Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said:

Dhikr after Salat

Before You Go To Sleep

 

Whoever says .....

Dhikr after Salat

Reciting the last two Surahs after Salat

The Virtue of Saying Al-Hamdulillah Much

A Highly Rewarded Dhikr

Dhikr after Salah

Ayatul Kursi after Salah

-- Dua to be Recited in Morning and Evening --

-- Dua to be Recited in Morning and Evening --

1) Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

The uttering of (these words):" SubhanAllah (Hallowed be Allah); Alhamdulillah (All praise is due to Allah), La ilaha illallah (there is no god but Allah) and Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)," is dearer to me than anything over which the sun rises.
Sahih Muslim 2695

2) Four words that Greatly Praise Allah

Juwairiya reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came out from (her apartment) in the morning as she was busy in observing her dawn prayer in her place of worship. He came back in the forenoon and she was still sitting there. The Holy Prophet (ﷺ) said to her: You have been in the same seat since I left you. She said: Yes. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: I recited four words three times after I left you and if these are to be weighed against what you have recited since morning these would outweigh them and (these words) are:

"SubhanAllahi Wa Bihamdihi Adada Khalqihi Wa Rida Nafsihi Wa Zinata Arshihi Midada Kalimatihi

(Hallowed be Allah and praise is due to Him according to the number of His creation and according to the pleasure of His Self and according to the weight of His Throne and according to the ink (used in recording) words (for His Praise)."
Sahih Muslim 2726 a

3) Reward of Freeing Slaves

Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If one says one-hundred times in one day:

La ilaha ila Allah Wahdahu La Sharika Lahu, Lahu Al-Mulku Wa Lahu Al-Hamdu, Wa Huwa `Ala Kulli Shay’in Qadir

"None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Alone Who has no partners, to Him belongs Dominion and to Him belong all the Praises, and He has power over all things (i.e. Omnipotent)", one will get the reward of manumitting ten slaves, and one-hundred good deeds will be written in his account, and one-hundred bad deeds will be wiped off or erased from his account, and on that day he will be protected from the morning till evening from Satan, and nobody will be superior to him except one who has done more than that which he has done."
Sahih al-Bukhari 3293

'Amr b. Maimun reported:
He who uttered:" There is no god but Allah, the One, having no partner with Him, His is the Sovereignty and all praise is due to Him and He is Potent over everything" ten times, he is like one who emancipated four slaves from the progeny of Isma'il.
Sahih Muslim 2693

4) Sayedul Istighfar (Chief Dua for Repentance)

Narrated Shaddad bin Aus:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said "The most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allah is:

Allahumma Anta Rabbi La ilaha illa Anta Khalaqtani Wa Ana Abduka, Wa Ana 'Ala Ahdika Wa Wa'dika Mastata'tu, A'udhu Bika Min Sharri Ma Sana'tu, Abu'u Laka Bini'matika 'Alaiya, Wa Abu'u Laka Bidhanbi Faghfirli Fainnahu La Yaghfiru Adhdhunuba illa Anta

The Prophet (ﷺ) added. "If somebody recites it during the day with firm faith in it, and dies on the same day before the evening, he will be from the people of Paradise; and if somebody recites it at night with firm faith in it, and dies before the morning, he will be from the people of Paradise."
Sahih al-Bukhari 6306

5) Astaghfirullah
(Recite 70 to 100 times)
I seek forgiveness from Allah.

Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying." By Allah! I ask for forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance more than seventy times a day."
Sahih al-Bukhari 6307

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:
the Messenger of Allah (saas) said: “I seek the forgiveness of Allah and repent to Him one hundred times each day.”
Sunan Ibn Majah 3815

6) Sins Forgiven Even If They Are Like The Foam Of The Sea

Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever says, 'Subhan Allah Wa Bihamdihi,' one hundred times a day, will be forgiven all his sins even if they were as much as the foam of the sea.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6405

7) Sweetness of Faith It was narrated from Abu Salam, the servant of the Prophet (ﷺ) that: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "There is no Muslim - or no person, or slave (of Allah) - who says 3 times in the morning and evening:

