeat
it a hundred times, or even throughout the entire
night, as is reported by the Prophet  and the early
predecessors. Hence, reciting a single āyāh of the
Qur’ān with contemplation and reflection is better
than reciting the entire Qur’ān without any
contemplation or reflection.’ (al-Fawā’id)

HOW MUCH SHOULD ONE READ?

Imām al-Nawawī  stated: ‘Know that the Qur’ān is

of the most emphasised of all adhkār, so it is essential
to be consistent in it, and not to miss it even for one
day or night.’
The companions  would complete the recitation of
the Qur’ān in seven days. (Abū Dāwūd) If one is unable
to do this, then one should aim to complete the
recitation of the Qur’ān at least once a month, as per
the narration in Sahīh al-Bukhārī.

‘The recitation of the Qur’ān is an honour which Allah has

bestowed upon human beings. The angels were not granted
this honour, and hence are eager to hear it being recited by
human beings.’ (Ibn al-Salāh)

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 َّ ٰ َ
2. TAHLĪL (‫ )ﻻ إِﻪﻟَ إِﻻ اﷲ‬AND ITS VIRTUES

GENERAL
The greatest statement ever uttered, the foundation of
َّ ٰ َ
faith and the cornerstone of existence itself: ‫ﻻ ِإ َﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ‬.
For it, the heavens and the earth were created. For it,
thousands of messengers were sent. For it, the final
hour will occur, the creation will be gathered and
questioned, and then driven either into Hell or
Paradise. When uttered sincerely, it leaves the realms
of this earth and ascends up to the Magnificent Throne
of Allah. It is the guarantor of one’s ultimate success:
its utterer will be saved from Hell and guaranteed
Paradise.
َّ ٰ َ
What does ‫ ﻻ إِﻪﻟَ إِﻻ اﷲ‬mean?
There is no god, deity or being which deserves to be
worshipped and obeyed except Allah. It means to be a
slave of only Allah, and not of any another slave,
ideology, material object or one’s own desires. With it,
one professes Allah’s Lordship over all creation as well
as His exclusive right to be worshipped. He Alone has
the Most Perfect Names and Attributes. He is the
King Who has no partner, the One Who has no
competitor, the Self-Sufficient Master Who has no
offspring, and there is nothing like Him. He is Unique;
the First Who was never preceded by non-existence
and the Last Who will never come to an end.

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 َّ ٰ َ
To internalise ‫ﻻ إِ َﻪﻟ إِﻻ اﷲ‬, one only turns to Allah alone
for judgement in all matters. One obeys and reveres
only Him, fears none but Him and loves none as much
as Him. One depends only on Him, seeks protection
only with Him and invokes Him Alone for help and
forgiveness. One’s bowing, prostration and unyielding
obedience is solely reserved for Him.
َّ ٰ َ
“The best dhikr is ‫ﻻ ِإ َﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ‬.” (Nasā'ī)
“The best of what Iَ and theَ Prophets َّ before
َ ْ َ َُ ْ َ ُ ٰ َ
me have said is: ‫ﻚ ُﻪﻟ‬ ‫ﻻ ِإ َﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ َوﺣ ْﺪه ْ ﻻ‬
THE BEST
ْ �‫ﺮﺷ‬
ِ َ
َ ْ َ ُّ ََٰ َ ُ َ ُ ْ َ ُ َ ُ ُ ُ
‫ﻲﺷ ٍء ﻗ ِﺪﻳ ْ ٌﺮ‬
DHIKR
ِ ‫ﻪﻟ ا�ﻤﻠﻚ وﻪﻟ اﺤﻟﻤﺪ وﻫﻮ ﻰﻠﻋ‬.” (Muwatta’)
‫ﻞﻛ‬
(See p. 70 & 91 for more virtues.)

“When
َّ ٰ a َ servant of Allah utters the words
ASCENDS ‫ ﻻ إِ َﻪﻟ إِﻻ اﷲ‬sincerely, the doors of Paradise
TO THE
open up for these words until they reach the
THRONE OF
ALLAH
Throne of Allah, so long as its utterer keeps
away from the major sins.” (Tirmidhī)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Renew your

A RENEWER faith.” The companions  asked: “How can
OF FAITH we renew our faith?” Heَّ  replied: “Be
ٰ َ
frequent in saying ‫ﻻ إِ َﻪﻟ إِﻻ اﷲ‬.” (Ahmad)

“Allah has made Hell-fire unlawful forَّ the one

ٰ َ
MAKES HELL who, seeking His pleasure, says ‫ﻻ إِ َﻪﻟ إِﻻ اﷲ‬.”
UNLAWFUL
(Bukhārī)
َّ ٰ َ
LAST WORDS “He whose last words are ‫ ﻻ إِ َﻪﻟ إِﻻ اﷲ‬will enter
PARADISE Paradise.” (Abū Dāwūd)

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 DHIKR FOR ALL TIMES
“The most fortunate person who will have my
MEANS OF intercession on the Day
َّ َ ٰ of Judgement
َ will be
INTERCESSION the one who said ‫ﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ‬ ‫ ﻻ ِإ‬sincerely from his
heart.” (Bukhārī)

OUTWEIGHS “When death approached Allah's Prophet Nūh

THE SEVEN , َّhe said to his son: ‘... I command you with
ٰ َ
HEAVENS ‫ﻻ إِ َﻪﻟ إِﻻ اﷲ‬. Surely if the seven heavens and the
AND THE seven earths َّ ٰ were
َ placed on a pan of a scale,
SEVEN and ‫ ﻻ ِإ َﻪﻟ ِإﻻاﷲ‬was placed on the other pan, it
EARTHS would outweigh them.’” (al-Adab al-Mufrad)
“Indeed Allah will choose a man from my
ummah in front of all of creation on the Day of
Judgement. He will lay out 99 scrolls for him;
each scroll will be as far as the eye can see.
Then He will ask: ‘Do you deny any of this?
Have my assiduous scribes wronged you?’ He
will reply: ‘No, O Lord!’ He will ask: ‘Do you
OUTWEIGHS have an excuse?’ He will reply: ‘No, O Lord!’
ALL SINS So He will say: ‘On the contrary! Certainly you
have a good deed with us, and you shall not
be wronged today.’ Then a card will beَ
brought out and َ it willَ contain ، ‫اﷲ‬ ُ ‫أَ ْﺷ َﻬ ُﺪ أ ْن َّﻻ إ ٰ َﻪﻟ إ َّﻻ‬
ُ َ ُ ُ ْ َ ً َّ َ ُ َّ ُ َ ْ َ ِ ِ
‫ور ُﺳ ْﻮ ُﻪﻟ‬ ‫وأﺷﻬﺪ أن ﺤﻣﻤﺪا �ﺒﺪه‬. Then He will say: ‘Bring
your scales.’ He will say: ‘O Lord! What good
is this card next to these scrolls?’ He will say:
‘You shall not be wronged.’ The scrolls will be
put on one pan of the scale, and the card on
the other. The scrolls will be light, and the card
will be heavy, as nothing is heavier than the
Name of Allah.” (Tirmidhī)

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 3-5. TASBĪH, TAHMĪD & TAKBĪR AND ITS VIRTUES

THE MOST “The most beloved statements to Allah are

ْ َ ُ َ ُ َّ ٰ َ ُ ْ ْ َ َ ْ ُ
BELOVED four: ‫اﷲ أ� َﺮﺒ‬ ‫ و‬، ‫ َوﻻ ِإ َﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ‬، ‫ﷲ‬
ِ ِ ‫ َواﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬، ‫ﷲ‬
ِ ‫ﺳﺒﺤﺎن ا‬.”
STATEMENTS (Muslim) They are also “the best words after the
TO ALLAH Qur’ān.” (Ahmad)

THE BEST “There is none better in the sight of Allah than

COMPANION a believer whose life is lengthened in Islam
IN A and who frequently utters takbīr, tasbīh, tahlīl
BELIEVER’S LIFE and tahmīd.” (Ahmad)
“There isn’t anyone upon the
َ
earth who says:
ُ ْ ْ َ َ ْ ُ َُْ ُ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ
THEY ِ ِ ‫ َواﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬، ‫ﷲ‬
‫ﷲ‬ ِ ‫ َوﺳﺒﺤﺎن ا‬، ‫ َواﷲ أ�ﺮﺒ‬، ‫ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ‬
َّ َ َّ ُ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ
WIPE SINS ‫وﻻ ﺣﻮل وﻻ ﻗﻮة ِإﻻ ﺑِﺎﷲ‬
AWAY except that his sins shall be pardoned, even if
they were like the foam of the sea.” (Tirmidhī)

“There are two statements that are light on the

HEAVY tongue, heavy on the Scale and are beloved
ON THE to the Most Merciful:
ْ ْ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ ُ
‫ﷲ اﻟ َﻌ ِﻈﻴﻢ‬ ‫ ﺳﺒﺤ‬، ‫ﷲ َو ِﺤﺑَﻤ ِﺪ ِه‬
SCALES
ِ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ِ ‫ﺳﺒﺤﺎن ا‬.” (Bukhārī)

“Perform tasbīh 100 times, for it is equivalent

to freeing 100 slaves among the children of
Ismā’īl. Perform tahmīd 100 times, for it is
UNPARALLELLED equivalent to 100 saddled and bridled
REWARD
horses which you load in the path of Allah.
Peform takbīr 100 times, for it is equivalent to
100 adorned and accepted camels.” (Ahmad)

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 “Every tasbīh is a charity, every takbīr is a
A FORM OF
charity, every tahmīd is a charity, and every
CHARITY
tahlīl is a charity.” (Muslim)

“For َ your shield from the Hell-Fire, say:

ْ ُ َ ُ
‫اﷲ أ� َﺮﺒ‬
َّ ٰ َ
‫ و‬، ‫ َوﻻ ِإ َﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ‬، ‫ﷲ‬ ُ ْ ْ َ َ ْ ُ
ِ ِ ‫ َواﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬، ‫ﷲ‬
ِ ‫ﺳﺒﺤﺎن ا‬
PROTECTION as they will indeed come on the Day of
FROM THE Judgement as saviours and preceding good
HELL-FIRE
actions, and they are the lasting good deeds
of the righteous.” (Hākim)

“I met Ibrāhīm  on the Night of al-Isrā’

(night journey), and he said to me: ‘O
Muhammad, convey my greetings to your
ummah, and tell them that Paradise has pure
THE PLANTS soil and sweet water, and it is a flat treeless
OF PARADISE ْ َ
ُ ‫اﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ ِﷲ َو َﻻ إ ٰ َﻪﻟ إ َّﻻ‬ َ َ ْ ُ
plain. Its plants are: ‫اﷲ‬ ِ ِ ِ ‫ﷲو‬
ِ ‫ﺳﺒﺤﺎن ا‬
َْ َ ُ َ
‫واﷲ أ�ﺮﺒ‬. ’” He  also said: “Whoever says
ْ َ َ ْ ُ
‫ﷲ َو ِﺤﺑَﻤ ِﺪه‬
ِ ‫ﺳﺒﺤﺎن ا‬, a palm-tree will be planted for
him in Paradise.” (Tirmidhī)

“Indeed what you remember of Allah’s

Glory (by uttering) tasbīh, takbīr, tahlīl and
THEY GATHER
tahmīd, gather around the Throne of Allah,
AROUND THE
THRONE OF buzzing like bees, mentioning to Allah the
ALLAH person who uttered them. Do you not wish to
have someone who mentions you by Him?”
(Ibn Mājah)

See p. 69, 71 & 72 for more virtues.

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What does ‫( ﺳﺒﺤﺎن اﷲ‬tasbīh) mean?
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َ َ ْ ُ
‫ﺤﺎن اﷲ‬ ‫ ﺳﺒ‬means to glorify Allah above any imperfection
or deficiency i.e. Allah is free from all defects. Allah is
the Most Glorified Who has no partner or rival, Who
possesses every aspect of perfection, and Whose
actions are pure and free from evil.
َ َ ْ ُ Negating all defects and flaws i.e. Allah
‫ﺤﺎن اﷲ‬ ‫ﺳﺒ‬
is free from all shortcomings.
ْ َ
‫اﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ ِﷲ‬
Affirming all of the attributes of perfection
and majesty for Allah.

ُ ْ َْ َ
What does ‫ﺤﻟﻤﺪ ِﷲ‬ ‫( ا‬tahmīd) mean?
ُ ْ َ ْ َ
‫ اﺤﻟﻤﺪ ِﷲ‬is an expression that encompasses both:
(1) gratitude (for what Allah has blessed us with)
(2) and praise (Allah is worthy of every possible praise
on account of His very existence, as well as for His
Mercy, Generosity and all of His other Noble
Attributes and Names).
He is Praised by virtue of His Praise for Himself and
by virtue of His servants’ praise for Him. Their praise
of Him emanates from their love and reverence of
ْ َ
Him. Whilst uttering ‫اﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ ِﷲ‬, one should reflect on the
blessings of Allah and His Perfect Names. (See p. 30.)

“There is none who likes to be praised more than Allah

does.” (Bukhārī)

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“When Allah grants a blessing to a slave, upon which the
slave praises Him, the praise of the slave is better than the
blessing itself.” (Ibn Mājah)
ْ َ ُ َ
What does ‫ﷲ أ� َﺮﺒ‬ ‫( ا‬takbīr) mean?
َ‫ﷲ أَ ْ�ﺮﺒ‬ َ
ُ ‫ ا‬means ‘Allah is Greater than…’ By not specifying
what He is Greater than, one is saying that He is
Greater than everything. Allah is Greater than
anything we can imagine and His Greatness
encompasses all things: He is Great in His Essence,
His Names, His Attributes and His Actions. Allah is
Supreme and Transcendent above every limitation and
deficiency that is inherent in created beings.
Our limited minds are unable to comprehend the
Greatness of Allah. However one can attempt to
appreciate His Greatness by pondering over His
creation. When a person ponders on the greatness of
Allah’s creation such as the heavens, the earth, His
Kursī and His Majestic Throne, and then realises his
own inability to comprehend them due to their
greatness, he arrives at the most important realisation:
how Great must their Creator be!
“The seven heavens in comparison to the Kursī is nothing
but like a ring thrown in a desert, and the excellence of the
Throne of Allāh over the Kursī is like the excellence of that
desert over that ring.” (Bayhaqī)

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GENERAL

COUNTING TASBĪH

50x2

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr  said: “I saw the Messenger of

Allah  counting the tasbīh.” Ibn Qudāmah (the
narrator) said: “With his right hand.” (Abū Dāwūd)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Count on your

fingers, for they will be asked, and will be made to
speak.” (Tirmidhī)

Although it is Sunnah to use the hand for counting,

one may use other means such as prayer beads or a
tasbīh counter.

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 َّ َ ُ َ َ َ َ
6. HAWQALAH (‫ )ﻻ ﺣ ْﻮل َوﻻ ﻗ َّﻮة إِﻻ ﺑِﺎﷲ‬AND ITS VIRTUES

GENERAL
َّ َ ُ َ َ َ
‫ﻻ َﺣ ْﻮل َوﻻ ﻗ َّﻮة إِﻻ ﺑِﺎﷲ‬
is a very concise yet comprehensive
statement. With it, one proclaims the oneness of Allah
and expresses one’s reverence, awe and need of Him.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “Shall I not teach you
a statement which lies beneath the Throne and is from
َّ َ َ َ
the treasures of Paradise? Say ‫ ﻻ َﺣ ْﻮل َوﻻ ﻗُ َّﻮ َة إِﻻ ﺑِﺎﷲ‬upon
which Allah says: ‘My slave has submitted and
surrendered himself.’” (Hākim) He  also said: “It is a
gate from the gates of Paradise.” (Tirmidhī)
َّ ُ َ َ َ
What does ‫ ﻻ َﺣ ْﻮل َوﻻ ﻗ َّﻮ َة إِﻻ ﺑِﺎﷲ‬mean?
A slave cannot move from one situation to another (hawl),
nor does he have the strength (quwwah) to do this except by
the will and help of Allah.
There is no strength to stop sinning, nor is there any power to
be obedient except by Allah.
There is no power in averting evil, or strength in attaining
good except through Allah.

‘The scholars said that the reason behind this

statement being one of the treasures of Paradise is
because it embodies complete submission, entrusting
one’s affairs and obedience of Allah. One
acknowledges that there is no Creator other than Him
and none can turn back His Command, and that the
slave is powerless in his own affairs.’ (al-Nawawī )

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 7. DU‘Ā’ AND ITS VIRTUES
GENERAL

“And your Lord said: ‘Call upon Me; I will respond to

you.’” (40:60)
Du‘ā’ is an expression of a servant’s humility, dire state
of poverty and utmost need of his Lord. It is an
affirmation of one’s complete submission to Allah and
an expression of one‘s ‘ubudiyyah (servitude) to Him.

Du‘ā’ is a whispering conversation with Allah, our

Creator, our Lord and our Sustainer. We ask Him
because only He can give. He has ultimate Power over
everything, whilst we are weak. His Knowledge
encompasses everything, whilst we know little. He is
the Lord and we are His slaves. The Messenger of
Allah  said: "Du‘ā’ is worship." He  also said:
“There is nothing more honourable to Allah than du‘ā’,”
and “Allah is angry with those who do not supplicate to
Him.” (Tirmidhī)

Du‘ā’ should be ingrained into our daily lives. We

should ask Allah for everything and not limit our
supplications to difficult times. Nothing is too big for
the One being asked and nothing is too small for those
asking Him. The Messenger of Allah  said: “When
one of you asks for something from Allah, then let him
be plentiful (in what he asks for), for indeed he is
asking his Lord.” (Ibn Hibbān)

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‘I do not worry about my du‘ā’ being answered. Rather, I
worry about making du‘ā’ because I know that if I am
inspired by Allah to make du‘ā’, the answer will follow.’
(‘Umar ibn al-Khattāb )

HOW TO MAKE DU‘Ā’

1 Start the du‘ā’ by praising Allah and sending

blessings upon the Prophet : “When one of you
supplicates, he should start by exalting and praising his
Lord, then send salāh on the Prophet . Thereafter he
should ask for whatever he wants.” (Abū Dāwūd)
2 Supplicate with the du‘ās from the Qur’ān and
the Sunnah. However, it is permissible to say other
words according to your specific needs.
3 Supplicate through His Beautiful Names. Ask
Allah with His Greatest Names (see p. 30) and ask him
for specific needs according to His Names e.g. ‘Yā
Tawwāb (O Acceptor of repentance), accept my
repentance.’ Remember to take off the ‘al’ when
invoking Allah with one of His Names, e.g. you would
say ‘Yā Razzāq’ and not ‘Yā al-Razzāq’.
4 Humble yourself in front of the Almighty, hoping
for His reward and fearing His punishment. This is
the spirit, essence and purpose of du‘ā’, as Allah says:
‘Supplicate to your Lord humbly and secretly...and
supplicate to Him in fear and hope.’ (7:55-6)

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 5 Have yaqīn (firm conviction) that Allah will
GENERAL

accept your du‘ā’ and let your supplication emanate

from your heart. The Messenger of Allah  said:
“Supplicate to Allah whilst you are certain of a
response, because Allah does not accept a supplication
from a forgetful distracted heart.” (Tirmidhī)
6 Be persistent in making du‘ā’: “Verily your Lord
is Generous and Shy. If His servant raises his hands to
Him, He becomes shy to return them empty.”
(Tirmidhī) Whoever consistently knocks on the door
will eventually have it opened for him.
7 Don’t be hasty: “The du‘ā’ of every one of you is
accepted as long as he does not grow impatient and
says: ‘I supplicated but it was not accepted.’” (Muslim)
8 Stop sinning and consuming harām: The
Messenger of Allah  narrated a story about a man
asking Allah, saying: ‘O Lord! O Lord!’ but “his food
was unlawful, his drink was unlawful, his clothing was
unlawful, and he was nourished with unlawful; so how
will his supplication be accepted?!” (Muslim)
9 Supplicate in times of ease & hardship:
“Remember Allah during times of ease and He will
remember you during times of hardship.” (Ahmad)
10 Supplicate in the following times and situations
in which the Prophet  said that du‘ā’ is accepted:

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OPPORTUNE MOMENTS IN WHICH DU‘Ā’ IS ACCEPTED

At the end of the fardh Between adhān &

prayers (Tirmidhī) iqāmah (See p. 101.)

The last third part of the Whilst in sajdah

night (Bukhārī) (Muslim)

Whilst fasting and opening The last portion of

the fast (Tirmidhī) Jumu‘ah (Abū Dāwūd)

When one asks Allah with The parents’ supplication

His Greatest Name for their child
(See p. 30.)
(Tirmidhī)

When drinking zamzam When it rains

(Abū Dāwūd)
water (Ibn Mājah)

The du‘ā’ of a Muslim for The du‘ā’ of the

his absent brother (Muslim) oppressed (Bukhārī)

The day of ‘Arafah The du‘ā’ of the traveller

(Tirmidhī) (Tirmidhī)

Allah responds to a person’s supplication by either:

1. immediately responding;
2. saving his reward in the hereafter;
3. preventing an evil from befalling him. (Ahmad)

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8. ASKING ALLAH BY HIS BEAUTIFUL NAMES

Ibn al-Qayyim  states: ‘The key to the da‘wah of the
Messengers and the essence of their Message, is
knowing Allah through His Names, His Attributes,
and His Actions. This is the foundation on which the
rest of the Message, from beginning to end, is based
upon.’ Allah says in the Noble Qur’ān:
ۡ َ ٰ َ ۡ ُۡ ُ َ ۡ َ ۡ
.‫� فٱد ُعوهُ ب َها‬
ِ ‫ﷲ ٱ�سمآء ٱ�س‬ ِ ِ ‫َو‬
“To Allah belongs the Most Beautiful Names, so call on
Him by them.” (7:180)

Calling on Him includes praising and worshipping

Him with His Beautiful Names, and supplicating to
Him with them. We see a beautiful example of this in
the hadīth of Anas , where he states that he was
sitting with the Messenger of Allah  and a man was
standing in prayer. The man invoked Allah, saying:
ْ ُ َّ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ ٰ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َّ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
‫ ﺑَ ِﺪ� ُﻊ‬، ‫ﺖ ا� َﻤﻨﺎن‬ ‫ ﻻ إِﻪﻟ إِﻻ أﻧ‬، ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ إِ ِﻲﻧ أﺳﺄ�ﻚ ﺑِﺄن �ﻚ اﺤﻟﻤﺪ‬
ْ َ َ َْ
َ ُّ َ ‫ ﻳَﺎ‬، ِ‫اﺠﻟ َ َﻼل َو ْاﻹ ْﻛ َﺮام‬
.‫ﻲﺣ ﻳَﺎ � ُّﻴ ْﻮ ُم‬ ‫ ﻳﺎ ذا‬، ‫ات َواﻷ ْر ِض‬ َ ٰ َّ
ِ ‫ا�ﺴﻤﻮ‬
ِ ِ
“O Allah, I ask You as all praise only belongs to You. There is
no god but You, The Giver of all good, The Originator of the
heavens and the earth. O Lord of Majesty and Honour,
O the Ever Living, O the One Who sustains and protects all
that exists.”

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The Messenger of Allah  then said: “He has
certainly invoked Allah by His Greatest Name. When
He is supplicated by it, He responds, and when asked,
He gives.” (Abū Dāwūd) Heْ  also said: “Supplicate
ْ ْ َ ََ َ َ
frequently with: ‘ ِ‫اﻹﻛ َﺮام‬
ِ ‫( ﻳﺎ ذا اﺠﻟﻼ ِل و‬O Lord of Majesty
and Honour).’” (Tirmidhī) On another occasion, the
Messenger of Allah  heard a man saying:
َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ ٰ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ْ َ ّ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
‫ا�ﺼ َﻤ ُﺪ‬
َّ ‫اﻷ َﺣ ُﺪ‬ ‫ﻲﻧ أﺷﻬﺪ �ﻧﻚ أﻧﺖ اﷲ ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإﻻ أﻧﺖ‬ ْ �‫ﻲﻧ أﺳﺄ�ﻚ ﺑ‬
ِ ِ
ْ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ إ‬
ِِ
ٌ َ َ ً ُ ُ ُ َّ ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َّ
.‫اﺬﻟي �ﻢ ﻳ ِﺪﻠ و�ﻢ ﻳﻮﺪﻟ و�ﻢ ﻳ�ﻦ ﻪﻟ ﻛﻔﻮا أﺣﺪ‬ ِ
“O Allah, I ask You as I bear witness that You are Allah, there
is no god but You, the One, the Self-Sufficient Master, Who
has not given birth and was not born, and to Whom no one is
equal.”

The Messenger of Allah  said: “You have supplicated

to Allah with His Greatest Name. When He is
supplicated by it, He responds, and when asked, He
gives.” (Tirmidhī)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Indeed Allah has 99

Names. Whoever preserves them will enter Paradise.”
(Muslim) Imām al-Nawawī  mentions that there is a
consensus amongst the scholars that the above hadīth
does not mean that Allah only has 99 Names. Rather,
the aformentioned reward is attained by one who
preserves 99 of His many Names.

