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Adhkār of the Prayers

أذكار الصلاة

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Complete authenticated sequence · adhān to salām · five daily prayers · Witr · Jumu‘ah · qunūt · nafl & occasional prayers

أَذْكَارُ الصَّلَاةِ

Adhkāruṣ-ṣalāh

Every item below is from Bukhārī, Muslim, or a sunan work graded ṣaḥīḥ. Fully vocalised Arabic, transliteration, meaning and grading; Qur’ānic text from a verified vocalised muṣḥaf. Authentic narrations permit variation — this is one established order.

Prayer · Before farḍ · Farḍ · After farḍ · Time

Fajr · 2 Sunnah · 2 Farḍ · — · Dawn → sunrise

Dhuhr · 4 Sunnah · 4 Farḍ · 2 Sunnah + 2 Nafl · Zenith → afternoon

‘Aṣr · 4 Sunnah* · 4 Farḍ · — · Afternoon → sunset

Maghrib · — · 3 Farḍ · 2 Sunnah + 2 Nafl · Sunset → twilight ends

‘Ishā’ · 4 Sunnah* · 4 Farḍ · 2 Sunnah + 2 Nafl + 3 Witr + 2 Nafl · Twilight ends → dawn

Jumu‘ah · 4 Sunnah · 2 Farḍ + khuṭbah · 4 Sunnah + 2 Sunnah + 2 Nafl · Replaces Dhuhr

*Ghayr mu’akkadah (optional). The twelve emphasised Sunnah rak‘ahs — 4+2 Dhuhr, 2 Maghrib, 2 ‘Ishā’, 2 Fajr — earn a house in Paradise (Muslim). Witr is wājib in the Ḥanafī school. Rak‘ah counts follow the Ḥanafī school.

Part 1 · approaching the prayer

From the adhān to the opening takbīr — the dhikr most often skipped, though it is where the prayer is earned.

iOn hearing the adhān

then du‘ā

اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ هَٰذِهِ الدَّعْوَةِ التَّامَّةِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْقَائِمَةِ، آتِ مُحَمَّدًا الْوَسِيلَةَ وَالْفَضِيلَةَ، وَابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا الَّذِي وَعَدْتَهُ

Allāhumma Rabba hādhihid-da‘watit-tāmmah waṣ-ṣalātil-qā’imah, āti Muḥammadanil-wasīlata wal-faḍīlah, wab‘ath-hu maqāman maḥmūdanil-ladhī wa‘adtah

O Allah, Lord of this perfect call and the prayer about to be established, grant Muhammad the station of nearness and excellence, and raise him to the praiseworthy rank You promised him.

Bukhārī · ṣaḥīḥ — repeat the muezzin’s words, then say this; intercession is granted on the Day of Resurrection. At ḥayya ‘alā… say lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh (Muslim).

iiBetween adhān and iqāmah

freely

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ — ثُمَّ سَلْ مَا شِئْتَ

Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammad — then ask for whatever you wish

Send blessings upon the Prophet, then ask. Du‘ā in this interval is not turned away.

Abū Dāwūd & at-Tirmidhī · ṣaḥīḥ — “du‘ā between the adhān and the iqāmah is not rejected.”

iiiEntering · leaving the masjid

1×

اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ — وَعِنْدَ الْخُرُوجِ — اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ

Allāhumma iftaḥ lī abwāba raḥmatik — on leaving — Allāhumma innī as’aluka min faḍlik

O Allah, open for me the gates of Your mercy — on leaving: O Allah, I ask You of Your bounty.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — right foot first entering, left first leaving; two rak‘ahs of Taḥiyyat al-Masjid before sitting (Bukhārī).

ivOpening thanā’ (after takbīr)

1×

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ، وَتَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ، وَتَعَالَىٰ جَدُّكَ، وَلَا إِلَٰهَ غَيْرُكَ

Subḥānaka Allāhumma wa biḥamdik, wa tabārakasmuk, wa ta‘ālā jadduk, wa lā ilāha ghayruk

Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise. Blessed is Your name, exalted is Your majesty, and there is no god but You.

