بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Chapter 1: Dhikr for both the Morning and Evening

1.1

لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: If anyone says in the morning: (There is nothing which has the right to be worshipped except Allāh alone Who has no partner; to Him belongs the dominion, to Him belongs the praise, and He has power over all things) he will have a reward equivalent to that of freeing a slave who is one of the descendants of Ismā’īl, ten good deeds will be recorded for him, ten bad deeds will be erased from his record, he will be raised ten degrees in status, and he will have protection from the Shaytān until evening comes. If he says that when evening comes, he will have something similar until morning comes.

عَنْ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ، – أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏”‏ مَنْ قَالَ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ كَانَ لَهُ عِدْلُ رَقَبَةٍ مِنْ وَلَدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَكُتِبَ لَهُ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ وَحُطَّ عَنْهُ عَشْرُ سَيِّئَاتٍ وَرُفِعَ لَهُ عَشْرُ دَرَجَاتٍ وَكَانَ فِي حِرْزٍ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَإِنْ قَالَهَا إِذَا أَمْسَى كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ ‏”‏

(Abū Dawūd 5077. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)

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1.2

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ (3x)

The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: There is no servant who says, in the morning of every day, and the evening of every night: ‘In the Name of Allāh, who with His Name, nothing in the earth or the heavens can cause harm, and He is The All- Hearing, The All-Knowing – three times, (except that) nothing shall harm him.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَقُولُ فِي صَبَاحِ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَمَسَاءِ كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لاَ يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الأَرْضِ وَلاَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَيَضُرُّهُ شَيْءٌ ‏”‏ ‏

(At-Tirmidhī 3388. Declared Hasan Sahīh by Al-Albānī)

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1.3

رضيتُ باللهِ ربًّا وبالإسلامِ دينًا وبمحمَّدٍ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّم نبيًّا (3x)

The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: No Muslim servant says thrice ever morning and evening: I am pleased with Allāh as my Lord, Islām as my religion and Muhammad as my Prophet, except that is is incumbent upon Allāh to please him on the Day of Resurrection.

ما مِن عبدٍ مسلمٍ يقولُ حينَ يُصْبِحُ وحينَ يُمْسي ثلاثَ مرَّاتٍ رضيتُ باللهِ ربًّا وبالإسلامِ دينًا وبمحمَّدٍ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّم نبيًّا إلَّا كان حقًّا على اللهِ أن يُرضِيَه يومَ القيامةِ

(Imām Ahmads Musnad 23111. Sunan Al-Kubrā of An-Nasā’i 9847. Declared Sahīh Lighayrihi by Shu’ayb Al-Arnaūt)

In another wording :

The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: Whoever says thrice ever morning and evening: I am pleased with Allāh as my Lord, Islâm as my religion and Muhammad as my Prophet,  except that is is incumbent upon Allāh to please him.

عن ثوبان قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : مَن قالَ حينَ يصبِحُ وحينَ يُمسي ثلاثَ مرَّاتٍ رضيتُ باللَّهِ ربًّا وبالإسلامِ دينًا وبمحمَّدٍ نبيًّا كانَ حقًّا على اللَّهِ أن يُرضِيَهُ

(Declared Hasan by Ibn Hajr in Nata’ij Al-Afkār 2/371.)

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1.4

لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَيُمِيتُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ (10x)

The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: Whoever says in the morning: There is nothing which has the right to be worshipped except Allāh alone with no partners, to Him belongs the dominion, to Him belongs the praise, He gives life and causes death, and He has power over all things – ten times, Allāh will write for him for each time he says it ten rewards, remove from him ten sins, and raise him ten degrees. These supplications will be similar to ten freed slaves for him, and it will be a shield for him from the beginning of the day to the end of the day. And he will not do any deed that day superior to it. And if he says it in the evening, the same will apply.

