Post- Prayer Sunnahs

1- asking allah for forgiveness, three times, and saying: “o allah, you are the peace and the giver of peace, supremely blessed be you, the owner of majesty and munificence.” narrated by muslim.

2- (there is no god but allah, alone with no partner, all kingdom is his, all praise is to him, and he is ever-determiner over everything.  o allah, there is no deterrent for what you gave, no giver for what you prevented, and neither wealth nor power can protect their owner from you).  narrated by al-bukhari and muslim.

3- (there is no god but allah, alone with no partner, all kingdom is his, all praise is to him, and he is ever-determiner over everything.  there is no might or any power except with allah, and we do not worship any but him, all grace is his, all favor is his and all good praise is to him.  there is no god but allah, making religion faithfully his, though the disbelievers hate it). narrated by muslim.

4- (subhan allah (glorified be allah),  al-hamdulillah (all praise is to allah), allahu akbar (allah is the greater) thirty three times, and la illaha illallah (there is no god but allah, alone with no partner, all kingdom is his, all praise is to him, and he is ever-determiner over everything).  narrated by muslim.

5- (o allah, help me remember you, thank you and worship you well). narrated by abu-dawoud and an-nasa’i.

6- (o allah, i take refuge with you from cowardice, take refuge with you from being driven to the worst age, take refuge with you from life sedition and take refuge with you from the torment of the grave).  narrated by al-bukhari.

7- o my god, protect me from your punishment, on the day you make all your slaves to rise again.  this is because of what was narrated that al-bara’ said: when we prayed behind the messenger of allah (pbuh), we liked to be on his right, so that he might be face to face with us, i heard him, then, say: “o my god, protect me from your punishment, on the day you make all your slaves to rise again.” narrated by muslim.

8- reciting (say, “he is allah, the only one”), (say, “i take refuge with the lord of the daybreak”) and (say, “i take refuge with the lord of mankind”). narrated by abu-dawoud, at-termithi and an-nasa’i. 

* after al-fajr (dawn) and al-maghreb (sunset) prayers, one should repeat them triple.

9- reciting the verse of the chair (ayat-al-kursii): (allah. there is no god except he, the ever-living, the superb upright sustainer). narrated by an-nassa’i.

10- (there is no god but allah, alone with no partner, all kingdom is his, all praise is to him, and he is ever-determiner over everything, ten times after as-subh (dawn) and al-maghreb (sunset) prayers). narrated by at-termithi.

11- glorification should be done using the hand, and in a narration using the right hand, but this narration is not agreed upon, though other generalizations testify for it.

12- one should say these athkar in the same place he has prayed in, and should not change his place.          

 * the total of these sunnahs, if a muslim is keen on it after every obligatory prayer, he will apply up to [55] sunnahs, and may be more in al-fajr (dawn) and al-maghreb (sunset) prayers.


The fruit of applying these sunnahs after every obligatory prayer and preserving them:

a- 500 sadaqa (charitable deeds) is written for the muslim for these glorifications after every prayer in his day and night, for his saying (pbuh): (every glorification is sadaqa, every time one says: allah is the greater is sadaqa, every praise (to allah) is sadaqa and every time one says: there is no god but allah is sadaqa...) narrated by muslim.

 *an-nawawi said: has the same reward.

 
b- if the muslim preserves these glorifications after every prayer in his day and night, 500 trees will be planted for him in paradise.  the messenger of allah (pbuh) passed by abu-horairah, while he was implanting a plant, so, he said: “o abu-horairah, wouldn’t i tell you about a plant which is better for you?” he said: “yes, messenger of allah!” he said: “say: subhan allah (glorified be allah),   al-hamdulillah (all praise is to allah), la illaha illallah (there is no god but allah) and allahu akbar (allah is the greater), and a tree will be planted for you in paradise for each.”  narrated by ibn-majah and al-albani said it is authentic.

c-Nothing separates him from paradise, except that he dies in order to enter it.  this is for this who recites the verse of the chair (ayat-al-kursii) and preserves it after every obligatory prayer.

 


d-This who preserves these glorifications, his sins will be expiated, even if they are like sea foam. (as in saheeh muslim (the authentic narrations of muslim).  

e- this, who keeps these glorifications constantly after every prayer, avoids disgrace in this life and in the hereafter, for the hadith: (sayings, this who says them is never disgraced …. and he mentioned these glorifications…) narrated by muslim.

f- to fix the defects and complete what is missing in the obligatory prayers.