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Sunnah Duas Upon Awakening

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Dua One

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِيْ أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُوْرْ

All praise is due to Allah Ta‘ala who granted us life after death and to Him alone will we be returned. [1]

Dua Two

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ الَّذِيْ عَافَانِيْ فِيْ جَسَدِيْ وَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ رُوْحِيْ وَأَذِنَ لِيْ بِذِكْرِهِ

All praise is due to Allah Ta‘ala who blessed me with comfort in my body, and returned to me my soul, and allowed me to remember Him. [2]

Sunnah Duas Upon Awakening for Tahajjud

Upon awakening for Tahajjud, recite the last ten verses of Surah Aal-e-Imraan. [3] Also recite the following before commencing the Tahajjud Salaah:

(1) Allahu Akbar ten times

(2) Alhamdulillah ten times

(3) Subhaanallahi wabihamdihi ten times

(4) Subhaanal Malikil Quddoos ten times

(5) Astaghfirullah ten times

(6) Laa ilaaha illallah ten times

Thereafter, recite the following dua ten times:

اَللّٰهُمَّ إِنِّيْ أَعُوْذُ بِكَ مِنْ ضِيْقِ الدُّنْيَا وَضِيْقِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَة

O Allah Ta‘ala! I seek Your protection from the constraints of this world and the constraints of the day of Qiyaamah. [4]

In the narration of Sunan Ibni Maajah, it is reported that Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) would also recite the following dua ten times:

اَللّٰهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ وَاهْدِنِيْ وَارْزُقْنِيْ وَعَافِنِيْ

O Allah Ta‘ala! Forgive me, bless me with guidance, grant me sustenance and bestow me with aafiyah (comfort and ease). [5]


[1] صحيح البخارى، الرقم: 6314

[2] سنن الترمذي، الرقم: 3401، وقال: حديث أبي هريرة حديث حسن

[3] صحيح مسلم، الرقم: 191

[4] سنن أبي داود، الرقم: 5085، وقال الحافظ في نتائج الافكار 1/120: هذا حديث حسن أخرجه أبو داود هكذا

[5] سنن ابن ماجة، الرقم: 1356، سنن ابى داود، الرقم: 766، وسكت عليه هو والمنذري

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