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 ‫ﷲ‬
ُ َ َّ َ ُ َ َ َْ ْ َّ َ ْ َّ َ ُّ َّ َ
‫ا�ﺼﻤﺪ‬ ‫اﻷﺣﺪ‬ ‫ﺣﻴ ُﻢ‬
ِ ‫ا�ﺮ‬ ‫�ﺮﻤﺣ ُﻦ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫�ﺮب‬ ‫ا‬
The Self-
Sufficient The The Very The All- The
Master Single Merciful Merciful Lord
َْ ُ َ َْ
‫ﺧ ُﺮ‬
ِ ‫ا‬
‫ﻵ‬ ‫اﻷ َّول‬
The
Last THE GREATEST The
First
َْ NAMES OF ALLAH َّ َ
‫ا َﺒﻟﺎﻃ ُِﻦ‬ WITH WHICH, WHEN INVOKED,
HE RESPONDS
‫اﻟﻈﺎﻫ ُِﺮ‬
The Most The Most
Close High

ْ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ ُ َّ َ ْ َ ُ ُّ َ ْ َ ُّ َ ْ‫اَﻟ‬
‫اﻹﻛ َﺮ ِام‬
ِ ‫ا�ﻤﻨﺎن ذو اﺠﻟﻼ ِل و‬ ‫اﻟﻘﻴ ْﻮم‬ ‫ﻲﺤ‬
The Lord of Majesty The The All- The Ever-
& Honour Bestower Sustainer Living

ُ ْ َّ َ ْ َ َُْ
‫ا�ﻤﻬﻴ ِﻤ ُﻦ‬
NAMES WHICH LEAD TO THE
‫ا�ﺸ ِﻬﻴﺪ‬ FEAR OF ALLAH
The AND CONSTANT The
Witness AWARENESS OF HIM Vigilant

ْ َّ َ ُ ْ ‫�ﺴ ِﻤ ْﻴ ُﻊ اَ ْ َﺒﻟ ِﺼ‬

َّ َ َْ َ
ُ ْ ‫ﺨﻟﺒ‬ ْ َ َْ
‫�ﺮ�ِﻴ ُﺐ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺮﻴ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺮﻴ‬ ِ ‫ا‬ ‫اﻟﻌﻠِﻴ ُﻢ‬
The Ever The All- The All- The All- The All-
Watchful Seeing Hearing Aware Knowing
 ُ َّ ْ َ ُ َّ َّ َ ُ َّ َ ْ َ ْ َُْ ُ َْ َ
‫ا� َﻮﻫﺎب‬ ‫�ﺮزاق‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ا�ﻤﻌ ِﻄ ْﻲ اﻟﻔﺘﺎح‬ ‫ﺠﻟ َﻮاد‬ ‫ا‬
The Ever- The Supreme The Supreme The The Most
Giving Provider Opener Giver Generous
ْ َُْ ُ َْ
‫ا�ﻤﺤ ِﺴ ُﻦ‬ ‫ا� َﻮا ِﺳﻊ‬
The Doer NAMES WHICH INSPIRE The All-
of Good Comprehending
PATIENCE &
ْ ُ َّ َ َّ َ
‫ا�ﺸﻜﻮ ُر‬ GRATITUDE ‫ا�ﺸﺎﻛ ُِﺮ‬
The Most The
Appreciative Grateful

َ ْ َ‫ا‬
ُ‫ﺤﻟﻜ ِْﻴﻢ‬ ‫ﻲﻨ‬
َْ
ُّ ِ ‫اﻟ َﻐ‬
َ
‫اﻨﻟُّ ْﻮ ُر‬ ْ ََْ
‫ا�ﻬﺎدِي‬
َّ َ
ْ ِ ‫�ﺸ‬
‫ﺎﻲﻓ‬ ‫ا‬
The The The The The
All-Wise Independent Light Guide Curer

ُ ْ َْ َ ُ َْ َ ُ ْ ‫اَﻨﻟَّ ِﺼ‬ ُّ ‫اَ� ْ َﻮ‬ ٰ َ ‫اَ� ْ َﻤ ْﻮ‬

‫ﺤﻟ ِﻔﻴﻆ‬ ‫ﺤﻟﺎﻓ ِﻆ ا‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺮﻴ‬ � ِ �
The The The The Protective The
Guardian Protector Helper Friend Master

ُ ْ َُْ ْ َْ َ
‫ا�ﻤ ِﻘﻴﺖ‬ NAMES WHICH INSPIRE ‫ﺤﻟ ِﺴﻴ ُﺐ‬ ‫ا‬
The Powerful, TRUST IN ALLAH The Sufficient,
The Nourisher The Reckoner

ْ َُْ ُ ْ ََْ ُ ْ َْ ُ ْ َ َْ ْ ِ ‫اَﻟْ َﺎﻜ‬

‫ﺠﻴ ُﺐ‬
ِ ‫اﻟﻘ ِﺮ�ﺐ ا�ﻤ‬ ‫اﻟﻜ ِﻔﻴﻞ ا� َﻮ� ِﻴﻞ‬ ‫ﻲﻓ‬
The The Ever- The Disposer The The All-
Responder Near of Affairs Guarantor Sufficient
 َ ْ َ‫ا‬
ُ ‫ﺠﻟ َّﺒ‬
‫ﺎر‬
ْ َ َْ
‫اﻟﻌ ِﺰ� ُﺰ‬
ُ ْ ََْ
‫ا�ﻤﻠِﻴﻚ‬
ُ ََْ
‫ا�ﻤﻠِﻚ‬
ُ ََْ
‫ا�ﻤﺎ� ِﻚ‬
The Compeller The The The The
The Restorer Mighty Sovereign King Owner

َ ْ َُْ
‫ا�ﻤﻘﺘ ِﺪ ُر‬
ْ ََْ
‫اﻟﻘ ِﺪﻳ ُﺮ‬
ََْ
‫اﻟﻘﺎد ُِر‬ ُ ‫اَﻟْ َﻘ َّﻬ‬
‫ﺎر‬
ََْ
‫اﻟﻘﺎﻫ ُِﺮ‬
The The All- The The The
All-Able Powerful Powerful All-Dominant Irresistible

ُ ّ ‫اَ� ْ ُﻤ َﺘ َﻜ‬
‫ﺮﺒ‬ ُ ْ ‫اَﻟْ َﻜﺒ‬
‫ﺮﻴ‬
ْ َ َْ
‫اﻟﻌ ِﻈﻴ ُﻢ‬ ُ ْ ‫اَ� ْ َﻤﺘ‬
‫ﻦﻴ‬
ُّ َ ْ َ
‫اﻟﻘ ِﻮي‬
ِ ِ ِ
The Supremely The Most The The The
Proud Great Tremendous Powerful Strong
ْ َْ ُ ََْ
‫ا� ِﻮﺗ ُﺮ‬ NAMES WHICH INSPIRE THE
‫ﺣﺪ‬
ِ ‫ا�ﻮا‬
The One Who
GREATNESS OF ALLAH The
has no Equal AND PROMPT US TO EXALT HIM One

ُ َ َّ َ ُ ُّ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َْ َْ
ُّ ِ ‫اﻟ َﻌ‬
‫ﺎﻰﻟ اﻟﻘﺪ ْوس ا�ﺴﻼم‬ ِ ‫ا�ﻤﺘﻌ‬ ‫اﻷﻰﻠﻋ‬ ‫ﻲﻠ‬
The Source The Most The The The
of Peace Pure Exalted Highest High

ُّ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َّ َ ُ ْ َ َْ َ َْ َ ُ ْ ُ َْ
‫ﺤﻟﻖ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺪﻟﻳﺎن‬ ‫ا‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺪل‬ ‫ﺤﻟ� ُﻢ‬ ‫ا�ﻤﺆﻣِﻦ ا‬
The The Supreme The The The Giver
Truth Judge Just Judge of Security

ُ ُّ ُّ َ ْ َُْ ُ ْ ََْ ُ ََْ ُ ْ ‫اَ� ْ ُﻤﺒ‬

‫ﺤﻴ ُﻂ ا�ﺴﺒ ْﻮح‬
ِ ‫ﺠﻴﺪ ا�ﻤ‬
ِ ‫ا�ﻤ‬ ‫ارث‬
ِ ‫ا�ﻮ‬ ‫ﻦﻴ‬ ِ
The Supremely The All- The Most The The
Glorified Encompassing Glorious Inheritor Evident
 ُ َ ُ ُ َّ َ ُ َ َْ ُ ‫اَﻟْ َﻐ َّﻔ‬ ْ ُ ََْ
‫اﺘﻟَّ َّﻮاب‬ ‫�ﺮؤ ْوف‬ ‫ا‬ ‫اﻟﻌﻔ ُّﻮ‬ ‫ﺎر‬ ‫اﻟﻐﻔﻮ ُر‬
The Acceptor The Most The Ever- The Most The
of Repentance Compassionate Pardoning Forgiving Forgiving

ْ َْ َ ُ ْ َّ َ
‫ﺤﻟﻠِﻴ ُﻢ‬ ‫ا‬ NAMES WHICH INSPIRE US TO
‫ا�ﻠ ِﻄﻴﻒ‬
The
LOVE ALLAH The Most
Forbearing AND SHOW DUE RESPECT TO HIM Kind/Subtle

ُ َ ْ َ َْ ْ َ َْ ّ َ
ُ ْ ِّ�‫�ﺴ‬ َ ْ َ‫ا‬ ُّ َ ْ �َ‫ا‬
‫اﻷﻛﺮم‬ ‫اﻟﻜ ِﺮ� ُﻢ‬ ‫ﺮﻴ‬ ِ ‫ا‬ ُّ ‫ﺤﻟ‬
‫ﻲﻴ‬ ِ ‫ﺮﺒ‬
The Most The The Concealer The The
Bountiful Generous of Sins Modest Kind

َ َُْ ُ ََْ ُ َّ َ ْ َ ُ َْ َ ُ ْ ََْ

‫ﺎرئ ا�ﻤﺼ ّ ِﻮ ُر‬
ِ ‫اﺒﻟ‬ ‫اﺨﻟﻼق‬ ‫اﺨﻟﺎﻟ ِﻖ‬ ‫اﺒﻟ ِﺪ�ﻊ‬
The The The Supreme The The
Fashioner Inventor Creator Creator Originator

ُ ُ َْ ّ َّ َ ُ ْ َْ َ ُ ْ َْ َ ُ ْ َّ َ
‫ا� َﻮد ْود‬ ‫اﻟﻄﻴِ ُﺐ‬ ‫ﺠﻟ ِﻤﻴﻞ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺤﻟ ِﻤﻴﺪ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫�ﺮ�ِﻴﻖ‬ ‫ا‬
The Most The The The The Most
Loving Pure Beautiful Praised Gentle

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Indeed Allah has 99 Names;

whoever preserves them will enter Paradise.” (Muslim)
Preserving them includes:
(1) Memorising them (2) Understanding their meanings (3) Praising Allah
and calling upon Him through them (4) Acting upon what they necessitate.

‘Whoever attains the recognition of Allah through His Names, Attributes

and Actions, will undoubtedly love Him.’ (Ibn al-Qayyim )
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9. SENDING SALĀH UPON THE PROPHET 

“Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings to the
Prophet. O you who believe, invoke Allah to bless him, and
send your salām (prayer for his being in peace) to him in
abundance.” (33:56)
“Whoever sends salāh upon me once, Allah will send salāh
upon him tenfold, erase ten sins from him, and will raise him
ten degrees in status.” (Nasā’ī)
“Allah has angels who travel around the earth conveying to
me the salām of my ummah.” (Nasā’ī)
“The closest of people to me on the Day of Judgement will
be those who send the most salāh upon me.” (Tirmidhī)

What does  mean?

‫ ﺻﻰﻠ‬Mercy and praise among the loftiest assembly of angels.
‫ ﺳﻠﻢ‬Protection from all harm and evil.
Salāh also means ‘honour him’ i.e. honour him in the world by
elevating his mention, granting victory to his dīn and
preserving his sharī‘ah; and honour him in the hereafter by
rewarding him abundantly, accepting his intercession on
behalf of his ummah and granting him the loftiest station of
glory (maqām mahmūd). (Ibn Hajar quoting Halīmī in Fath al-Bārī)

Sending abundant salāh upon the Messenger  is a

manifestation of our love, reverence and obedience to
him. Sent as a mercy for mankind, he  constantly
remembered us and worried about us.

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On one occasion he  lifted his hands and weeping,
he  invoked: “O Allah! My ummah, my ummah!”
Allah sent Jibrīl  down with the glad tidings of:
“Muhammad, surely we will please you in regards to
your ummah and we will not cause you grief.” (Muslim)
In every salāh, he  asked Allah to forgive us. (Ibn
Hibbān) He  missed us and yearned to see us. He 
once said: “I wish to see my brothers!” The companions
asked him: “O Messenger of Allah, are we not your
brothers?” He  replied: “You are my companions,
but my brothers are those who have not yet come in
the world. I will welcome them at the Hawdh
(fountain).” (Nasā’ī) On the Day of Judgement, the
other messengers will say: ‘Myself, myself ’, whereas the
Messenger of Allah  - after praising Allah with a
unique litany of praise - will be given the opportunity
to ask and he  will say: ‘My ummah, my ummah.’
Unlike the other messengers who had their exclusive
du‘ā’ accepted for them in this world, the Messenger 
reserved his du‘ā’ for us: he will intercede for us on the
Day of Judgement. (Bukhārī)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Among the strongest in

love for me in my ummah will be those who will come after
me. Every one of them will wish to catch a glimpse of me
even at the cost of his family and wealth.” (Muslim)

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 40 BENEFITS OF SENDING SALĀH UPON THE
PROPHET 

1. Following the command of Allah.

2. Conformity with Allah sending blessing upon him.
3. Conformity with the angels sending blessings.
4. Receive 10 blessings from Allah.
5. Ten levels are raised for the servant.
6. Ten good deeds are written for the servant.
7. Ten sins are erased from the servant.
8. Du'ā’ is accepted if preceded with salāh on the
Prophet .
9. Intercession of the Prophet .
10. A means for forgiveness of sins.
11 . Allah will suffice the servant.
12. Closeness to the Prophet  on the Day of Judgement.
13. Reward of charity.
14. A means of the fulfilment of your needs.
15. Allah and His angels send blessings upon the servant.
16. A means of cleansing and purification.
17. Glad tidings of Paradise before death.
18. Protection from the terrors of the Day of Judgement.
19. The Prophet  responds to him.
20. A means for the servant to remember what he has
forgotten.
21. A means of blessings on the gathering and lack of
regret on the Day of Judgement.
22. A means to repel poverty.
23. It repels the description of being a miser.
24. Protection from the Prophet’s  curse.
25. Leads to the path towards Paradise.
26. A protection from the stench of a gathering where
Allah and His Prophet  are not mentioned.
27. It completes speech, after Allah’s praise.
28. Abundance of light on the Sirāt.
29. Protection from hardness of the heart.
30. Allah bestows favourable praise upon the servant.
31. A source of blessings for the servant himself.
32. A means of receiving Allah’s mercy.
33. A means to continuously love the Prophet .
34. A means of the Prophet  continuously loving the
servant.
35. A means of guidance and a ‘living’ heart.
36. The servant’s name is presented to the Prophet .
37. The servant’s feet will be firm on the Sirāt.
38. The servant fulfils a small portion of the Prophet’s 
right.
39. Comprises gratitude to Allah.
40. It is a du’ā’.

(Adapted from Jalā’ al-Afhām by Ibn al-Qayyim )

 A GIFT: THE BEST FORM OF SENDING SALĀH
GENERAL

‘Abdurrahmān ibn Abī Laylā  said: “Ka‘b ibn ‘Ujrah

 met me and said: ‘Shall I not give you a gift I
received from the Prophet ?’ I replied: ‘Yes of course,
gift it to me.’ So he said: ‘We asked Allah's Messenger
 saying: “O Allah's Messenger , how should we
send salāh upon you, the members of the family, for
Allah has taught us how to send salām upon you?” He
 replied: “Say:

ٰ َ َ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ ِإﺑ ْ َﺮا ِﻫﻴْ َﻢ َو‬ َ ْ‫ َﻛ َﻤﺎ َﺻﻠَّﻴ‬، ‫ﻰﻠﻋ آل ُﺤﻣَ َّﻤﺪ‬
ََٰ ‫ﺖ‬ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َ َ ّ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
‫ﻰﻠﻋ‬ ٍ ِ ٰ ‫ و‬، ‫ﻰﻠﻋ ﺤﻣﻤ ٍﺪ‬ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ﺻ ِﻞ‬
َّ َُ َٰ َ َ َّ َ ُ ٰ َ َ ْ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ ٌ ْ َّ ٌ ْ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ
، ‫آل ﺤﻣﻤ ٍﺪ‬ ِ ‫ وﻰﻠﻋ‬، ‫ﺎرك ﻰﻠﻋ ﺤﻣﻤ ٍﺪ‬ ِ ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ﺑ‬.‫ﺠﻣﻴﺪ‬ ِ ‫آل إِﺑﺮا ِﻫﻴﻢ إِﻧﻚ‬
ِ ‫ﻤﺣﻴﺪ‬ ِ
ٌ ْ َّ ٌ ْ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ َٰ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ ٰ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ
.‫ﺠﻣﻴﺪ‬ِ ‫ﻤﺣﻴﺪ‬ ِ ‫ إِﻧﻚ‬، ‫آل إِﺑﺮا ِﻫﻴﻢ‬ ِ ‫ﻛﻤﺎ ﺑﺎر�ﺖ ﻰﻠﻋ إِﺑﺮا ِﻫﻴﻢ وﻰﻠﻋ‬

O Allah, send Your Mercy upon Muhammad and

upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your
Mercy upon Ibrāhīm and upon the family of Ibrāhīm.
Indeed You are the Most Praiseworthy, the Most
Glorious. O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad, as You blessed Ibrāhīm and the family of
Ibrāhīm, for You are the Most Praiseworthy, the Most
Glorious.”” (Bukhārī)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “The miser is the one in

whose presence I am mentioned, but he does not send
salāh upon me.” (Tirmidhī)

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10. SEEKING FORGIVENESS AND ITS VIRTUES

“Say: ‘My slaves, those who have transgressed against

yourselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Truly Allah
forgives all sins: He is truly the Most Forgiving, the Most
Merciful.’” (39:53)

“Allah, Exalted is He, said: ‘Son of Ādam, as long as

you call upon me and hope in Me, I will forgive you
despite what you do, and I do not care. Son of Ādam,
even if your sins were to reach to the clouds of the sky,
then you seek forgiveness from Me, I will forgive you.
Son of Ādam, even if you were to come to Me with
nearly an earth full of sins, and then you meet me, not
having associated anything with me, then I will surely
bring you as much as the earth in forgiveness.’” (Hadīth
Qudsī, Tirmidhī)

Ibn Rajab  outlined three essential means of

attaining forgiveness in this hadīth:
1 Calling Allah with hope, knowing that only He
forgives.
2 Asking Him for forgiveness, despite the magnitude
of one’s sins.
3 Tawhīd - this is the greatest means of forgiveness.
If even a speck of tawhīd was placed on a mountain of
sins, it would turn them into good deeds.

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 The Messenger of Allah  said: “A believer will be
GENERAL

brought close to his Lord on the Day of Judgement and

He will place him within His Veil. Then, He will make
him confess his sins by saying: 'Do you recognise this?'
He will reply: 'My Lord, I do.' Then He will say:
'Indeed I concealed them for you in the world, and I
am indeed forgiving you for them today.’ Then the
record of his good deeds will be given to him.” (Bukhārī)

HOW TO REPENT AND SEEK FORGIVENESS

1 Realise the grave consequences of sinning
The Messenger of Allah  said: “Verily, when the
slave commits a sin, a black dot appears on his heart.
When he desists, seeks forgiveness and repents, his
heart is polished clean. But if he sins again, it increases
until it covers his heart. And that is the ‘rān’ (rust)
which Allah mentioned: ‘No indeed! Rather what they
have been doing has rusted their hearts (83:14).’”
(Tirmidhī)

2 Don’t belittle a sin

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Beware of sins which
are deemed as insignificant because indeed they gather
on a person until they destroy him.” (Ahmad)
‘Abdullah ibn Mas‘ūd  said: ‘The believer regards his
sin equivalent to a mountain, beneath which he is
seated, and fears that it will collapse on him, whilst the

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sinner regards his sin to be equivalent to a fly which
lands on his nose and he swats it away.’ Bilāl ibn Sa’īd
 said: ‘Don’t look at any sin as being insignificant.
Rather, look at the greatness of the One you
disobeyed.’

3 Stop sinning & resolve to never return to the sin

Al-Fudhayl  said: ‘Asking for forgiveness without
abandoning sin is the repentance of liars.’

4 Regret your sins and cry over them

The Messenger of Allah  said:“Regret is repentance.”
(Ibn Mājah) Ibn Rajab  said: ‘People! Your hearts are
essentially pure, but they have been stained with
splashes of sins. So splash on them in turn the tears of
your eyes and you will find your hearts purified.’

Ibn al-Qayyim  said: ‘The pleasure one feels at

sinning is more harmful than the sin itself. A believer
never enjoys the fruit of his sins, but rather feels a
remorseful ache within him. If this ceases to occur, and
the joy of sinning overpowers any feeling of remorse,
then that is a sign of a dead heart. To rectify this
situation, one must do the following three things:
1. Fear dying in 2. Regret over 3. Work very hard
such a state what one missed to atone for the sin
before having the out on by and to avoid it in
chance to repent. disobeying Allah. the future.’

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 5 Perform wudhū and pray two rak‘ahs
GENERAL

The Messenger of Allah  said: “When a servant

commits a sin, and he performs wudhū well, and then
stands and prays two rak‘ahs, and asks forgiveness
from Allah, Allah forgives him.” (Abū Dāwūd)
6 Follow the bad with good & atone for your sins
Allah says: “Indeed good deeds erase bad deeds.”
(11:114) If one has wronged another person, one
should atone for the sin e.g. ask their forgiveness or
supplicate for them. (See p. 114.)
7 Seek forgiveness during the best time
“Our Lord - Glorified and Exalted is He - descends
every night to the lowest heaven when one-third of the
night remains and says: ‘Who will call upon Me, that I
may answer Him? Who will ask of Me, that I may give
him? Who will seek My forgiveness, that I may forgive
him?’” (Bukhārī)
8 Seek forgiveness in the best manner
(See Sayyid al-Istighfār on p. 58.)

9 Make repentance your constant companion

“Whoever wants to be pleased with his scroll of deeds
should increase in seeking forgiveness.” (Tabarānī)
Ibn al-Qayyim  said: ‘The state of tawbah is at the
beginning, the middle and the end of the slave’s

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journey to his Creator. The servant who seeks the
pleasure of Allah never abandons tawbah. He remains
in the state of tawbah until his death.’
Allah says: “Indeed, Allah loves those who are
constantly repentant and loves those who purify
themselves.” (2:222)
10 Seek forgiveness for others
“Whoever seeks forgiveness for every male and female
believer, Allah will record a good deed for him for
every male and female believer.” (Tabarānī)

PURIFY YOURSELF
‘In this world, the sinner can be purified in one of three
rivers:
1. A river of sincere repentance;
2. A river of good deeds that drowns the sins;
3. A river of calamities that wipe away his sins.
If these do not suffice in purifying him, then he will be
purified in the river of Hell-fire in the hereafter. Therefore,
when Allah intends good for His slave, He enters him into
one of these three rivers, so he comes purified and
cleansed on the Day of Judgement, not requiring the
fourth purification. So swim in the river of repentance and
doing good deeds, and have patience in the river of
calamities. And do not neglect these before a day comes
when you will be drowned in the river of Hell-fire, whose
fuel is men and stones.’ (Ibn al-Qayyim )

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 THE SECRETS OF DEEDS

Placing one’s heart before Allah with utmost

humility as though one sees Him. Filled with
Salāh His love and majesty, the heart’s attention is
focused only on Him.
Reflecting and pondering deeply on the
Qur’ān meanings of the words of Allah (tadabbur).
Glorifying Allah by reflecting on His Perfect
Dhikr Names, Attributes and Actions and pondering
over His blessings and His creation.
Displaying one’s utter need of Allah with
Du‘ā’ utmost humility, desperately turning to Him
and depending on Him.

‘In regards to dhikr, people are on one of two levels. For the
general Muslims, it is to earn rewards. For the elite, however,
it is to draw near to Allah and be in His presence. What a
tremendous gulf there is between the two levels. What a
difference there is between one who takes his reward from
behind a veil, and one who is drawn close and becomes of
the elite lovers!’ (Ibn Juzayy )

Type of Dhikr Outcome

Tahlīl Tawhīd and servitude
Tahmīd Gratitude, hope and love
Tasbīh & Takbīr Glorification and reverence of Allah
Hawqalah Trusting Allah and entrusting one’s affairs to Him
Salawāt Utmost love for him  and following his sunnah
Istighfār Taqwā, remorse over one’s sins and humility
 ADHKĀR OF THE
MORNING & EVENING

‫أذﻛﺎر اﻟﺼﺒﺎح واﻟﻤﺴﺎء‬

““...And glorify and praise your Lord before sunrise and before sunset.”
(50:39)
 Whoever maintains the morning and evening
adhkār, the adhkār after the prayers, and the
adhkār before sleeping will be written
amongst those ‘who remember Allah
much.’ (Ibn al-Salāh )
MORNING & EVENING

The verses of the morning and evening

adhkār encourage starting and ending the day
with dhikr. This is so that one may commence and end
with the worship of Allah, and the dhikr will
expiate for the sins perpetrated in between
these two periods. (al-Nawawī )

The morning and evening adhkār play the

role of a shield; the thicker it is, the more its
owner is protected. Rather, its strength can reach to
such an extent that the arrow shot at it will
bounce back to affect the one who shot it.
(Ibn al-Qayyim )

Wear the ‘coat’ of adhkār so it can protect you

from the evil of humans and jinn. And
cover your souls with istighfār (seeking
forgiveness) so it can erase the sins of
the night and day. (Ibn Kathīr )
 WHAT ARE THE MORNING & EVENING ADHKĀR?
These are a set of adhkār prescribed by the Messenger
 which a Muslim should read on a daily basis. They
are alluded to in the following verse of the Qur’ān:
ً َ ً ْ ً ْ ‫اﷲ ِذ ْﻛ ًﺮا َﻛﺜ‬ ْ ُ َ َ ْ َّ َ ُّ َ ٰٓ
َ ‫اذ ُﻛ ُﺮوا‬
.‫ﺤ ْﻮ ُه ﺑُ� َﺮة َّوأ ِﺻﻴْﻼ‬
ُ ‫ َو َﺳ ّﺒ‬.‫ﺮﻴا‬
ِ ِ ‫ي��ها‬
‫اﺬﻟ�ﻦ آﻣﻨﻮا‬

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ِ
“Believers, remember Allah often and glorify Him morning
and evening.” (33:41-42)

The morning, evening and the last part of the night are
the three times in which a servant should worship
Allah, as instructed by the Messenger of Allah . In
the morning and the evening, one finds both obligatory
and optional actions to do.

The obligatory actions are praying Fajr and ‘Asr, and

these are the best two prayers from the fardh prayers.
These two prayers are performed during ‘the two cool
periods’ and whoever preserves these two prayers shall
enter Paradise. (Bukhārī)
The optional – and highly recommended – actions are
to be carried out after Fajr and ‘Asr. Thus, after the
fardh prayers, one should give a portion of their time
to each of the following:
1 Recitation of the Qur’ān
2 Dhikr
3 Du‘ā’

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 WHEN SHOULD THE ADHKĀR BE READ?

MORNING ADHKĀR BETWEEN FA JR AND SUNRISE

EVENING ADHK ĀR BETWEEN ‘ASR AND MAGHRIB
(as stated by al-Nawawī, Ibn al-Qayyim and Ibn Hajar )
MORNING & EVENING

The best time for the morning adhkār is between Fajr

and sunrise and the best time for the evening adhkār is
between ‘Asr and sunset. However, if one is unable to
recite them during the above times, one can make up
for them. For example, if someone went back to sleep
after Fajr in the summer, they can make up for them
after waking up.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “That I sit with people

remembering Allah from Fajr until sunrise is more beloved to me
than freeing four slaves from amongst the Children of Ismā‘īl.
That I sit with people remembering Allah from ‘Asr until the sun
sets is more beloved to me than freeing four slaves from amongst
the Children of Ismā‘īl.” (Abū Dāwūd)

DHIKR AFTER FAJR UNTIL SALĀH AL-DUHĀ

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever offers Fajr

in congregation and remains seated, engaging in the
remembrance of Allah until the sun has risen, and then
offers two rak‘ahs, he will have a reward equal to that of
performing Hajj and ‘Umrah.” He  said: “Complete,
complete, complete (i.e. complete reward).” (Tirmidhī)

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• Ibn Hajar  mentioned that if someone gets up and
moves to another section of the masjid with the intention of
waiting for salāh, his reward will be the same.
• The scholars have also stated that this reward is equally
applicable to a woman who sits in the place where she

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performs Fajr and remembers Allah or recites the Qur’ān
until sunrise.
• The prayer of duhā may be read approximately 15 minutes
after sunrise until 15 minutes before Dhuhr starts.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Allah, Blessed and

Most High, said: ‘Son of Ādam, perform four rak‘ahs
for Me in the beginning of the day; it will suffice you
for the latter part of it.” (Tirmidhī)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “In the morning,

charity is due for every joint in the body of every one of
you. Every tasbīh is an act of charity. Every tahmīd is
an act of charity. Every tahlīl is an act of charity. Every
takbīr is an act of charity. Enjoining good is an act of
charity and forbidding evil is an act of charity. And the
two rak‘ahs which one prays at the time of duhā will
suffice (the above).” (Muslim)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “None preserves the

duhā prayer except for the awwāb (oft-repentant).”
(Tabarānī)

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 WHY SHOULD YOU READ THE MORNING &
EVENING ADHKĀR

1 Fulfil the command of Allah

Allah instructed the Prophets and the believers to
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remember Him in the morning and the evening in over

15 āyāt of the Qur’ān. He also instructed the
Messenger of Allah  to keep the company of those
who remember Allah during these two times.

2 Join the creation in glorifying Allah

Allah has made this an act of worship not just for
humans, but for all of the creation, including the
mountains and birds: “We made the mountains join
him in tasbīh at sunset and sunrise; and the birds, too,
in flocks. All were turning only unto Him.”
(Q38:18-19)
The Messenger of Allah  said: “The sun does not rise
except that all of Allah’s creation glorifies Allah with
His praises, except for the devils and the foolish
humans.” (Ibn al-Sunnī)

3 Appreciate Allah’s greatness at the best times

In these two times we observe the clear manifestation
of Allah’s power as the night changes into the day and
the day into the night. These times are therefore
befitting for the believer to remember Allah, glorify
Him and appreciate His greatness.

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4 Reaffirm your tawhīd and servitude to Allah
Through these adhkār, you affirm the oneness
(tawhīd), uniqueness and absolute perfection of Allah
on a daily basis. Along with acknowledging your
weakness and need of Him, you renew your pledge of

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servitude (‘ubudiyyah) to Him by supplicating and
praising Him. The adhkār will inspire you to love
Allah, fear Him, have hope in Him, submit to Him
and be grateful to Him.

5 Enjoy well-being in this life & the hereafter

You will enjoy well-being (‘āfiyah) in your family,
health, wealth, religion and in the hereafter.

