Class 2
ADHKAAR THROUGHOUT THE DAY
MORNING
(Because of the length of content the Morning class is divided into two parts. One is about Adhkaar and in the other we will cover the Sunnahs about Eating, Drinking, Clothing, Going out, at Work, etc).
Bismillah, start your morning with with duas for yourself, duas for your aakhirah, for ease and for protection. Start your days with the Morning Adhkaar.
DHIKR - POLISHING THE HEART
AlIaah’s Messenger ﷺ said: “For everything there is a polish, and the polish for the hearts is the dhikr (remembrance) of Allaah. There is nothing more potent in saving a person from the punishment of Allaah than the dhikr of Allaah.” It was said: Not even Ji haad in the path of Allaah. So he ﷺ replied: “Not even if you were to continue striking with your sword until it breaks.” [Related by Ahmad (4/352), It was authenticated by al-Albaanee]
Allah says,
اذكروا الله ذكرا كثيرا
Remember Allah with much remembrance. (Al-Ahzaab:41)
Ali ibn Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them both) stated regarding this statement of Allah The Most High.
Verily, Allah did not obligate an obligation upon his servants except that he legislated a fixed limit for it (e.g. obligatory prayers are a fixed with set number of raka’aat, obligatory fasts of Ramadhan are one month every calendar year), and then excused its performers when they are in a situation when they are excused (traveller, sick etc), except in the case of dhikr (remembrance of Allah) for indeed Allah did not legislate a limit for it and nor is a person excused for abandoning it, except when compelled. Allah said,
فَٱذۡڪُرُواْ ٱللَّهَ قِيَـٰمً۬ا وَقُعُودً۬ا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِڪُمۡ
remember Allah standing, sitting down, and (lying down) on your sides (An-Nisaa:103)
night and day, at land or sea, whilst travelling or resident, when wealthy and in times of poverty, in sickness and in health, in private and public and in all circumstances, He, The Mighty and Majestic said,
و سبحوه بكرة و أصيلا
And glorify His Praises morning and afternoon [the early morning (Fajr) and ‘Asr prayers]. (Al-Ahzaab:42)
so if you were to do that (in the manner mentioned by ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them both)) then Allah will send His Blessings upon you, and the Angels will supplicate for you.
Allah, the Exalted, also says:
“And the remembering (praising) of (you by) Allah (in front of the angels) is greater indeed [than your remembering (praising) of Allah in prayers]” (29:45)
“Therefore remember Me (by praying, glorifying). I will remember you.” (2:152)
“And remember your Rubb by your tongue and within yourself, humbly and with fear and without loudness in words, in the mornings and in the afternoons, and be not of those who are neglectful.” (7:205)
“And remember Allah much, that you may be successful.” (62:10)
“Verily, the Muslims (those who submit to Allah in Islam) men and women… (up to)… And the men and the women who remember Allah much with their hearts and tongues. Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward (i.e., Jannah).” (33:35)
“So when you have finished the rights of your Pilgrimage, then remember Allaah as you remember your fore-father, or with more intense remembrance.” [Soorah al-Baqarah 2:200].
We are not listing all the Adhkaar as it would make the class very long.
ADKHAAR FOR MORNING & EVENING
Download free pdf for Morning & Evening Adhkaar, there are audios at the bottom of each page, if you are not able to play them, please download “Foxit Pdf reader” it will work InShaAllah.
The audios are there to help with pronunciations and practice. The Sunnah is to Recite the Adhkaar and not just listen.
Download the audio for the Morning & Evening Adhkaar, this is to help with pronunciations and practice. As the Sunnah is to Recite and not just listen to the Adhkaar.
BEST DHIKR
The best dhikr is the Qur’aan. After that the best speech and the most excellent remembrance after that are four statements. They have an exceptional value, they consist of a great matter and have a high status in the Deen of Allaah, and they are: SubhaanAllaah (Tasbeeh), al hamdulillaah (Tahmeed), laa illaaha illAllaah (Tahleel), Allaahu Akbar (Takbir) which are also from the Qur’aan.
The Prophet ﷺ said,
“The most beloved speech to Allaah consists of four, there is no harm with which one you begin, Subhana Allaahi, wal hamdu lillaahi, wa la illaah ila Allaah, wa Allaahu akbar.’” (Muslim)
“The uttering of the words: “Subhan-Allah (Allah is free from imperfection), Al-hamdu lillah (all praise is due to Allah), La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except Allah) and Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)’ is dearer to me than anything over which the sun rises.” (Muslim).
These small adhkaar can be done at any time of the day, while you are driving/going to work, cooking, or any other regular thing that doesn’t need your full concentration, and the rewards for these are SubhaanAllah great.