Abū Dāwūd, at-Tirmidhī & an-Nasā’ī · ṣaḥīḥ — said silently before the ta‘awwudh and al-Fātiḥah.

Qur’ān · Sūrah 1

vWithin each rak‘ah

3× each

سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ — سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ · رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ — سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَىٰ — رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي

Rukū‘: Subḥāna Rabbiyal-‘Aẓīm (3×) · rising: Sami‘allāhu liman ḥamidah — Rabbanā laka(l)-ḥamd · sujūd: Subḥāna Rabbiyal-A‘lā (3×) · between prostrations: Rabbighfir lī

Glory to my Lord the Most Great · Allah hears the one who praises Him — our Lord, to You belongs all praise · Glory to my Lord the Most High · My Lord, forgive me.

Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd · ṣaḥīḥ — du‘ā in sujūd is most likely to be answered (Muslim).

Part 2 · before the salām

The final sitting in full — tashahhud, ṣalawāt, then these two du‘ās, which belong inside the prayer, not after it — a placement many people get wrong.

αAt-Taḥiyyāt (tashahhud)

each sitting

التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَىٰ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِينَ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

At-taḥiyyātu lillāhi waṣ-ṣalawātu waṭ-ṭayyibāt, as-salāmu ‘alayka ayyuhan-Nabiyyu wa raḥmatullāhi wa barakātuh, as-salāmu ‘alaynā wa ‘alā ‘ibādillāhiṣ-ṣāliḥīn, ash-hadu an lā ilāha illallāh wa ash-hadu anna Muḥammadan ‘abduhū wa Rasūluh

All greetings, prayers and good things belong to Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that none is worthy of worship but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger.

Bukhārī & Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — Ibn Mas‘ūd; the Ḥanafī wording. The Shāfi‘ī/Mālikī schools use the closely related wordings of Ibn ‘Abbās and ‘Umar, all authentic.

βṢalawāt Ibrāhīmiyyah

final sitting

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ. اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

Allāhumma ṣalli ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ‘alā āli Muḥammad, kamā ṣallayta ‘alā Ibrāhīma wa ‘alā āli Ibrāhīm, innaka Ḥamīdun Majīd. Allāhumma bārik ‘alā Muḥammadin wa ‘alā āli Muḥammad, kamā bārakta ‘alā Ibrāhīma wa ‘alā āli Ibrāhīm, innaka Ḥamīdun Majīd

O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You sent blessings upon Ibrāhīm and the family of Ibrāhīm — You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. O Allah, bestow favour upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You bestowed favour upon Ibrāhīm and the family of Ibrāhīm — You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.

Bukhārī & Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — the answer he ﷺ gave when asked how to send blessings upon him. Then the two du‘ās below, then the salām.

AThe four refuges

1×

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ، وَمِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ، وَمِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْمَحْيَا وَالْمَمَاتِ، وَمِنْ شَرِّ فِتْنَةِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ

Allāhumma innī a‘ūdhu bika min ‘adhābi jahannam, wa min ‘adhābil-qabr, wa min fitnatil-maḥyā wal-mamāt, wa min sharri fitnatil-Masīḥid-Dajjāl

O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the punishment of Hell, from the punishment of the grave, from the trials of life and death, and from the evil of the trial of the False Messiah.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — commanded: “when one of you finishes the last tashahhud, let him seek refuge from four things.”

BDu‘ā of Abū Bakr

1×

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا، وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ وَارْحَمْنِي، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ

Allāhumma innī ẓalamtu nafsī ẓulman kathīran, wa lā yaghfirudh-dhunūba illā Anta, faghfir lī maghfiratan min ‘indika warḥamnī, innaka Antal-Ghafūrur-Raḥīm

O Allah, I have wronged myself greatly, and none forgives sins but You. So forgive me with forgiveness from You, and have mercy on me. You are the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.

Bukhārī & Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — taught to Abū Bakr when he asked for a du‘ā to say in his prayer.

Part 3 · after every farḍ

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

1×

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

1×

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

1×

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

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.

9Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ

112 · 1× / 3×

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

Qul Huwallāhu Aḥad. Allāhuṣ-Ṣamad. Lam yalid wa lam yūlad. Wa lam yakun lahū kufuwan aḥad.

