What are the methods of dhikr after prayer mentioned in the Sunnah?
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The questioner : How is the dhikr performed: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar, and so on?
The Shaykh : There are two methods, both established in the Sunnah, but one is better than the other. The first one is the one that has been abandoned and is unknown to people, while the other form or manner is the well-known one; that is: Subhan Allah thirty-three times, Alhamdulillah thirty-three times... As for the dhikr, it is done with the right hand... Just as it is not permissible to... use some other hands. You may see them counting with the right hand for some and with the left hand for some, and this is contrary to the Sunnah; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as reported in Sunan Abu Dawud from Ibn 'Amr ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, said: ...
The Shaykh : There are two methods, both established in the Sunnah, but one is better than the other. The first one is the one that has been abandoned and is unknown to people, while the other form or manner is the well-known one; that is: Subhan Allah thirty-three times, Alhamdulillah thirty-three times... As for the dhikr, it is done with the right hand... Just as it is not permissible to... use some other hands. You may see them counting with the right hand for some and with the left hand for some, and this is contrary to the Sunnah; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), as reported in Sunan Abu Dawud from Ibn 'Amr ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, said: ...
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