What are the actions and words that are part of the Sunnah to perform after the 'Isha' prayer?
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The questioner : What are the actions and words that are part of the Sunnah to perform after the 'Isha' prayer? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. The 'Isha' prayer, like the other prayers, has prescribed dhikr. The first thing one does after the taslim is to seek Allah's forgiveness three times and say: "O Allah, You are Peace, and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honor". Then one remembers Allah three times. Then one proceeds with the other dhikr that the Sunnah has brought, including: glorifying Allah the Exalted thirty-three times, praising Allah thirty-three times, and magnifying Allah thirty-four times. It also includes saying: "Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar" thirty-three times, and completing 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 also includes saying: "Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illa Allah, Allahu Akbar" twenty-five times. It also includes saying: Subhan Allah ten times, Alhamdulillah ten times, and Allahu Akbar ten times. Then one prays the rawatib, the Sunnah of 'Isha', which is two rak'ahs. Then one sleeps and does not engage in any of the affairs of this world, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked sleeping before 'Isha' and talking after it, except for brief conversation with family and companions, or studying knowledge, for there is nothing wrong with that. As for what many people do today, staying up late for a long time without benefit, or perhaps doing something that harms them, and then sleeping through the prayer at the end of the night, or perhaps even sleeping through the Fajr prayer, this is undoubtedly an error and contrary to the Sunnah. When one wakes up from sleep, one should set a routine for the night prayer according to one's state of energy or lethargy, praying as much as one wishes, and then concluding the prayer with witr, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the night prayer and said:Sahih al-Bukhari 990.
This is what should be done after the 'Isha' prayer. If one has a family, one should talk with them briefly after the 'Isha' prayer for the sake of comfort and to remove loneliness, for the best of people are those who are best to their families, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 1977Hasan (Darussalam). Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. This is a message received from a listener in Jeddah, a student at King Abdulaziz University. We reviewed one of his questions in a previous episode. Among his questions is this one. He says: O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. The 'Isha' prayer, like the other prayers, has prescribed dhikr. The first thing one does after the taslim is to seek Allah's forgiveness three times and say: "O Allah, You are Peace, and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honor". Then one remembers Allah three times. Then one proceeds with the other dhikr that the Sunnah has brought, including: glorifying Allah the Exalted thirty-three times, praising Allah thirty-three times, and magnifying Allah thirty-four times. It also includes saying: "Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar" thirty-three times, and completing 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 also includes saying: "Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illa Allah, Allahu Akbar" twenty-five times. It also includes saying: Subhan Allah ten times, Alhamdulillah ten times, and Allahu Akbar ten times. Then one prays the rawatib, the Sunnah of 'Isha', which is two rak'ahs. Then one sleeps and does not engage in any of the affairs of this world, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked sleeping before 'Isha' and talking after it, except for brief conversation with family and companions, or studying knowledge, for there is nothing wrong with that. As for what many people do today, staying up late for a long time without benefit, or perhaps doing something that harms them, and then sleeping through the prayer at the end of the night, or perhaps even sleeping through the Fajr prayer, this is undoubtedly an error and contrary to the Sunnah. When one wakes up from sleep, one should set a routine for the night prayer according to one's state of energy or lethargy, praying as much as one wishes, and then concluding the prayer with witr, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the night prayer and said:
as two Rak`at followed by two Rak`at and so on and if anyone is afraid of the approaching dawn (Fajr prayer) he should pray one Rak`ah and this will be a Witr for all the Rak`at which he has prayed before.
مثنى مثنى، فإذا خشي أحدكم الفجر صلى واحدة فأوْترت له ما قد صلىThis is what should be done after the 'Isha' prayer. If one has a family, one should talk with them briefly after the 'Isha' prayer for the sake of comfort and to remove loneliness, for the best of people are those who are best to their families, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The best of you is the one who is best to his wife, and I am the best of you to my wives.
خيركم خيركم لأهله وأنا خيركم لأهليThe questioner : May Allah bless you. This is a message received from a listener in Jeddah, a student at King Abdulaziz University. We reviewed one of his questions in a previous episode. Among his questions is this one. He says: O honorable Shaykh.