Say: He is Allah, the One; Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, and there is none comparable to Him.

Abū Dāwūd, at-Tirmidhī & an-Nasā’ī · ṣaḥīḥ — 3× each after Fajr & Maghrib.

10Sūrah al-Falaq

113 · 1× / 3×

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَمِنْ شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

Qul a‘ūdhu bi-Rabbil-falaq. Min sharri mā khalaq. Wa min sharri ghāsiqin idhā waqab. Wa min sharrin-naffāthāti fil-‘uqad. Wa min sharri ḥāsidin idhā ḥasad.

Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak, from the evil of what He created; from darkness when it settles; from those who blow on knots; and from an envier when he envies.

As above · ṣaḥīḥ

11Sūrah an-Nās

114 · 1× / 3×

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ مَلِكِ النَّاسِ إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ مِنْ شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ

Qul a‘ūdhu bi-Rabbin-nās. Malikin-nās. Ilāhin-nās. Min sharril-waswāsil-khannās. Alladhī yuwaswisu fī ṣudūrin-nās. Minal-jinnati wan-nās.

Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind, the Sovereign of mankind, the God of mankind, from the evil of the retreating whisperer who whispers into the breasts of mankind — from among jinn and mankind.

As above · ṣaḥīḥ

Part 4 · additions by prayer

After Fajr & Maghrib

10×

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ، وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-ḥamd, yuḥyī wa yumīt, wa Huwa ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr

…He gives life and causes death, and He is able to do all things.

at-Tirmidhī & Aḥmad · ṣaḥīḥ

After Fajr & Maghrib

7×

اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ

Allāhumma ajirnī minan-nār

O Allah, save me from the Fire.

Abū Dāwūd · ṣaḥīḥ (al-Albānī) — said before speaking to anyone.

After Fajr only

1×

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَافِعًا، وَرِزْقًا طَيِّبًا، وَعَمَلًا مُتَقَبَّلًا

Allāhumma innī as’aluka ‘ilman nāfi‘an, wa rizqan ṭayyiban, wa ‘amalan mutaqabbalan

O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, good lawful provision, and accepted deeds.

Ibn Mājah · ṣaḥīḥ (al-Albānī)

After Witr

3×

سُبْحَانَ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ — ثُمَّ — رَبِّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالرُّوحِ

Subḥānal-Malikil-Quddūs (3×) — raising and lengthening the voice on the third, then: Rabbil-malā’ikati war-rūḥ

Glory be to the King, the Most Holy — Lord of the angels and the Spirit.

an-Nasā’ī & Abū Dāwūd · ṣaḥīḥ (al-Albānī) — after giving salām from Witr.

Friday — throughout the day

no fixed no.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَىٰ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ

Allāhumma ṣalli wa sallim ‘alā Nabiyyinā Muḥammad

O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.

Abū Dāwūd & an-Nasā’ī · ḥasan/ṣaḥīḥ — “increase your ṣalawāt upon me on Friday.”

Part 5 · qunūt in Witr

Du‘ā al-Qunūt (al-Ḥasan ibn ‘Alī)

1×

اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي فِيمَنْ هَدَيْتَ، وَعَافِنِي فِيمَنْ عَافَيْتَ، وَتَوَلَّنِي فِيمَنْ تَوَلَّيْتَ، وَبَارِكْ لِي فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَقِنِي شَرَّ مَا قَضَيْتَ، إِنَّكَ تَقْضِي وَلَا يُقْضَىٰ عَلَيْكَ، وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَذِلُّ مَنْ وَالَيْتَ، تَبَارَكْتَ رَبَّنَا وَتَعَالَيْتَ

Allāhummahdinī fīman hadayt, wa ‘āfinī fīman ‘āfayt, wa tawallanī fīman tawallayt, wa bārik lī fīmā a‘ṭayt, wa qinī sharra mā qaḍayt, innaka taqḍī wa lā yuqḍā ‘alayk, wa innahū lā yadhillu man wālayt, tabārakta Rabbanā wa ta‘ālayt

O Allah, guide me among those You have guided, grant me health among those You have healed, take me into Your care among those You care for, bless what You have given me, and protect me from the evil of what You have decreed. You decree and none decrees against You. He whom You befriend is never abased. Blessed are You, our Lord, and exalted.