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: من قال حين يُصبِحُ : لا إلهَ إلا اللهُ وحدَه لا شريكَ له ، له الملكُ ، و له الحمدُ يحيي و يُميتُ ، و هو على كلِّ شيءٍ قديرٌ – عشرَ مراتٍ ، كتب اللهُ له بكل واحدةٍ قالها عشرَ حسناتٍ ، و حَطَّ عنه بها عشرَ سيِّئاتٍ ، و رفعَه بها عشرَ درجاتٍ ، و كُنَّ له كعشرِ رِقابٍ ، و كُنّ له مَسلَحةً من أولِ النهارِ إلى آخرِه ، و لم يعملْ يومئذٍ عملًا يَقهَرْهنَّ ، فإن قالها حين يُمسي ، فكذلك

(Sahīhah of Al-Albānī 2563)

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1.5

حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ ( 7x)

Abū al-Dardā’ said: Whoever says seven times morning and evening; “Allāh is sufficient for me: there is none who has the right to be worshipped except He; on Him I place my trust, and He is The Lord of the Great Throne ”, Allāh will be sufficient for him against anything which grieves him.

عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ رضى الله عنه قَالَ مَنْ قَالَ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ وَإِذَا أَمْسَى حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَهُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ مَا أَهَمَّهُ

(Abū Dawūd 5081. Declared Mawqūf Sahīh by Abdul-Muhsin al-‘Abbād in Sharh Sunan Abū Dawūd)

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1.6

اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَىَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ

The Prophet (ﷺ) said “The most superior way of asking for forgiveness from Allāh is: O Allāh, You are my Lord. None has the right to be worshipped but You. You created me and I am Your slave, and I am faithful to my covenant and my promise (to You) as much as I can. I seek refuge with You from all the evil I have done. I acknowledge before You all the blessings You have bestowed upon me, and I confess to You all my sins. So I ask You to forgive my sins, for nobody can forgive sins except You.” 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.”

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏”‏ سَيِّدُ الاِسْتِغْفَارِ أَنْ تَقُولَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ، أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَىَّ وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي، فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ ‏”‏‏.‏ قَالَ ‏”‏ وَمَنْ قَالَهَا مِنَ النَّهَارِ مُوقِنًا بِهَا، فَمَاتَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُمْسِيَ، فَهُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَمَنْ قَالَهَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَهْوَ مُوقِنٌ بِهَا، فَمَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُصْبِحَ، فَهْوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ‏”‏‏

(Sahīh Bukhārī 6306)

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1.7

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ( 100x)

The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said: He who says in the morning and in the evening:” May Allāh be removed from all imperfection and all praise is due to Him” 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.

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 ‏”‏

(Sahīh Muslim 2692)

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1.8

اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ وَأَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي سُوءًا أَوْ أَجُرَّهُ إِلَى مُسْلِمٍ

Abū Rāshid Al-Hubrāni said: “I came to ‘Abdullāh ibn’ Amr ibn al-‘Ās and said to him: ‘Tell us something that you heard from the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ).’ So he put forth a piece of paper and said: ‘This is what the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) wrote for me.’” He said: “So I looked in it and found in it: ‘Indeed, Abū Bakr As-Siddīq, may Allāh be pleased with him, said: “O Messenger of Allāh, teach me what to say at morning and evening.” He said: “O Abū Bakr, say: ‘O Allāh, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, there is none worthy of worship except You, Lord of everything and its Owner, I seek refuge with You from the evil of my soul and from the evil of Shaytān and his Shirk, and (I seek refuge with You) that I should do some evil to myself or bring it upon a Muslim

أتَيْتُ عبدَ اللهِ بنَ عَمرِو بنِ العاصِ، فقُلْتُ له: حدِّثْنا ما سمِعْتَ مِن رسولِ اللهِ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ، فأَلقى بين يدَيَّ صَحيفةً، فقال: هذا ما كتَبَ لي رسولُ اللهِ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ، فنظَرْتُ فيها، فإذا فيها: أنَّ أبا بَكرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ قال: يا رسولَ اللهِ، علِّمْني ما أقولُ إذا أصبَحْتُ وإذا أمسَيْتُ؟ فقال له رسولُ اللهِ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ: يا أبا بَكرٍ، قُلْ: اللَّهُمَّ فاطرَ السَّمواتِ والأرضِ، عالمَ الغَيبِ والشَّهادةِ، لا إلهَ إلَّا أنتَ، ربَّ كلِّ شيءٍ ومَليكَه، أعوذُ بكَ مِن شرِّ نفْسي، ومِن شرِّ الشَّيطانِ وشِركِه، وأنْ أقترِفَ على نفْسي سوءًا، أو أجُرَّه إلى مُسلمِ

(Musnad of Imām Ahmad 6851. Declared Sahīh by Shu’ayb Al-Arnaūt)

In a different wording:

اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ

Abū Hurayrah narrated: Abū Bakr as-Siddīq said: Oh Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ)! command me something to say in the morning and in the evening. He said: Say “O Allāh, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Lord of everything and its Owner. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except You; I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own soul, from the evil of the Shaytān and His Shirk..” He said: Say this in the morning, the evening and when you go to bed.

