What are the adhkar and du'as recited after the end of every prayer, and does each prayer have a specific du'a, or is it one du'a recited after every prayer? What is it?

The questioner : The last question asks: What are the prescribed adhkar and du'as that are recited after finishing every prayer? Is there a difference in the du'as regarding the prayers, meaning does each prayer have a specific du'a, or is it one du'a and one dhikr recited after every prayer? And what is it?

The Shaykh : The adhkar transmitted after the prayers are varied. If a person performs one type of them, that is sufficient, because it is permissible, indeed prescribed, for a person to perform varied acts of worship in the ways in which they were transmitted. For example, in the opening supplication (istiftah), there are varied forms. If he opens with one of them, he has done what is prescribed. In this regard, there is what is indicated by the hadith of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and there are also . If he opens with the first, or the second, or any other of what was transmitted in the istiftah, which is what is said in the first rak'ah before al-Fatihah, there is no blame on him. In fact, it is better that he opens with this one sometimes and that one sometimes. The same applies to what was transmitted in the tashahhud, and to what was transmitted in the adhkar of the prayers. When a person finishes the prayer, he seeks forgiveness three times, saying: "I seek forgiveness from Allah, I seek forgiveness from Allah, I seek forgiveness from Allah. O Allah, You are Peace and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honor." He says three times: "There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things competent." He says: "There is no god but Allah, and we worship none but Him. His is the favor and His is the praise and the good word. There is no god but Allah, and we worship none but Him, sincere to Him in religion, even if the disbelievers dislike it." He also says: "O Allah, there is no one who can prevent what You have given, and there is no one who can give what You have prevented, and the wealth of the wealthy does not benefit him against You." He says: "Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah), Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah), Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)" thirty-three times each. This makes ninety-nine. He completes the hundred by saying: "There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is over all things competent." It is permissible for him to say: "Subhan Allah, Subhan Allah, Subhan Allah" thirty-three times all together, and "Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah" thirty-three times all together, meaning he glorifies Allah thirty-three times alone, praises Him thirty-three times alone, and magnifies Him thirty-four times all together, making this a hundred. It is also permissible for him to say instead of that: "Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illa Allah, Allahu Akbar" twenty-five times, making this a hundred. The best of these types is for a person to do one of them sometimes and another sometimes, so that he has performed the Sunnah. As for the Maghrib and Fajr prayers, it was transmitted that he says after them ten times: "There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise. He gives life and He causes death, and He is over all things competent." And he also says seven times: "My Lord, save me from the Fire." Know that the variety of acts of worship and adhkar is a blessing from Allah upon man, because several benefits are achieved through it. Among them is that the variety of acts of worship leads to a person being present in mind with what he says of dhikr. If a person continues with one dhikr, he ends up reciting it, as they say, routinely, without his heart being present. If he intends and deliberately varies them, he thereby achieves presence of heart. Among the benefits of the variety of acts of worship is that a person may choose the easiest and lightest of them for a reason, which makes it easier for him. And in each type there is what is not in the other, which results in increased praise of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). The conclusion is that the adhkar transmitted in the prayers are varied, as you have heard some of them. Yes.

The questioner : May Allah bless you.
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