Adhkar After Prayer
What to say after the salam of an obligatory prayer, from the hadith in Muslim and Bukhari. SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah and Allahu akbar 33 times each, then completed with the tahlil.
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Seeking Forgiveness
3×أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ
Astaghfirullah
I seek the forgiveness of Allah.
Muslim 591
The Prophet ﷺ sought forgiveness three times upon finishing the prayer.
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2
Allahumma anta-s-Salam
1×اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ، وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ، تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ
Allahumma anta-s-Salamu, wa minka-s-salam, tabarakta ya dha-l-jalali wa-l-ikram
O Allah, You are Peace and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honour.
Muslim 591
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3
Ayat al-Kursi
1×ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌ وَلَا نَوْمٌ ۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ ٢٥٥
Allāhu lā ilāha illā huw(a), al-ḥayyul-qayyūm(u), lā ta'khużuhū sinatuw wa lā naum(un), lahū mā fis-samāwāti wa mā fil-arḍ(i), man żal-lażī yasyfa‘u ‘indahū illā bi'iżnih(ī), ya‘lamu mā baina aidīhim wa mā khalfahum, wa lā yuḥīṭūna bisyai'im min ‘ilmihī illā bimā syā'(a), wasi‘a kursiyyuhus-samāwāti wal-arḍ(a), wa lā ya'ūduhū ḥifẓuhumā, wa huwal-‘aliyyul-‘aẓīm(u).
Allāh - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Self-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] 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.
Qur'an 2:255 · Saheeh International
Whoever recites it after every prayer, nothing stands between them and Paradise but death.
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4
Subhan Allah
33×سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ
SubhanAllah
Glory be to Allah.
Bukhari 843 · Muslim 595
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5
Al-hamdu lillah
33×الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ
Alhamdulillah
All praise is due to Allah.
Bukhari 843 · Muslim 595
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Allahu akbar
33×اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Allahu Akbar
Allah is the Greatest.
Bukhari 843 · Muslim 595
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Declaration of Oneness
1×لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-hamd, wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir
There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is able to do all things.
Muslim 597
Completing the hundred after each prayer; sins are forgiven though they be like the foam of the sea.
Source: the Sajadah app's data, based on Fortress of the Muslim (Hisn al-Muslim) by Sa'id ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani. Passages the app shortens are completed from Hisn al-Muslim (hisnmuslim.com); English lightly edited. Qur'anic passages come from the same text as our Qur'an pages.