Abū Dāwūd, at-Tirmidhī & an-Nasā’ī · ṣaḥīḥ — taught by the Prophet ﷺ to al-Ḥasan for the qunūt of Witr.

Qunūt of ‘Umar (Ḥanafī practice)

1×

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْتَعِينُكَ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنُؤْمِنُ بِكَ وَنَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْكَ وَنُثْنِي عَلَيْكَ الْخَيْرَ، وَنَشْكُرُكَ وَلَا نَكْفُرُكَ، وَنَخْلَعُ وَنَتْرُكُ مَنْ يَفْجُرُكَ. اللَّهُمَّ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ، وَلَكَ نُصَلِّي وَنَسْجُدُ، وَإِلَيْكَ نَسْعَىٰ وَنَحْفِدُ، وَنَرْجُو رَحْمَتَكَ وَنَخْشَىٰ عَذَابَكَ، إِنَّ عَذَابَكَ بِالْكَافِرِينَ مُلْحِقٌ

Allāhumma innā nasta‘īnuka wa nastaghfiruka wa nu’minu bika wa natawakkalu ‘alayka wa nuthnī ‘alaykal-khayr, wa nashkuruka wa lā nakfuruk, wa nakhla‘u wa natruku man yafjuruk. Allāhumma iyyāka na‘bud, wa laka nuṣallī wa nasjud, wa ilayka nas‘ā wa naḥfid, wa narjū raḥmataka wa nakhshā ‘adhābak, inna ‘adhābaka bil-kāfirīna mulḥiq

O Allah, we seek Your help and Your forgiveness; we believe in You and rely on You; we praise You with good and thank You, and are not ungrateful; we cast off and abandon whoever defies You. O Allah, You alone we worship; to You we pray and prostrate; to You we strive and hasten. We hope for Your mercy and fear Your punishment — Your punishment surely overtakes those who deny You.

Athar of ‘Umar & Ubayy (Ibn Abī Shaybah, al-Bayhaqī) · sound as a report of the Companions, not a Prophetic ḥadīth — the Ḥanafī qunūt; many add the du‘ā above.

Part 6 · the other prayers

Beyond the farḍ: what is prayed, how many rak‘ahs, and when. Parts 2–3 apply to the farḍ; nafl prayers are closed with dhikr and du‘ā without a fixed formula unless noted.

Taḥiyyat al-Masjid · 2 · On entering, before sitting · Bukhārī, Muslim

After wuḍū’ · 2 · Any time, with presence of heart · Muslim

Ishrāq / Ḍuḥā · 2–12 · Sun risen a spear’s height → before zenith · Tirmidhī (ḥasan), Muslim

Tahajjud / Qiyām · 2–11 · Last third of the night, after sleep · Bukhārī, Muslim

Tarāwīḥ · 8–20 · Ramaḍān, after ‘Ishā’, before Witr · Bukhārī

Istikhārah · 2 · Before any significant decision · Bukhārī

Tawbah · 2 · After a sin, then seek forgiveness · Abū Dāwūd (ṣaḥīḥ)

Ṣalāt al-Ḥājah · 2 · At a pressing need, then ṣalawāt and du‘ā · Tirmidhī

Janāzah · 4 takbīrs · Standing, no rukū‘ or sujūd · Bukhārī, Muslim

‘Eid · 2 · Sunrise → zenith, extra takbīrs, khuṭbah after · Bukhārī

Kusūf / Khusūf · 2 · During a solar or lunar eclipse, long qiyām · Bukhārī

Istisqā’ · 2 · Seeking rain, with khuṭbah and cloak turned · Bukhārī

Khawf · shortened · In danger or battle, in rotation · Bukhārī, Muslim

Qaṣr (travel) · 4 → 2 · Dhuhr, ‘Aṣr, ‘Ishā’ shortened while travelling · Bukhārī, Muslim