'Radaytu Billahi Rabban Wa Bil-islami Dinan Wa Bi Muhammadin Nabiyyan

(I am content with Allah as my Lord, Islam as my religion and Muhammad as my Prophet),' but he will have a promise from Allah to make him pleased on the Day of Resurrection." Sunan Ibn Majah 3870

8) Protection from harm for whole day

Aban bin `Uthman said:
“I heard `Uthman bin `Affan (ra) saying: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“There is no worshiper who says, in the morning of every day, and the evening of every night:
‘In the Name of Allah with whose name there is protection against every kind of harm in the earth or in the heaven, and He is the All-Hearer and All-Knowing.

(Bismillahil Lazi La Yazurru Ma'as-Mihi Shai-un Fil-ardi Wa Laa Fis-sama'i, Wa Huwas-Sami'ul Alim)’ – three times,

(except that) nothing shall harm him.” And Aban had been stricken with a type of semi-paralysis, so a man began to look at him, so Aban said to him, “What are you looking at? Indeed the Hadith is as I reported it to you, but I did not say it one day, so Allah brought about His decree upon me.”
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3388 

9) Seeking Refuge from Devil and Evil Eye

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to seek Refuge with Allah for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain and say: "Your forefather (i.e. Abraham) used to seek Refuge with Allah for Ishmael and Isaac by reciting the following:

Auzuubika Limatil Lahil Tammati Min Kulli Shaitanin Wa Hammah Wa Min Kulli Aynin Lammah

‘(O Allah! I seek Refuge with Your Perfect Words from every devil and from poisonous pests and from every evil, harmful, envious eye).'
Sahih al-Bukhari 3371

10) Protection from Devil from All sides

It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never abandoned these supplications, every morning and evening:

Allahumma inni as'alukal-'afwa wal-'afiyah fid-dunya wal-akhirah. Allahumma inni as'alukal-'afwa wal-'afiyah fi dini wa dunyaya wa ahli wa mali. Allahum-mastur 'awrati, wa amin raw'ati wahfazni min bayni yadayya, wa min khalfi, wa 'an yamini wa 'an shimali, wa min fawqi, wa 'audhu bika an ughtala min tahti

(O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in this world and in the Hereafter. O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in my religious and my worldly affairs. O Allah, conceal my faults, calm my fears, and protect me from before me and behind me, from my right and my left, and from above me, and I seek refuge in You from being taken unaware from beneath me)."
Sunan Ibn Majah 3871

11) Dua for Beneficial Knowledge, Provision and Good deeds
It was narrated from Umm Salamah that when the Prophet (ﷺ) performed the Subh (morning prayer), while he said the Salam, he would say:

‘Allahumma inni as’aluka ‘ilman nafi’an, wa rizqan tayyiban, wa ‘amalan mutaqabbalan

(O Allah, I ask You for beneficial knowledge, goodly provision and acceptable deeds).’”
Sunan Ibn Majah 925

12) Dua When One Of You Reach The Morning And Evening

Abu Hurairah (ra) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to teach his Companions, saying: “When one of you reached the morning, then let him say:

(Allāhumma bika aṣbaḥnā wa bika amsainā wa bika naḥyā wa bika namūtu wa ilaikal-maṣīr).

‘O Allah, by You we enter the morning, and by You we enter the evening, and by You we live, and by You we died, and to You is the Return
And when he reaches the evening let him say:

(Allāhumma bika amsainā wa bika aṣbaḥnā wa bika naḥyā wa bika namūtu wa ilaikan-nushūr).’”