6 Earn unparalleled rewards

1
The Messenger of Allah  gave glad tidings of
unparallelled reward to those who read the adhkār.
The virtues of some of the adhkār include:

1 All of your sins will be forgiven. (Bukhārī)

2 If you die on that day or night, you will enter Paradise. (Bukhārī)
3 You will be freed from Hell-fire. (Abū Dāwūd)
4 You will be pleased on the Day of Judgement. (Tirmidhī)
5 You will receive the intercession of the Prophet , and he will
hold your hand and enter you in to Paradise. (Tabarānī)

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 7 Acquire blessings in your day
By starting and ending your day with the
remembrance of Allah, you will gain an immense
amount of blessings (barakah) in your day.
MORNING & EVENING

8 Get peace & contentment

You will have peace and contentment in your life.
(Q20:130) Maintaining these adhkār is one of the best
means of dealing with difficulties. When we glorify
Allah, we have a direct link with Him, and one who
maintains such a link is content and reassured. He is
reassured because he knows that, with Allah’s help, he
is safe and secure. Thus, contentment is the fruit of
tasbīh and worship.

9 Journey to Allah in these two times

The morning and evening are two of the three times in
which a servant journeys to his Lord. (Bukhārī)
It is hoped that one who preserves Fajr and ‘Asr and
remembers Allah thereafter will be amongst the elite
of Paradise, for whom the morning and the evening
will be reserved to see Allah.

10 Protect yourself from all evil

You will be protected from all forms of evil and harm,
including illnesses, anxiety, grief, depression, devils,
evil eye and magic.

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َ ْ َّّ َ ُْ ُ َ
.‫جيْ ِم‬ َّ
ِ ‫أعوذ بِاﷲِ مِن ا�شيط ٰـ ِن ا�ر‬
ٌ، ‫ َ� تَأ ْ ُخ ُذهُۥ س َِن ٌة َّو َ� نَ ْوم‬، ‫� الْ َق ُّي ْو ُم‬
ُّ َ ْ‫ﷲ َ� إ ِ ٰ َ� إ ِ َّ� ُه َو ال‬
ُ َ‫ ا‬1
َ ْ ْ َّ َ ْ َ َْ َّ � ‫َ ُ� َما‬
‫ِي �َشف ُع‬ �‫ من ذا ا‬، ‫ت َو َما ِ� ا� ْر ِض‬
MORNING & EVENING

ِ ‫ا�س ٰم ٰو‬ ِ
ََ ْ ُ َْ َ َ َ ْ ْ َْ ََْ َ ُ َ ْ َ ْ َّ ٓ ُ َ ْ
�‫ �علم ما �� �يدِي ِهم وما خلفهم و‬، ‫عِندهۥ إِ� �ِإِذنِهِۦ‬
ُ
‫ َوس َِع ك ْرس ُِّي ُه‬، ‫آء‬ َ ‫� ٍء ّ ِم ْن عِلْ ِمهِۦٓ إ َّ� ب َما َش‬ ْ َ ِ � ‫ُ�ِيْ ُط ْو َن‬
ِ ِ
ْ ُ ٔ ُ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ٰ ٰ َّ
ُّ ِ ‫ َو ُه َو ال َع‬، ‫ودهُۥ ح ِْف ُظ ُه َما‬
� ‫ و� يـ‬، ‫ت وا�رض‬ ِ ‫ا�سمو‬
ْ
.‫ال َع ِظيْ ُم‬

Allah, there is no god but He, the Ever Living, the One
Who sustains and protects all that exists. Neither
drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him Alone
belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on
the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him
except with His permission? He knows what is before
them and what will be after them, and they encompass
not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills.
His Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and
their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most
High, the Most Great. (2:255)

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 UBAYY  & THE JINNĪ
Ubayy ibn Ka’b  reported that he had a vessel in which he
kept dates. He found that its quantity was decreasing. So he
kept guard on it one night and saw a creature that resembled
an adolescent boy. Ubayy greeted him and he returned his

MORNING & EVENING

greeting. Ubayy then asked him: “What are you, a jinnī or a
human?” He replied: “A jinnī.” So he said to him: “Show me
your hand.” So he showed him his hand, and it looked like a
dog’s paw with dog’s fur. He said: “This is how the jinn are
created. The jinn know that there is no one amongst them
who is stronger than me.” Ubayy asked him: “What made you
come here?” He replied: “We heard that you are a man who
loves charity, and we came to take our share from your food.’”
Ubayy asked him: “What will protect us from you?” He
replied: “Reading Āyah al-Kursī from Sūrah al-Baqarah [i.e.
the verse above]. If you read it in the morning, you will be
protected from us till the
evening. And if you read it in the “If you read it in the
evening, you will be protected morning, you will be
from us till the morning.” The protected from us till the
following morning, Ubayy went evening. And if you read it in
the evening, you will be
to the Messenger of Allah  protected from us till the
and told him about what had morning.”
happened. The Messenger of
Allah  said: “The evil one spoke the truth.” (Tabarānī)

Āyah al-Kursī is the strongest protection against the evil of the

jinn. Hence it is Sunnah to read it in the morning and evening, before
sleeping, and after the fardh prayers.
(See p. 75 & 90.)

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 
َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ُ َ َّ ُ َ ٌ َ َ ُ َ ُ ْ ُ
‫ َو� ْﻢ‬، ‫ﺪﻠ َو� ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﻮ ْﺪﻟ‬
ِ ‫ �ﻢ ﻳ‬، ‫ اﷲ ا�ﺼﻤﺪ‬، ‫ﻗﻞ ﻫﻮ اﷲ أﺣﺪ‬ 22
ٌ َ َ ً ُ ُ ُ َّ ْ ُ َ
(3x) .‫ﻳ�ﻦ ﻪﻟۥ ﻛﻔﻮا أﺣﺪ‬
MORNING & EVENING

Say, He is Allah, the One, the Self-Sufficient Master,

Who has not given birth and was not born, and to
Whom no one is equal. (112)

َ ّ َ ْ َ ََ َ َ ّ َ ْ َ َْ ّ َ ُْ ُ َ ُْ
‫ﺮﺷ ﺎﻏ ِﺳ ٍﻖ‬
ِ ‫ﻦ‬ ‫ﻣ‬
ِ ‫و‬ ، ‫ﻖ‬‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﺧ‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﺮﺷ‬
ِ ‫ﻦ‬ ‫ﻣ‬
ِ ، ‫ﻖ‬ ِ ‫ﻗﻞ أﻋﻮذ ﺑِﺮ ِب اﻟﻔﻠ‬
َ َ ْ
َ ّ ‫ َوﻣ ْﻦ‬، ‫اﻨﻟﻔﺜﺖ ﻲﻓ اﻟ ُﻌﻘﺪ‬ ٰ ّٰ َّ ‫ﺮﺷ‬ّ َ ْ َ َ ََ َ
‫ﺎﺳ ٍﺪ‬
ِ ‫ﺮﺷ ﺣ‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ و ِﻣﻦ‬، ‫ِإذا وﻗﺐ‬
َ َ َ َ
(3x) .‫ِإذا ﺣﺴﺪ‬

Say, I seek protection of the Lord of the daybreak,

from the evil of what He has created, and from the evil
of the darkening night when it settles, and from the
evil of the blowers in knots, and from the evil of the
envier when he envies. (113)


‫ﺮﺷ‬ّ َ ‫ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬، ‫ﺎس‬ ِ َّ ‫ إ ٰ ِﻪﻟ‬، ‫ﺎس‬

‫اﻨﻟ‬ ِ َّ ‫ َ� ِﻠ ِﻚ‬، ‫ﺎس‬
‫اﻨﻟ‬ ِ َّ ‫ﻗُ ْﻞ أَ ُﻋ ْﻮ ُذ ﺑ َﺮ ّب‬
‫اﻨﻟ‬
ِ ِ ِ ِ
ْ ُ ُ ُ ْ َ ُ ْ َّ َ َّ َ ْ ْ ْ
َ‫ ِﻣﻦ‬، ‫ﺎس‬ َّ ْ
ِ ‫ﺬﻟي ﻳﻮﺳ ِﻮس ِﻲﻓ ﺻﺪو ِر اﻨﻟ‬ ِ ‫ ا‬، ‫ﺎس‬ ِ ‫اس اﺨﻟﻨ‬ ِ ‫ا� َﻮﺳ َﻮ‬
َّ ‫اﺠﻟ َّﻨ ِﺔ َو‬ ْ
(3x) .‫ﺎس‬ ِ ‫اﻨﻟ‬ ِ

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Say, I seek protection of the Lord of mankind, the King
of mankind, the God of mankind, from the evil of the
whisperer who withdraws, who whispers in the hearts
of mankind, whether they be Jinn or people. (114)

MORNING & EVENING

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Recite Sūrah al-Ikhlās and
al-Mu’awwidhatayn (Sūrah al-Falaq and Sūrah al-Nās) three
times in the morning and the evening. It will suffice you in all
respects.” (Tirmidhī)

Anas  reported: “A man said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I love

Sūrah al-Ikhlās.’ He  said: ‘Your love for it will admit you
into Paradise.’” (Tirmidhī)
‘These Sūrahs are
The Mu'awwidhatayn extremely effective in
protect you from:
repelling magic, evil eye,
1 All Evil and the rest of the
evils…The need for a
2 Evil of the Night slave to seek Allah’s
protection with these
3 Magic
Sūrahs is greater than his
4 Envy & the Evil Eye need for eating, drinking
and clothes.’
5 Whispers of the Devils (Ibn al-Qayyim )

Due to the importance of the these three Sūrahs,

it is Sunnah to read them:

in the morning & evening x3 before sleeping x3 (p. 78)

after the fardh prayers (p. 91) when one is sick .

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 MORNING & EVENING
َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ َّ َ ٰ َ ْ ّ َ َ ْ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ 3
، ‫ﻲﻨ َوأﻧﺎ �ﺒْ ُﺪ َك‬ ِ ‫ ﺧﻠﻘ َﺘ‬، ‫ َ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ أﻧﺖ ر ِ� ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإﻻ أﻧﺖ‬3
ّ َ ْ َ ُْ ُ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ٰ َ َ ‫َوأﻧَﺎ‬
‫ﺮﺷ‬
ِ ‫ أﻋﻮذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ‬، ‫ﻰﻠﻋ �ﻬ َ ِﺪك ووﻋ ِﺪك ﻣﺎ اﺳﺘﻄﻌ َﺖ‬
ْ ‫ﺎﻏ ِﻔ ْﺮ‬ْ َ ْ ْ َ ُ ْ ُ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ ْ ُ ُ ْ َ َ َ
‫ﻲﻟ‬ ِ ‫ ﻓ‬، ‫ أﺑﻮء �ﻚ ﺑِ ِﻨﻌﻤ ِﺘﻚ ﻲﻠﻋ وأﺑﻮء ﺑِﺬﻧ ِﻲﺒ‬، ‫ﻣﺎ ﺻﻨﻌﺖ‬
َ ْ ‫اﺬﻟﻧُ ْﻮ َب إ َّﻻ أَﻧ‬
ُّ ُ ْ َ َ ُ َّ َ
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.‫ﺖ‬ ِ ‫ﻓ ِﺈﻧﻪ ﻻ �ﻐ ِﻔﺮ‬

O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god except You.
You have created me, and I am Your slave, and I am
under Your covenant and pledge (to fulfil it) to the best
of my ability. I seek Your protection from the evil that
I have done. I acknowledge the favours that You have
bestowed upon me, and I admit my sins. Forgive me,
for none forgives sins but You.

SAYYID AL-ISTIGHFĀR

The Messenger of Allah  said: “The most superior manner

of seeking forgiveness is [the above].
“Whoever says it with
Whoever says it during the day with
firm belief ... will be
firm belief in it and dies on the same
from the people of
day before the evening, he will be
Paradise.”
from the people of Paradise. And if
anyone says it during the night with firm belief in it and dies
before the morning, he will be from the people of Paradise.”
(Bukhārī)

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 َ ُ َ ْ ْ َ ُ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ 4
‫ َوأ ُﻋ ْﻮذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ‬، ‫ﻲﻧ أ ُﻋ ْﻮذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ا� َﻬ ِ ّﻢ َواﺤﻟ َ َﺰ ِن‬
ِ ِ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ إ‬44
ُْ ُ ََ ْ ُ ْ َ ْ ُْ َ َ ُ ْ ُ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ
‫ وأﻋﻮذ‬، ‫ﻦﺒ واﺒﻟﺨ ِﻞ‬ ِ ‫ وأﻋﻮذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ اﺠﻟ‬،‫اﻟﻌﺠ ِﺰ واﻟﻜﺴ ِﻞ‬
.‫ﺎل‬ َ ّ ْ َ َ ْ َّ َ َ َ ْ َ
ِ ‫ا�ﺮﺟ‬ِ ‫ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ ﻏﻠﺒ ِﺔ اﺪﻟﻳ ِﻦ و�ﻬ ِﺮ‬

MORNING & EVENING

O Allah, I seek Your protection from anxiety and grief.
I seek Your protection from inability and laziness. I
seek Your protection from cowardice and miserliness
and I seek Your protection from being overcome by
debt and being overpowered by men.
It has been narrated from Abū Sa‘īd al-Khudrī  that one
day, the Messenger of Allah  entered the masjid. He saw a
man from the Ansār called Abū Umāmah . He  asked:
“What is the matter? Why are you sitting in the mosque when
it is not the time for prayer?” He replied: “Never-ending
worries and debts, O Messenger of Allah.” The Messenger of
Allah  then asked: “Shall I not teach you words by which,
when you say them, Allah will remove your worries, and settle
your debts?” He replied: “Yes of course, O Messenger of
Allah.” He  said: “Say in the morning and evening [the
above].” Abū Umāmah said: “Then I did that and Allah
removed my worries and settled my debts.” (Abū Dāwūd) L
‘Sadness weakens the heart and diminishes determination and
wanting to go forward. There is nothing more beloved to Shaytān
than the sadness of a believer... For this reason, be happy, optimistic
and think good about Allah. Have trust in what Allah is able to do
and depend on Him. You will find happiness and pleasure in all
situations.’ (Ibn al-Qayyim )

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 ْ ّ ‫ اَ�ﻠّٰ ُﻬ َّﻢ إ‬، ‫اﺪﻟ ْ�ﻴَﺎ َو ْاﻵ ِﺧ َﺮ ِة‬
ُّ ‫ﻚ اﻟْ َﻌﺎ�ﻴَ َﺔ ﻲﻓ‬ َ ُ َ ْ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ 5
‫ﻲﻧ‬ ِِ ِ ِ �‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ إِ ِﻲﻧ أﺳﺄ‬
ْ ‫ﻲﻠ َوﻣ‬َ ْ ْ ََ َ ََُْ ْ
ْ ْ ِ ‫ﻚ اﻟْ َﻌ ْﻔ َﻮ َواﻟﻌﺎ ِ�ﻴﺔ‬
َ َ َ ْ َ َُ ْ َ
، ‫ﺎﻲﻟ‬ ِ ِ ‫ﻫ‬ ‫أ‬‫و‬ ‫ﺎي‬ ‫ﻴ‬ �‫د‬ ‫و‬ ‫ﻲﻨ‬ ِ ‫ﻳ‬ ‫د‬
ِ ‫ﻲﻓ‬ �‫أﺳﺄ‬
ْ َ ْ ْ ْ َ ْ َّ ُ ّٰ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ُ ْ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
‫ـﻦﻴ‬
ِ ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ اﺣﻔﻈ ِﻲﻨ ِﻣﻦ ﺑ‬، ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ اﺳﺮﺘ ﻋﻮر ِاﻲﺗ وآ ِﻣﻦ روﺎﻋ ِﻲﺗ‬
‫ َو ِﻣ ْﻦ‬، ‫ﺎﻲﻟ‬ ْ ‫ َو َ� ْﻦ ِﺷ َﻤ‬، ‫ﻲﻨ‬ ْ ْ‫ َو َ� ْﻦ ﻳَّ ِﻤﻴ‬، ‫ﻲﻔ‬ ْ ِ ْ‫ َو ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧﻠ‬، ‫ﻳَ َﺪ َّي‬
MORNING & EVENING

ِ ِ
ُ َ َ َ َ َ ُْ ُ ََ
ْ ْ‫ﻚ أ ْن أ ْ�ﺘَ َﺎل ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺤﺗ‬
.‫ﻲﺘ‬ ‫ﺘ‬
ِ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﻈ‬ ‫ﻌ‬ ‫ﺑ‬ ‫ذ‬ ‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﻋ‬ ‫أ‬‫و‬ ، ْ ‫ﻓَ ْﻮ‬
�
ِ ِ ِ
O Allah, I ask You for well-being in this world and the
next. O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being
in my religion, in my worldly affairs, in my family and
in my wealth. O Allah, conceal my faults and calm my
fears. O Allah, guard me from in front of me and
behind me, from my right, and from my left, and from
above me. I seek protection in Your Greatness from
being unexpectedly destroyed from beneath me.

‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar  narrated: “The Messenger of Allah 

never failed to say these words in the morning and in the
evening.” (Abū Dāwūd)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Ask Allah for forgiveness

and well-being (‘āfiyah). Indeed, after conviction (yaqīn), no
one has been granted anything better than well-being.”
(Tirmidhī)

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 َْ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ 6
َ ٰ َّ َ ِ َ‫ ﻓ‬، ‫ﺎد ِة‬
‫ات َواﻷ ْر ِض‬ ِ ‫ﺎﻃﺮ ا�ﺴﻤﻮ‬ ‫ﺐ وا�ﺸﻬ‬ِ ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ﺎﻋ�ِﻢ اﻟﻐﻴ‬.6
ُ ْ ُ َ َ ْ َ َّ َ ٰ َّ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ َّ ْ َ ّ ُ َّ َ
‫ أﻋﻮذ‬، ‫ أﺷﻬﺪ أن ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإﻻ أﻧﺖ‬، ‫ﻞﻛ ﻲﺷ ٍء و� ِﻠﻴﻜﻪ‬ ِ ‫رب‬
َْ َ ْ ‫ا�ﺸﻴْ َﻄﺎن َو‬ َّ ّ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ّ َ ْ َ
‫ وأن‬، ‫ﺮﺷ ِﻛ ِﻪ‬ ِ ِ ‫ﺮﺷ‬
ِ ‫ و ِﻣﻦ‬، ‫ﺮﺷ �ﻔ ِﻲﺴ‬
ِ ‫ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ‬
ْ ُ َ ُ َّ ُ َ ْ َ ً ْ ُ ْ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ

MORNING & EVENING

.‫ﻰﻟ �ﺴ ِﻠ ٍﻢ‬ ٰ ِ‫ أو أﺟﺮه إ‬، ‫ﻰﻠﻋ �ﻔ ِﻲﺴ ﺳﻮءا‬
ٰ ‫ﺮﺘف‬ ِ �‫أ‬
O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Creator
of the heavens and the earth, the Lord and Sovereign
of everything; I bear witness that there is no god but
You. I seek Your protection from the evil of my own
self, from the evil of Shaytān and from the evil of
polytheism to which he calls, and from inflicting evil
on myself, or bringing it upon a Muslim. (Tirmidhī)

ُ َّ ُ ْ ْ َ ْ ْ ْ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ ْ ُّ َ َ ُّ َ َ
، ‫ﻲﻧ ﻠﻛﻪ‬ ِ ‫ أﺻ ِﻠﺢ ِﻲﻟ ﺷﺄ‬، ‫ ﺑِﺮﻤﺣ ِﺘﻚ أﺳﺘ ِﻐﻴﺚ‬، ‫ﻳﺎ ﻲﺣ ﻳﺎ �ﻴﻮم‬ .77
ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ َٰ ْ ْ َ َ َ
.‫ﻦﻴ‬ٍ � ‫ﻰﻟ �ﻔ ِﻲﺴ ﻃﺮﻓﺔ‬ ‫�ﻠ ِﻲﻨ ِإ‬
ِ ‫وﻻ ﺗ‬
O the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects
all that exists; I seek assistance through Your mercy.
Rectify all of my affairs and do not entrust me to
myself for the blink of an eye. (Nasā’ī)
Anas  said: “Whenever a matter would َ distress the
َ ْ ‫ ﺑ َﺮ‬، ‫ﻲﺣ ﻳَﺎ َ� ُّﻴ ْﻮ ُم‬
Messenger of Allah , he would say ‫ﻤﺣ ِﺘ َﻚ أ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻐﻴْ ُﺚ‬ ُّ َ ‫ﻳَﺎ‬.”
ِ
(Tirmidhī)

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 َ ْ َ َ َ ّْ َ
ْ ‫ اَ�ﻠّٰ ُﻬ َّﻢ َﻣﺎ أ ْﺻﺒَ َﺢ‬8
، ‫ﻲﺑ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧِﻌ َﻤ ٍﺔ أ ْو ﺑِﺄ َﺣ ٍﺪ ِّﻣ ْﻦ ﺧﻠ ِﻘﻚ‬
ِ
ُ.‫ﻜﺮ‬ْ ُّ َ َ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ
‫ ﻓﻠﻚ اﺤﻟﻤﺪ و�ﻚ ا�ﺸ‬، ‫ﺮﺷ�ﻚ �ﻚ‬ ِ ‫ﻓ ِﻤﻨﻚ وﺣﺪك ﻻ‬
(To be read in the Morning only)
َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ ّ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ّ ْ ْ ٰ َ ْ َ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
‫ ﻓ ِﻤﻨﻚ‬، ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ﻣﺎ أ�ﻰﺴ ِﻲﺑ ِﻣﻦ ﻧِﻌﻤ ٍﺔ أو ﺑِﺄﺣ ٍﺪ ِﻣﻦ ﺧﻠ ِﻘﻚ‬
MORNING & EVENING

ْ ُّ َ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ
.‫ ﻓﻠﻚ اﺤﻟَﻤ ُﺪ َو�ﻚ ا�ﺸﻜ ُﺮ‬، ‫ﺮﺷ�ْﻚ �ﻚ‬ ِ ‫وﺣﺪك ﻻ‬
(To be read in the Evening only)
O Allah, all the favours that I or anyone from Your
creation has received in the morning/evening, are from
You Alone. You have no partner. To You Alone belong
all praise and all thanks.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever says this in the
morning has fulfilled his obligation to thank Allah for that
day. And whoever says it in the evening has fulfilled his
obligation for that night.” (Abū Dāwūd)
The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever amongst you
wakes up secure in his property, healthy in his body, and he
has his food for the day, it is as if he has been given the entire
world.” (Tirmidhī)

‘The one for whom Allah has combined the blessings of physical
good health, a secure heart, sufficient provision for the day, and
kept his family safe, has been given all types of blessings by Allah,
which others may not have. Thus, he should start his day by giving
thanks for that, by using these blessings in obedience to the One
Who bestowed them on him, not in disobedience, and he should not
slacken in remembering Him.’ (al-Munāwī )

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 َ ْ ْ َ َ ََ َ َ ْ ْ َ ْ ََ َ ْ َ ْ َ
، ‫اﻹﺧﻼ ِص‬ ِ ‫ﺔ‬
ِ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﻠﻛ‬
ِ ٰ
‫ﻰﻠﻋ‬ ‫و‬ ، ِ‫م‬ ‫ﻼ‬ ‫اﻹﺳ‬
ِ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ ﻓِﻄﺮ ِة‬ ٰ ‫ أﺻﺒﺤﻨﺎ‬9
ً ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ ٰ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ْ ٰ َ َ َ
‫ وﻰﻠﻋ ِ�ﻠ ِﺔ أﺑِ�ﻨﺎ ِإﺑﺮا ِﻫﻴﻢ ﺣ ِﻨﻴﻔﺎ‬، ‫وﻰﻠﻋ ِدﻳ ِﻦ ﻧ ِ� ِﻴﻨﺎ ﺤﻣﻤ ٍﺪ‬
(Morning) .‫ﺮﺸ ِ�ﻦﻴ‬
َ ْ ْ ‫ُّ� ْﺴﻠ ًﻤﺎ َو َﻣﺎ َﺎﻛ َن ﻣ َﻦ ا� ْ ُﻤ‬
ِ ِ ِ
َٰ َ َ َ ْ ْ َ َ ََ َ َ ْ ْ َ ْ ََ َْ َ َْ

MORNING & EVENING

‫ وﻰﻠﻋ‬، ‫اﻹﺧﻼ ِص‬ ِ ‫ﻠﻛﻤ ِﺔ‬ ِ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ‬ٰ ‫ و‬، ِ‫اﻹﺳﻼم‬ ٰ ‫أ�ﺴ�ﻨﺎ‬
ِ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ ﻓِﻄﺮ ِة‬
ُّ ً ْ ْ َ
َ ْ َّ ٰ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ّ َ ْ
‫ﻰﻠﻋ ِ�ﻠ ِﺔ أﺑِ�ﻨﺎ ِإﺑ ْ َﺮا ِﻫﻴ َﻢ َﺣ ِﻨﻴﻔﺎ � ْﺴ ِﻠ ًﻤﺎ‬ ‫ و‬، ‫ِدﻳ ِﻦ ﻧ ِ� ِﻴﻨﺎ ﺤﻣﻤ ٍﺪ‬
َْ ْ ُ َ َ َ َ َ
(Evening) .‫ﺮﺸ ِ�ﻦﻴ‬ ِ ‫وﻣﺎ ﺎﻛن ِﻣﻦ ا�ﻤ‬
We have entered the morning/evening upon the
natural religion of Islam, the word of pure faith (i.e.
Shahādah), the religion of our Prophet Muhammad
 and upon the way of our father Ibrāhīm, who
turned away from all that is false, having surrendered
to Allah, and he was not of the polytheists. (Ahmad)

َ ٰ ‫ َوأَ ْﺷ َﻬ ُﺪ أَ ْن َّﻻ إ‬، ‫ﻚ َﻤﺣْ ًﺪا‬

ُ ‫ﻪﻟ إ َّﻻ‬
.‫اﷲ‬
َ َْ َ ْ ُْ ُ ْ َ ْ َ
‫أﺻﺒﺤﺖ أﺛ ِﻲﻨ ﻋﻠﻴ‬
ِ ِ 10

(Morning) (3x)
َ ٰ َّ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ ً ْ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ْ ‫ﺖ أُﺛ‬
ُ ‫ﻪﻟ إ َّﻻ‬
.‫اﷲ‬ ُ ْ‫أَ ْ� َﺴﻴ‬
ِ ِ‫ وأﺷﻬﺪ أن ﻻ إ‬، ‫ﻲﻨ ﻋﻠﻴﻚ ﻤﺣﺪا‬ ِ
(Evening) (3x)
I have entered the morning/evening praising You, and
I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. (Nasā’ī)

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 ‫ﻪﻟ إ َّﻻ ُ‬ ‫اﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ ِﷲ ‪َ ،‬ﻻ إ ٰ َ‬ ‫َ ْ‬ ‫‪ُ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ 11‬‬
‫اﷲ‬ ‫ِ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ﷲ‬‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻚ‬ ‫أﺻﺒﺤﻨﺎ وأﺻﺒﺢ ا�ﻤﻠ‬
‫َ ْ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ُ ْ ُ ْ ُ َ َ ُ َْ ْ ُ َ ُ َ َ َ ُ ّ‬
‫ﻞﻛ‬ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ ِ‬ ‫ﺮﺷ�ﻚ ﻪﻟ ‪ ،‬ﻪﻟ ا�ﻤﻠﻚ وﻪﻟ اﺤﻟﻤﺪ ‪ ،‬وﻫﻮ ٰ‬ ‫وﺣﺪه ﻻ ِ‬
‫ﻲﻓ ٰﻫ َﺬا اﻴﻟَ ْﻮمِ َو َﺧ ْ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻚ َﺧ ْ َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َ ْ َ ٌْ َ ّ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺮﻴ َﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﺮﻴ َﻣﺎ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻲﺷ ٍء ﻗ ِﺪﻳﺮ ‪ ،‬ر ِب أﺳﺄ�‬
‫ﺮﺷ َﻣﺎ َ� ْﻌ َﺪه ‪ُ،‬‬ ‫ﻲﻓ ٰﻫ َﺬا ْاﻴﻟَ ْﻮمِ َو َ ّ‬ ‫ﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺮﺷ ﻣﺎ ِ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ ْ َ ُ ََ ُ ُْ َ‬
‫‪MORNING & EVENING‬‬

‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫�ﻌﺪه ‪ ،‬وأﻋﻮذ ﺑِ‬

‫ﻚ ﻣﻦْ‬ ‫َ ّ َ ُُْ َ َ ْ َ َ َُ ْ ْ َ َ ّ َ ُُْ َ‬
‫ﺮﺒ ‪ ،‬ر ِب أﻋﻮذ ﺑِ ِ‬ ‫ﻜ ِ‬ ‫ر ِب أﻋﻮذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ اﻟﻜﺴ ِﻞ وﺳﻮ ِء اﻟ ِ‬
‫ْ َْ‬ ‫َّ َ َ َ‬ ‫َ َ‬
‫ﺮﺒ‪(Morning) .‬‬ ‫اب ِﻲﻓ اﻟﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎر وﻋﺬ ٍ‬ ‫اب ِﻲﻓ اﻨﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﻋﺬ ٍ‬
‫ﻪﻟ إ َّﻻ ُ‬ ‫اﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ ﷲ ‪َ ،‬ﻻ إ ٰ َ‬ ‫َ ْ‬ ‫َْ َ َْ ََْ َ ُْ ْ ُ‬
‫اﷲ‬ ‫ِ ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫و‬ ‫ﷲ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﻚ‬ ‫أ�ﺴ�ﻨﺎ وأ�ﻰﺴ ا�ﻤﻠ‬
‫َ ْ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ُ ْ ُ ْ ُ َ َ ُ َْ ْ ُ َ ُ َ َ َ ُ ّ‬
‫ﻞﻛ‬‫ﻰﻠﻋ ِ‬ ‫ﺮﺷ�ﻚ ﻪﻟ ‪ ،‬ﻪﻟ ا�ﻤﻠﻚ وﻪﻟ اﺤﻟﻤﺪ ‪ ،‬وﻫﻮ ٰ‬ ‫وﺣﺪه ﻻ ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َّ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺮﻴ َﻣﺎ‬
‫َ‬
‫ﻲﻓ ٰﻫ ِﺬهِ ا�ﻠﻴْﻠ ِﺔ َوﺧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺮﻴ َﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻲﺷ ٍء ﻗَﺪﻳ ْ ٌﺮ ‪َ ،‬ر ّب أ ْﺳﺄ�ﻚ ﺧ ْ َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ ْ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِ َ ِ‬
‫ﺮﺷ َﻣﺎ‬ ‫ﻲﻓ ٰﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا�ﻠَّﻴْﻠَ ِﺔ َو َ ّ‬ ‫ﺮﺷ َﻣﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ّ‬ ‫َْ َ َ َ ُُْ َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫�ﻌﺪﻫﺎ ‪ ،‬وأ َﻋﻮذ ﺑِ‬
‫ُ‬ ‫ّ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ّ ُُْ َ‬ ‫َْ َ َ‬
‫ﺮﺒ ‪َ ،‬ر ِب أ ُﻋ ْﻮذ‬ ‫ﻜ ِ‬
‫ﻚ ﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻜ َﺴﻞ َو ُﺳ ْﻮ ِء اﻟ َ‬
‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫�ﻌﺪﻫﺎ ‪َ ،‬ر ِب أﻋﻮذ ﺑِ ِ‬
‫َْْ‬ ‫َّ َ َ َ‬ ‫َ ْ َ َ‬
‫ﺮﺒ‪(Evening) .‬‬ ‫اب ِﻲﻓ اﻟﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎر وﻋﺬ ٍ‬ ‫اب ِﻲﻓ اﻨﻟ ِ‬ ‫ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ ﻋﺬ ٍ‬
‫‪We have entered the morning/evening and at this very‬‬
‫‪time the whole kingdom belongs to Allah. All praise is‬‬
‫‪due to Allah. There is no god but Allah, the One; He‬‬
‫‪has no partner with Him. The entire kingdom belongs‬‬
‫‪solely to Him, to Him is all praise due, and He is‬‬
‫‪All-Powerful over everything. My Lord, I ask You for‬‬

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the good that is in this day/night and the good that
follows it, and I seek Your protection from the evil that
is in this day/night and from the evil that follows it.
My Lord, I seek Your protection from laziness and the
misery of old age. My Lord, I seek Your protection

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from the torment of the Hell-fire and the punishment
of the grave. (Muslim)

َ ْ ‫ﻚ ﷲ َر ّب اﻟْ َﻌﺎ�َﻤ‬ ُ ْ ُْ َ ْ َ
ْ ّ ‫ اَ�ﻠّٰ ُﻬ َّﻢ إ‬، ‫ﻦﻴ‬
‫ﻲﻧ‬ ‫ أ ْﺻﺒَﺤﻨَﺎ َوأ ْﺻﺒَ َﺢ‬12
ِِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ا�ﻤﻠ‬
ُ ُ َ ُ َ ْ ََ ُ َ َْ ْ َ َْ َ َ َُ ْ َ
‫ﺮﺼ ُه َوﻧ ْﻮ َر ُه َو َ� َﺮ�ﺘَﻪ َوﻫ َﺪ ُاه‬ ِ‫ﺮﻴ ٰﻫﺬا اﻴﻟَ ْﻮم‬
‫ �ﺘﺤﻪ وﻧ‬، ‫أﺳﺄ�ﻚ ﺧ‬
ُ َ ْ َ َ ّ َ َ ْ َ ّ َ ْ َ ُْ ُ ََ
(Morning) .‫ﺮﺷ ﻣﺎ �ﻌﺪه‬ ِ ‫ﺮﺷ ﻣﺎ ِ�ﻴ ِﻪ و‬ِ ‫وأﻋﻮذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ‬
َ ُ َ ْ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ّ َ ُ ْ ُْ َ ََْ َْ َ َْ
‫ﻲﻧ أﺳﺄ�ﻚ‬ ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِ ِإ‬، ‫ﷲ ر ِب اﻟﻌﺎ� ِﻤﻦﻴ‬ ِ ِ ‫ﻚ‬ ‫أ�ﺴ�ﻨﺎ وأ�ﻰﺴ ا�ﻤﻠ‬
َ ُ َ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َّ َ ْ ‫َﺧ‬
‫ﺮﺼﻫﺎ َوﻧ ْﻮ َرﻫﺎ َو َ� َﺮ�ﺘَ َﻬﺎ َوﻫ َﺪاﻫﺎ‬ ‫ �ﺘﺤﻬﺎ وﻧ‬، ‫ﺮﻴ ٰﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا�ﻠﻴﻠ ِﺔ‬
َ َ ْ َ َ ّ َ َ َْ َ ّ َ ْ َ ُْ ُ ََ
(Evening) .‫ﺮﺷ ﻣﺎ �ﻌﺪﻫﺎ‬ ِ ‫ﺮﺷ ﻣﺎ ِ�ﻴﻬﺎ و‬ ِ ‫وأﻋﻮذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ‬
We have entered the morning/evening and at this very
time the whole kingdom belongs to Allah, Lord of the
Worlds. O Allah, I ask You for the goodness of this
day/night: its victory, its help, its light, and its blessings
and guidance. I seek Your protection from the evil that
is in it and from the evil that follows it. (Abū Dāwūd)

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 َ َ َ َ َ ُ ْ ُ َ َ ُ ْ ُ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
، ‫ﻤﺣﻠﺔ َﻋ ْﺮ ِﺷﻚ‬ ‫ وأﺷ ِﻬﺪ‬، ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِإ ِﻲﻧ أﺻﺒﺤﺖ أﺷ ِﻬﺪك‬13
َّ َ ٰ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ََ
‫ �ﻧﻚ أﻧﺖ اﷲ ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإﻻ‬، ‫ﻤﺟﻴﻊ ﺧﻠ ِﻘﻚ‬ ِ ‫ و‬، ‫َوﻣﻼﺋِ�ﺘﻚ‬
َ ُ ْ َ ً َ ُ َّ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ
.‫ َوأن ﺤﻣ َّﻤﺪا �ﺒ ُﺪ َك َو َر ُﺳ ْﻮ�ﻚ‬، ‫ﺮﺷ�ْﻚ �ﻚ‬
ِ ‫ ﻻ‬، ‫أﻧﺖ وﺣﺪك‬
MORNING & EVENING

(Morning) (4x)
َ َ َ َ َ ُ ْ ُ َ َ ُ ْ ُ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
، ‫ﻤﺣﻠﺔ َﻋ ْﺮ ِﺷﻚ‬ ‫ وأﺷ ِﻬﺪ‬، ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِإ ِﻲﻧ أ�ﺴﻴﺖ أﺷ ِﻬﺪك‬
َّ َ ٰ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ََ
‫ �ﻧﻚ أﻧﺖ اﷲ ﻻ إِﻪﻟ إِﻻ‬، ‫ﻤﺟﻴﻊ ﺧﻠ ِﻘﻚ‬ ِ ‫ و‬، ‫َوﻣﻼﺋِ�ﺘﻚ‬
َ ُ ْ َ ً َ ُ َّ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ
.‫ َوأن ﺤﻣ َّﻤﺪا �ﺒ ُﺪ َك َو َر ُﺳ ْﻮ�ﻚ‬، ‫ﺮﺷ�ْﻚ �ﻚ‬ ِ ‫ ﻻ‬، ‫أﻧﺖ وﺣﺪك‬
(Evening) (4x)

O Allah, I have entered the morning/evening and call

upon You, the bearers of Your Throne, Your angels and
all creation, to bear witness that surely You are Allah.
There is no god but You Alone. You have no partners,
and that Muhammad  is Your slave and Your
Messenger.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whosoever reads [the

above] in the morning or evening once, Allah frees a quarter
of him from the Hell-fire. If he reads it twice, Allah frees half
of him from the Hell-fire. If he reads it thrice, Allah frees
three-quarters of him from the Hell-fire. And if he reads it
four times, Allah (completely) frees him from the Hell-fire.”
He  also mentioned that Allah will forgive the sins he
commits in that day and night. (Abū Dāwūd)

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ُ َ َ َْ َ ْ َْ َ ْ َ َ ّٰ َ
‫ ا�ﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ ﺑِﻚ أ ْﺻﺒَﺤﻨَﺎ َو�ِﻚ أ� َﺴ�ﻨَﺎ َو�ِﻚ ﺤﻧﻴَﺎ َو�ِﻚ � ُﻤ ْﻮت‬14 14

ُ ْ ُ ُّ َ َ
(Morning) .‫َو�ِﻴﻟْﻚ اﻟ�ﺸﻮر‬
ُ َ َ َْ َ َْ ْ َ َ َْ َْ َ ّٰ َ
‫ا�ﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ ﺑِﻚ أ� َﺴ�ﻨﺎ َو�ِﻚ أﺻﺒَﺤﻨﺎ َو�ِﻚ ﺤﻧﻴَﺎ َو�ِﻚ � ُﻤ ْﻮت‬
ُ ْ ‫ﻚ ا� ْ َﻤ‬
َ َْ َ

MORNING & EVENING

(Evening) .‫ﺼﺮﻴ‬ ِ ‫و�ِﻴﻟ‬
O Allah, by You we have entered the morning/evening
and by You we enter upon the evening/morning. By
You, we live and we die, and to You is the
resurrection/return. (Tirmidhī)

ّٰ َ ْ ْ َ ْ ْ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ ْ َ َ ْ ْ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
‫ ا�ﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ‬، ‫ﻲﻌ‬
ِ ‫ ا َ�ﻠﻬﻢ ﺎﻋ ِﻓ ِﻲﻨ ِﻲﻓ ﺳ َﻤ‬، ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ﺎﻋ ِﻓ ِﻲﻨ ِﻲﻓ ﺑﺪ ِﻲﻧ‬15
َ ُ
‫ﻲﻧ أ ُﻋ ْﻮذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ َ ْ ‫ﻪﻟ إ َّﻻ أﻧ‬
ْ ّ ‫ اَ�ﻠّٰ ُﻬ َّﻢ إ‬، ‫ﺖ‬ َ ٰ َ ، ‫ﻲﻓ ﺑَ َﺮﺼ ْي‬
ْ ‫ﻲﻨ‬ْ ‫َﺎﻋ ِﻓ‬
ِِ ِ ‫ﻻ ِإ‬ ِ ِ ِ
َّ َ ٰ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ُْ ُ َ ْ َْ َ ْ ُ ْ
‫ ﻻ إِﻪﻟ إِﻻ‬،‫ﺮﺒ‬ ِ ‫اب اﻟﻘ‬ ِ ‫ وأﻋﻮذَ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ ﻋﺬ‬،‫اﻟ�ﻔ ِﺮ واﻟﻔﻘ ِﺮ‬
(3x) .‫أﻧﺖ‬
َ ْ

O Allah, grant me well-being in my body. O Allah,

grant me well-being in my hearing. O Allah, grant me
well-being in my sight. There is no god but You. O
Allah, I seek Your protection from disbelief and
poverty and I seek Your protection from the
punishment of the grave. There is no god but You.
(Ahmad)

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 ُ ُ ْ�َّ ‫ َﻋﻠَﻴْﻪ ﺗَ َﻮ‬، ‫ﻪﻟ إ َّﻻ ُﻫ َﻮ‬
‫ َوﻫ َﻮ َر ُّب‬، ‫ﺖ‬ َ ٰ َ ُ َ ‫َﺣ ْﺴ‬
ِ ِ ِ‫ﻲﺒ اﷲ ﻻ إ‬ِ 16
ْ َ ْ ْ َ ْ
(7x) .‫اﻟﻌﺮ ِش اﻟﻌ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‬

Allah is sufficient for me. There is no god but Him. I

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have placed my trust in Him only and He is the Lord of

the Magnificent Throne.

“Whoever recites [the above] seven times in the morning and

in the evening, Allah will suffice him in everything that
concerns him.” (Abū Dāwūd)

ًّ َّ َّ َ ُ ًْ َ ْ ْ َ ًّ َ ُ ْ َ
(3x) .‫ َو�ِﻤﺤﻤ ٍﺪ ﻧ ِ�ﻴﺎ‬، ‫ِد�ﻨﺎ‬ ِ‫ﺎﻹﺳﻼم‬ ِ ِ�‫ و‬، ‫ﷲ ر�ﺎ‬
ِ ‫ ر ِﺿﻴﺖ ﺑِﺎ‬17
I am pleased with Allah as my Lord, with Islām as my
religion and with Muhammad  as my Prophet.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Allah has promised that

anyone who says [the above] three times every morning and
evening will be pleased on the Day of Judgement.” (Tirmidhī)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever says [the above]

in the morning, I guarantee that I will take hold of his hand
until I enter him into Paradise.” (Tabarānī)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “The one who is pleased with

Allah as his Lord, with Islam as his religion and with
Muhammad  as his Messenger, has tasted the sweetness of
faith.” (Muslim)

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 َ َْ ُّ ُ َ‫اﺬﻟ ْي َﻻ ﻳ‬ َّ
‫ﻲﺷ ٌء ِﻲﻓ اﻷ ْر ِض َوﻻ ِﻲﻓ‬ ْ َ ‫اﺳ ِﻤ ِﻪ‬ْ ‫ﺮﻀ َﻣ َﻊ‬
ِ ‫ﷲ‬ ِ ‫�ا‬ 18
ُ ْ َ ْ ْ
ُ َّ َ ُ َ َّ
(3x) .‫ َوﻫﻮ ا�ﺴ ِﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﻌ ِﻠﻴﻢ‬، ‫ا�ﺴﻤﺎ ِء‬

In the Name of Allah, with whose Name nothing can

MORNING & EVENING

harm in the earth nor in the sky. He is the All-Hearing
and All-Knowing.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “He who recites [the above]

three times every morning and evening, nothing will harm
him.” (Tirmidhī)

َْ َ َ ْ ُ
(100x) .ِ‫ﷲ َو ِﺤﺑﻤ ِﺪه‬
ِ ‫ﺳﺒﺤﺎن ا‬ 19

Allah is free from imperfection, and all praise is due to

Him.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “He who recites [the above]
in the morning and in the evening 100 times, will not be
surpassed on the Day of Judgement by anyone with better
deeds except the one who says the same words or more.”
(Muslim)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever says [the above]

100 times a day, all of his sins will be forgiven, even if they are
as abundant as the foam of the sea.” (Bukhārī)
The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever says [the above],
a palm-tree will be planted for him in Paradise.” (Tirmidhī)
(See p. 18-21 for the meaning and virtues of tasbīh & tahmīd.)

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 ْ َُ َ ُ ْ ُْ َُ َُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ
‫ﻪﻟ اﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ‬ ‫ ﻪﻟ ا�ﻤﻠﻚ و‬، ‫ﺮﺷ�ﻚ ﻪﻟ‬ ِ ‫ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ وﺣﺪه ﻻ‬ 20
ْ َ ْ َ ‫ﻞﻛ‬ ُّ ََ َ ُ َ
(100x) .‫ﻲﺷ ٍء ﻗ ِﺪﻳ ٌﺮ‬ ٰ ‫وﻫﻮ‬
ِ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ‬
There is no god but Allah. He is Alone and He has no
MORNING & EVENING

partner whatsoever. To Him Alone belong all

sovereignty and all praise. He is over all things
All-Powerful.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “He who says [the above]
100 times in a day will have a reward equivalent to that of
freeing 10 slaves. A 100 good deeds will be recorded to his
credit, and a 100 of his sins will be blotted out from his scroll.
He will be safeguarded against Shaytān on that day till the
evening; and none will surpass him in doing better good
deeds except someone who has recited these words more
often than him.” (Bukhārī)

Reward Reward 100 sins Protection None will

of freeing of a 100 will be from surpass
10 slaves good erased Shaytān him
deeds

UNPARALLELLED REWARD

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever says [the above]

100 times in the morning and evening, none will surpass him
in doing better good deeds except someone who has recited it
more than him.” (Nasā’ī)
(See p.15-17. for the meaning and virtues of tahlīl.)

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 َُْ َ ُ َ ُ ْ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ
ِ ِ ‫ اﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬، ‫ﷲ‬
(100x) .‫ اﷲ أ�ﺮﺒ‬، ‫ﷲ‬ ِ ‫ﺳﺒﺤﺎن ا‬ 21

Allah is free from imperfection. All praise be to Allah.

Allah is the Greatest.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “He who says ‘Subhānallāh’

MORNING & EVENING

100 times before sunrise and 100 times before sunset, it will
be better than 100 camels. He who says ‘Alhamdullilāh’ 100
times before sunrise and 100 times before sunset, it will be
better than 100 horses on which he sends 100 warriors. He
who says ‘Allāhu Akbar’ 100 times before sunrise and 100
times before sunset, it will be better than freeing 100 slaves.”
(Nasā’ī) (See p. 18-21 for the meaning and virtues of tasbīh.)
ّٰ َ
‫آل‬
ِ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ‬ ٰ َ َ ‫ا�ﺼﻼة ﻰﻠﻋ اﻨﻟﻲﺒ )ا�ﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ َﺻ ّ ِﻞ‬
ٰ َ َ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ ُﺤﻣَ َّﻤ ٍﺪ َو‬ 22

(10x) (...‫ﺤﻣﻤ ٍﺪ‬

َّ َ ُ

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever sends blessings

upon me 10 times in the morning and 10 times in the evening
will receive my intercession.” (Tabarānī) (See p. 34-38.)

IN THE MORNING ONLY

َ ُ َُْ َ َْ َْ
(100x) .‫أﺳﺘﻐ ِﻔ ُﺮ اﷲ َوأﺗﻮب إِﻴﻟْ ِﻪ‬ 23

I seek Allah’s forgiveness and turn to Him in

repentance.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “No morning has passed by
except that I have sought Allah’s forgiveness in it a 100 times.”
(Tabarānī) (See p. 39 for the virtues of istighfār.)

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 َْ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ ُ
، ‫ َو ِر َﺿﺎ �ﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‬، ‫ َﻋ َﺪد ﺧﻠ ِﻘ ِﻪ‬، ِ‫ﷲ َو ِﺤﺑَ ْﻤ ِﺪه‬
ِ ‫ﺳﺒﺤﺎن ا‬ 24
َ َ ‫اد‬
َ َ ْ َ ََ
(3x) .‫ﻠﻛﻤﺎﺗِ ِﻪ‬ ِ ‫ َو ِﻣﺪ‬، ‫َو ِزﻧﺔ ﻋﺮ ِﺷ ِﻪ‬

MORNING & EVENING

Allah is free from imperfection and all praise is due to
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Him, (in ways) as numerous as all He has created, (as

vast) as His pleasure, (as limitless) as the weight of
His Throne, and (as endless) as the ink of His words.

Juwayriyah bint al-Hārith  reported: “The Prophet  left

(my home) in the morning as I was busy in performing the
dawn prayer. He came back in the forenoon and found me
sitting there. He  asked: ‘Are you still in the same position
as I left you?’ I replied in the affirmative. Thereupon the
Prophet  said: ‘I recited four phrases three times after I left
you. If everything that you have said today was put in the
scales, [the above] would outweigh it.’” (Muslim)
(See p. 18-21 for the meaning and virtues of tasbīh &
tahmīd.)

IN THE EVENING ONLY

َ َ َ َ ّ َ ‫ﺎﻣﺎت ﻣ ْﻦ‬
َّ ‫اﺘﻟ‬ َ ُُْ َ
َّ ‫�ﻠ َﻤﺎت اﷲ‬
(3x) .‫ﺮﺷ ﻣﺎ ﺧﻠﻖ‬
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ‫أﻋﻮذ ﺑ‬ 25

I seek protection in Allah’s perfect words from the evil

of whatever He has created.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever recites [the

above] three times in the evening will be protected from
insect stings.” (Nasā’ī)

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 ADHKĀR OF SLEEP

‫أذﻛﺎر اﻟﻨﻮم‬

“When a man retires to his bed, an angel and a devil rush to him. The
angel says, ‘O Allah, let it be a good ending.’ The devil says, ‘O Allah,
let it be a bad ending.’ If he remembers Allah, and then sleeps, the angel
spends the night protecting him.” (Ibn al-Sunnī)
 THE ETIQUETTES OF SLEEP

SLEEP The Messenger of Allah  disliked sleeping before

EARLY ‘Ishā’ salāh, and talking after it. (Bukhārī)
The angels remain in the company of the one who
SLEEP sleeps with wudhū and say: “O Allah, forgive your
WITH
WUDHŪ
such and such servant for he slept in the state of
purity.” (Ibn Hibbān)

SLEEP ON The Messenger of Allah  would sleep on his right

YOUR RIGHT side and place his right hand under his right cheek.
SIDE (Bukhārī)

Abū Dharr  said: “The Messenger of Allah 

passed by me and I was lying on my stomach. He
DON’T SLEEP
nudged me with his foot and said: ‘Junaydib! This is
ON YOUR
STOMACH how the people of Hell lie.’” (Ibn Mājah)
He  also said: “Allah dislikes that one sleeps in
this manner.” (Abū Dāwūd)
“Close the doors and mention the name of Allah,
COVER for Shaytān does not open a closed door. Tie up
VESSELS &
your waterskins and mention the name of Allah.
SAY
‘BISMILLAH’ Cover your vessels, even if you only put something
over them, and extinguish your lamps.” (Bukhārī)
“If anyone recites 10 verses at night regularly, he
will not be recorded among the negligent. If
RECITE
anyone recites 100 verses at night, he will be
QUR’ĀN
BEFORE recorded among those who are obedient to Allah.
SLEEPING And if anyone recites 1,000 verses at night, he will
be recorded amongst those who receive huge
rewards.” (Abū Dāwūd)
 ADHKĀR BEFORE SLEEPING
ْ َّ َ َ َ َ & (‫ )ﺳﻮرة ا�ﺴﺠﺪة‬...‫ا� ٓ ٓﻢ َ� ْﺰﻨ�ْ ُﻞ‬
(‫ )ﺳﻮرة اﻤﻟﻠﻚ‬...‫اﺬﻟي‬
ِ ‫�ﺒﺎرك‬ ِ 1

The Messenger of Allah  would not sleep until he had

recited [the above two Sūrahs]. (Tirmidhī)
The Messenger of Allah  said: “A Sūrah from the Qur’ān
containing 30 verses will intercede for a man until he is
forgiven. It is Sūrah al-Mulk.” (Tirmidhī)

‘Abdullāh ibn Mas‘ūd  narrated that whoever reads Sūrah

al-Mulk every night, Allah will protect him from the
punishment of the grave. He said: “At the time of the
Messenger of Allah , we used to call it ‘al-māni‘ah’ (the

SLEEP
protector). Indeed there is a Sūrah in the Book of Allah [i.e.
this Sūrah]; whoever recites it every night has done very well.”
(Nasā’ī)

(‫ )آﻳﺔ ا�ﻜﺮﻲﺳ‬...‫القيوم‬ ُّ َ ْ‫ﷲ َ� إ ِ ٰ َ� إ ِ َّ� ُه َو ال‬

ُ ْ ُّ َ ْ � ُ َ‫ا‬ 2

Abū Hurayrah reports: “The Messenger of Allah  put

me in charge of watching over the donations of food collected
at the end of Ramadhān. Then someone came and snatched
some food, and I grabbed him. He said: ‘Let me go. I shall do
it no more…’” And he went on to recount the hadīth, saying:
“The third time he said to me: ‘I shall teach you some words
by which Allah will benefit you. When you lie down in your
bed, recite Āyah al-Kursī from beginning to end; a guardian
angel will stay by you and no devil will approach you, until
you wake up in the morning.’ I tried his method, and when I

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 awoke in the morning, I told the “A guardian angel will
Messenger of Allah  what he stay by you and no
had said, and he  said to me: devil will approach
‘Even though he is a liar, he spoke you, until you wake up
the truth. Do you know who you in the morning.”
were talking to Abū Hurayrah?’ I
said: ‘No.’ He  said: ‘That was Shaytān.’” (Bukhārī)
(See p. 54 .)