Du‘ā of Istikhārah

after the 2 rak‘ahs

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَخِيرُكَ بِعِلْمِكَ، وَأَسْتَقْدِرُكَ بِقُدْرَتِكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ الْعَظِيمِ، فَإِنَّكَ تَقْدِرُ وَلَا أَقْدِرُ، وَتَعْلَمُ وَلَا أَعْلَمُ، وَأَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ. اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ هَٰذَا الْأَمْرَ خَيْرٌ لِي فِي دِينِي وَمَعَاشِي وَعَاقِبَةِ أَمْرِي فَاقْدُرْهُ لِي وَيَسِّرْهُ لِي ثُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِيهِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ شَرٌّ لِي فَاصْرِفْهُ عَنِّي وَاصْرِفْنِي عَنْهُ، وَاقْدُرْ لِيَ الْخَيْرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ، ثُمَّ رَضِّنِي بِهِ

Allāhumma innī astakhīruka bi-‘ilmik, wa astaqdiruka bi-qudratik, wa as’aluka min faḍlikal-‘aẓīm, fa-innaka taqdiru wa lā aqdir, wa ta‘lamu wa lā a‘lam, wa Anta ‘allāmul-ghuyūb. Allāhumma in kunta ta‘lamu anna hādhal-amra khayrun lī fī dīnī wa ma‘āshī wa ‘āqibati amrī faqdur-hu lī wa yassir-hu lī thumma bārik lī fīh, wa in kunta ta‘lamu annahū sharrun lī faṣrif-hu ‘annī waṣrifnī ‘anh, waqdur liyal-khayra ḥaythu kān, thumma raḍḍinī bih

O Allah, I seek Your guidance by Your knowledge and Your power by Your might, and I ask of Your immense bounty — for You are able and I am not, You know and I do not, and You are the Knower of all hidden things. O Allah, if You know this matter to be good for me in my religion, my livelihood and the outcome of my affairs, then decree it for me, make it easy for me, and bless me in it. If You know it to be bad for me, then turn it away from me and me away from it, and decree for me what is good wherever it may be, then make me content with it.

Bukhārī · ṣaḥīḥ — name the matter where hādhal-amr falls.

On rising for Tahajjud

1×

لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي، وَارْحَمْنِي، وَاهْدِنِي، وَعَافِنِي، وَارْزُقْنِي

Lā ilāha illā Anta subḥānak, Allāhummaghfir lī dhanbī, warḥamnī, wahdinī, wa ‘āfinī, warzuqnī

There is no god but You, glory be to You. O Allah, forgive my sin, have mercy on me, guide me, grant me health, and provide for me.

Abū Dāwūd · ṣaḥīḥ (al-Albānī) — said on waking in the night; the third of the night is when the Lord descends and answers (Bukhārī, Muslim).

Over the deceased (Janāzah)

after the 3rd takbīr

اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ وَارْحَمْهُ وَعَافِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنْهُ وَأَكْرِمْ نُزُلَهُ وَوَسِّعْ مُدْخَلَهُ وَاغْسِلْهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَالثَّلْجِ وَالْبَرَدِ وَنَقِّهِ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا كَمَا نَقَّيْتَ الثَّوْبَ الأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ وَأَبْدِلْهُ دَارًا خَيْرًا مِنْ دَارِهِ وَأَهْلاً خَيْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَزَوْجًا خَيْرًا مِنْ زَوْجِهِ وَأَدْخِلْهُ الْجَنَّةَ وَأَعِذْهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ أَوْ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ

Allāhumma-ghfir lahu wa-rḥamhu wa ‘āfihi wa-‘fu ‘anhu wa akrim nuzulahu wa wassi‘ mudkhalahu wa-ghsilhu bil-mā’i wath-thalji wal-baradi wa naqqihi minal-khaṭāyā kamā naqqaytath-thawbal-abyaḍa minad-danasi wa abdilhu dāran khayran min dārihi wa ahlan khayran min ahlihi wa zawjan khayran min zawjihi wa adkhilhul-jannata wa a‘idhhu min ‘adhābil-qabri aw min ‘adhābin-nār

The whole narration

Jubair b. Nufair says:I heard it from 'Auf b. Malik that the Prophet (ﷺ) said prayer on the dead body, and I remembered his prayer:" O Allah! forgive him, have mercy upon him, give him peace and absolve him. Receive him with honour and make his grave spacious; wash him with water, snow and hail. Cleanse him from faults as Thou wouldst cleanse a white garment from impurity. Requite him with an abode more excellent than his abode, with a family better than his family, and with a mate better than his mate. Admit him to the Garden, and protect him from the torment of the grave and the torment of the Fire." ('Auf bin Malik) said: I earnestly desired that I were this dead body

The translation is the open dataset’s own, shown as it stands: no translator is named, its rights are not verified, and nobody has checked it against the Arabic.