‘O Allah, by You we enter the evening, and by You we enter the morning, and by You we live, and by You we die, and to You is the Resurrection
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3391

13) Dua for forgiveness Day and Night

Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
“Whoever says in the morning:

(Allāhumma aṣbaḥnā nush-hiduka wa nush-hidu ḥamalata `arshika wa malā’ikataka wa jamī`a khalqika bi-annaka Allāh, lā ilāha illā anta, waḥdaka lā sharīka laka, wa anna Muḥammadan `abduka wa rasūluk)’

‘O Allah we have reached morning, calling You to witness, and calling the carriers of Your Throne to witness, and Your angels, and all of Your creation, that You are Allah, none has the right to be worshipped but You, Alone, without partner, and that Muhammad (ﷺ) is Your slave and Your Messenger.
Allah will forgive him for whatever he does that day, and if he says it in the evening, Allah will forgive him for whatever sin he commits that night.”
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3501 

14) Ayatal Kursi

Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud:
"Allah has not created in the heavens nor in the earth what is more magnificent than Ayat Al-Kursi." Sufyan said: "Because Ayat Al-Kursi is the Speech of Allah, and Allah's Speech is greater than Allah's creation of the heavens and the earth."
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2884

Allahu Laaa ilaaha illaa Huwal Haiyul Qaiyoom; Laa Taakhuzuhoo Sinatunw Wa Laa Nawm; Lahoo Maa Fissamaawaati Wa Maa Fil Ard; Man Zal Lazee Yashfa'u Indahooo illaa Bi-iznih; Ya'lamu Maa Baina Aydeehim Wa Maa Khalfahum Wa Laa Yuheetoona Bishai'im Min 'ilmihee illaa Bimaa Shaaa'; Wasi'a Kursiyyuhus Samaawaati Wal Arda Wa Laa Ya'ooduho Hifzuhumaa; Wa Huwal Aliyyul 'Azeem

Allah. There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory).
Surah Al Baqarah 2:255

Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered me to guard the Zakat revenue of Ramadan. Then somebody came to me and started stealing from the foodstuff. I caught him and said, "I will take you to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" Then Abu Huraira described the whole narration and said: That person said (to me), "(Please don't take me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and I will tell you a few words by which Allah will benefit you.) When you go to your bed, recite Ayat-al-Kursi, (2.255) for then there will be a guard from Allah who will protect you all night long, and Satan will not be able to come near you till dawn." (When the Prophet (ﷺ) heard the story) he said (to me), "He (who came to you at night) told you the truth although he is a liar; and it was Satan."
Sahih al-Bukhari 5010

15) Seeking Refuge from Devil and Evil Eye

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to seek Refuge with Allah for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain and say: "Your forefather (i.e. Abraham) used to seek Refuge with Allah for Ishmael and Isaac by reciting the following:

Auzuubika Limatil Lahil Tammati Min Kulli Shaitanin Wa Hammah Wa Min Kulli Aynin Lammah

‘(O Allah! I seek Refuge with Your Perfect Words from every devil and from poisonous pests and from every evil, harmful, envious eye).'
Sahih al-Bukhari 3371

16) Reciting the Last Three Surahs (Chapter 112, 113 & 114)

Mu`adh bin `Abdullah bin Khubaib, narrated from his father, who said:
“We went out on a rainy and extremely dark night, looking for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), so that he could lead us in Salat.” He said: “So I met him and he (ﷺ) said: ‘Speak’ but I did not say anything. Then he (ﷺ) said: ‘Speak.’ But I did not say anything. He (ﷺ) said: ‘Speak.’ So I said: ‘What should I say?’ He (ﷺ) said: ‘Say: “Say: He is Allah, the One” (Surah Ikhlas) and Al-Mu`awwidhatain (Surah Nas and Surah Falaq), when you reach evening, and when you reach morning, three times, they will suffice you against everything.’”
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3575

17) Last two verses of Baqarah

Narrated Abu Mas'ud:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If somebody recited the last two Verses of Surat Al-Baqara at night, that will be sufficient for him."
Sahih al-Bukhari 5009

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Dhikr after Ending Witr

Dhikr after Salat

Dhikr after Salat

The Zikr of ALLAH

The Zikr of ALLAH

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We all have very busy lifestyles and many a times we complain that 

we do not have enough time. With Zikr, you do not have to make 

any time for it. It is something that you could super impose over your regular schedule; be it while at work, whilst cooking, whilst shopping, 

and even whilst relaxing. Zikr of ALLAH is something that is extremely easy and extremely rewardable. We may think that just because an act is simple and easy it does not carry weight in it. That is not the case.