َ ‫ﻞﻛ‬ ٌّ ُ َ ْ ُ ْ ُ ْ َ ّ َّ َ َ ُْ ُ َّ َ َ
‫آﻣ َﻦ‬ ، ‫ا�ﺮ ُﺳ ْﻮل ﺑِ َﻤﺂ أﻧ ِﺰل ِإﻴﻟْ ِﻪ ِﻣﻦ ر�ِ ِﻪۦ وا�ﻤﺆ ِﻣﻨﻮن‬ ‫ آﻣﻦ‬3
َ َ ُ َ ٰٓ
َ ْ �َ ‫ ﻻ ُ� َﻔ ّﺮ ُق‬، ‫ﺑﺎﷲ َو َ�ل�كتهِۦ َو�ﺘُﺒﻪۦ َو ُر ُﺳﻠﻪۦ‬
‫ﻦﻴ أ َﺣ ٍﺪ ِّﻣ ْﻦ‬ ِ ِِ ِِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
ُ.‫ﻚ ا� ْ َﻤﺼ ْﺮﻴ‬ َ ْ َ َ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ ُ َ َ
ِ ‫ وﻗﺎ�ﻮا ﺳ ِﻤﻌﻨﺎ وأﻃﻌﻨﺎ �ﻔﺮاﻧﻚ ر�ﻨﺎ و�ِﻴﻟ‬، ‫ُّر ُﺳ ِﻠ ِﻪۦ‬
SLEEP

َْ ْ َ َ ْ َّ َْ ُ ُّ َ َ
‫ � َﻬﺎ َﻣﺎ ﻛ َﺴﺒَﺖ َو َﻋﻠﻴ َﻬﺎ‬، ‫اﷲ �ﻔ ًﺴﺎ ِإﻻ ُوﺳ َﻌ َﻬﺎ‬ ‫ﻻ ﻳُ� ِﻠﻒ‬
SLEEP

َ ْ ْ َ َ ٓ ْ َّ ْ ٓ َ ْ َ ُ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ
‫ َر َّ�ﻨَﺎ‬، ‫اﺧﺬﻧﺎ ِإن � ِﺴ�ﻨَﺎ أ ْو أﺧ َﻄﺄﻧﺎ‬ ِ ‫ ر�ﻨﺎ ﻻ ﺗﺆ‬، ‫ﻣﺎ اﻛ�ﺴﺒﺖ‬
َ ْ َ ْ َّ َ َ ُ َ َ َ َ َ ً ْ ‫َو َﻻ َﺤﺗْﻤ ْﻞ َﻋﻠَﻴْﻨَﺎ إ‬
ْ
، ‫اﺬﻟ� َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ �ﺒ ِﻠﻨﺎ‬ ِ ‫ﺮﺻا ﻛﻤﺎ ﻤﺣﻠﺘﻪۥ ﻰﻠﻋ‬ ِ ِ
َ‫اﻏ ِﻔ ْﺮ َﻨﻟﺎ‬ ْ َ َّ َ ُ ْ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ْ ّ َ ُ َ َ َ َّ َ
‫ وا�ﻒ �ﻨﺎ و‬، ‫ر�ﻨﺎ وﻻ ﺤﺗ ِﻤﻠﻨﺎ ﻣﺎ ﻻ ﻃﺎﻗﺔ ﻨﻟﺎ ﺑِ ِﻪۦ‬
َ.‫�فِر�ن‬ ٰ ۡ ْ َْ ََ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ٰ ۡ َ َ َْ ََْ ْ َ
ِ ‫ ﻓﺎﻧﺮﺼﻧﺎ ﻰﻠﻋ اﻟﻘﻮمِ ال‬، ‫ أﻧﺖ �ولٮنا‬، ‫وارﻤﺣﻨﺎ‬
The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to
him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of
them have believed in Allah, His angels, His books
and His messengers, [saying], “We make no
distinction between any of His Messengers.” And they

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say, “We hear and we obey. We seek Your forgiveness,
our Lord, and to You is the final destination.” Allah
does not charge a soul except [with that within] its
capacity. It will have [the consequence of ] what [good]
it has gained, and it will bear [the consequence of ]
what [evil] it has earned. “Our Lord, do not impose
blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred. Our Lord,
and lay not upon us a burden like that which You laid
upon those before us. Our Lord, and burden us not
with that which we have no ability to bear. And pardon
us; and forgive us; and have mercy upon us. You are
SLEEP

our protector, so give us victory over the disbelieving

people.” (2:285-6)

SLEEP
The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever recites the last
two verses of Sūrah al-Baqarah at night, they will suffice him.”
(Bukhārī)

َ َ ْ َ َ َ ٰ ۡ َ ُْ
�‫ َو‬، ‫ � أ�ﺒُ ُﺪ َﻣﺎ �ﻌﺒُ ُﺪ ْون‬، ‫ ﻗﻞ يٰٓ� ُّ� َها ال�فِ ُرون‬4
َْ
َْ َ ُّ ْ َ ٌ ََ َ ْ َ َ ٰ َْ
‫ َو� أ�ﺘُ ْﻢ‬، ‫ َو� أﻧﺎ َﺎﻋﺑِﺪ َّﻣﺎ �ﺒَﺪ� ْﻢ‬، ‫أ�ﺘُ ْﻢ ﻋ ِﺒ ُﺪ ْون َﻣﺂ أ�ﺒُ ُﺪ‬
ُ ُ ْ ُ َ ُُْ َ َ َ ْ ُ ٰ
.‫� ِدﻳ ْ ِﻦ‬ َ ‫� ْﻢ َو‬
ِ ‫ ﻟ�ﻢ ِدﻳﻨ‬، ‫ﻋ ِﺒﺪون ﻣﺂ أ�ﺒﺪ‬
Say: O disbelievers, I worship not that which you
worship. And nor do you worship that which I
worship. And I shall not worship that which you
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 To you be your religion, and to me my religion. (109)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Recite [the above] then go

to sleep at the end of it, for it is a disavowal of polytheism.”
(Tirmidhī)
ََ ُ َ ُْ ٌ َ ُ َُ ُْ
…‫اﷲ أ َﺣﺪ… ﻗﻞ أ ُﻋ ْﻮذ ﺑِ َﺮ ِّب اﻟﻔﻠ ِﻖ‬ ‫ﻗﻞ ﻫﻮ‬ 5
ُ َ ْ
َّ ‫ﻗُﻞ أ ُﻋ ْﻮذ ﺑ َﺮ ّب‬
(3x) …‫ﺎس‬ ِ ‫اﻨﻟ‬ ِ ِ

‘Ā’ishah  narrated that when the Messenger of Allah 

retired to bed every night, he would hold his hands together
and then blow into them. He would recite [the above Sūrahs]
SLEEP

into them. Then he would wipe them over whatever he could

of his body, starting with his head and face and the front of
his body, and he would do that three times. (Bukhārī)
(See p. 56.)

َُ ُْ َ َ ُ ْ ْ َ َ ْ ُ َ
ِ ِ ‫ اﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬، (33x) ‫ﷲ‬
.(34x) ‫ اﷲ أ�ﺮﺒ‬، (33x) ‫ﷲ‬ ِ ‫ ﺳﺒﺤﺎن ا‬6.6
Allah is free from imperfection. All praise is for Allah.
Allah is the Greatest.

Fātimah  came to the Messenger of Allah  and asked

him for a servant. He  said: “Shall I not tell you of
something that is better for you than that? When you go to
sleep, say: ‘Subhānallah 33 times, Alhamdulillah 33 times,
and Allahu Akbar 34 times.’” (Bukhārī) (See p. 18-21 for the
meaning and virtues of tasbīh, tahmīd and takbīr.)

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 ْ َ ُ َ َ َ ْ ْ‫ﺖ َﺟﻨ‬ ُ ‫� َو َﺿ ْﻌ‬ ْ ّ ‫ﻚ َر‬ َ ْ 7
‫ ﻓ ِﺈن‬، ‫ َو�ِﻚ أ ْر� ُﻌﻪ‬، ‫ﻲﺒ‬ ِ ِ ‫ﺑِﺎﺳ ِﻤ‬
َ
ْ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َْ ْ َ َ ْ َ َْ
َ ْ
‫ َو�ِن أ ْر َﺳﻠﺘَ َﻬﺎ ﻓﺎﺣﻔﻈ َﻬﺎ ﺑِ َﻤﺎ‬، ‫ﺎرﻤﺣْ َﻬﺎ‬ ‫أ�ﺴﻜﺖ �ﻔ ِﻲﺴ ﻓ‬
َ ْ ‫ا�ﺼﺎﺤﻟ‬
َّ ‫ﺎد َك‬ َ َ ُ ََْ
.‫ﻦﻴ‬ ِِ ‫ﺤﺗﻔﻆ ﺑِ ِﻪ ِﻋﺒ‬
In Your Name my Lord, I lie down, and in Your Name,
I rise. If You take my soul away then have mercy upon
it, and if You return my soul then protect it with what
you protect Your righteous servants with. (Bukhārī)

َ َ َ
(3x) .‫ﻋﺒﺎدك‬
ُ ََْ ََْ َ َ َ َ
ْ ِ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ﻗ‬ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
ِ ‫ﻲﻨ ﻋﺬاﺑﻚ ﻳﻮم �ﺒﻌﺚ‬ِ 8

SLEEP
O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the day
You resurrect Your servants. (Tirmidhī)

َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َّ ُ ْ ْ َ
‫ ﻓ� ْﻢ‬، ‫آواﻧﺎ‬‫ و‬، ‫ و�ﻔﺎﻧﺎ‬، ‫اﺬﻟي أﻃﻌﻤﻨﺎ وﺳﻘﺎﻧﺎ‬ ِ ِ ‫اﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬
ِ ‫ﷲ‬ 9
ْ َ ُ َ َ َ َ ْ َّ ّ
.‫ﻪﻟ َوﻻ ُ�ﺆ ِو َي‬ ‫ِ�ﻤﻦ ﻻ ﺎﻛ ِﻲﻓ‬
All praise is for Allah, Who provided us food and
drink and Who sufficed us and has sheltered us; for
how many have none to suffice them or shelter them.
(Muslim)
َْ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
َ ٰ َّ َ ِ َ‫ ﻓ‬، ‫ﺎد ِة‬
‫ات َواﻷ ْر ِض‬
ِ ‫ﺎﻃﺮ ا�ﺴﻤﻮ‬ ‫ﺐ وا�ﺸﻬ‬
ِ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ﺎﻋ�ِﻢ اﻟﻐﻴ‬ 10

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 ُ َ َ ْ َ َّ َ ٰ َّ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ َّ ْ َ ّ ُ َّ َ
‫ أ ُﻋ ْﻮذ‬، ‫ﺖ‬ ‫ أﺷﻬﺪ أن ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإﻻ أﻧ‬، ‫ﻞﻛ ﻲﺷ ٍء و� ِﻠﻴﻜﻪ‬ ِ ‫رب‬
َْ َ ْ ‫ا�ﺸﻴْ َﻄﺎن َو‬ َّ ّ َ ْ َ ْ َ ّ َ ْ َ ْ
‫ وأن‬، ‫ﺮﺷ ِﻛ ِﻪ‬ ِ ِ ‫ﺮﺷ‬
ِ ‫ و ِﻣﻦ‬، ‫ﺮﺷ �ﻔ ِﻲﺴ‬ ِ ‫ﺑِﻚ َِﻣﻦ‬
َ َ َ َ َْ
ْ ِ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ َ� ْﻔ‬
ٰ ِ‫ أ ْو أ ُﺟ َّﺮ ُه إ‬، ‫ﻲﺴ ُﺳ ْﻮ ًءا‬
.‫ﻰﻟ ُ� ْﺴ ِﻠ ٍﻢ‬ ٰ َ َ ‫ﺮﺘف‬ِ �‫أ‬
O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Creator
of the heavens and the earth, Lord and Sovereign of
everything; I bear witness that there is no god but You.
I seek Your protection from the evil of my own self,
from the evil of Shaytān and from the evil of
polytheism to which he calls, and from inflicting evil
on myself, or bringing it upon a Muslim. (Tirmidhī)
SLEEP

ْ ْ َْ َ ٰ َّ َّ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
، ‫ات َو َر َّب اﻷ ْر ِض َو َر َّب اﻟ َﻌ ْﺮ ِش اﻟ َﻌ ِﻈﻴْ ِﻢ‬ ِ ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ رب ا�ﺴﻤﻮ‬11
َّ ‫ َو ُ� ْﺰﻨ َل‬، ‫ى‬ ْ َ َ ْ َ ّ ُ َّ َ َ َ َّ َ
ّ َ ‫اﺤﻟ‬
‫اﺘﻟ ْﻮ َرا ِة‬ ِ
ٰ ‫اﻨﻟ َﻮ‬ َّ ‫ﺐ َو‬
ِ ‫ ﻓﺎ ِﻟﻖ‬، ‫ﻞﻛ ﻲﺷ ٍء‬ ِ ‫ر�ﻨﺎ ورب‬
ٌ َ َْ ْ َ ُّ ّ َ ْ َ ُْ ُ َ َ ْ ُْ َ ْ ْ ْ َ
‫آﺧﺬ‬ ِ ‫ﻞﻛ ﻲﺷ ٍء أﻧﺖ‬ ِ ‫ﺮﺷ‬ ِ ‫ أﻋ ْﻮ َذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ‬، ‫ﺎن‬ ِ ‫ﺠﻧﻴ ِﻞ واﻟﻔﺮﻗ‬ ِ ‫اﻹ‬
ِ ‫و‬
ْ َ
َ ‫ َوأﻧ‬، ‫ﻲﺷ ٌء‬ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ُ ْ َ ّٰ َ
َ ‫ ا�ﻠﻬ َّﻢ أﻧ‬، ‫ﺑﻨَﺎﺻﻴَﺘﻪ‬
ُ
‫ﺖ‬ ْ ‫ﺖ اﻷ َّول ﻓﻠ� َﺲ �ﺒﻠﻚ‬ ِِ ِ ِ
َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َّ َ ْ َ َ ٌ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ ْ
‫ وأﻧﺖ اﻟﻈﺎ ِﻫﺮ ﻓﻠ�ﺲ ﻓﻮﻗﻚ‬، ‫اﻵ ِﺧﺮ ﻓﻠ�ﺲ �ﻌﺪك ﻲﺷء‬
ْ َّ َّ َ ْ ْ َ ‫ﻚ‬ َ َ ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َْ َ ََْ ٌ ْ َ
‫اﺪﻟ� َﻦ‬ ‫ ِاﻗ ِﺾ �ﻨﺎ‬، ‫ﻲﺷ ٌء‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻦ ﻓﻠ�ﺲ دوﻧ‬ ِ ‫ وأﻧﺖ اﺒﻟ‬، ‫ﻲﺷء‬
َْ ْ َ ْ َ
.‫َوأﻏ ِﻨﻨﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻔﻘ ِﺮ‬
O Allah, Lord of the heavens, Lord of the earth,

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Lord of the Magnificent Throne, our Lord and Lord of
all things, Splitter of the seed and the date stone,
Revealer of the Torah, the Bible and the Criterion
(Qur’ān); I seek Your protection from the evil of every
thing You hold by the forehead. You are the First and
there is nothing before You. You are the Last and there
is nothing after You. You are the Most High and there
is nothing above You. You are the Most Near and
nothing is closer than You; settle our debts for us and
spare us from poverty. (Muslim)

َّ ‫اﺘﻟ‬ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ُ ْ ُ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ 12
‫ﺎﻣ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ َّ ‫ﻚ‬ ِ‫ و�ِﻤﺎﺗ‬، ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِإ ِﻲﻧ أﻋﻮذ ﺑِﻮﺟ ِﻬﻚ اﻟﻜ ِﺮ� ِﻢ‬
ْ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ َ ٌ َ َْ َ ّ َ
‫ﺖ ﺗ� ِﺸﻒ ا� َﻤﻐ َﺮ َم‬ ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ أﻧ‬، ‫ﺎﺻﻴَ ِﺘ ِﻪ‬

SLEEP
ِ ‫آﺧﺬ ﺑِﻨ‬
ِ ‫ﺮﺷ ﻣﺎ أﻧﺖ‬ ِ
َ َ َ ُ ْ َ ُ َ ْ ُ َ َ َ ُ ْ ُ ُ َ ْ ُ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ
‫ وﻻ‬، ‫ وﻻ ﺨﻳﻠﻒ وﻋﺪك‬، ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ﻻ �ﻬﺰم ﺟﻨﺪك‬، ‫وا�ﻤﺄ�ﻢ‬
ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ ُّ َ ْ َ ْ ّ َ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ
.‫ﺤﺎﻧﻚ َو ِﺤﺑَﻤ ِﺪ َك‬ ‫ ﺳﺒ‬، ‫�ﻨﻔﻊ ذا اﺠﻟ ِﺪ ِﻣﻨﻚ اﺠﻟﺪ‬
O Allah, I seek protection by Your Noble Face and by
Your perfect words from the evil of all that You hold by
the forehead. O Allah, it is You who removes debt and
sin. O Allah, Your army is never defeated and Your
promise is never broken. The wealth of the wealthy
does not avail them against You. You are free from
imperfection, and to You belongs all praise. (Abū
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 ُ َ َ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ 13
‫ �ﻚ َ� َﻤﺎ� َﻬﺎ‬، ‫ﺖ ﺗ َﻮﻓﺎﻫﺎ‬ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِإﻧﻚ ﺧﻠﻘﺖ �ﻔ ِﻲﺴ وأﻧ‬
ََ ْ ْ َ َ َّ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َْ
، ‫ و�ِن أﻣﺘﻬﺎ ﻓﺎﻏ ِﻔﺮ �ﻬﺎ‬، ‫ ِإن أﺣﻴ�ﺘﻬﺎ ﻓﺎﺣﻔﻈﻬﺎ‬، ‫َوﺤﻣﻴَﺎﻫﺎ‬
َ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
.‫ﻲﻧ أﺳﺄ�ﻚ اﻟ َﻌﺎ ِ�ﻴَﺔ‬ ِ ِ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ إ‬
O Allah, verily You have created my soul and You shall
take its life. To You Alone belongs its life and death. If
You keep my soul alive then protect it, and if You take
it away, then forgive it. O Allah, I ask You to grant me
well-being. (Ahmad)

ْ ‫ﺧﺴ‬ْ َ َ ْ ْ َ ْ ْ ْ َّ ُ ّٰ َ ْ ْ َ ُ ْ َ َ
‫ﺊ‬ ِ ‫ وأ‬، ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ اﻏ ِﻔﺮ ِﻲﻟ ذﻧ ِﻲﺒ‬، ‫ﷲ وﺿﻌﺖ ﺟﻨ ِﻲﺒ‬ ِ ‫�ا‬ 144
َ ْ ْ
ٰ َ ْ ‫اﻨﻟ ِﺪ ِّي اﻷ‬ َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ ُ َ ْ َ ْ َ
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َّ ‫ﻲﻨ ﻲﻓ‬
.‫ﻰﻠﻋ‬ ِ ْ ِ ‫ واﺟﻌﻠ‬، ‫ وﻓﻚ ِرﻫ ِﺎﻲﻧ‬، ‫ﺷﻴﻄ ِﺎﻲﻧ‬
In the Name of Allah, I lie down. O Allah, forgive my
sins, ward off from me my shaytān, free me from my
obligations (to others) and enter me into the loftiest
assembly (of angels). (Abū Dāwūd)

‫اﺬﻟ ْي‬
َّ ُ ْ ْ َ ْ ‫آو‬ َ ‫ﺎﻲﻧ َو‬ْ ‫اﺬﻟ ْي َﻛ َﻔ‬َّ ُ ْ ْ َ
ِ ‫ﷲ‬ ِ ِ ‫ اﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬، ‫اﻲﻧ‬ ِ ِ ِ ‫ﷲ‬ ِ ِ ‫ اﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬15
َّ‫ اَ�ﻠّٰ ُﻬﻢ‬، ‫ﻲﻠﻋ ﻓَﺄَﻓْ َﻀ َﻞ‬
َّ َ َ ‫اﺬﻟ ْي َﻣ َّﻦ‬
َّ ُ ْ ْ َ ْ ‫ﻲﻨ َو َﺳ َﻘ‬ َ
ْ ‫أ ْﻃ َﻌ َﻤ‬
ِ ‫ﷲ‬ ِ ِ ‫ اﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬، ‫ﺎﻲﻧ‬ ِ ِ
َّ َ ْ َ ّ َ ُ ْ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ْ َ ْ ّ
.‫ﺎر‬
ِ ‫إِ ِﻲﻧ أﺳﺄ�ﻚ ﺑِ ِﻌﺰﺗِﻚ أن �ﻨ ِﺠﻴ ِﻲﻨ ِﻣﻦ اﻨﻟ‬
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me refuge. All praise is for Allah Who has fed me and
given me drink. All praise is for Allah Who has been
gracious to me and showered favours on me. O Allah,
I ask You by Your Glory, save me from the Hell-Fire.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever says [the above]
when retiring to bed has praised Allah with all the praises of
His entire creation.” (Hākim)

ْ َ ُ َ َ ْ ّٰ َ
.‫ا�ﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ ﺑِﺎﺳ ِﻤﻚ أ ُ� ْﻮت َوأﺣﻴَﺎ‬ 16

O Allah, solely in Your Name I die and I live. (Bukhārī)

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ْ َُ َ ُ ْ ُْ َُ َُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ
، ‫ﻪﻟ اﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ‬ ‫ ﻪﻟ ا�ﻤﻠﻚ و‬، ‫ﺮﺷ�ﻚ ﻪﻟ‬ ِ ‫ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ وﺣﺪه ﻻ‬
17
َّ َ َّ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ ٌ ْ َ ْ َ ّ ُ َ َ َ ُ َ
،‫ﷲ‬ ِ ‫ َوﻻ ﺣﻮل َوﻻ ﻗﻮة إِﻻ ﺑِﺎ‬، ‫ﻲﺷ ٍء ﻗ ِﺪﻳﺮ‬ ‫ﻞﻛ‬ ٰ ‫وﻫﻮ‬
ِ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ‬
ْ َ
ُ َ �‫اﷲ أ‬
ُ ‫اﷲ َو‬ َّ
ُ ‫ﻪﻟ إﻻ‬ َ ْ
َ ٰ َ ِ ‫ﺎن اﷲ َواﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ‬َ َ ْ ُ
.‫ﺮﺒ‬ ِ ‫ﷲ وﻻ ِإ‬ِ ِ ‫ﺳﺒﺤ‬
There is no god but Allah. He is Alone and He has no
partner whatsoever. To Him Alone belong all
sovereignty and all praise. He is over all things
All-Powerful. There is no power (in averting evil) or
strength (in attaining good) except through Allah.
Allah is free from imperfection, and all praise is for
Allah. There is no god but Allah and Allah is the
Greatest.

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 The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever says [the above]
when retiring to bed, all of his sins
will be forgiven, even if they are as “all of his sins will
abundant as the foam of the sea.” be forgiven...”
(Nasā’ī)
َ َ ْ َ ُ ْ َّ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ 18
، ‫ﺖ أ� ِﺮ ْي إِﻴﻟْﻚ‬ ‫ وﻓﻮﺿ‬، ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ أﺳﻠﻤﺖ �ﻔ ِﻲﺴ إِﻴﻟﻚ‬
ً َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ُ ْ َّ َ َ
‫ ر�ﺒﺔ‬، ‫ وأﺠﻟﺎت ﻇﻬ ِﺮي إِﻴﻟﻚ‬، ‫ووﺟﻬﺖ وﺟ ِﻲﻬ إِﻴﻟﻚ‬
ُ‫آﻣﻨْﺖ‬َ ،‫ﻚ‬ َ ْ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ً َ ْ َ َّ
‫ ﻻ �ﻠﺠﺄ وﻻ ﻣﻨﺠﺎ ِﻣﻨﻚ ِإﻻ ِإﻴﻟ‬، ‫ورﻫﺒﺔ ِإﻴﻟﻚ‬
.‫ﺖ‬َ ‫ﻚ َّاﺬﻟ ْي أَ ْر َﺳﻠ‬
ْ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َّ َ َ
‫اﺬﻟي أﻧﺰﻟﺖ و�ِ� ِﺒ ِﻴ‬
ِ ِ ‫�ﺘﺎﺑِﻚ‬
ِ ِ‫ﺑ‬
O Allah, I submit my soul unto You, and I entrust my
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affair unto You, and I turn my face towards You, and I

totally rely on You, in hope and fear of You. Verily
there is no refuge or safe haven from You except with
You. I believe in Your Book which You have revealed
and in Your Prophet whom You have sent.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Before you go to bed,

perform wudhū as you would for prayer, then lie down on
your right side and say [the above]. Whoever says this and
dies in his sleep, will die upon the ‘fitrah’ (natural
monotheism).” (Bukhārī)

AFTER A NIGHTMARE
َّ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َّ ‫اﺘﻟ‬
َّ ‫�ﻠ َﻤﺎت اﷲ‬َ ُُْ َ
‫ﺮﺷ‬
ِ ‫و‬ ، ‫ﻪ‬
ِ ِ ‫ﺎﺑ‬ ‫ﻘ‬ ‫ﻋ‬
ِ ‫و‬ ‫ﻪ‬
ِ ‫ﺒ‬
ِ ‫ﻀ‬‫ﻏ‬ ‫ﻦ‬ ‫ﻣ‬
ِ ‫ﺎت‬
ِ ‫ﺎﻣ‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ‫أﻋﻮذ ﺑ‬

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 ُ ُ ْ‫ﺎﻃ ْﻦﻴ َوأَ ْن َّﺤﻳ‬
.‫ﺮﻀ ْو ِن‬ َ َّ ََ َ ْ َ َ
ِ ِ ‫ات ا�ﺸﻴ‬ ِ ‫ و ِﻣﻦ ﻫﻤﺰ‬، ِ‫ِﻋﺒﺎ ِده‬
I seek protection in the perfect words of Allah from
His anger and punishment, and from the evil of His
servants, and from the evil suggestions of the devils
and from them appearing to me. (Tirmidhī)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “A good dream is from Allah,

so if anyone of you sees a dream which pleases him, he should
not tell anybody about it except to the one whom he loves.
And if he sees a dream which he dislikes, then he should seek
Allah’s protection from its evil and from the evil of Shaytān.
He should spit three times on his left and should not tell

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anybody about it, lest it might harm him.” (Bukhārī)

WHEN ONE WAKES UP AT NIGHT

ْ َُ َ ُ ْ ُْ َُ َُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ
، ‫ﻪﻟ اﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ‬‫ و‬، ‫ ﻪﻟ ا�ﻤﻠﻚ‬، ‫ﺮﺷ�ﻚ ﻪﻟ‬ ِ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ه‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﺣ‬ ‫و‬ ‫اﷲ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإ‬
ََ َ َ ْ َُ ْ َ َ َ ّ ُ َ
‫ وﻻ‬، ‫ﷲ‬ ِ ‫ وﺳﺒﺤﺎن ا‬، ‫ﷲ‬
ُ ْ ٌْ
ِ ِ ‫ اﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬، ‫ﻲﺷ ٍء ﻗ ِﺪﻳﺮ‬ ْ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ ﻞﻛ‬
ِ ٰ َ ‫َو ُﻫ َﻮ‬
َّ َ َّ ُ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ
،‫ﷲ‬ ِ ِ ‫ وﻻ ﺣﻮل وﻻ ﻗﻮة ِإ‬، ‫ واﷲ أ�ﺮﺒ‬، ‫ِإﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ‬
‫ﺎ‬‫ﺑ‬ ‫ﻻ‬
ْ ‫اﻏ ِﻔ ْﺮ‬ْ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
.‫ﻲﻟ‬ِ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ‬
There is no god but Allah. He is Alone and He has no
partner whatsoever. To Him Alone belong all
sovereignty and all praise. He is over all things
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 from imperfection.There is no god but Allah. Allah is
the Greatest. There is no power (in averting evil) or
strength (in attaining good) except through Allah. O
Allah, forgive me.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever gets up at night

and says [the above] and then says: ‘O Allah, forgive me’ or
makes du‘ā’, it will be accepted. If he performs wudhū and
prays, his prayer will be accepted.” (Bukhārī)

In another narration, upon waking at night, he  used to

recite the last ten verses of Sūrah Āl ‘Imrān (3:190-200).
(Bukhārī)
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WHEN ONE WAKES UP

َّ َ ‫ َو َر َّد‬، ‫ﻲﻓ َﺟ َﺴ ِﺪ ْي‬
ْ ِ ‫ﻲﻠﻋ ُر ْو‬ ْ ‫ﺎﻲﻧ‬ْ َ َ ْ ِ َّ ‫ﷲ‬ ُ ْ ْ َ
، ‫ﻲﺣ‬ ِ ِ ‫اﺬﻟي ﺎﻋ َﻓ‬ ِ ِ ‫اﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬ 11
ْ ْ َ َ
.ِ‫ﻲﻟ ﺑِ ِﺬﻛ ِﺮه‬ ِ ‫وأ ِذن‬
All praise is for Allah Who granted me well-being in
my body, and returned my soul to me and has allowed
me to remember Him. (Tirmidhī)

ُ ُّ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َّ ُ ْ ْ َ
.‫اﺬﻟ ْي أﺣﻴَﺎﻧﺎ َ�ﻌ َﺪ َﻣﺎ أ َﻣﺎ�ﻨَﺎ َو�ِﻴﻟْ ِﻪ اﻟ�ﺸ ْﻮ ُر‬
ِ ‫ﷲ‬ ِ ِ ‫اﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬ 2

All praise is for Allah Who gave us life after having

taken it from us and unto Him is the resurrection.
(Bukhārī)

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 ADHKĀR AFTER SALĀH

‫اﻷذﻛﺎر ﺑﻌﺪ اﻟﺼﻼة‬

The Messenger of Allah  said:

“The angels supplicate for one of you so long as he remains in the place
where he has performed Salāh in a state of wudū. They say:
'O Allah! Forgive him, O Allah! Have mercy on him.’”
(Bukharī)
 ADHKĀR AFTER SALĀH
َ َّ َ ْ َ ُ َ َّ َ ْ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ َ ‫أَ ْﺳﺘَ ْﻐﻔ ُﺮ‬
، ‫ا�ﺴﻼ ُم‬ ‫ و ِﻣﻨﻚ‬، ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ أﻧﺖ ا�ﺴﻼم‬، (3x) ‫اﷲ‬ ِ 1