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ، رضى الله عنه قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مُرْنِي بِكَلِمَاتٍ أَقُولُهُنَّ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏”‏ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ رَبَّ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏”‏ قُلْهَا إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتَ وَإِذَا أَخَذْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ

(Abū Dawūd 5067. Declared Sahîh by Al-Albānī)

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1.9

اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ (morning)

اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ (evening)

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say when morning came: “O Allāh, by Your grace we reach the morning, by Your grace we reach the evening, by Your grace we live and by Your grace we die, and to You is the return.” When evening came he would say:” “O Allāh, by Your grace we reach the evening, by Your grace we reach the morning, by Your grace we live, by Your grace we die and to You is our ultimate return”.

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ ‏”‏ اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَصْبَحْنَا وَبِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ وَإِذَا أَمْسَى قَالَ ‏”‏ اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ أَمْسَيْنَا وَبِكَ نَحْيَا وَبِكَ نَمُوتُ وَإِلَيْكَ النُّشُورُ ‏”

(Abū Dawūd 5068. Declared Sahîh by Al-Albānī)

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1.10

Reciting Sūrah al-Ikhlās, Sūrah al-Falaq, Sūrah al-Nās (3x)

‘Abdullāh ibn Khubayb narrated: We went out one rainy and intensely dark night to look for the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) to lead us in prayer, and when we found him, he asked: Have you prayed?, but I did not say anything. So he said: Say, but I did not say anything. He again said: Say, but I did not say anything. He then said: Say. So I said: What am I to say? He said: Say: “Say, He is Allāh, The-One,” [Sûrah al-Ikhlās] and al-Mu’awwadhatayn [al-Falaq & al-Nās] three times in the morning and evening; they will suffice you for everything.

عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خُبَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا فِي لَيْلَةِ مَطَرٍ وَظُلْمَةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ نَطْلُبُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِيُصَلِّيَ لَنَا فَأَدْرَكْنَاهُ فَقَالَ ‏”‏ أَصَلَّيْتُمْ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ فَلَمْ أَقُلْ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ ‏”‏ قُلْ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ فَلَمْ أَقُلْ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏”‏ قُلْ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ فَلَمْ أَقُلْ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏”‏ قُلْ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَقُولُ قَالَ ‏”‏ ‏{‏ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ‏}‏ وَالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ حِينَ تُمْسِي وَحِينَ تُصْبِحُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ تَكْفِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ ‏”‏ ‏

(Abū Dawūd 5082. Declared Hasan by Al-Albānī)

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1.11

Reciting Āyat al-Kursī [Sūrah al-Baqarah:255]

عن أُبيِّ بنِ كَعْبٍ رضِي اللهُ عنه أنَّه كان له جُرْنٌ من تَمْرٍ فكان يَنقُصُ فحرسَه ذاتَ ليلةٍ فإذا هو بدابَّةٍ شِبْه الغُلامِ المُحتَلِمِ فسلَّمَ عليه فرَدَّ عليه السلامَ فقال ما أنت جِنِّيٌ أمْ إنْسيٌ قال جِنِّيٌ قال فناوِلْنِي يدَك قال فناوَلَه يدَه فإذا يدُه يدُ كلبٍ وشَعرُه شَعرُ كلبٍ قال هذا خَلْقُ الجِنِّ قال قدْ عَلِمتِ الجِنُّ أنَّ ما فيِهم رجلًا أشدَ مِنِّي قال فما جاء بِكَ قال بلَغَنَا أنَّكَ تُحِبُّ الصَّدقةَ فجِئْنا نُصيبُ من طعامِك قال فما يُنَجِّينَا مِنكُم قال هذه الآيةُ التِي في سورةِ البقرةِ اللَّهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هو الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ مَنْ قالَها حِينَ يُمسِي أُجِيرَ مِنَّا حتَى يُصْبِحَ ومَن قالَها حينَ يصبحُ أُجِيرَ مِنَّا حتى يُمسِي فلَمَّا أصبحَ أتَى رسولُ اللهِ صلَّى اللهُ عليِه وسلَّمَ فذكر ذلكَ له فقال : صَدَقَ الخبيثُ