Ibnul Jawzi (Rahmatullah 'Alaihi) delivers advice in his book Sayd al Khatir. This advice is a rule for burglars. Anyone who is in the field of burglary has to learn this rule. This is the most important law and rule for burglary; you cannot graduate from it until you master this rule. What is this rule? You take whatever is very light in weight and very valuable in price. When you walk into a house to steal, you do not carry the couches and chairs, rather you will take with you the gold and jewelry.

In the same way; we need to apply this rule when dealing with the laws of Shari’ah. There are some Ibadat which are very easy to do and carry a lot of weight. One of them is the Zikr of ALLAH Azza Wajal’.

Wet your tongues by doing lots of Zikrullah (remembering ALLAH in Abundance) every moment, everyday.

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Benefits Of Zikrullah 

1) Zikr keeps away the Satan and weakens his strength.

2) It is the cause of Almighty ALLAH's pleasure.

3) It relieves the mind of anxieties and worries.

4) It produces joy and happiness in the heart.

5) it strengthens the body and mind.

6) It brightens the face and heart.

7) It attracts one's susistence.

8) It invests with awe and sweetness the Zakirs so that the seeing eye is filled with awe and pleasure at his sight.

9) It induces love for ALLAH, which in fact is the spirit of Islam and the pivot of "Deen", and the source of success and salvation in the Hereafter. He who seeks access to the love of Almighty ALLAH should do

Zikr profusely. Just as reading and repetition is the door of knowledge, so Zikr of Allah is the gateway to His love.

10) Zikr involves Muraqaba (deep meditation), through which one reaches the stage of "Ehsan", wherein a person worships Almighty ALLAH as if he is actually seeing Him. 

11) It helps realization of ALLAH so that by and by a stage is reached when he comes to regard Almighty ALLAH as his sole Cherisher, Guardian and Master, and he turns unto Him, in all afflictions.

12) It is the key to nearness to Almighty ALLAH; the greater the Zikr, 

the greater the nearness to ALLAH, and greater the indifference to Zikr, the greater the distance from him.

13) It opens the door of Ma'arfat (realization) of ALLAH.

14) It makes one realize the greatness and grandueur pf Almighty ALLAH, and strenghthens the consciousness of His Omni presence.

15) Zikr of Allah causes one's mention in the Court of ALLAH, as said in the Holy Book.

(Remember Me, and I will remember you),and as stated in the Hadith (whosoever remembers Me in his heart, i remember him in My heart). it has already been explained under other verses and Ahadith that, even if there were no other good points in Zikr, except that mentioned above, this alone would have established its superiority over others. Nevertheless, there are many more virtues and benefits of Zikr.

16) It gives life to the heart. Hafiz Ibn Tamimia says that Zikr is as necessary for the herart as water for the fish. Imagine the condition of a fish out of water.

17) It is food for the heart and the soul; depriving them of Zikr is like depriving the body of its food.

18) It cleanses the heart of its rust. It has been mentioned in an earlier Hadith; everything rusts according to its nature; and heart rust with wordly desires and indefference, to purify which Zikr is necessary.

19) It safeguards against pitfalls and lapses.

20) The heart of a neglectful person is tormented by a feeling of remotenes from ALLAH, and nothing other than Zikr can 

rid the heart of this feeling.

21) The words of Zikr keep on moving round the Arsh of Almighty ALLAH, as stated in a Hadith.

22) If one remembers ALLAH in hapiness, Almighty ALLAH remembers him in his afflictions.

23) It is a means to deliverance from ALLAH's punishment.

24) It causes ALLAH's peace and Mercy to descend while angels surrond the person engaged in Zikr.

25) It saves the tongue from indulging in backbiting, loose talk, lies and abuses. It is a common experience that a man whose tongue remains engaged in Zikr does not commit these absurdities. On the other hand the

tongue that is not used in Zikr falls an easy prey to all kinds of useless talk.

26) the gatherings of Zikr are gathering of angels, and gatherings without Zikr are gatherings of Satan.