َ ْ ْ َ َ َْ َ َ َ ْ َ َ َ
. ِ‫اﻹﻛﺮام‬ِ ‫�ﺒﺎر�ﺖ ﻳﺎ ذا اﺠﻟﻼ ِل و‬
I seek the forgiveness of Allah. O Allah, You are The
Flawless and The Source of Peace, and from You
comes peace. Blessed are You, full of Majesty and
1

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Honour. (Muslim)
ْ َُ َ ُ ْ ُْ َُ َُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ
‫ﻪﻟ اﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ‬ ‫ ﻪﻟ ا�ﻤﻠﻚ و‬، ‫ﺮﺷ�ﻚ ﻪﻟ‬
ِ ‫ﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ وﺣﺪه ﻻ‬ ‫ ﻻ ِإ‬2
َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ ٌ ْ َ ْ َ ّ ُ َ َ َ ُ َ
‫ وﻻ‬، ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ﻻ ﻣﺎﻧِﻊ �ِﻤﺎ أ�ﻄﻴﺖ‬، ‫ﻞﻛ ﻲﺷ ٍء ﻗ ِﺪﻳﺮ‬ ِ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ‬ٰ ‫وﻫﻮ‬
ُّ ْ ْ َ
َ ْ ّ َ َ ُ ََْ َ َ ََْ َ َ ْ ُ
.‫ـﺪ ِﻣﻨﻚ اﺠﻟَـﺪ‬
ِ ‫ وﻻ �ﻨﻔﻊ ذا اﺠﻟ‬، ‫ﻣﻌ ِﻄﻲ �ِﻤﺎ ﻣﻨﻌﺖ‬
There is no god but Allah. He is Alone and He has no
partner whatsoever. To Him Alone belong all
sovereignty and all praise. He is over all things
AFTER SALAH

All-Powerful. O Allah, there is none who can withhold

what You give, and none can give what You withhold;
and the wealth of the wealthy does not avail them
against You. (Bukhārī)

ْ ْ ُ َ ‫ﻚ َو‬
ُ ْ ُْ َُ َُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ
‫ﻪﻟ اﺤﻟَﻤ ُﺪ‬ ‫ ﻪﻟ ا�ﻤﻠ‬، ‫ﺮﺷ�ﻚ ﻪﻟ‬ ِ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ه‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﺣ‬ ‫و‬ ‫اﷲ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ِ‫ ﻻ إِﻪﻟ إ‬3
َ َّ َ َ َ ّ
َ ُ ََ َ ُ َ
َ ٰ ‫ ﻻ إ‬، ‫ ﻻ َﺣ ْﻮل َوﻻ ﻗُ َّﻮ َة إﻻ ﺑﺎﷲ‬، ‫ﻲﺷ ٍء ﻗَﺪﻳ ْ ٌﺮ‬
‫ﻪﻟ‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ْ ‫ﻞﻛ‬ ِ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ‬ ٰ ‫وﻫﻮ‬

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 ُ َ ‫ﻪﻟ اﻟْ َﻔ ْﻀ ُﻞ َو‬
‫ﻪﻟ‬ ُ َ ‫ﻨﻟ ْﻌ َﻤ ُﺔ َو‬ ُ َ ، ‫ َو َﻻ َ� ْﻌﺒُ ُﺪ إ َّﻻ إﻳَّ ُﺎه‬، ‫اﷲ‬
ِّ ‫ﻪﻟ ا‬ ُ ‫إ َّﻻ‬
ِ ِ
َ‫ َو� َ ْﻮ َﻛﺮه‬، ‫ﺪﻟ ْ� َﻦ‬ّ ‫ﻪﻟ ا‬ ُ َ َْ ُْ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ ُ َ َ ْ ُ َ َّ
ِ ِ ‫ ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ ﺨﻣ ِﻠ ِﺼﻦﻴ‬، ‫اﺜﻟﻨﺎء اﺤﻟﺴﻦ‬
َ َْ
.‫اﻟﺎﻜﻓِ ُﺮ ْون‬
There is no god but Allah. He is Alone and He has no
partner whatsoever. To Him Alone belong all
sovereignty and all praise. He is over all things
All-Powerful. There is no power (in averting evil) or
strength (in attaining good) except through Allah.
There is no god but Allah, and we do not worship any
other besides Him. To Him Alone belong grace,
bounteousness and noble praise. There is no god but
Allah. We sincerely devote our religion for Him, even
though the disbelievers may dislike it. (Muslim)
َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ ّ َ َّ ُ َّٰ َ
.‫ﻰﻠﻋ ِذﻛ ِﺮ َك َوﺷﻜ ِﺮ َك َو ُﺣ ْﺴ ِﻦ ِﻋﺒَﺎدﺗِﻚ‬
ٰ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ أ ِﻋ ِﻲﻨ‬ 4
.4

O Allah, help me in remembering You, in being AFTER SALAH

grateful to You, and in worshipping You in an excellent
manner. (Abū Dāwūd)
ْ ُْ َ َ ُ ْ ُ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ُ ْ ُ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ 5
، ‫ﻦﺒ‬ِ ‫اﺠﻟ‬ ‫ﻦ‬ ‫ﻣ‬
ِ ِ‫ﻚ‬ ‫ﺑ‬ ‫ذ‬‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﻋ‬ ‫أ‬‫و‬ ، ‫ﻞ‬ ‫ﺨ‬
ِ ْ ‫َ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِإ ِﻲﻧ أ َﻋﻮذ ُ ﺑِﻚ َ ِﻣ َﻦ اﺒﻟ‬.5
َْ َ ُ َ َ ٰ َّ َ ْ ْ َ ُ ْ ُ َ
‫ َوأ ُﻋ ْﻮذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻓِﺘﻨ ِﺔ‬، ‫ﻰﻟ أ ْرذ ِل اﻟ ُﻌ ُﻤ ِﺮ‬ ِ‫وأﻋﻮذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ أن أرد إ‬
ْ‫ﻚ ﻣ ْﻦ َﻋ َﺬاب اﻟْ َﻘﺮﺒ‬ َ ُ ْ ُ َ َ ْ ُّ
.ِ ِ ِ ِ‫ وأﻋﻮذ ﺑ‬، ‫اﺪﻟ�ﻴﺎ‬

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 O Allah, I seek Your protection from miserliness and I
seek Your protection from cowardice. I seek Your
protection from being sent back to a miserable old age.
I seek Your protection from the trials of the world and
I seek Your protection from the punishment of the
grave. (Bukhārī)

، (33x) ‫ﺮﺒ‬ ُ َ �ْ َ‫ﷲ أ‬ ْ َ

ُ َ ‫ ا‬، (33x) ‫ﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ ِﷲ‬ ‫ ا‬، (33x) ‫ﷲ‬
َ َ ْ ُ
ِ ِ ‫ ﺳﺒﺤﺎن ا‬66
ْ َُ َ ُ ْ ُْ َُ َُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ
، ‫ﻪﻟ اﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ‬ ‫ ﻪﻟ ا�ﻤﻠﻚ و‬، ‫ﺮﺷ�ﻚ ﻪﻟ‬ ِ ‫ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ وﺣﺪه ﻻ‬
ْ َ ْ َ ‫ﻞﻛ‬ ُّ ََ َ ُ َ
(1x) .‫ﻲﺷ ٍء ﻗ ِﺪﻳ ٌﺮ‬ ِ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ‬ ٰ ‫وﻫﻮ‬

Allah is free from imperfection. All praise be to Allah.

Allah is the Greatest. There is no god but Allah. He is
Alone and He has no partner whatsoever. To Him
Alone belong all sovereignty and all praise. He is over
all things All-Powerful.
AFTER SALAH

The Messenger of Allah  said: “He who recites [the above]

after every prayer will have all his sins forgiven even if they are
as abundant as the foam of the sea.” In another narration, the
Messenger of Allah  mentioned reading ‘Subhānallah’ 33
times, ‘Alhamdulillah’ 33 times and ‘Allahu Akbar’ 34 times
after every prayer. (Muslim)

َ ْ ُّ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ ُ َ
(‫� الق ُّي ْو ُم… )آﻳﺔ ا�ﻜﺮﻲﺳ‬ ‫اﷲ � إِ� إِ� هو ال‬ 77

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The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever reads [Āyah
al-Kursī] after every obligatory prayer, there is nothing that
will prevent him from entering Paradise except death.” (Nasā’ī)
ََ ُ َ ُْ ٌ َ ُ َُ ُْ
...‫اﷲ أ َﺣﺪ… ﻗﻞ أ ُﻋ ْﻮذ ﺑِ َﺮ ِّب اﻟﻔﻠ ِﻖ‬ ‫ﻗﻞ ﻫﻮ‬ 8.

(Abū Dāwūd) ...‫ﺎس‬ َّ ‫ﻗُ ْﻞ أَ ُﻋﻮذ ﺑ َﺮب‬

ِ ‫اﻨﻟ‬
ّ ُ ْ
ِ ِ
TO BE READ AFTER FAJR & MAGHRIB
ْ َُ َ ُ ْ ُْ َُ َُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ
‫ﻪﻟ اﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ‬‫ ﻪﻟ ا�ﻤﻠﻚ و‬، ‫ﺮﺷ�ﻚ ﻪﻟ‬ ِ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ه‬‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﺣ‬ ‫و‬ ‫اﷲ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإ‬ 9
.9
ْ َ َ ّ ُ َ َ َ َ ُ َُ ْ ُ
ُ ْ ْ
.‫ﻲﺷ ٍء ﻗ ِﺪﻳ ٌﺮ‬
ْ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ ﻞﻛ‬
ِ ٰ ‫ وﻫﻮ‬، ‫ﺤﻳ ِﻲﻴ و� ِﻤﻴﺖ‬
(10x after Fajr & Maghrib)
There is no god but Allah. He is Alone and He has no
partner whatsoever. To Him Alone belong all
sovereignty and all praise. He gives life and He gives
death. He is over all things All-Powerful. (Tirmidhī)

AFTER SALAH
The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever says [the above]
10 times after Maghrib and Fajr, whilst sitting in the position
of tashahhud and before moving, Allah will write 10 good
deeds for him for each time he says it. (Likewise) He will
forgive 10 sins and raise 10 stages for him. It will be a shield
for him against all repulsive things and he will be guarded
from Shaytān. No sin will be allowed to reach him that day
(i.e. destroy him or invalidate his actions) except for shirk. He
will be from the best of people in terms of actions, except for
the one who recites it even more than him.” (Ahmad)

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 (7x after Fajr & Maghrib) .‫ﺎر‬ َّ ْ َ ْ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
ِ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ أ ِﺟﺮ ِ� ِﻣﻦ اﻨﻟ‬ 10

O Allah, protect me from the Hell-fire.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “When you finish Maghrib,

say [the above] seven times. If you say that and then die
during that night, it will be a protection for you. And after
praying Fajr, say the same. If you die on that day, it will be a
protection for you.” (Abū Dāwūd)

TO BE READ AFTER FAJR

ً َ ً َّ ْ َ ُ َ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
‫ َو� َﻤﻼ‬، ‫ َو ِر ْزﻗﺎ َﻃ ِّﻴﺒًﺎ‬، ‫ﻲﻧ أ ْﺳﺄ�ﻚ ِﻋﻠ ًﻤﺎ ﻧﺎ ِﻓ ًﻌﺎ‬ ِ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِإ‬ 11
ً َّ َ َ ُّ
(after Fajr) .‫ﻣﺘﻘﺒﻼ‬
O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge,
wholesome sustenance, and deeds which are accepted.
(Ibn Mājah)
TO BE READ AFTER WITR
ْ ُّ ُ ْ َْ َ َ ْ ُ
AFTER SALAH

(3x after Witr) .‫ﻚ اﻟﻘﺪو ِس‬

ِ ‫ﺳﺒﺤﺎن ا�ﻤ ِﻠ‬ 12

How perfect is the Sovereign, the Most Holy.

After praying Witr, the Messenger of Allah  would say [the
above], and would raise and extend his voice the third time.
(Nasā’ī)

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 ADHKĀR OF
OTHER ACTIONS

‫اﻷذﻛﺎر ﻷﻋﻤﺎل أﺧﺮى‬

‘Whoever is unaware of the virtues of deeds will always find them to be

cumbersome.’ (Abū ‘Abdillāh al-Barāthī )
 BEFORE REMOVING CLOTHES

.‫ﷲ‬
ِ ‫�ا‬
In the Name of Allah.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “The screen between the jinn

and the nakedness of the children of Ādam when they take off
their garments is that they say [the above].” (Tabarānī)

AFTER WEARING CLOTHES

ْ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ ٰ ْ َ َ ْ َّ ْ َ
ُ ‫ﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ‬
‫ﺮﻴ‬
ِ � ‫ﻦ‬ ‫ﻣ‬
ِ ‫ﻪ‬
ِ ‫ﻴ‬ ‫ﻨ‬
ِ ‫ﻗ‬ ‫ز‬‫ر‬‫و‬ ، ‫ب‬ ‫ﻮ‬ ‫اﺜﻟ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺬ‬ ‫ﻫ‬ ‫ﺎﻲﻧ‬
ِ ‫ﺴ‬ ‫ﻛ‬ ‫ي‬ ‫اﺬﻟ‬
ِ ‫ﷲ‬
ِ ِ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ا‬
َّ ُ ََ ّْ ّ ْ َ
.‫ﺣﻮ ٍل ِﻣ ِﻲﻨ وﻻ ﻗﻮ ٍة‬
All praise is to Allah Who has clothed me with this
garment and provided it for me, without any power or
might on my part.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “If anyone puts on a

garment and says [the above], his past and future sins will be
forgiven.” (Abū Dāwūd)

BEFORE ENTERING THE LAVATORY

ْ َ ُ ُ ْ َ َ ُ ْ ُ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
َ‫اﺨﻟَﺒ‬
.‫ﺚ‬
ِ ِ ‫ﺋ‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﺚو‬
ِ ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِإ ِﻲﻧ أﻋﻮذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ اﺨﻟﺒ‬، ‫ﷲ‬
ِ ‫�ا‬
OTHER ACTIONS

In the Name of Allah. (Tirmidhī) O Allah, I seek Your

protection from the male and female devils. (Bukhārī)

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The Messenger of Allah  said: “The screen between the jinn
and the nakedness of the children of Ādam when they enter
the lavatory is to say Bismillah.” (Tirmidhī)

AFTER COMING OUT OF THE LAVATORY

َ َ ْ ُ
.‫�ﻔ َﺮاﻧﻚ‬
I seek Your forgiveness. (Abū Dāwūd)

BEFORE WUDHŪ

.‫ﷲ‬
ِ ‫�ا‬
In the Name of Allah. (Abū Dāwūd)

AFTER COMPLETING WUDHŪ

َّ َ ْ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َّ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ
‫ َوأﺷ َﻬ ُﺪ أن‬، ‫ﻪﻟ‬ ‫ﺮﺷ�ﻚ‬ ِ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ه‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﺣ‬‫و‬ ‫اﷲ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫أﺷﻬﺪ أن ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإ‬ 1
َْ َّ َّ َ ْ ْ َ ْ َّ ُ َّٰ َ ُ ُ ْ ُ َ ُ ُ ْ َ ً َّ َ ُ
، ‫ا�ﻦﻴ‬ ِ ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ اﺟﻌﻠ ِﻲﻨ ِﻣﻦ اﺘﻟﻮ‬.‫ﺤﻣﻤﺪا �ﺒﺪه ورﺳﻮﻪﻟ‬
َْ ْ
.‫ا�ﻤﺘَ َﻄ ِّﻬ ِﺮ�ْ َﻦ‬
ُ ‫ﻲﻨ ﻣ َﻦ‬
ِ ْ ِ ‫َواﺟﻌﻠ‬
I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. He is
Alone and He has no partner whatsoever. And I bear
witness that Muhammad  is His slave and His
OTHER ACTIONS

Messenger. O Allah, make me amongst the repentant,

and make me amongst those who purify themselves.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever perfects his

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 wudhū and then says [the above], the eight gates of Paradise
will be opened for him. He may enter through whichever one
he wishes.” (Tirmidhī)

َ ْ ‫ﻪﻟ إ َّﻻ أَﻧ‬

،‫ﺖ‬ َ ٰ ‫ أَ ْﺷ َﻬ ُﺪ أَ ْن َّﻻ إ‬، ‫ﻚ ا�ﻠّٰ ُﻬ َّﻢ َوﺤﺑَ ْﻤﺪ َك‬
َ َ َ ْ ُ
‫ﺳﺒﺤﺎﻧ‬
ِ ِ ِ ِ 2
َ َْ ُ َُْ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ
.‫أﺳﺘﻐ ِﻔﺮك وأﺗﻮب ِإﻴﻟﻚ‬
You are free from imperfection, O Allah, and all praise
is to You. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I
seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whosoever does wudhū

and says [the above], it will be recorded in a parchment and
then sealed with a seal which will not be broken till the Day
of Judgement.” (Nasā’ī in ‘Amal al-Yawm wa al-Laylah)

WHEN LEAVING THE HOUSE

َّ َ َّ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ُ ْ َّ َ َ
ِ ‫ َوﻻ ﺣﻮل َوﻻ ﻗﻮة إِﻻ ﺑِﺎ‬، ‫ﷲ‬
.‫ﷲ‬ ِ ‫ﷲ ﺗﻮ�ﺖ ﻰﻠﻋ ا‬ ِ ‫�ا‬ 1

In the Name of Allah, I have placed my trust in Allah.

There is no power (in averting evil) or strength (in
attaining good) except through Allah.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever says [the above]

OTHER ACTIONS

when leaving his house will be told: ‘You have been guided,
you have been sufficed and you have been protected.’ Then
one devil says to another devil: ‘How can you get to a man
who has been guided, sufficed and protected?’” (Abū Dāwūd)

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 َّ ُ َ َّ َ َ َّ ُ َ َّ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
، ‫ أ ْو أ ِزل أ ْو أ َزل‬، ‫ﻲﻧ أ ُﻋ ْﻮذ ﺑِﻚ أن أ ِﺿﻞ أ ْو أ َﺿﻞ‬
ِ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِإ‬ 2
ََّ َ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ
.‫ أو أﺟﻬﻞ أو ﺠﻳﻬﻞ ﻲﻠﻋ‬، ‫أو أﻇ ِﻠﻢ أو أﻇﻠﻢ‬

O Allah, I seek Your protection from misguiding

others or being misguided; from erring or others
causing me to err; from oppressing others or being
oppressed; and from acting ignorantly or others acting
ignorantly towards me.

Umm Salamah  said: “The Messenger of Allah  never left

my house without raising his eyes to the sky and saying [the
above]. (Abū Dāwūd)

WHEN ENTERING THE HOUSE

ْ َْ َْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
ِ ‫ � ا‬، ‫ َوﺧﺮﻴ ا�ﻤﺨ َﺮ ِج‬، ‫ﻲﻧ أﺳﺄ�ﻚ ﺧﺮﻴ ا�ﻤﻮﻟ ِﺞ‬
‫ﷲ‬ ِ ِ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ إ‬
َ ْ َّ َ َ َ ّ َ ََ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ
.‫ﷲ ر�ِﻨﺎ ﺗﻮ�ﻨﺎ‬ ِ ‫ وﻰﻠﻋ ا‬، ‫ﷲ ﺧﺮﺟﻨﺎ‬ ِ ‫ َو� ا‬، ‫َوﺠﻟْﻨﺎ‬
O Allah, I ask You for the best entrance and the best
exit. In the Name of Allah we enter, in the Name of
Allah we leave, and in Allah our Lord do we trust.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “When a person enters his

home, he should say [the above]. Then he should greet his
OTHER ACTIONS

family.” (Abū Dāwūd)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “When a man enters his

house and remembers Allah upon entering and before eating,

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 Shaytān says (to his fellow shaytān): ‘There is no place for you
to spend the night and there is no supper for you.’ When he
enters the house and does not remember Allah, Shaytān says:
‘You have found a place to spend the night.’ When he does not
remember Allah before eating his food, Shaytān says: ‘You
have found a place to stay and some supper.’” (Muslim)

WHILST GOING TO THE MASJID

ْ ‫� َﺳ ْﻤ‬
‫ﻲﻌ‬ ْ ‫ َو‬، ‫� ﺑَ َﺮﺼ ْي ﻧُ ْﻮ ًرا‬ ْ ْ‫ﻲﻓ ﻗَﻠ‬
ْ ‫ َو‬، ‫ﻲﺒ ﻧُ ْﻮ ًرا‬ ْ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
ْ ِ ‫اﺟ َﻌ ْﻞ‬ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ‬
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
ً ْ ُ ْ ْ َ َ ً ْ ُ ْ َ َّ ْ َ َ ً ْ ُ ْ ْ َّ ْ َ َ ً ْ ُ
، ‫ وﻓﻮ ِ� ﻧﻮرا‬، ‫ﺎري ﻧﻮرا‬ ِ ‫ و�ﻦ �ﺴ‬، ‫ و�ﻦ ﻳ ِﻤﻴ َ ِﻲﻨ ﻧﻮرا‬، ‫ﻧﻮ َرا‬
ّ
ُ
.‫ﻲﻟ ﻧ ْﻮ ًرا‬
ْ ْ
ْ ‫ َواﺟ َﻌﻞ‬، ‫ﻲﻔ ﻧُ ْﻮ ًرا‬
ِ ْ ْ‫ َو َﺧﻠ‬، ‫ﺎﻲﻣ ﻧُ ْﻮ ًرا‬ ْ ْ‫َوﺤﺗ‬
ْ ِ ‫ َوأ َﻣ‬، ‫ﻲﺘ ﻧُ ْﻮ ًرا‬
ِ ِ
O Allah, place light in my heart, light in my sight and
light in my hearing. Place light on my right and place
light on my left. Place light above me and place light
beneath me. Place light in front of me, place light
behind me and grant me light. (Bukhārī)

WHEN ENTERING THE MASJID

َ ْ ْ ْ ْ ُُْ َ
، ‫ َو�ِ َﻮﺟ ِﻬ ِﻪ اﻟﻜ ِﺮ�ْ ِﻢ‬، ‫ﷲ اﻟ َﻌ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‬ ِ ‫ أﻋﻮذ ﺑِﺎ‬1
ْ َّ
.‫ا�ﺮ ِﺟﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻄ‬
َّ َ
َ ْ‫ا�ﺸﻴ‬ ‫ﻦ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ، ‫ﻢ‬ ْ ‫َو ُﺳﻠْ َﻄﺎﻧﻪ اﻟْ َﻘﺪﻳ‬
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِِ
OTHER ACTIONS

I seek protection in Allah, the Supreme, His Noble

Countenance, and His Eternal Authority from the
accursed Shaytān.

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The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever says [the above],
Shaytān says: ‘He has gained protection against me for the
entire day.’” (Abū Dawūd)

ّٰ َ
‫ ا�ﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ‬، ‫ﷲ‬ ْ ُ َ ٰ َ َ ‫ا�ﺴ َﻼ ُم‬
َّ ‫ا�ﺼ َﻼ ُة َو‬
َّ ‫ َو‬، ‫ � اﷲ‬2
ِ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ رﺳﻮ ِل ا‬ ِ
َ
َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ْ ْ َ ْ َّ ُ ّٰ َ ْ ْ ُ ُ ْ ْ ْ
.‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ا�ﺘﺢ ِﻲﻟ أﺑﻮاب رﻤﺣ ِﺘﻚ‬، �ِ ‫اﻏ ِﻔﺮ ِﻲﻟ ذﻧﻮ‬
In the Name of Allah. Peace and blessings be upon the
Messenger of Allah. O Allah, forgive my sins. O Allah,
open the gates of Your mercy for me. (Composite: Ibn
Mājah and Ibn al-Sunnī)

WHEN LEAVING THE MASJID

ّٰ َ
‫ ا�ﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ‬، ‫ﷲ‬ ْ ُ َ ٰ َ َ ‫ا�ﺴ َﻼ ُم‬
َّ ‫ا�ﺼ َﻼ ُة َو‬
َّ ‫ َو‬، ‫� اﷲ‬
ِ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ رﺳﻮ ِل ا‬ ِ 1
َ ْ َ ْ َ َُ ْ َ ّْ
.‫ِإ ِﻲﻧ أﺳﺄ�ﻚ ِﻣﻦ ﻓﻀ ِﻠﻚ‬
In the Name of Allah. Peace and blessings be upon the
Messenger of Allah. O Allah, I ask You from Your
bounty. (Composite: Ibn Mājah, Ibn al-Sunnī and
Muslim)

َّ َ ْ ْ ْ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
.‫ا�ﺮ ِﺟﻴْ ِﻢ‬
َّ ‫ا�ﺸﻴْ َﻄﺎن‬
ِ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ اﻋ ِﺼﻤ ِﻲﻨ ِﻣﻦ‬ 2
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O Allah, protect me from the rejected Shaytān.