Shown whole, from Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · No. 2232. In print this text is set shorter. The print’s own lines beneath it were written for the shorter text.

O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him, keep him sound and pardon him, honour his resting place, widen his entry, and wash him with water, snow and hail.

Muslim · ṣaḥīḥ — al-Fātiḥah after the first takbīr, ṣalawāt after the second, this after the third, salām after the fourth.

Qur’ān · Sūrah 1

Quick count

•Before you pray: adhān du‘ā, masjid du‘ā, thanā’ — Part 1.

•Inside the prayer: rak‘ah dhikr, then A and B before the salām. After every farḍ: items 1–11, in order.

•Tasbīḥ: 33 + 33 + 33, then the tahlīl of no. 3 once — 100.

•The three sūrahs: once each; three times each after Fajr and Maghrib.

Qur’ān · Sūrah 112 Qur’ān · Sūrah 113 Qur’ān · Sūrah 114

•Fajr & Maghrib add: tahlīl with yuḥyī wa yumīt 10×, and Allāhumma ajirnī minan-nār 7×.

•Fajr also: the du‘ā for beneficial knowledge, good provision, accepted deeds.

•‘Ishā’: standard sequence, then Witr — qunūt inside, Subḥānal-Malikil-Quddūs 3× after — then the bedtime adhkār.

•Jumu‘ah: no separate formula — the standard sequence. Ghusl, perfume, arrive early, silence during the khuṭbah, Sūrah al-Kahf, abundant ṣalawāt, and seek the hour of response in the last hour before Maghrib.

Qur’ān · Sūrah 18

Three notes on practice

•He ﷺ remained facing the qiblah after the salām only long enough to say Allāhumma Antas-Salām…, then turned to face the congregation (Muslim).

•Raising the voice in dhikr when people finished the obligatory prayer was known in his time (Bukhārī, Muslim) — but as individual dhikr, not a chorus recited in unison behind the imām.

•Items are counted on the fingers of the right hand; he ﷺ instructed this and said the fingers will be questioned and made to speak (Abū Dāwūd, at-Tirmidhī).

Added to the earlier version

•Tahlīl of Ibn az-Zubayr (4) — Muslim, ṣaḥīḥ. Narrated for every prayer; one of the strongest post-farḍ reports, and missing entirely.

•Five refuges of Sa‘d (5) — Bukhārī, ṣaḥīḥ. Explicitly dubur aṣ-ṣalawāt; Sa‘d taught it to his sons as fixed post-prayer practice.

•Four refuges + Abū Bakr’s du‘ā (A, B) — Muslim / Bukhārī & Muslim, ṣaḥīḥ. Commanded before the salām; widely misplaced after it.

•Subḥānal-Malikil-Quddūs after Witr — an-Nasā’ī & Abū Dāwūd, ṣaḥīḥ. Witr is wājib in the Ḥanafī school; its closing dhikr was absent.

Deliberately not added. The three sūrahs seven times each after Jumu‘ah, the last three verses of al-Ḥashr as a post-farḍ dhikr, and Sūrah al-Wāqi‘ah against poverty circulate widely, but their narrations are weak or are practices of later generations rather than established Sunnah. This sheet holds only what carries an authentic chain.

Sources Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · Sunan Abī Dāwūd · Sunan an-Nasā’ī · Sunan Ibn Mājah · Jāmi‘ at-Tirmidhī · Musnad Aḥmad. Gradings for the sunan works follow al-Albānī unless stated. Verify pronunciation with a qualified teacher — transliteration cannot convey tajwīd.

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