What a man says in the morning

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Abza (may Allah be pleased with him) said that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reached the morning, he would recite this supplication: "We have reached the morning upon the natural way of Islam, upon the word of sincerity, upon the religion of our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and upon the way of our father Ibrahim, who was a firm Muslim and was not of the polytheists."

Sayyiduna Abu Sallam (may Allah be pleased with him), the servant of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), said: There is no Muslim, or human being, or servant who recites these words three times morning and evening: "I am pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) as Prophet," except that it is a right upon Allah to please him on the Day of Resurrection.

Rib'i bin Hirash reported from a man of the tribe of Nakha' that Sayyiduna Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever recites these words in the morning: "O Allah, You are my Lord; You have no partner. We have reached the morning, and all dominion has reached the morning for Allah, and all praise is for Allah. He has no partner," and whoever recites likewise in the evening, this supplication will become an expiation for the sins committed between the two.

Abdullah bin Sabrah said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to recite this supplication morning and evening: "O Allah, make me among the best of Your servants, in the morning or the evening, in the share You give of the good You apportion, or of the light by which You guide, or of the mercy You distribute, or of the provision You grant, or of the hardship You remove, or of the affliction You avert, or of the trial You turn away, or of the evil You repel."

Amr bin Murrah said: I asked Sa'id bin al-Musayyib: "When you people reached the morning and the evening, what supplication did you recite?" He said: "We recited this supplication: 'We seek refuge in Allah, the Noble, in the Mighty Name of Allah, and in the perfect word of Allah, from the evil of the select few and the common people; O Lord, from the evil of what You have created, from the evil of whatever You hold by the forelock, from the evil of this day and the evil of what comes after it, and from the evil of this world and the Hereafter.'"

Musa al-Juhani reported from a certain man that Sa'id bin Jubayr said: Whoever recites this verse: "So glorify Allah when you reach the evening and when you reach the morning" [Al-Rum: 17], until he has finished the verse three times, will attain the reward of the deed he missed during the night; and if he recites this verse at night, he will attain the reward of the deed he missed during the day.

Sayyiduna Abu Ayyash (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever recites these words in the morning: 'There is no god but Allah, alone, without partner; His is the dominion and for Him is all praise, and He has power over everything,' that person will have a reward equal to freeing a slave from the descendants of Isma'il, ten good deeds will be written for him, ten of his sins will be erased, he will be raised ten degrees, and he will remain protected from Satan until he reaches the evening. And when he recites these words in the evening, he will have a similar reward until he reaches the morning."