<span style='font-size: 12pt;'>I would like to know the adkhar (words of remembrance) and duas (supplications) that may be recited after the obligatory prayer.<br><br><b><span style='color:#006600;'>Summary of answer</span></b><br><b>Among the adhkar that can be recited after prayer are the following:</b><br>1. Astaghfirullah 3 times <br>2. Allahumma anta al-salam wa minka al-salam tabarakta ya dhal-jalali wal-ikram <br>3. Reciting Ayat al-Kursiy silently<br>4. Reciting Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad, Qul a'udhu bi Rabbil-Falaq and Qul audhu bi Rabbil-Nas.<br><br><b><span style='color:#006600;'>Praise be to Allah.</span></b><br><br><b>Adhkar after obligatory prayers</b><br>The Sunnah (Prophetic guidance) is for the Muslim to say after every obligatory prayer , whether he prayed as an imam (leader) or behind an imam or on his own: <br><br>1. Astaghfirullah (I ask Allah for forgiveness) three times<br><br>2. Then Allahumma anta al-salam wa minka al-salam tabarakta ya dhal-jalali wal-ikram (O Allah, You are the One Who is free from all defects and deficiencies and from You is all peace, blessed are You, O Possessor of majesty and honour). <br><br>3.Then he should turn to face the people if he was the imam, then he and the other worshippers, and similarly the one who prayed on his own should say: La ilaha ill-Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulk wa lahul-hamd wa huwa ala kulli shayin qadir. La hawla wa la quwwata illa Billah wa la nabudu illa iyyah. Lahul-nimah wa lahul-fadl wa lahul-thana al-hasan. La ilaha ill-Allah mukhlisina lahul-dina wa law karihal-kafirun. Allahumma la mania lima atayta wa la mutiya lima manata wa la yanfau dhal-jaddi minka al-jadd (There is no god but Allah Alone, with no partner or associate His is the sovereignty and to Him be praise, and He is Able to do all things. There is no power and no strength except with Allah, and we worship none but Him. From Him (Alone) come all blessings and favours, and all good praise is due to Him. There is no god but Allah and we make our worship purely for Him (alone) however much the disbelievers may hate that. O Allah, none can withhold what You give and none can give what You withhold, and no wealth or majesty can benefit anyone for from You is all wealth and majesty).<br><br>4. After the Maghrib (sunset) and Fajr (dawn) prayers he should say, as well as the words mentioned above: La ilaha ill-Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulk wa lahul-hamd yuhyi wa yumit wa huwa ala kulli shayin qadir (there is no God but Allah Alone, with no partner or associate, His is the Dominion and to Him be praise, He gives life and gives death, and He has power over all things) ten times. Then after that he should say Subhan Allah wal-hamdu Lillah wa Allahu akbar (Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah and Allah is most great) 33 times, and to complete one hundred he should say: La ilaha ill-Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulk wa lahul-hamd wa huwa ala kulli shayin qadir (There is no god but Allah Alone, with no partner or associate His is the sovereignty and to Him be praise, and He is Able to do all things). <br><br>5. Then it is prescribed for the imam, the people praying behind an imam and the one who is praying alone to recite Ayat al-Kursiy silently, then for each of them to recite Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad , Qul a'udhu bi Rabbil-Falaq and Qul audhu bi Rabbil-Nas [i.e., the last three surahs of the Quran] silently.<br>After Maghrib and Fajr one should repeat Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad, Qul a'udhu bi Rabbil-Falaq and Qul audhu bi Rabbil-Nas three times. This is the best because of the soundness of the reports that indicate all that we have stated above.<br><br><b><span style='color:#006600;'>How to say adhkar after Salah</span></b><br>The Sunnah is for the imam, the person who prays on his own and the person who prays behind an imam to recite these adhkar out loud after every obligatory prayer in a moderate voice that is not too loud, in an ordinary tone. <br><br>It is proven in al-Sahihayn from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that raising the voice in dhikr when the people have finished the obligatory prayer was what was done at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I would know that they had finished when I heard that. <br><br><b><span style='color:#006600;'>Is dhikr in unison after prayer allowed'</span></b><br>It is not permissible to recite out loud in unison; rather each person should recite to himself without paying attention to the voice of anyone else, because reciting dhikr in unison is an innovation for which there is no basis in Islam. <br><br>May Allah send peace and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and Companions and those who followed them in truth until the Day of Judgement.<br><br><span style='color:#006600;'>And Allah knows best.</span></span><br><br><a rel=ugc href="https://islamqa.info/en/answers/131850/adhkar-after-salah">https://islamqa.info/en/answers/131850/adhkar-after-salah</a>
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