(Ibn Mājah)

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 RESPONDING TO THE ADHĀN

1.1 The Messenger of Allah  instructed us to repeat

the words of the mu’adhdhin, (except for) “…when he
َ ْ َ َ َّ َ َ َّ َ َ َّ َّ َ ُ َ َ َ
says ‫ﻰﻠﻋ اﻟ َﻔﻼح‬ ‫ ﻲﺣ‬، ‫ا�ﺼﻼة‬ ‫ﻲﺣ ﻰﻠﻋ‬, say: ‫ﻻ َﺣ ْﻮل َوﻻ ﻗ َّﻮة ِإﻻ ﺑِﺎﷲ‬. If he says
it from his heart, he shall enter Paradise.” (Muslim)

After the adhān is complete, recite the following (in

this order):
َّ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َّ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ َ
‫ َوأن‬، ‫ﻪﻟ‬ ‫ﺮﺷ�ﻚ‬ِ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ه‬‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﺣ‬ ‫و‬ ‫اﷲ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ِ‫ وأﻧﺎ أﺷﻬﺪ أن ﻻ إِﻪﻟ إ‬2
ً ْ ُ َ َّ َ ُ َ ًّ َ ُ ْ َ ُ ُ ْ ُ َ ُ ُ ْ َ ً َّ َ ُ
، ‫ و�ِﻤﺤﻤ ٍﺪ رﺳﻮﻻ‬، ‫ﷲ ر�ﺎ‬ ِ ‫ ر ِﺿﻴﺖ ﺑِﺎ‬، ‫ﺤﻣﻤﺪا �ﺒﺪه َورﺳﻮﻪﻟ‬
ًْ َ ْ ْ َ
.‫ﺎﻹﺳﻼمِ ِد�ﻨﺎ‬ ِ ِ�‫و‬
I also bear witness that there is no god but Allah. He is
Alone and He has no partner whatsoever, and that
Muhammad  is His servant and His Messenger. I
am satisfied with Allah as my Lord, with Muhammad
as my Messenger, and with Islam as my religion.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “If anyone says [the above]
on hearing the mu’adhdhin, his sins will be forgiven.”
(Muslim)
ّٰ َ
َُ
...‫آل ﺤﻣ َّﻤ ٍﺪ‬
ِ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ‬ ٰ َ َ ‫ا�ﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ َﺻ ّ ِﻞ‬
ٰ َ َ ‫ َو‬، ‫ﻰﻠﻋ ُﺤﻣَ َّﻤ ٍﺪ‬
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The Messenger of Allah  said: “When you hear the

mu’adhdhin calling for the prayer, repeat his words then send

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blessings upon me. The one who sends blessings upon me
once, Allah will send 10 blessings upon him...” (Muslim)

‫آت‬ َ َ ْ َ َّ َ َّ َّ َ ْ َّ ٰ َّ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
ِ ، ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ رب ﻫ ِﺬهِ اﺪﻟﻋﻮ ِة اﺘﻟﺎﻣ ِﺔ وا�ﺼﻼ ِة اﻟﻘﺎﺋِﻤ ِﺔ‬4
َّ ً ْ ُ ْ َّ ً َ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ ْ ً َّ َ ُ
‫اﺬﻟ ْي‬
ِ ‫ َوا�ﻌﺜﻪ ﻣﻘﺎﻣﺎ ﺤﻣﻤﻮدا‬، ‫ﺤﻣﻤﺪا ا� َﻮ ِﺳﻴﻠﺔ َواﻟﻔ ِﻀﻴﻠﺔ‬
ُ َّ ْ
.‫َو َﻋﺪﺗﻪ‬
O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and established
prayer, grant Muhammad the status (a unique lofty
status in Paradise) and pre-eminence, and resurrect
him to the praiseworthy station that You have
promised him.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever says [the above]
after the adhān shall receive my intercession on the Day of
Judgement.” (Bukhārī)

5.5 The Messenger of Allah  said: “Du‘ā’ is not rejected

between the adhān and the iqāmah.” (Tirmidhī)

5 FOR 5 5
1. Glad tidings of Paradise
2. Forgiveness of all sins
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3. Ten blessings from Allah

4. Intercession of the Prophet 
5. Acceptance of du‘ā’

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 ISTIKHĀRAH
(SEEKING ALLAH’S HELP IN MAKING A DECISION)
َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ ُ ْ ‫ﻲﻧ أَ ْﺳﺘَﺨ‬
ْ ّ ‫اَ�ﻠّٰ ُﻬ َّﻢ إ‬
، ‫ َوأ ْﺳﺘَﻘ ِﺪ ُر َك ﺑِﻘﺪ َرﺗِﻚ‬، ‫ﺮﻴ َك ﺑِ ِﻌﻠ ِﻤﻚ‬ ِ ِِ
ُ، ‫ﻚ َ� ْﻘﺪ ُر َو َﻻ أَﻗْﺪر‬ َ َّ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ
ِ ِ ‫ ﻓ ِﺈﻧ‬، ‫وأﺳﺄ�ﻚ ِﻣﻦ ﻓﻀ ِﻠﻚ اﻟﻌ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‬
‫ﺖ‬َ ْ‫ ا�ﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ إ ْن ﻛﻨ‬.‫ﺖ َﻋ َّﻼ ُم اﻟْ ُﻐﻴُ ْﻮب‬
ُ ّٰ َ َ ْ ‫ َوأَﻧ‬، ‫َو َ� ْﻌﻠَ ُﻢ َو َﻻ أَ ْﻋﻠَ ُﻢ‬
ِ ِ َ ْ َ ٰ َّ َ ُ َ ْ َ
ْ ِ ‫ﻲﻨ َو َﻣ َﻌ‬
‫ﺎﻲﺷ‬ ْ ْ ‫ﻲﻓ ِدﻳ‬ْ ‫ﻲﻟ‬ ْ ّ ‫ﺮﻴ‬ ٌ ْ ‫اﻷ ْ� َﺮ )و�ﺴﻲﻤ ﺣﺎﺟﺘﻪ( َﺧ‬ ‫�ﻌﻠﻢ أن ﻫﺬا‬
ِ ِ ِ
ْ َ ْ ْ ْ َ َّ ُ ْ ُ ْ ّ َ َ ْ ُ ْ ُ ْ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ َ
‫ و�ِن‬، ‫ﺎرك ِﻲﻟ ِ�ﻴ ِﻪ‬ ِ ‫ﺮﺴه ِﻲﻟ �ﻢ ﺑ‬ ِ �‫ ﻓﺎﻗﺪره ِﻲﻟ و‬، ‫وﺎﻋﻗِﺒ ِﺔ أ� ِﺮي‬
ّ ٌّ َ ‫اﻷ ْ� َﺮ‬َ ْ َ ٰ َّ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ ْ ُ
‫ﺎﻲﺷ َو َﺎﻋﻗِﺒَ ِﺔ‬
ْ ِ ‫ﻲﻨ َو َﻣ َﻌ‬ ْ ْ ‫ﻲﻓ ِدﻳ‬
ِ
ْ ِ ‫ﻲﻟ‬ ْ ‫ﺮﺷ‬
ِ ‫ﻛﻨﺖ �ﻌﻠﻢ أن ﻫﺬا‬
ُ ْ ََْ َ ْ ُ َ ُ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ْ ّ َ ُ ْ ْ َ ْ ْ َ
ْ ْ ْ
‫ﺮﻴ َﺣﻴﺚ‬ ‫اﺮﺻﻓ ِﻲﻨ �ﻨﻪ واﻗﺪر ِﻲﻟ اﺨﻟ‬ ‫ﺎﺮﺻﻓﻪ ﻋﻲﻨ و‬ ِ ‫ ﻓ‬، ‫أ� ِﺮي‬
َْ ِ َّ ُ َ َ ِ
.‫ﻲﻨ ﺑِ ِﻪ‬ ْ ‫ﺎﻛن �ﻢ أر ِﺿ‬
ِ
O Allah, I ask you for the best through Your
knowledge, I seek strength through Your power, and I
ask You from Your majestic benevolence. For You are
fully able whilst I am not, You know everything whilst
I do not know anything, and You are the Knower of
the unseen. O Allah, if in Your knowledge, this matter
(specify the matter) is good for me in my religion, my
livelihood and my ultimate destiny, then decree it for
me and make it easy it for me, then bless it for me. But
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if in your knowledge, this matter is bad for me in my

religion, my livelihood and my ultimate destiny, then

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turn it away from me, and turn me away from it and
decree good for me wherever it may be, then make me
pleased with it.
Jābir narrated: “The Messenger of Allah  used to teach
us istikhārah (when one seeks Allah’s help in making a
decision) for all matters, the same way he taught us Sūrahs
from the Qur’ān. He  said: "When one of you intends to do
something, he should offer two rak‘ahs of voluntary Salāh,
and then say [the above].” (Bukhārī)

Ibn Abī Jamrah  said: ‘The wisdom of preceding Salāh

before the du‘ā’ is that the purpose of istikhārah is to combine
the good of this world and the Hereafter. A person needs to
knock at the door of the King (Allah), and there is nothing
more effective for this than salāh, because it combines the
glorification and praise of Allah, and expresses one’s need for
Him at all times. (Fath al-Bārī)

DURING & AT THE END OF A GATHERING

.‫ا�ﺮ ِﺣﻴْ ُﻢ‬ ُ ‫اﺘﻟ َّﻮ‬

َّ ‫اب‬ َّ ‫ﺖ‬َ ْ ‫ﻚ أَﻧ‬
َ َّ َّ َ َ ْ ُ َ ْ ْ ْ ّ َ
‫ ِإﻧ‬، ‫ر ِب اﻏ ِﻔﺮ ِﻲﻟ وﺗﺐ ﻲﻠﻋ‬ 1

My Lord, forgive me and pardon me. Indeed, You are

the Most Relenting and Ever Merciful.
‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar  said: “We counted the Messenger of
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Allah  saying [the above] a hundred times during one

single sitting.” (Tirmidhī)

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 َ ْ �َ ‫ﻚ َﻣﺎ َﺤﻳُ ْﻮ ُل ﺑﻪ ﺑَ�ْﻨَﻨَﺎ َو‬ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ ْ َّ ُ ّٰ َ 2
‫ﻦﻴ‬ ِِ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ اﻗ ِﺴﻢ ﻨﻟﺎ ِﻣﻦ ﺧﺸ� ِﺘ‬
ْ
ْ َ َ َ َ َ َّ َ ّ
َ ُ َ ُ َ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ‫َﻣ َﻌ‬
ِ ‫ و ِﻣﻦ اﻴﻟ ِﻘ‬،َ ‫ و ِﻣﻦ ﻃﺎﻋ ِﺘﻚ ﻣﺎ �ﺒ ِﻠﻐﻨﺎ ﺑِ ِﻪ ﺟﻨﺘﻚ‬، ‫ﺎﺻﻴﻚ‬
‫ﻦﻴ‬ ِ
َ َ ْ َ ْ ّ َ َ َ ْ ُّ َ ْ ُ ََْ َ ُ ّ َُ َ
، ‫ وﻣ ِﺘﻌﻨﺎ ﺑِﺄﺳﻤﺎ ِﻋﻨﺎ‬، ‫ﺎت اﺪﻟ�ﻴﺎ‬ ِ ‫ﻣﺎ �ﻬ ِﻮن ﻋﻠﻴﻨﺎ � ِﺼﻴﺒ‬
ْ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َّ ُ َ َ َ ْ َ َ
‫ واﺟﻌﻞ‬، ‫ارث ِﻣﻨﺎ‬ ِ ‫ واﺟﻌﻠﻪ ا�ﻮ‬، ‫ وﻗﻮﺗِﻨﺎ ﻣﺎ أﺣﻴ�ﺘﻨﺎ‬، ‫ﺎرﻧﺎ‬ ِ ‫وأﺑﺼ‬
ْ ََْ ََ َ َ َ ْ َ ََ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ََ َ ْ َ ََ َََْ
‫ وﻻ ﺠﺗﻌﻞ‬، ‫ﻰﻠﻋ ﻣﻦ ﺎﻋداﻧﺎ‬ ٰ ‫ واﻧﺮﺼﻧﺎ‬، ‫ﻰﻠﻋ ﻣﻦ ﻇﻠﻤﻨﺎ‬ ٰ ‫ﺛﺄرﻧﺎ‬
َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ّ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ ُّ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ْ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ
‫ وﻻ ﻣﺒﻠﻎ‬، ‫ وﻻ ﺠﺗﻌ ِﻞ اﺪﻟ�ﻴﺎ أ�ﺮﺒ ﻫ ِﻤﻨﺎ‬، ‫� ِﺼﻴ�ﺘﻨﺎ ِﻲﻓ ِدﻳ ِ�ﻨﺎ‬
ُ َ ‫ َو َﻻ � ُ َﺴﻠّ ْﻂ َﻋﻠَﻴْﻨَﺎ َﻣ ْﻦ َّﻻ ﻳَ ْﺮ‬، ‫ﻋﻠْﻤﻨَﺎ‬
.‫ﻤﺣﻨَﺎ‬ ِ ِ ِ
O Allah, apportion for us enough fear and awe of You
to prevent us from sinning against You, and enough
obedience to You to make us reach Your Paradise, and
enough certainty to make the difficulties of this world
easy for us. Let us enjoy our hearing and sight and
strength as long as You allow us to live, and make it an
inheritance for us. Let our vengeance be upon those
who have wronged us, and help us against those who
harbour enmity towards us. Let not our afflictions be
in our religion, and make not the world our biggest
concern, or the full extent of our knowledge, and do
not give power over us to anyone who will not have
mercy on us.
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‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar  said: “Rarely would the Messenger of

Allah  rise from a gathering without supplicating for his
companions with [the above].” (Tirmidhī)

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 َ ْ ‫ﻪﻟ إ َّﻻ أَﻧ‬
،‫ﺖ‬ َ ٰ ‫ أَ ْﺷ َﻬ ُﺪ أَ ْن َّﻻ إ‬، ‫ﻚ ا�ﻠّٰ ُﻬ َّﻢ َوﺤﺑَ ْﻤﺪ َك‬
َ َ َ ْ ُ
‫ﺳﺒﺤﺎﻧ‬
2
ِ ِ ِ ِ 3
َ َ ُ َ ْ َ
.‫أ ْﺳﺘَﻐ ِﻔ ُﺮ َك وأﺗ ْﻮ ُب ِإﻴﻟْﻚ‬
You are free from imperfection, O Allah, and all praise
is to You. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I
seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever sits in a gathering
in which there is much meaningless chatter and says [the
above] before he gets up to leave that gathering, he will be
forgiven for all that took place in that gathering.” (Tirmidhī)

CONCLUDING THE RECITATION OF THE QUR‘ĀN

َ َ َُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َّ ٰ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ْ ُ
.‫ أ ْﺳﺘَﻐ ِﻔ ُﺮ َك َوأﺗ ْﻮ ُب ِإﻴﻟْﻚ‬، ‫ﺖ‬ ‫ ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإﻻ أﻧ‬، ‫ﺳﺒﺤﺎﻧﻚ و ِﺤﺑﻤ ِﺪك‬
You are free from imperfection, and all praise is to You.
There is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and
turn to You in repentance.
‘Ā’ishah  said: “The Messenger of Allah  never sat in a
gathering, or recited Qur’ān, or performed a prayer except
that he would conclude that act with these words.” She says:
“So I asked him: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I see that you do not
sit in a gathering, recite Qur’ān or perform prayer except that
you conclude with these words?’ He replied: ‘Yes. Whoever
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uttered good words, then these words [the above] will be a

seal for them, and whoever uttered something evil, then these
words will be its expiation.’” (Nasā’ī)

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 BEFORE EATING

.‫ﷲ‬
ِ ‫�ا‬
In the Name of Allah. (Tirmidhī)

If one forgets at the beginning:

.‫آﺧ َﺮ ُه‬ َُ َ ‫�ا‬

ِ ‫ﷲ أ َّوﻪﻟ َو‬
ِ
In the Name of Allah at the beginning and at the end
of it.

Umayyah  said: “The Messenger of Allah  was sitting

whilst a man was eating food. That man did not mention the
Name of Allah until only a morsel of food was left. When he
raised it to his mouth, he said [the above]. The Messenger of
Allah  smiled at this and said: “Shaytān had been eating
with him but when he mentioned the Name of Allah,
Shaytān vomited all that was in his stomach.” (Abū Dāwūd)

AFTER EATING
ْ �َ ‫ َو َر َزﻗَﻨﻴْﻪ ﻣ ْﻦ‬، ‫ﻲﻨ ٰﻫ َﺬا‬ َ َّ ْ َ
ُ ‫ﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ‬
‫ﺮﻴ‬ ِ ِ ِ ْ ‫اﺬﻟ ْي أ ْﻃ َﻌ َﻤ‬
ِ ‫ﷲ‬
ِ ِ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ا‬
ِ ِ 1
َُّ َ َ ْ ّ ِّ ْ َ
.‫ﺣﻮ ٍل ﻣ ِﻲﻨ وﻻ ﻗﻮ ٍة‬
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Praise be to Allah who has fed me this and provided

me with it without any power and might from me.

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The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whosoever eats food and
says [the above] at the end, all his past sins will be forgiven.”
(Tirmidhī)

َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ً َ َ ُّ ً ّ َ ً ْ َ ً ْ َ ْ َ
ُ ‫ﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ‬
ّ ِ ‫ﺮﻴ َﻣﻜ‬
‫ﻲﻔ َّوﻻ‬ � ، ‫ﻪ‬
ِ ‫ﻴ‬�ِ � ‫ﺎر‬ ‫ﺒ‬‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﺒ‬ ‫ﻴ‬
ِ ‫ﻃ‬ ‫ا‬‫ﺮﻴ‬ ‫ﺜ‬
ِ ‫ﻛ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﻤﺣ‬ ‫ﷲ‬
ِ ِ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ا‬ 2
ٍ
َ.‫ُ� َﻮ َّد ٍع َّو َﻻ ُ� ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ًﻰﻨ َ�ﻨْ ُﻪ َر َّ�ﻨﺎ‬

Allah be praised with an abundant beautiful blessed

praise, a never-ending praise, a praise which we will
never bid farewell to and an indispensable praise, our
Lord. (Bukhārī)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Indeed Allah is pleased

with the servant who praises Him when he eats and praises
Him when he drinks.” (Muslim)

َ ْ ‫ﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ ﷲ َّاﺬﻟ ْي أَ ْﻃ َﻌ َﻤﻨَﺎ َو َﺳ َﻘﺎﻧَﺎ َو َﺟ َﻌﻠَﻨَﺎ ُ� ْﺴﻠﻤ‬

.‫ﻦﻴ‬
ْ َ
‫ا‬
ِِ ِ ِ ِ 3

All praise is for Allah, who has fed us and given us

drink and made us Muslims. (Tirmidhī)

AFTER DRINKING MILK

ُْ َْ َ ْ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
.‫ﺎرك ﻨﻟَﺎ ِ�ﻴْ ِﻪ َو ِزدﻧﺎ ِﻣﻨﻪ‬
ِ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ﺑ‬
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O Allah, bless us in it and give us more of it. (Tirmidhī)

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 DU‘Ā’ FOR THE HOST
َ ُ ُ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ْ ُ َّ ُ ُ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ
ُ ‫اﻷﺑ ْ َﺮ‬
، ‫ار‬ ‫ وأ�ﻞ ﻃﻌﺎﻣ�ﻢ‬، ‫أ�ﻄﺮ ِﻋﻨﺪ�ﻢ ا�ﺼﺎﺋِﻤﻮن‬ 1
ُ َ َ ْ ُ َ ْ َّ َ َ
.‫ﺖ َﻋﻠﻴْ� ُﻢ ا� َﻤﻼﺋِ�ﺔ‬‫وﺻﻠ‬
May the fasting open their fasts with you, the pious eat
your food, and the angels pray for blessings on you.
(Abū Dāwūd)

ْ َ ْ َ ْ ُ َ ْ ْ َ ْ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ َ ْ َ ََّّ ُ ّٰ َ
.‫ارﻤﺣ ُﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫ واﻏ ِﻔﺮ �ﻬﻢ و‬، ‫ﻲﻓ ﻣﺎ رز�ﺘﻬﻢ‬
ْ ِ ‫ﺎرك �ﻬﻢ‬
ِ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ﺑ‬ 2
3

O Allah, bless them in what You have provided them,

forgive them and have mercy upon them. (Muslim)

AFTER OPENING A FAST

ْ َ ْ َ َ َ َ ُ ْ ُ ُ ْ َّ َ ْ َ ُ َ َّ َ َ َ
َ ‫ﺟ ُﺮ إ ْن َﺷ‬
ُ ‫ﺎء‬
.‫اﷲ‬ ِ ‫ و�ﺒﺖ اﻷ‬، ‫ﺖ اﻟﻌﺮوق‬ ِ ‫ وا�ﺘﻠ‬، ‫ذﻫﺐ اﻟﻈﻤﺄ‬
The thirst has gone, the veins have been moistened, and
the reward has been secured, if Allah wills. (Abū Dāwūd)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “The deeds of the people are

presented (to Allah) on Mondays and Thursdays. So I like
that my actions be presented whilst I am fasting.” (Tirmidhī)
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And He  said: “Fasting three days of each month is

equivalent to fasting for a lifetime. The days of al-Bīdh are:
the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth.” (Nasā’ī)

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 WHEN TRAVELLING
َ َّ َّ َ َ ْ ُ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َ
‫اﺬﻟ ْي َﺳﺨ َﺮ ﻨﻟَﺎ‬ ِ ‫ ﺳﺒﺤﺎن‬، ‫ اﷲ أ�ﺮﺒ‬، ‫ اﷲ أ�ﺮﺒ‬، ‫اﷲ أ�ﺮﺒ‬
َّ ّٰ َ َ َ ْ َ َ ٰ َ َّ َ َ ْ ْ ُ ُ َ َّ ُ َ َ َ ٰ
‫ ا�ﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ إِﻧﺎ‬، ‫ﻰﻟ َر ّ�ِﻨﺎ � ُﻤﻨﻘ ِﻠﺒُ ْﻮن‬ ِ‫ و�ِﻧﺎ إ‬، ‫ﻫﺬ َا وﻣﺎ ﻛﻨﺎ ﻪﻟ ﻣﻘ ِﺮ ِ�ﻦﻴ‬
َ ْ َ َ
ٰ ‫ و ِﻣﻦ اﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﻣﺎ ﺗﺮ‬، ‫ى‬ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ
ٰ ‫اﺘﻟﻘﻮ‬ َّ ْ �‫ﻲﻓ َﺳ َﻔﺮﻧَﺎ ٰﻫ َﺬا ا‬
َّ ‫ﺮﺒ َو‬ ْ ‫ﻚ‬ َ ُ َْ
‫ﻰﺿ‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ �‫�ﺴﺄ‬
َ‫ اَ�ﻠّٰ ُﻬ َّﻢ أَﻧْﺖ‬، ‫اﻃﻮ َ� َّﻨﺎ ُ� ْﻌ َﺪ ُه‬ ْ ‫اَ�ﻠّٰ ُﻬ َّﻢ َﻫ ّﻮ ْن َﻋﻠَﻴْﻨَﺎ َﺳ َﻔ َﺮﻧَﺎ ٰﻫ َﺬا َو‬
ِ ِ
ُ ْ ُ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ َْْ ُ َ ْ َْ َ َ َّ ُ ‫ا�ﺼﺎﺣ‬ َّ
‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِإ ِﻲﻧ أﻋﻮذ‬، ‫ واﺨﻟ ِﻠﻴﻔﺔ ِﻲﻓ اﻷﻫ ِﻞ‬، ‫ﺐ ِﻲﻓ ا�ﺴﻔ ِﺮ‬ ِ
ْ ِ ‫ َو ُﺳ ْﻮ ِء ا� ْ ُﻤﻨْ َﻘﻠَﺐ‬، ‫ َو َ�ﺂﺑَ ِﺔ ا� ْ َﻤﻨْ َﻈﺮ‬، ‫ا�ﺴ َﻔﺮ‬
‫ﻲﻓ‬ َّ ‫ﻚ ﻣ ْﻦ َو ْ�ﺜَﺎ ِء‬
ِ ِ‫ﺑ‬
َ
ِ ِ ِ
َْْ َْ
.‫ﺎل َواﻷﻫ ِﻞ‬ ِ ‫ا�ﻤ‬
Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the
Greatest. How perfect is the One Who has given us
control over this; we could not have done it by
ourselves. Truly it is to our Lord that we are returning.
O Allah, we ask You for piety, taqwā and deeds which
You will be pleased with on this journey of ours. O
Allah, make this journey easy for us and let us cover its
distance swiftly. O Allah, You are our Companion on
the journey and the One in Whose care we leave our
family. O Allah, I seek Your protection from the
difficulties of the journey, from distressing scenes, and
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from an ill-fated outcome with my wealth and family.

(Muslim)

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 Upon returning, add the following:
َ َ َ َ َ
.‫ � ِ َﺮ ّ�ِﻨَﺎ َﺣﺎ ِﻣ ُﺪ ْون‬، ‫ َﺎﻋﺑِ ُﺪ ْون‬، ‫ ﺗﺎﺋِﺒُ ْﻮن‬، ‫آﺋِﺒُ ْﻮن‬
Returning, repenting, worshipping and praising our
Lord. (Muslim)

The traveller's du‘ā’ for the resident:

ُ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ ُ ُ ْ َ ْ َ
.‫اﺬﻟ ْي ﻻ ﺗ ِﻀﻴْ ُﻊ َوداﺋِ ُﻌﻪ‬
ِ ‫أﺳﺘﻮ ِدﻋ�ﻢ اﷲ‬
I leave you in the care of Allah, who does not allow
anything entrusted to Him to be lost. (Ibn Mājah)

The resident's du‘ā’ for the traveller:

َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ُ ََْْ
.‫ َوﺧ َﻮا ِ�ﻴْ َﻢ � َﻤ ِﻠﻚ‬، ‫ َوأ َﻣﺎ�ﺘَﻚ‬، ‫اﷲ ِد�ﻨَﻚ‬ ‫أﺳﺘﻮ ِدع‬
I leave your religion, your trust and the last of your
deeds in the care of Allah. (Tirmidhī)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Indeed when something is

entrusted in the care of Allah, He protects it.” (Ibn Hibbān)

WHEN ENTERING A (SUPER) MARKET

ْ ْ ُ َ ‫ﻚ َو‬ ُ ْ ُْ َُ َُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ
، ‫ﻪﻟ اﺤﻟَﻤ ُﺪ‬ ‫ ﻪﻟ ا�ﻤﻠ‬، ‫ﺮﺷ�ﻚ ﻪﻟ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ‫ه‬‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﺣ‬‫و‬ ‫اﷲ‬ ‫ﻻ‬ ِ‫ﻻ إِﻪﻟ إ‬
OTHER ACTIONS

ِ
َٰ َ َ ُ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ُ ْ ُ َ َ ٌّ َ َ ُ َ ُ ْ ُ َ ْ ْ ُ
‫ وﻫﻮ ﻰﻠﻋ‬، ‫ ِ�ﻴ ِﺪهِ اﺨﻟﺮﻴ‬، ‫ وﻫﻮ ﻲﺣ ﻻ �ﻤﻮت‬، ‫ﺤﻳ ِﻲﻴ و� ِﻤﻴﺖ‬

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 َ ْ َ ُّ
.‫ﻲﺷ ٍء ﻗ ِﺪﻳ ْ ٌﺮ‬ ‫ﻞﻛ‬
ِ
There is no god but Allah. He is Alone and He has no
partner. To Him Alone belong all sovereignty and all
praise. He gives life and He gives death. He is
Ever-Living and does not die. In His Hand is all good
and He is over all things All-Powerful.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever enters the

marketplace and says [the above], Allah shall record a million
good deeds for him, wipe a million evil deeds away from him,
and raise a million ranks for him.” (Tirmidhī)

WHEN VISITING A GRAVEYARD

، ‫ﻦﻴ‬ َ ْ ‫� ْﻢ أَ ْﻫ َﻞ ا ّﺪﻟﻳَﺎر ﻣ َﻦ ا� ْ ُﻤ ْﺆﻣﻨ‬

َ ْ ‫ﻦﻴ وا� ْ ُﻤ ْﺴﻠﻤ‬ ُ ْ َ َ ُ َ َّ َ
‫ا�ﺴﻼم ﻋﻠﻴ‬
ِِ ِِ ِ ِ ِ
ُُ َ َ َ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ ُ ُ َ َ ْ َّ َ
‫ �ﺴﺄل اﷲ ﻨﻟﺎ وﻟ�ﻢ‬، ‫و�ِﻧﺎ ِإن ﺷﺎء اﷲ ﺑِ�ﻢ ﻻ ِﺣﻘﻮن‬
َ ْ
.‫اﻟ َﻌﺎ ِ�ﻴَﺔ‬
Peace be upon you, O believing and Muslim dwellers
of this place. Certainly, Allah willing, we will join you.
We ask Allah to grant us and you well-being. (Ibn
Mājah)
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The Messenger of Allah  said: “Visit the graveyard, for it

reminds you of the Hereafter.” (Muslim)

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 WHEN ENTERING A TOWN OR CITY
َ ْ ‫اﻷ ْرﺿ‬ َ ْ َّ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ ٰ َّ َّ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
‫ﻦﻴ‬ ِ ‫ ورب‬، ‫ات ا�ﺴﺒ ِﻊ وﻣﺎ أﻇﻠﻠﻦ‬ ِ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ رب ا�ﺴﻤﻮ‬
َّ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ َّ َّ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َّ
‫ورب‬ ، ‫ﻦﻴ وﻣﺎ أﺿﻠﻠﻦ‬ ِ ‫ﺎﻃ‬
ِ ‫ ورب ا�ﺸﻴ‬، ‫ا�ﺴﺒ ِﻊ وﻣﺎ أﻗﻠﻠﻦ‬
َ‫ﺮﻴ أَ ْﻫﻠﻬﺎ‬ َ ْ ‫ﺮﻴ ٰﻫﺬهِ اﻟْ َﻘ ْﺮ َ� ِﺔ َو َﺧ‬ َ ْ ‫ﻚ َﺧ‬ َ َُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ ّ
ِ ِ �‫ أﺳﺄ‬، ‫ﺎح وﻣﺎ ذر�ﻦ‬ ِ �‫ا�ﺮ‬
ِ
َ‫ﺮﺷ ﻣﺎ‬ َّ َ َ ْ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ ْ َ ُ ْ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ
ِ ‫ﺮﺷ أﻫ ِﻠﻬﺎ و‬ ِ ‫ﺮﺷﻫﺎ و‬ ِ ‫ وأﻋﻮذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ‬، ‫وﺧﺮﻴ ﻣﺎ ِ�ﻴﻬﺎ‬
.‫ِ�ﻴْ َﻬﺎ‬
O Allah, Lord of the seven heavens and all that they
shade, Lord of the seven earths and all that they carry,
Lord of the devils and all that they lead astray, Lord of
the winds and all that they scatter, I ask You for the
good of this town, the good of its people, and whatever
good is in it; and I seek Your protection from the evil of
this town, the evil of its people, and whatever evil is in
it. (Nasā’ī)

WHEN IT RAINS
َّ ّٰ َ
.‫ا�ﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ َﺻ ِّﻴﺒًﺎ ﻧﺎﻓِ ًﻌﺎ‬
O Allah, make it a beneficial rain. (Bukhārī)
OTHER ACTIONS

UPON HEARING THUNDER

َ ُ َ َ ْ ْ َّ ُ ّ َ ُ ْ َّ َ َ ْ ُ
.‫ا�ﺮﻋ ُﺪ ِﺤﺑَ ْﻤ ِﺪهِ َوا� َﻤﻼﺋِ�ﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺧﻴْﻔ ِﺘ ِﻪ‬ ‫اﺬﻟي �ﺴ ِﺒﺢ‬
ِ ‫ﺳﺒﺤﺎن‬

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How Perfect is the One Whom the thunder exalts
with praise of Him, as do the angels in awe of Him.
(Muwatta’)

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS

ْ َ‫ﺮﻴ َﻣﺎ أُ ْرﺳﻠ‬
َ ْ ‫ﺮﻴ َﻣﺎ ِ�ﻴْ َﻬﺎ َو َﺧ‬ َ ُ َ ْ َ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
َ ْ ‫ﻚ َﺧ ْﺮﻴ ََﻫﺎ َو َﺧ‬
‫ﺖ‬ ِ �‫ﻲﻧ أﺳﺄ‬ْ ِ ِ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ إ‬
ْ َ ْ ُ َ ّ َ َ َْ َ ّ َ َ َ ّ َ ْ َ ُْ ُ ََ
.ِ‫ﺮﺷ ﻣﺎ أر ِﺳﻠﺖ ﺑِﻪ‬ ِ ‫ﺮﺷ ﻣﺎ ِ�ﻴﻬﺎ و‬ ِ ‫ﺮﺷﻫﺎ و‬ ِ ‫ وأﻋﻮذ ﺑِﻚ ِﻣﻦ‬، ‫ﺑِ ِﻪ‬
O Allah, indeed I ask You for its good, the good of
what is in it, and the good of that it was sent with. And
I seek Your protection from its evil, the evil of what is
in it, and the evil that it was sent with. (Muslim)

WHEN DOGS BARK

The Messenger of Allah  said: “When you hear the barking
of dogs and the braying of donkeys at night, seek Allah’s
protectiom from them, for they see what you do not see.”
(Abū Dāwūd)

WHEN THANKING SOMEONE

ً ْ ‫اﷲ َﺧ‬
.‫ﺮﻴا‬ َ ‫َﺟ َﺰ‬
ُ ‫اك‬

May Allah give you a good reward.

