Post-Salah Adhkar

أذكار بعد الصلاة

Recite immediately after each of the five obligatory prayers; some items are specifically tied to Fajr and Maghrib.

Dhikr 1

Repeat 3 times

أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ

Astaghfiru llāh, astaghfiru llāh, astaghfiru llāh

I seek the forgiveness of Allah. I seek the forgiveness of Allah. I seek the forgiveness of Allah.

Benefit: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say this immediately after the salam.

Source: Sahih Muslim

Dhikr 2

Repeat 1 time

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

Allāhumma anta s-salām, wa minka s-salām, tabārakta yā dhā l-jalāli wa l-ikrām

O Allah, You are Peace and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honor.

Source: Sahih Muslim

Dhikr 3

Repeat 1 time

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

None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, alone, without partner. To Him belongs the kingdom and to Him is all praise, and He is over all things able. O Allah, none can withhold what You give, and none can give what You withhold. And no wealth or majesty can benefit anyone against You.

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim

Dhikr 4

Repeat 1 time

لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَلَا نَعْبُدُ إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ، لَهُ النِّعْمَةُ وَلَهُ الْفَضْلُ، وَلَهُ الثَّنَاءُ الْحَسَنُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ

There is no power and no might except with Allah. There is no god but Allah, and we worship none but Him. To Him belongs all blessing, all bounty, and all the most beautiful praise. There is no god but Allah; we are sincere to Him in our religion, even if the disbelievers detest it.

Source: Sahih Muslim

Dhikr 5

Repeat 1 time

اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَى ذِكْرِكَ، وَشُكْرِكَ، وَحُسْنِ عِبَادَتِكَ

Allāhumma aʿinnī ʿalā dhikrika, wa shukrika, wa ḥusni ʿibādatik

O Allah, help me to remember You, to give You thanks, and to worship You in the best of ways.

Benefit: Recommended after every obligatory prayer; the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed Mu'adh ibn Jabal never to leave it.

Source: Abu Dawud and Nasa'i (sahih)

Dhikr 6

Repeat 1 time

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

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

Source: Sahih al-Bukhari

Dhikr 7

Repeat 33 times

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ

Subḥāna llāh

Glory be to Allah.

Source: Sahih Muslim

Dhikr 8

Repeat 33 times

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ

Al-ḥamdu lillāh

All praise belongs to Allah.

Source: Sahih Muslim

Dhikr 9

Repeat 33 times

اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

Allāhu akbar

Allah is the Greatest.

Source: Sahih Muslim

Dhikr 10

Repeat 1 time

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, alone, without partner. To Him belongs the kingdom and to Him is all praise, and He is over all things able.

Benefit: Completes the count to 100 after the 33-33-33 tasbih, and forgives sins like the foam of the sea.

Source: Sahih Muslim

Dhikr 11

Repeat 1 time

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

Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. Neither slumber 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 before them and what will be after them, and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills. His Throne extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Magnificent.

Benefit: Whoever recites Ayat al-Kursi after every obligatory prayer, only death stands between him and entering Paradise.

Source: Nasa'i and Tabarani (sahih)

Dhikr 12

Repeat 1 time

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ۝ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ۝ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ ۝ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ۝ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Say, He is Allah, the One. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent.

Benefit: Recite once after each prayer; recite three times after Fajr and Maghrib together with al-Falaq and an-Nas.

Source: Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasa'i (sahih)

Dhikr 13

Repeat 1 time

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ۝ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ ۝ مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ ۝ وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ ۝ وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ ۝ وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak from the evil of what He has created, and from the evil of darkness when it settles, and from the evil of the blowers in knots, and from the evil of an envier when he envies.

Source: Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasa'i (sahih)

Dhikr 14

Repeat 1 time

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ۝ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ ۝ مَلِكِ النَّاسِ ۝ إِلَٰهِ النَّاسِ ۝ مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ ۝ الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ ۝ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 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 in the breasts of mankind, from among the jinn and mankind.

Source: Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasa'i (sahih)

Dhikr 15

Repeat 10 times

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

None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, alone, without partner. To Him belongs the kingdom and to Him is all praise. He gives life and He gives death, and He is over all things able.

Benefit: Recite ten times specifically after the Fajr and Maghrib prayers (before moving from your place).

Source: Tirmidhi and Ahmad (hasan)

Dhikr 16

Repeat 7 times

اللَّهُمَّ أَجِرْنِي مِنَ النَّارِ

Allāhumma ajirnī mina n-nār

O Allah, save me from the Fire.

Benefit: Recite seven times after the Fajr and Maghrib prayers, before speaking to anyone, for protection from the Fire.

Source: Abu Dawud and Ibn Hibban (sahih)