01 · On waking
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
Alhamdu lillahil-ladhi ahyana ba'da ma amatana wa ilayhin-nushur
"All praise is for Allah who gave us life after causing us to die, and to Him is the resurrection."
Sahih al-Bukhari1×
02 · Ayat al-Kursi
اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ…
Allahu la ilaha illa Huwal-Hayyul-Qayyum…
Ayat al-Kursi (Quran 2:255) — whoever recites it in the morning is protected from jinn until evening.
Narrated in al-Hakim, graded sahih1×
03 · Three Quls
سُورَةُ الْإِخْلَاصِ · سُورَةُ الْفَلَقِ · سُورَةُ النَّاسِ
Surah al-Ikhlas · Surah al-Falaq · Surah an-Nas
Each recited three times. Suffices a person from everything. The Prophet ﷺ never missed these in the morning.
Sunan Abi Dawud3× each
04 · Sayyid al-Istighfar
اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ رَبِّي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، خَلَقْتَنِي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ…
Allahumma anta Rabbi la ilaha illa anta, khalaqtani wa ana 'abduka…
"O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your servant…" — whoever says this with conviction in the morning and dies that day enters Paradise.
Sahih al-Bukhari1×
05 · SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
SubhanAllahi wa bihamdihi
"Glory be to Allah, and praise is His." — Whoever says this 100 times in the morning, his sins are forgiven even if they are like the foam of the sea.
Sahih al-Bukhari100×
06 · La ilaha illa Allah wahdah
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
La ilaha illallah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamd, wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir
"There is no god but Allah, alone with no partner. To Him belongs the dominion and all praise. He is over all things capable." — Equivalent to freeing 10 slaves, 100 good deeds recorded, protection until evening.
Sahih al-Bukhari10×
07 · Protection dua
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَضُرُّ مَعَ اسْمِهِ شَيْءٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
Bismillahil-ladhi la yadurru ma'asmihi shay'un fil-ardi wa la fis-sama' wa huwas-Sami'ul-'Alim
"In the name of Allah with whose name nothing on earth or in heaven can harm, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." — Nothing will harm the one who says this three times in the morning.
Sunan Abi Dawud, Tirmidhi3×
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