OTHER ACTIONS

The Messenger of Allah  said: “He who is favoured by

another and says [the above] to his benefactor, has fully
expressed his appreciation.” (Tirmidhī)

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 WHEN GREETING SOMEONE
The Messenger of Allah  said: “O people, spread salām
amongst yourselves, feed people, strengthen the ties of
kinship, and pray at night when others are sleeping; you will
enter Paradise in peace.” (Tirmidhī) He  also said: “Two
Muslims will not meet and shake hands except that their sins
will be forgiven before they part.” (Abū Dāwūd)

َ ‫اﺪﻟ ْ�ﻴَﺎ َﺣ َﺴﻨَ ًﺔ َّو� ْاﻵﺧ َﺮة َﺣ َﺴﻨَ ًﺔ َّوﻗﻨَﺎ َﻋ َﺬ‬

‫اب‬ ُّ ‫اَ�ﻠّٰ ُﻬ َّﻢ آﺗﻨَﺎ ﻲﻓ‬
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
.‫ﺎر‬ َّ
ِ ‫اﻨﻟ‬
O Allah, give us good in this world and in the
Hereafter, and protect us from the torment of the Fire.
The Messenger of Allah  would not let go of a person’s
hand until he had said [the above]. (Ibn al-Sunnī)

FOR ONE YOU HAVE INSULTED

َ َ ً ُ َُ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َُُْ َ ْ ْ َ ُّ َ َ ّٰ َ
‫ﻪﻟ ﻗ ْﺮ َ�ﺔ إِﻴﻟْﻚ‬ ‫ا�ﻠ ُﻬ َّﻢ ﻓ�� َﻤﺎ �ﺒ ٍﺪ ُ�ﺆ ِﻣ ٍﻦ ﺳ�ﺒﺘﻪ ﻓﺎﺟﻌﻞ ذ�ِﻚ‬
َ َ‫ﻳَ ْﻮ َم اﻟْﻘﻴ‬
.‫ﺎﻣ ِﺔ‬ ِ
O Allah, any believing servant whom I have cursed,
make that a source of nearness to You on the Day of
Judgement. (Muslim)
OTHER ACTIONS

WHAT TO SAY WHEN ANGRY

َّ َ ُُْ َ
.‫ا�ﺮ ِﺟﻴْ ِﻢ‬
َّ ‫ا�ﺸﻴْ َﻄﺎن‬
ِ ‫ﷲ ِﻣﻦ‬
ِ ‫أﻋﻮذ ﺑِﺎ‬

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I seek the protection of Allah from the accursed
Shaytān. (Muslim)
BEFORE INTIMACY
ْ َ َّ ّ َ َ َ َ ْ َّ َ ْ ّ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
.‫ﺐ ا�ﺸﻴْ َﻄﺎن َﻣﺎ َر َز�ﺘَﻨَﺎ‬
ِ ‫ ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ﺟ ِﻨ�ﻨﺎ ا�ﺸﻴﻄﺎن وﺟ ِﻨ‬، ‫ﷲ‬ ِ ‫�ا‬
In the name of Allah. O Allah, protect us from
Shaytān and keep Shaytān away from what You
provide us with.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “If any one of you goes to his
wife and says [the above], if a child is decreed for them,
Shaytān will never be able to harm him.” (Bukhārī)

AFTER SNEEZING
ُ ْ ْ َ
ِ ِ ‫اﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬
.‫ﷲ‬
Praise be to Allah.
Your companion should reply:
ُ ‫ﻚ‬َ ََُْ
.‫اﷲ‬ ‫ﻳﺮﻤﺣ‬
May Allah have mercy on you.
Then you should say:
ُ َ ْ ُ ُ ُ ْ َْ
.‫اﷲ َو ُ�ﺼ ِﻠ ُﺢ ﺑَﺎﻟ� ْﻢ‬ ‫�ﻬ ِﺪﻳ�ﻢ‬
OTHER ACTIONS

May Allah guide you and put your affairs in order.

(Bukhārī)

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 FOR FIRMNESS OF THE HEART
َ ٰ َ َ ‫ﻲﺒ‬
.‫ﻰﻠﻋ ِدﻳ ْ ِﻨﻚ‬ ْ ّ َ ْ ُ ُ ْ َ ّ‫ﻳَﺎ ُﻣ َﻘﻠ‬
ْ ْ‫ﺖ ﻗَﻠ‬
ِ ‫ِﺐ اﻟﻘﻠﻮ ِب ﺛ ِﺒ‬
O Changer of the hearts, make my heart firm upon
Your religion.

Anas  said: “The Messenger of Allah  would often say

[the above]. So I asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah, we believe in
you and what you have come with, but do you fear for us?’ He
replied: ‘Yes. Indeed the hearts are in between the two Fingers
of Allah’s Fingers. He changes them as He wills.”’ (Tirmidhī)

WHEN ONE EXPERIENCES DOUBT IN FAITH

.‫ﷲ َو ُر ُﺳ ِﻠ ِﻪ‬ ُ َْ
ِ ‫آﻣﻨﺖ ﺑِﺎ‬ 1

I believe in Allah and His Messengers.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “Shaytān comes to one of

you and says: ‘Who created you?’ He replies: ‘Allah.’ Then
Shaytān says: ‘Who created Allah?’ If that happens to any one
of you, let him say [the above]. Indeed it will go away from
him.” (Ahmad)

ُ َ ُ َ ُ َ ْ َ ُ ّٰ َ ُ ْ َ ُ َّ َ ْ َ ُ
ْ َ ‫� ّﻞ‬
‫ﻲﺷ ٍء‬ ِ ِ‫ وﻫﻮ ﺑ‬، ‫ﺎﻃﻦ‬
ِ ‫ﻫﻮ اﻷول واﻵ ِﺧﺮ واﻟﻈ ِﻬﺮ واﺒﻟ‬ 2
OTHER ACTIONS

.‫َﻋ ِﻠﻴْ ٌﻢ‬

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He is the First and the Last, the Most High and the
Most Near. And He is All-Knowing about everything.
(Abū Dāwūd)

WHEN ONE FEARS SHIRK & RIYĀ’

ْ َ َ ْ َ ََ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ُ ْ ُ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
‫ َوأ ْﺳﺘَﻐ ِﻔ ُﺮ َك‬، ‫ﺮﺷ َك ﺑِﻚ َوأﻧﺎ أﻋﻠ ُﻢ‬
ِ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِإ ِﻲﻧ أﻋﻮذ ﺑِﻚ أن أ‬
َُ ْ َ َ َ
.‫�ِﻤﺎ ﻻ أﻋﻠﻢ‬
O Allah, I seek Your protection from knowingly
committing shirk and seek Your forgiveness for
unknowingly (committing it). (Ahmad)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “O people, beware of this

shirk, for it is more subtle than the footsteps of an ant.” The
one whom Allah willed should speak asked him: “How can
we beware of it when it is more subtle than the footsteps of an
ant, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied: “Say [the above].”
(Ahmad)

PROTECTION FROM DAJJĀL, TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS

َ ُ ْ ُ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
ْ ‫ َوﻣ ْﻦ َﻋ َﺬاب اﻟْ َﻘ‬، ‫ﻚ ﻣ ْﻦ َﻋ َﺬاب َﺟ َﻬ َّﻨ َﻢ‬
، ‫ﺮﺒ‬
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِإ ِﻲﻧ أﻋﻮذ ﺑ‬
.‫ﺎل‬ َّ َّ ْ َ َ ْ ّ َ ‫ َوﻣ ْﻦ‬، ‫ﺤﻴَﺎ َوا� ْ َﻤ َﻤﺎت‬
ْ ْ َْ َْ ْ َ
ِ ‫ﺮﺷ ﻓِﺘﻨ ِﺔ ا�ﻤ ِﺴﻴ ِﺢ اﺪﻟﺟ‬ ِ ِ ِ ‫و ِﻣﻦ ﻓِﺘﻨ ِﺔ ا�ﻤ‬
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O Allah, I seek Your protection from the punishment

of the Hell-fire, and from the punishment of the grave,
and from the trials of life and death, and from the evil

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 of the tribulation of Dajjāl, the false Messiah.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “After the tashahhud (in

Salāh), one should seek Allah’s protection from four things by
saying [the above].” He  also said: “If anyone learns the first
ten verses of Sūrah al-Kahf by heart, he will be protected
from Dajjāl.” (Muslim)

WHEN SOMETHING PLEASES YOU

ُ َّ َ َ ْ ْ َّ ُ ْ ْ َ
ِ ‫اﺬﻟي ﺑِ ِﻨﻌﻤ ِﺘ ِﻪ ﺗ ِﺘ ُّﻢ ا�ﺼ‬
.‫ﺎﺤﻟَﺎت‬ ِ ‫ﷲ‬ ِ ِ ‫اﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬
All praise is for Allah through whose blessing
righteous actions are accomplished.

When the Messenger of Allah  saw anything which pleased

him, he used to say [the above]. (Ibn Mājah)

WHEN SOMETHING YOU DISLIKE HAPPENS

َ ّ ُ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ‬
ََ ُ ْ ْ َ
ِ ٰ ‫ﷲ‬
ٍ ‫ﻞﻛ ﺣ‬
.‫ﺎل‬ ِ ِ ‫اﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬ 1

All praise is for Allah in every situation.

When the Messenger of Allah  saw anything which

displeased him, he used to say [the above]. (Ibn Mājah)
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َ َ َ َ ََ ُ َ َ
.‫ﺎء � َﻌﻞ‬ ‫ﻗﺪﱠر اﷲ وﻣﺎ ﺷ‬ 2

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Allah has decreed and He does whatever He wills.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “A strong believer is better
and more beloved to Allah than a weak believer, and there is
good in everyone. Be keen on what benefits you and seek help
from Allah, and do not give up. If anything afflicts you, do not
say: ‘If I had done (something else), such and such would have
happened.’ But say [the above], for (the utterance) ‘If I had’
provides an opening for the deeds of the devil.” (Muslim)

WHEN ONE IS IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION

َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ ً ْ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ َ َّ َ ْ َ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
‫ﺖ ﺠﺗ َﻌﻞ اﺤﻟ َ ْﺰن إِذا‬ ‫ وأﻧ‬، ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ﻻ ﺳﻬﻞ إِﻻ ﻣﺎ ﺟﻌﻠﺘﻪ ﺳﻬﻼ‬
ًْ َ ْ
.‫ﺖ َﺳﻬﻼ‬ ‫ِﺷﺌ‬
O Allah, there is no ease except in that which You have
made easy, and You make the difficulty easy when You
wish. (Ibn Hibbān)

WHEN STRUCK BY A CALAMITY

ْ َ�ْ‫ﻲﻓ ُ� ِﺼﻴ‬ ْ ‫ اَ�ﻠّٰ ُﻬ َّﻢ ا ْ ُﺟ ْﺮ‬، ‫ﷲ َو�ﻧَّﺎ إ َﻴﻟْ ِﻪ َراﺟ ُﻌ ْﻮ َن‬
ْ ِ� َّ
، ‫ﻲﺘ‬ِ ِ ِ َ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ِإﻧﺎ‬
ْ ًْ َ ْ ْ ْ َ
.‫ﺮﻴا ِّﻣﻨ َﻬﺎ‬ ‫وأﺧ ِﻠﻒ ِﻲﻟ ﺧ‬
To Allah we belong and unto Him is our return. O
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Allah, recompense me for my affliction and replace it

for me with something better. (Muslim)

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 GRIEF AND ANXIETY
ْ َ‫ﺎﺻﻴ‬ َ َ َ َ ُ ْ َ َ ْ َ ُ ْ َ َ ُ ْ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ 1
‫ﻲﺘ‬ ِ ‫ ﻧ‬، َ ‫ وا�ﻦ أﻣ ِﺘَﻚ‬، ‫ وا�ﻦ �ﺒ ِﺪك‬، ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِإ ِﻲﻧ �ﺒﺪك‬
ِ
ُّ َ ُ ُ َ َّ ٌ ْ َ َ ُ ْ ُ َّ
‫ أ ْﺳﺄ�ﻚ ﺑِ� ِﻞ‬، ‫ﻲﻓ ﻗ َﻀﺎؤ َك‬ ِ ‫ ﻋﺪل‬، ‫ﺎض ِﻲﻓ ﺣﻜﻤﻚ‬ َ َ َ
ٍ ‫ ﻣ‬، ‫ِ�ﻴ ِﺪك‬
ّ ً َ ُ ْ َّ َ َ َْ َ ْ‫ َﺳ َّﻤﻴ‬، ‫ﻚ‬ َ َ َُ ْ
‫ أ ْو َﻋﻠﻤﺘَﻪ أ َﺣﺪا ِﻣ ْﻦ‬، ‫ﺖ ﺑِ ِﻪ �ﻔ َﺴﻚ‬ � ‫اﺳ ٍﻢ ﻫﻮ‬
ْ ْ َ َ ْْ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ
‫اﺳﺘَﺄﺛ ْﺮت ﺑِ ِﻪ ِﻲﻓ ِﻋﻠ ِﻢ‬ ‫ أ ِو‬، ‫ﻲﻓ ِﻛﺘَﺎﺑِﻚ‬ ْ ‫ أ ْو أﻧ ْ َﺰ َﺘﻟ ُﻪ‬، ‫ﻚ‬ ‫ﺧﻠ ِﻘ‬
ِ َ
ْ ْ
ُ ْ َ َْ َ َ ُْ ََْ ْ َ َْ ْ َ ْ‫اﻟْ َﻐﻴ‬
‫ َوﻧ ْﻮ َر َﺻﺪ ِر ْي‬، ‫ﻲﺒ‬ ِ ‫ﻠ‬ ‫ﻗ‬ ‫ﻊ‬ ‫ﻴ‬ ِ � ‫ر‬ ‫آن‬ ‫ﺮ‬‫ﻘ‬ ‫اﻟ‬ ‫ﻞ‬ ‫ﻌ‬ ‫ﺠﺗ‬ ‫ن‬ ‫أ‬ ، ‫ك‬ ‫ﺪ‬ ‫ﻨ‬ ‫ﻋ‬
ِ ‫ﺐ‬ِ
ْ.‫ﺎب َﻫ ِ ّﻲﻤ‬ َ ‫ َو َذ َﻫ‬، � ْ ‫َو َﺟ َﻼ َء ُﺣ ْﺰ‬
ِ
O Allah, I am Your slave and the son of Your male slave
and the son of Your female slave. My forehead is in
Your Hand (i.e. you have control over me). I am
subject to Your judgement and Your decree concerning
me is just. I ask You - by every name that is Yours, by
which You have named Yourself, or taught any one of
Your creation, or revealed in Your Book, or kept unto
Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen that is with
You - to make the Qur’ān the spring of my heart, the
light of my chest, the banisher of my grief and the
reliever of my anxiety.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “There is no one amongst
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you who, when he is stricken with grief and anxiety, says [the
above] except that Allah will remove his grief and anxiety, and
will give him joy instead.” (Ahmad)

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 ُ ‫ﻪﻟ إ َّﻻ‬ َ ٰ ‫ َﻻ إ‬، ‫اﺤﻟَﻠﻴْ ُﻢ‬ْ ُْ َْ ُ َّ َ ٰ َ
‫اﷲ َر ُّب‬ ِ ِ ِ ‫ ﻻ إِﻪﻟ إِﻻ اﷲ اﻟﻌ ِﻈﻴﻢ‬2
َْ َّ َ ٰ َ ْ َ ْ َْْ
‫ات َو َر ُّب اﻷ ْر ِض‬ َ ٰ َّ ُّ َ ُ
ِ ‫ ﻻ ِإﻪﻟ ِإﻻ اﷲ رب ا�ﺴﻤﻮ‬، ‫اﻟﻌﺮ ِش اﻟﻌ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‬
َ ْ ْ ُّ
.‫َو َرب اﻟ َﻌ ْﺮ ِش اﻟﻜ ِﺮ�ْ ِﻢ‬
There is no god but Allah, the Supreme, The Forbearing.
There is no god but Allah, Lord of the Magnificent
Throne. There is no god but Allah, Lord of the heavens,
Lord of the earth, Lord of the Noble Throne. (Bukhārī)

WHEN ONE IS AFRAID OF PEOPLE

ْ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
َ ْ‫اﻛﻔﻨﻴْﻬ ْﻢ ﺑ َﻤﺎ ﺷﺌ‬
.‫ﺖ‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ‬ 1

O Allah, suffice me from them, with what You choose.

(Muslim)

ُْ َ َ ْ َ ُ َُ ْ َ
(3:173) .‫ا�ﻮ ِ�ﻴﻞ‬ ‫ﺣﺴ�ﻨﺎ اﷲ وﻧِﻌﻢ‬ 2

Allah is enough for us and He is the Best Protector.

(Bukhārī)

WHEN ONE FEELS FRIGHTENED

ُ ‫ﻪﻟ إ َّﻻ‬
.‫اﷲ‬ َٰ َ
ِ ِ‫ﻻ إ‬
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There is no god but Allah. (Bukhārī)

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 WHEN DIFFICULTIES MAKE ONE YEARN FOR DEATH
َ َ َ ْ َّ َ َ َ ْ ّ ً ْ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ْ َ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
‫ﺖ‬
ِ ‫ﻧ‬ ‫ﺎﻛ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ذ‬ ‫إ‬ ‫ﻲﻨ‬
ِ ِ ‫ﻓ‬ ‫ﻮ‬‫ﺗ‬‫و‬ ، ‫ﻲﻟ‬
ِ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺮﻴ‬ ‫ﺧ‬ ‫ﺎة‬‫ﻴ‬ ‫اﺤﻟ‬ ‫ﺖ‬ ِ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ أﺣ ِﻴ ِﻲﻨ ﻣﺎ ﺎﻛﻧ‬
ّْ ً ْ َ ُ َ َ ْ
.‫ا�ﻮﻓﺎة ﺧﺮﻴا ِﻲﻟ‬
O Allah, let me live as long as life is better for me; and
give me death when death is better for me.

The Messenger of Allah said: “None of you should wish

for death because of a difficulty that befalls him. Rather he
should say [the above].” (Bukhārī)

SEEKING PROTECTION FOR CHILDREN

‫ﻞﻛ‬
ُّ ْ
‫ﻦ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ، ‫ﺔ‬
َّ َّ
‫ﺎﻣ‬ ‫اﺘﻟ‬ ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ا‬ ‫ﺎت‬ َ ‫�ﻠ‬
‫ﻤ‬
َ
‫ﺑ‬ (‫ﺎ‬‫ﻤ‬َ ‫� ْﻢ )أُ�ﻴْ ُﺬ ُﻛ‬
ُ ُْ ُ
‫أ ِ�ﻴﺬ‬
ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ ِ
َّ َّ ْ َ ّ ُ ْ َ َّ َ َّ َ ْ َ
.‫ﻦﻴ ﻻﻣ ٍﺔ‬ ٍ � ‫ﻞﻛ‬ ِ ‫ و ِﻣﻦ‬، ‫ﺎن وﻫﺎﻣ ٍﺔ‬ ٍ ‫ﺷﻴﻄ‬
I seek protection for you in the perfect words of Allah
from every devil and every beast, and from every evil eye.
The Messenger of Allah  used to seek Allah’s protection for
Hasan and Husayn  by saying [the above]. (Bukhārī)

The Messenger of Allah  said: “When the evening comes,

keep your children in, for the devils come out at that time.
Then when part of the night has passed, let them go. And close
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the doors and mention the name of Allah, for Shaytān does
not open a closed door. Tie up your waterskins and mention
the name of Allah. Cover your vessels, even if you only put
something over them and extinguish your lamps.” (Bukhārī)

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 WHEN ONE FEELS PAIN IN THE BODY

، (3x) ‫ﷲ‬ ِ ‫ �ا‬1

ُ َ َُ ُ َ َ ّ َ ْ َ ‫أَ ُﻋ ْﻮ ُذ ﺑﺎﷲ َوﻗُ ْﺪ‬
(7x) .‫ﺟﺪ وأﺣﺎ ِذر‬ ِ ‫أ‬ ‫ﺎ‬ ‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﺮﺷ‬
ِ ‫ﻦ‬ ‫ﻣ‬
ِ ‫ﻪ‬
ِ ِ ‫ﺗ‬ ‫ر‬ ِ ِ
In the Name of Allah. I seek the protection of Allah
and His power from the evil of what I feel and from
what I fear.
‘Uthmān ibn Abī al-‘Aās  complained to the Messenger of
Allah  about pain that he had felt in his body from the time
he had accepted Islam. The Messenger of Allah  said to
him: “Put your hand on the part of your body where you feel
pain and say [the above].” (Muslim) And in Sunan
al-Tirmidhī, he said: “I did that and Allah removed my pain.
After that, I used to instruct my family and others to do the
same.”
َ ٰ َ َ ‫ﺮﺒا‬ َ َ َ َ ْ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ ْ ّ َّ ُ ّٰ َ
ً ْ ‫ َو َﺻ‬، ‫ﻚ‬
، ‫ﻰﻠﻋ ﺑَ ِﻠ َّﻴ ِﺘﻚ‬ ‫ا�ﻠﻬﻢ ِإ ِﻲﻧ أﺳﺄ�ﻚ �ﻌ ِﺠﻴﻞ ﺎﻋ ِ�ﻴ ِﺘ‬ 22
َ َ ْ َ ٰ َ َ ْ ُّ َ ّ ً ْ ُ ُ َ
.‫وﺧﺮوﺟﺎ ِﻣﻦ اﺪﻟ�ﻴﺎ ِإﻰﻟ رﻤﺣ ِﺘﻚ‬
O Allah, I ask You for a speedy recovery, patience on
your afflictions, and a departure from this world to Your
mercy. (Hākim)
ٌ َ ُ َُ ُْ َ ‫ﺤﻟ َ ْﻤ ُﺪ ﷲ َر ّب ۡال ٰعلَم‬
ْ َ
…‫اﷲ أ َﺣﺪ‬
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‫� … ﻗﻞ ﻫﻮ‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ ‫ ا‬3
َ
َّ ‫ ﻗُ ْﻞ أ ُﻋ ْﻮ ُذ ﺑ َﺮ ّب‬...‫اﻟﻔﻠﻖ‬َ َ ّ َ ُُْ َ ُْ
(Bukharī) ...‫ﺎس‬
ِ ‫اﻨﻟ‬ ِ ِ ِ ‫ﻗﻞ أﻋﻮذ ﺑِﺮ ِب‬

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 WHAT SHOULD BE SAID FOR THE SICK
َّ َ ْ َ ْ ْ ْ َ
ْ ِ ‫ا�ﺸ‬
، ‫ﺎﻲﻓ‬ ‫ ِاﺷ ِﻒ أﻧﺖ‬، ‫اﺒﻟﺄ َس‬ َ ‫ أ ْذ ِﻫﺐ‬، ‫ﺎس‬ َّ ‫اَ�ﻠّٰ ُﻬ َّﻢ َر َّب‬
ِ ‫اﻨﻟ‬
ِ 1
َ َ ُ َّ ً َ ُ َ َّ َ َ َ
.‫ﺎء ﻻ �ﻐﺎ ِد ُر َﺳﻘ ًﻤﺎ‬ ‫ ِﺷﻔ‬، ‫ﺎء إِﻻ ِﺷﻔﺎؤ َك‬ ‫ﻻ ِﺷﻔ‬
O Allah, the Lord of mankind, remove this disease.
Cure, for You are the One who cures. There is no cure
except for Your cure. May it be a cure which leaves
behind no sickness.

‘Ā’ishah  reported that when the Messenger of Allah 

visited any ill person in his family, he would wipe his right
hand over the ill person, supplicating [with the above].”
(Bukhārī)

َ َ ْ َّ ْ َ ْ َْ ْ َ ََ ْ َّ َ ْ َْ َُ ْ َ
(7x) .‫ أن �ﺸ ِﻔﻴﻚ‬، ‫ﻈﻴ ِﻢ‬
ِ ‫ رب اﻟﻌﺮ ِش اﻟﻌ‬، ‫ أﺳﺄل اﷲ اﻟﻌ ِﻈﻴﻢ‬2
I ask Allah, the Supreme, Lord of the Magnificent
Throne to cure you.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “He who visits a sick person

who is not on the verge of death and supplicates [the above]
seven times, Allah will certainly heal him from that sickness.”
(Tirmidhī)
ْ
َ ‫ إ ْن َﺷ‬، ‫َﻻ ﺑَﺄ َس َﻃ ُﻬ ْﻮ ٌر‬
ُ ‫ﺎء‬
.‫اﷲ‬ ِ
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Do not worry, it will be a purification (for you), Allah

willing. (Bukhārī)

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 WHEN ONE SEES AN AFFLICTED PERSON
ْ َ ٰ َ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َ َّ
ْ َ‫اﺬﻟ ْي َﺎﻋﻓ‬
‫ وﻓﻀﻠ ِﻲﻨ‬، ‫ﺎﻲﻧ ِ� َّﻤﺎ ْا�ﺘَﻼ َك ﺑِ ِﻪ‬ ُ ْ ْ َ
‫ﺮﻴ‬
ٍ ‫ﻰﻠﻋ ﻛ ِﺜ‬ ِ ِ ‫ﷲ‬ ِ ِ ‫اﺤﻟَﻤﺪ‬
ًْ َْ َ َ ّ
.‫ِ� َّﻤ ْﻦ ﺧﻠ َﻖ �ﻔ ِﻀﻴﻼ‬
All praise is for Allah who saved me from that which
He has afflicted you with, and blessed me greatly over
many of those whom He has created.
The Messenger of Allah  said: “Whoever sees an afflicted
person then says [the above], he shall not be struck by that
affliction.” (Tirmidhī) One should say this discreetly.

FOR DIFFICULT TIMES: ALL YOUR PRAYERS

ANSWERED
ّٰ َ ُ ْ ُ ْ ّ َ َ ٰ ۡ ُ َ ْ َ َّ َ ٰ َ
َ ْ ‫الظلِم‬
.� ِ ‫� إِ� إِ� �نت سبحنك إ ِ ِ� كنت مِن‬
There is no god but You. You are free from
imperfection. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers.

The Messenger of Allah  said: “No Muslim man ever

supplicates with [the above] except that Allah answers his
supplication.” (Tirmidhī)
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He  also said that [the above] removes difficulties and

calamities. (Nasā’ī)

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