📖 Juristic Rulings & Issues in the Light of the Qur’an and Hadith
Rulings and Issues of Salah – Volume 01, Page 134
❓ Question
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Remembrances (Adhkār) and Supplications After Prayer
✍️ Answer (With the Help of al-Wahhāb, Subject to the Validity of the Question)
وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته!
الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله، أما بعد!
✨ The Importance of the Remembrance of Allah
Allah Almighty says:
﴿يـٰأَيُّهَا الَّذينَ ءامَنُوا اذكُرُوا اللَّهَ ذِكرًا كَثيرًا ﴿٤١﴾ وَسَبِّحوهُ بُكرَةً وَأَصيلًا ﴿٤٢﴾﴾
Translation:
O you who believe! Remember Allah abundantly, and glorify Him morning and evening.
Allah Almighty has commanded remembrance after the performance of acts of worship. He says:
﴿فَإِذا قَضَيتُمُ الصَّلوٰةَ فَاذكُرُوا اللَّهَ قِيـٰمًا وَقُعودًا وَعَلىٰ جُنوبِكُم ﴿١٠٣﴾﴾
Translation:
Then when you have completed the prayer, remember Allah while standing, sitting, and lying on your sides.
And He says:
﴿فَإِذا قُضِيَتِ الصَّلوٰةُ فَانتَشِروا فِى الأَرضِ وَابتَغوا مِن فَضلِ اللَّهِ وَاذكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَثيرًا لَعَلَّكُم تُفلِحونَ ﴿١٠﴾﴾
Translation:
Then when the prayer is finished, disperse through the land, seek the bounty of Allah, and remember Allah much so that you may succeed.
Likewise, after completing the fasts of Ramadan, Allah commanded remembrance:
﴿وَلِتُكمِلُوا العِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّهَ عَلىٰ ما هَدىٰكُم وَلَعَلَّكُم تَشكُرونَ ﴿١٨٥﴾﴾
Translation:
So that you may complete the prescribed period, glorify Allah for having guided you, and that you may be grateful.
Similarly, after completing the rites of Hajj, Allah says:
﴿فَإِذا قَضَيتُم مَنـٰسِكَكُم فَاذكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَذِكرِكُم ءاباءَكُم أَو أَشَدَّ ذِكرًا ﴿٢٠٠﴾﴾
Translation:
When you have completed your rites, then remember Allah as you remember your forefathers, or with even greater remembrance.
🧠 Wisdom Behind Remembrance After Acts of Worship
◈ If any deficiency occurred in the act of worship, remembrance becomes a means of compensation.
◈ It removes satanic whisperings.
◈ The servant remains constantly connected with Allah Almighty.
◈ The servant realizes that even after worship, the right of Allah remains due.
🕌 Prescribed Adhkār After the Obligatory Prayer
The remembrances after the obligatory prayer are only those that are authentically established from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. It is necessary to avoid innovations introduced by some people.
① Seeking Forgiveness and Supplication
It is narrated from Thawbān رضي الله عنه that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished the prayer, he would seek forgiveness three times and then say:
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلامُ، وَمِنْكَ السَّلامُ، تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلالِ وَالإِكْرَامِ
Translation:
O Allah! You are Peace, and from You is peace. Blessed are You, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor.
② The Declaration of Tawḥīd and Supplication
It is narrated from Al-Mughīrah bin Shuʿbah رضي الله عنه that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say:
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، اللَّهُمَّ لَا مَانِعَ لِمَا أَعْطَيْتَ وَلَا مُعْطِيَ لِمَا مَنَعْتَ وَلَا يَنْفَعُ ذَا الْجَدِّ مِنْكَ الْجَدُّ
Translation:
There is no deity except Allah alone, He has no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things capable. O Allah! None can withhold what You give, and none can give what You withhold, and no wealth or status can benefit its possessor against You.
③ Comprehensive Remembrance
It is narrated from ʿAbdullāh bin az-Zubayr رضي الله عنه that after pronouncing salām, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say:
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، 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
Translation:
There is no deity except Allah alone; He has no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things. There is no might nor power except with Allah. There is no deity except Allah, and we worship none but Him. His is the favor, His is the grace, and His is the good praise. We devote religion sincerely to Him, even if the disbelievers dislike it.
④ Tasbīḥāt (Glorifications)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
مَنْ قَالَ دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَخَتَمَهَا بِلاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، غُفِرَتْ خَطَايَاهُ وَلَوْ كَانَتْ مِثْلَ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ
Translation:
Whoever says after every obligatory prayer: thirty-three times Subḥānallāh, thirty-three times Al-ḥamdu lillāh, and thirty-three times Allāhu Akbar, and completes it with Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lah…, his sins will be forgiven even if they are like the foam of the sea.
⑤ Āyat al-Kursī and the Muʿawwidhāt
After every prayer, reciting Āyat al-Kursī, Sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ, Sūrah al-Falaq, and Sūrah an-Nās is Sunnah.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
مَنْ قَرَأَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ لَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ مِنْ دُخُولِ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا الْمَوْتُ
Translation:
Whoever recites Āyat al-Kursī after every prayer, nothing will prevent him from entering Paradise except death.