ALLAH says in The Holy Qur'an.....

"And remember your Lord by your tongue and within yourself, humbly and with fear without loudness in words in the mornings, and in the afternoons and be not of those who are neglectful."

[Al-Qur'an Surah Al-'A`rāf (The Heights)....7:205]

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Tasbeeh at the the beginning of the day:

Tasbeeh at the the beginning of the day:

Juwairiya reported that Allah's Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi wa salaam) came out from (her apartment) in the morning as she was busy in observing her dawn prayer in her place of worship. He came back in the forenoon and she was still sitting there. He (the Holy Prophet) said to her:

You have been in the same seat since I left you. She said: Yes. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (sallallaahu alayhi wa salaam) said: I recited four words three times after I left you and if these are to be weighed against what you have recited since morning these would outweigh them and (these words) are: "Glory is to Allah and praise is due to Him according to the number of His creation and according to the pleasure of His Self and according to the weight of His Throne and according to the ink (used in recording) words (for His Praise)."

[Sahih Muslim 2726]

"Keep your tongue wet with the remembrance of Allah"

Whoever says 100 times .....

Ibn al-Qayyim رحمة الله:

Allāh ﷻ says: [interpretation of the meaning]

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❝O you who have believed, remember Allāh with much remembrance, And exalt Him morning and afternoon.❞

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[Qur’ān 33:41-42]

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➤ Remembrance of Allāh ﷻ polishes the heart

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It was narrated by Mu’ādh Ibn Jabal – may Allāh be pleased with him – that The Prophet ﷺ said:

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❝For everything there is a polish, and the polish for the hearts is the dhikr [remembrance] of Allāh. There is nothing more potent in saving a person from the punishment of Allāh than the dhikr of Allāh. It was said: Not even Jihād in the path of Allāh. So he replied: Not even if you were to continue striking with your sword until it breaks❞

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[Musnad Ahmad 4/352 authenticated by al-Albanī]

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Abu Darda – may Allāh be pleased with him – said:

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❝Verily, everything has a polish and the polish of the heart is the remembrance of Allāh the Exalted.❞

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[Shu’ab al-Imān 503]

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Ibn al-Qayyīm – may Allāh have mercy upon him said:

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❝There is no doubt that the heart becomes covered with rust, just as metal dishes – silver, and their like – become rusty.

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So the rust of the heart is polished with dhikr, for dhikr polishes the heart until it becomes like a shiny mirror.

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However, when dhikr is abandoned, the rust returns; and when it commences then the heart again begins to be cleansed.

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Thus the heart becoming rusty is due to two matters: sins and neglecting remembrance of Allāh. Likewise, it is cleansed and polished by two things: istighfār and dhikr.❞

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[Al-Wābil As-Sayyib, p.80]

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And Allāh ﷻ knows best

An Excellent Dhikr

Daily Hadith | An Excellent Dhikr

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ وَحِينَ يُمْسِي سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ . لَمْ يَأْتِ أَحَدٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِأَفْضَلَ مِمَّا جَاءَ بِهِ إِلاَّ أَحَدٌ قَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ أَوْ زَادَ عَلَيْهِ

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever says in the morning and in the evening: ‘Subhân Allahi wa bihamdihi (Glory and praise his to Allah)’ one hundred times, no one will come on the Day of Resurrection with anything better than what he has done, except one who said something like what he said, or more than that.”

ابوہریرہ سے روایت ہے کہ رسول اللہ (صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم) نے ارشاد فرمایا جو آدمی صبح و شام سو مرتبہ ( یہ دعا) پڑھتا ہے قیامت کے دن کوئی اس سے زیادہ افضل عمل نہیں لاسکتا سوائے اس کے جس نے اس کے برابر یا اس سے زیادہ پڑھا ہو۔

[Sahih Muslim, Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness, Hadith: 2692 (6843)]

Chapter: The Virtue of Tahlil (Saying La Ilaha Ill-Allah), Tasbih (Saying Subhan Allah) and (Du'a) Supplication.