Prayer

What is said after the obligatory prayer?

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1Istighfār

3×

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ

Astaghfirullāh

I seek Allah’s forgiveness.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ

2As-Salām

1×

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ، وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ، تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ

Allāhumma Antas-Salām, wa minkas-salām, tabārakta yā Dhal-Jalāli wal-Ikrām

O Allah, You are Peace, and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, Possessor of Majesty and Honour.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — he ﷺ stayed facing the qiblah only as long as this takes, then turned to the people.

3Tahlīl & du‘ā

1×

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ. اللَّهُمَّ لَا مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَلَا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ، وَلَا يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ

Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamd, wa Huwa ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr. Allāhumma lā māni‘a limā a‘ṭayt, wa lā mu‘ṭiya limā mana‘t, wa lā yanfa‘u dhal-jaddi minkal-jadd

None is worthy of worship but Allah alone, without partner. His is the dominion and the praise, and He is able to do all things. O Allah, none can withhold what You give, none can give what You withhold, and no fortune avails its holder against You.

Bukhārī & Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ

4Tahlīl of Ibn az-Zubayr

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لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ، لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَلَا نَعْبُدُ إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ، لَهُ النِّعْمَةُ وَلَهُ الْفَضْلُ وَلَهُ الثَّنَاءُ الْحَسَنُ، لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ

Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamd wa Huwa ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr. Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh, lā ilāha illallāh, wa lā na‘budu illā iyyāh, lahun-ni‘matu wa lahul-faḍlu wa lahuth-thanā’ul-ḥasan, lā ilāha illallāhu mukhliṣīna lahud-dīna wa law karihal-kāfirūn

None is worthy of worship but Allah alone, without partner. His is the dominion and the praise, and He is able to do all things. There is no power and no strength except by Allah. None is worthy of worship but Allah, and we worship none but Him. His is all favour, all bounty, and all beautiful praise. None is worthy of worship but Allah — we are sincere to Him in religion, however much the disbelievers dislike it.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — Ibn az-Zubayr: he ﷺ made tahlīl with these words after every prayer.

5The five refuges of Sa‘d

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اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُبْنِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أُرَدَّ إِلَىٰ أَرْذَلِ الْعُمُرِ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ

Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika minal-bukhl, wa a‘ūdhu bika minal-jubn, wa a‘ūdhu bika an uradda ilā ardhalil-‘umur, wa a‘ūdhu bika min fitnatid-dunyā, wa a‘ūdhu bika min ‘adhābil-qabr

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from miserliness; from cowardice; from being returned to the most feeble old age; from the trial of this world; and from the punishment of the grave.

Bukhārī · ṣaḥīḥ — Sa‘d ibn Abī Waqqāṣ: sought with them after the prayers (dubur aṣ-ṣalawāt).

6Du‘ā of Mu‘ādh

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اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَىٰ ذِكْرِكَ وَشُكْرِكَ وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ

Allāhumma a‘innī ‘alā dhikrika wa shukrika wa ḥusni ‘ibādatik

O Allah, help me to remember You, to thank You, and to worship You well.

Abū Dāwūd & an-Nasā’ī · ṣaḥīḥ — he ﷺ told Mu‘ādh never to leave it after any prayer.

7Tasbīḥ — complete 100

33+33+33+1

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ · الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ · اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

Subḥānallāh (33×) · Al-ḥamdu lillāh (33×) · Allāhu Akbar (33×) — then the tahlīl of no. 3 once, to complete 100

Glory be to Allah · All praise belongs to Allah · Allah is the Greatest.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — sins forgiven even if they were like the foam of the sea.

8Āyat al-Kursī

2:255 · 1×

اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَشْفَعُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ إِلَّا بِمَا شَاءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَئُودُهُ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ ۝٢٥٥

Verse ends and pause marks are shown as the muṣḥaf has them, from Qur’ān 2:255. In print this passage is set without them.

Allāhu lā ilāha illā Huwal-Ḥayyul-Qayyūm. Lā ta’khudhuhū sinatun wa lā nawm. Lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ. Man dhal-ladhī yashfa‘u ‘indahū illā bi-idhnih. Ya‘lamu mā bayna aydīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bi-shay’im-min ‘ilmihī illā bimā shā’. Wasi‘a kursiyyuhus-samāwāti wal-arḍ, wa lā ya’ūduhū ḥifẓuhumā, wa Huwal-‘Aliyyul-‘Aẓīm.

Allah — none is worthy of worship but Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and the earth. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and behind them, and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Kursī extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Most Great.

an-Nasā’ī & aṭ-Ṭabarānī · ṣaḥīḥ (Ibn Ḥibbān, al-Albānī; some grade ḥasan) — nothing stands between the reciter and Paradise except death.

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