Ubayy ibn Ka’b narrated that he had a vessel in which he kept dates. He used to check on it and found that the number was decreasing. So he kept guard on it one night and saw a beast that looked like an adolescent boy. He said: “I greeted him with salams and he returned my greeting, then I asked him, ‘What are you, a jinni or a human?’ He said,’ A jinni.’ I said to him, ‘Show me your hand.’ So he showed me his hand, and it looked like a dog’s paw with dog’s fur. I said, ‘Do all the jinn look like this?’ He said, ‘the jinn know that no one among the male is stronger than I.’ I said, ‘What made you do what you did [i.e., taking the dates]?’ He said, ‘We heard that you are a man who loves charity, and we wanted to have a share of your food.’ ” Ubayy asked him, “What will safeguard us from you? “He said, “An āyah in Sūrah al-Baqarah, Allāhu la ilāha illa huwa, Al-Hayy, Al-Qayyūm(Āyatul Kursī) . If you say it in the morning you’ll be safeguarded from us until the evening, and if you say it in the evening you’ll be safeguarded from us until the morning.” Then in the next morning he [Ubayy] went to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم ) and told him (about what had happened) and he said, “The evil one spoke the truth.”

(Sahīh At-Targhīb 662. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)

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Chapter 2: Dhikr for the morning only

2.1

رَضِيتُ باللهِ ربًّا ، وبالإسلامِ دينًا ، وبِمحمدٍ نبيًا

It was narrated from Al-Munaydhir – a companion of the Messenger, and he was in Africa- who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) say: “Whoever says when the morning enters: ‘I am pleased with Allāh as my Lord, Islām as my religion and Muhammad as my Prophet.’ Then I guarantee I will take him by the hand until he is entered into Paradise.”

عن المنيذر صاحب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم- وكان يكون بإفريقية – قال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: مَن قال إذا أصْبحَ : رَضِيتُ باللهِ ربًّا ، وبالإسلامِ دينًا ، وبِمحمدٍ نبيًا فأنا الزَّعيمُ ، لآخُذَنَّ بيدِه حتى أُدخِلَه الجنةَ

(Sahīh At-Targhīb 657. Declared Hasan by Al-Albānī)

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2.2

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ (3x)

Juwariya reported that Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) departed from her in the morning, when he prayed the dawn prayer. And she was at her place of prayer. He came back in the forenoon and she was still sitting there. He (the Prophet) said to her:

Have you continued upon the state I left you upon?
She said: Yes. Thereupon Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: I said four phrases three times after I left you and if these are to be weighed against what you have said since morning these would outweigh them and (these words) are:” I declare Allāh free from all imperfections, and praise is due to Him – as much as the number of His creation and as much as He himself is pleased with, and as much as the weight of His Throne and as plentiful as His Words.”

عَنْ جُوَيْرِيَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهَا بُكْرَةً حِينَ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ وَهِيَ فِي مَسْجِدِهَا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَضْحَى وَهِيَ جَالِسَةٌ فَقَالَ ‏”‏ مَا زِلْتِ عَلَى الْحَالِ الَّتِي فَارَقْتُكِ عَلَيْهَا ‏”‏ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏”‏ لَقَدْ قُلْتُ بَعْدَكِ أَرْبَعَ كَلِمَاتٍ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَوْ وُزِنَتْ بِمَا قُلْتِ مُنْذُ الْيَوْمِ لَوَزَنَتْهُنَّ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ

(Sahīh Muslim 2726)

In the wording of at-tirmidhī (3555, declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī) :

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رِضَا نَفْسِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رِضَا نَفْسِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رِضَا نَفْسِهِ

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ زِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ زِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ زِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ

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Chapter 3: Dhikr for the evening only

3.1

أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ (3x)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever says three times when he reaches the evening: ‘I seek refuge in Allāh’s Perfect Words from the evil of what he created’, no poisonous sting shall harm him that night.”

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ “‏ مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُمْسِي ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ أَعُوذُ بِكَلِمَاتِ اللَّهِ التَّامَّاتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ حُمَةٌ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ ‏”

(At-Tirmidhī 3604. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)