SubhaanAllah 100 times Alhamdulillah 100 times Allahu Akbar 100 times
The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘Say Subhana Allaah one hundred times, indeed it is equivalent to freeing one hundred slaves from the offspring of Isma’eel. And Say Alhamdulillaah one hundred times, it is the equivalent to one hundred horses saddled with reins ready to carry a person in the path of Allaah. And Say Allaahu akbar one hundred times, since it is the equivalent to one hundred camels slaughtered for the sake of Allaah. And Say La illaah ila Allaah one hundred times, Ibn Khalf (the narrator from Aasim) said: I think he said: it fills what is between the heavens and the earth and on that day no one will have an action raised except the one who came with the like of it.’ (Musnad Imam Ahmed)
Plant Trees in Paradise
The Prophet ﷺ said, ‘I met the Prophet Ibrahim on the night when I was taken on the night journey, and Ibrahim said:
O Muhammad convey my Salam to your Ummah, and inform them that Paradise has very fine soil, sweet water. That it has lowland and its plants are:
‘Subhana Allaahi, wal hamdu lillaahi, wa la illaah ila Allaah, wa Allaahu akbar’’ (Tirmidhi)
Sins are Forgiven
The Prophet ﷺ said,
“Allaah selected four phrases from speech: SubhaanAllaah, wal hamdulillaah, wa laa ilaaha illAllaah, wAllaahu akbar. So whoever says SubhaanAllaah will have 20 good deeds written for him and 20 bad deeds removed. Whoever says Allaahu akbar will get the same and whoever says laa ilaaha illAllaah will get the same. Whoever says alhamdulilaahi rabbil ‘aalameen of his own accord will have 30 good deeds written for him and 30 bad deeds removed.” (Ahmad 2/303; Mustadrak 1/512; Saheeh al Jaami’ 1718).
“If anyone extols Allah after every prayer thirty-three times, and praises Allah thirty-three times, and declares His Greatness thirty-three times, ninety-nine times in all, and says to complete a hundred: ‘La ilaha illal-lah, wahdahu la shareeka lah, lahul-mulku walahul-hamd, wahuwa ‘ala kulli shayin qadeer,’ his sins will be forgiven even If these are as abundant as the foam of the sea.” (Muslim)
Also Anas bin Malik narrated that: the Prophet ﷺ passed by a tree with dry leaves, so he struck it with his staff, making the leaves fall. Then he ﷺ said: “Indeed, ‘all praise is due to Allah, (Al-Ḥamdulillāhh)’ ‘glory to Allah, (Subḥān Allāh)’ ‘none has the right to be worshipped by Allah, (Lā Ilāha Illallāh)’ and ‘Allah is the greatest (Allāhu Akbar)’ cause the sins to fall from the worshipper, just as the leaves of this tree fall.” (Tirmidhi)
As for the meaning ‘expiation of sins’ here it means minor sins.
Never be disappointed
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There are some words, the reciters of which will never be disappointed. These are: Tasbih [saying 'Subhan-Allah' (Allah is free from imperfection)], thirty-three times, Tahmid [saying 'Al-hamdu lillah' (praise be to Allah)] thirty-three times and Takbir [saying 'Allahu Akbar' (Allah is Greatest)] thirty-four times; and these should be recited after the conclusion of every prescribed prayer." (Muslim)
SOME OTHER ADHKAAR WITH GREAT REWARDS
1.
لا إلهَ إلاّ اللّهُ وحْـدَهُ لا شَـريكَ لهُ، لهُ المُـلْكُ ولهُ الحَمْـد، وهُوَ على كُلّ شَيءٍ قَدير .
Laa ilaaha illAllaah wahdahu la shareeka lah, lahul mulk wa lahul hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadeer
‘None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone, without partner, to Him belongs all sovereignty and praise, and He is over all things omnipotent.’
The Prophet ﷺ said: “The best invocation is that of the Day of Arafat, and the best that anyone can say is what I and the Prophets before me have said: (the above)” (Tirmidhi)
Reward of reciting it in the morning and evenings
The Prophet ﷺ said,
Saying it once: “Whoever says (the above), in the morning, then it will be like freeing a slave from the descendants of Ismaa’eel, and ten good deeds will be written for him, ten bad deeds will be erased for him and he will be raised by ten degrees and he will be protected from satan until the evening; and if he says it in the evening, then there will be the like of that for him until the morning.” (Aboo Daawood 5077).
Saying it 10 times: "Whoever recites it ten times will be as if he had freed one of Ismaa’eel's descendants.“ (Saheeh at Targheeb 660).
Saying it 100 times: "Whoever says: (the above) one hundred times will get the same reward for freeing ten slaves; and one hundred good deeds will be written in his account, and one hundred sins will be deducted from his account, and it will be a shield for him from Satan on that day till night, and nobody will be able to do a better deed except the one who does more than him." (Bukhaaree 6403).
After Fajr: “Whoever says at the end of every Fajr prayer, while his feet are still folded, before speaking (the above) ten times, then ten good deeds shall be written for him, ten evil deeds shall be wiped away from him, ten degrees shall be raised up for him, and he shall be in security all that day from every disliked thing, and he shall be in protection from Shaitan, and no sin will meet him or destroy him that day, except for associating partners with Allah.” (Tirmidhi, classed as Hasan)
After Maghrib: “Whoever says (the above) ten times at the end of Al-Maghrib - Allah shall send for him protectors to guard him from Shaitan until he reaches morning, and Allah writes for him ten good deeds, Mujibat, and He wipes from him ten of the destructive evil deeds, and it shall be for him the equal of freeing ten believing slaves.” (Tirmidhi, classed as Hasan)
2.
رَضيـتُ بِاللهِ رَبَّـاً وَبِالإسْلامِ ديـناً وَبِمُحَـمَّدٍ نَبِيّـاً
Radheetu billaahi Rabban, wa bil-'Islaami deenan, wa bi-Muhammadin (ﷺ) Nabiyyan.
I am pleased with Allah as my Lord, with Islam as my religion and with Muhammad (ﷺ) as my Prophet.
Virtue
The Prophet ﷺ said,
"Allah has promised that anyone who says this three times every morning or evening will be pleased on the Day of Resurrection." (Ahmad, An-Nasa'i, 'Amalul-Yawm wal-Laylah p. 4, Ibn As-Sunni (no. 68), At-Tirmidhi; Its chain of transmission is good - Hasan).
“If anyone says (the above) Paradise will be his due.” (Abu Dawood, Sahih by Albani)
3.
سُبْحـانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْـدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْـقِه ، وَرِضـا نَفْسِـه ، وَزِنَـةَ عَـرْشِـه ، وَمِـدادَ كَلِمـاتِـه
Subhan-Allahi wa bihamdihi, `adada khalqihi, wa rida nafsihi, wa zinatah `arshihi, wa midada kalimatihi
[Allah is free from imperfection and I begin with His praise, as many times as the number of His creatures, in accordance with His Good Pleasure, equal to the weight of His Throne and equal to the ink that may be used in recording the words (for His Praise)]."
Virtue
Juwairiyah bint Al-Harith (May Allah be pleased with her), the Mother of the Believers, reported:
The Prophet ﷺ came out from my apartment in the morning as I was busy in performing the dawn prayer. He came back in the forenoon and found me sitting there. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Are you still in the same position as I left you." I replied in the affirmative. Thereupon the Prophet ﷺ said, "I recited four words three times after I had left you. If these are to be weighed against all you have recited since morning, these will be heavier”. These are (the above)." [Muslim].
repentance
The Prophet ﷺ said, “O people, turn to Allah in repentance. Verily, I repent to Him one hundred times in a day.” (Sahih Muslim)
1.
أستغفر الله وأتوب إليه
Astaghfirullah wa atubu ilaih".
“I seek forgiveness to Allah and repent towards Him.”
(100 times)
2.
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi
Allaah is free from imperfection and all praise is due to Him
Allah's Messenger ﷺ said, "Whoever says,(the above),' one hundred times a day, will be forgiven all his sins even if they were as much as the foam of the sea.
3. Syed-ul- Istighfar (The best/most Superior way of asking for Forgiveness from Allah)
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ وَأَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِكَ وَوَعْدِكَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا صَنَعْتُ أَبُوءُ لَكَ بِذَنْبِي وَأَبُوءُ لَكَ بِنِعْمَتِكَ عَلَيَّ فَاغْفِرْ لِي فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ
Allaahumma anta rabbee, la ilaha illa anta, Khalaqtanee, wa ana abduka, wa ana ala ahdika wa wadika mastatatu, aouthu bika min sharri ma sanatu, aboou laka binimatika alayya, wa aboou bitahmbee, faghfirlee fainnahu la yaghfiru ath-thunooba illa anta
O Allaah You are my Lord, there is none worthy of worship in truth except You, You created me and I am Your slave and I am abiding to Your covenant and promise as best as I can, I seek refuge in You from the evil that I have committed, I profess to you my sins and I acknowledge Your favour upon me, so forgive me verily no one forgives sins except you.
The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said : The best supplication for seeking forgiveness is to say (the above Dua) So if the worshipper says this when the morning arrives, truly believing init and he dies enters Paradise, and if he says this when the evening arrives truly believing in it enters Paradise” (Sahih Bukhari)
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