Verification
The Complete Master Verification Table below covers every item, Ayah, Dhikr and action in the established routine, with its exact Hadith reference, reporting Companion (Sahabi), scholarly grading and juristic timing rules.
1. Istighfār (3x)
- Routine Timing
- Immediately after Salam (All 5 Prayers)
- Narrating Companion
- Thawbān (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Muslim (Hadith 591), Sunan Abi Dawud (1513)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Authentic)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Seeking forgiveness for any shortcomings in the prayer immediately upon completion.
2. Du’a of Peace
- Routine Timing
- Directly after Istighfār (All 5 Prayers)
- Narrating Companion
- Thawbān (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Muslim (Hadith 591), Jami’ At-Tirmidhi (300)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Authentic)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Affirming Allah as the sole source of Peace and Majesty.
3. Declaration of Tawḥīd & Decree
- Routine Timing
- Post-Salam (All 5 Prayers)
- Narrating Companion
- Al-Mughīrah ibn Shu’bah (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (844, 6330), Sahih Muslim (593)
- Scholarly Grading
- Muttafaq 'Alayh (Highest Authenticity)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Proclaiming absolute submission to Allah’s decree and sovereignty.
4. 10x Special Tahlīl with yuḥyī wa yumīt
- Routine Timing
- Post-Salam (Fajr & Maghrib only)
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Dharr (Fajr), 'Umārah ibn Shabīb (Maghrib) & 'Abd Al-Raḥmān ibn Ghanm (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Jami’ At-Tirmidhi (3474, 3534), Musnad Ahmad (17990)
- Scholarly Grading
- Hasan (At-Tirmidhi); Hasan li-ghayrihi (Ahmad)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- 10 good deeds written, 10 sins erased, 10 ranks raised, and a shield from Shayṭān.
5. Post-Prayer Tasbīḥ
(33 SubḥānAllāh, 33 Alḥamdulillāh, 33 Allāhu Akbar + 1 Seal = 100)
- Routine Timing
- Post-Salam (All 5 Prayers)
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Hurairah (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Muslim (Hadith 597)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Authentic)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Sins are forgiven even if they are like the foam of the sea.
6. Āyat al-Kursī
(Surah Al-Baqarah: 255)
- Routine Timing
- Post-Salam (All 5 Prayers)
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Umāmah Al-Bāhilī (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sunan An-Nasa’i (Al-Kubra 9928), Ibn Hibban (Kitab As-Salah)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Al-Albani, As-Silsilah As-Sahihah 972)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Nothing stands between the reciter and entering Paradise except death.
7. Surahs Al-Ikhlās, Al-Falaq, An-Nās (1x)
- Routine Timing
- Post-Salam (Dhuhr/Jumu’ah, Asr, Isha)
- Narrating Companion
- 'Uqbah ibn 'Āmir (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sunan Abi Dawud (1523), Sunan An-Nasa’i (1336)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Al-Albani) / Hasan (Darussalam)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Commanded after every prayer; after Fajr & Maghrib the 3x of row 8 is used.
8. Surahs Al-Ikhlās, Al-Falaq, An-Nās (3x)
- Routine Timing
- Morning & Evening (commonly after Fajr & Maghrib)
- Narrating Companion
- 'Abdullāh ibn Khubayb (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sunan Abi Dawud (5082), Jami’ At-Tirmidhi (3575)
- Scholarly Grading
- Hasan Sahih (At-Tirmidhi); Hasan (Al-Albani)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- The Prophet ﷺ said: “They will suffice you against everything.”
9. Asking for Jannah & Refuge from Fire (3x)
- Routine Timing
- Any time (placed after Fajr & Maghrib here)
- Narrating Companion
- Anas ibn Mālik (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Jami’ At-Tirmidhi (2572), Sunan An-Nasa’i (5521)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Authentic)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Jannah and the Fire themselves supplicate to Allah on your behalf.
10. Du’a for Worship Assistance
- Routine Timing
- Concluding Post-Prayer Du’a (All 5 Prayers)
- Narrating Companion
- Mu’ādh ibn Jabal (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sunan Abi Dawud (1522), Sunan An-Nasa’i (1303)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Authentic)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Taught personally by the Prophet ﷺ to Mu’ādh never to leave after any prayer.
11. Universal Harm Shield (3x)
- Routine Timing
- Morning (after Fajr) & Evening (Asr/Maghrib)
- Narrating Companion
- 'Uthmān ibn 'Affān (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sunan Abi Dawud (5088), Sunan Ibn Majah (3869)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Abu Dawud) / Hasan (Ibn Majah)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Complete immunity against all sudden calamities, poison, and harmful evils.
12. Tasbīḥ & Istighfār (100x)
- Routine Timing
- Morning (after Fajr) & Evening (Asr/Maghrib)
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Hurairah & Al-Agharr Al-Muzanī (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Muslim (Hadith 2692, 2702), Sahih Al-Bukhari (6405, 6406)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Authentic)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- No one brings a better deed on the Day of Judgment except one who said the same or more (Muslim 2692); sins forgiven even if like the foam of the sea (Bukhari 6405); “SubhanAllahil-‘Azim” is one of the two phrases dear to the Most Merciful (Bukhari 6406); the Prophet ﷺ sought forgiveness 100 times a day (Muslim 2702).
13. Ṣalawāt on the Prophet ﷺ (abundantly, e.g. 100x)
- Routine Timing
- Morning (after Fajr) & Evening (Asr/Maghrib)
- Narrating Companion
- Anas ibn Mālik & Ubayy ibn Ka’b (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sunan An-Nasa’i (1297), Jami’ At-Tirmidhi (2457)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (An-Nasa’i 1297); Hasan (Al-Albani) for At-Tirmidhi 2457
- Verification Details & Purpose
- 10 blessings from Allah, 10 sins erased, 10 ranks raised, and relief from distress. (The count of 100 is chosen for consistency; the hadith gives the virtue of every single ṣalāh upon him.)
14. 12 Sunnah Rawātīb Rak’ahs
(2 Fajr, 4+2 Dhuhr, 2 Maghrib, 2 Isha)
- Routine Timing
- Fixed voluntary prayers tied to Fard
- Narrating Companion
- Umm Ḥabībah (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Muslim (Hadith 728), Jami’ At-Tirmidhi (415)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Authentic)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- A palace built in Paradise for maintaining them daily.
15. Qiyām al-Layl & Witr
- Routine Timing
- Late night before Fajr
- Narrating Companion
- 'Abdullāh ibn 'Umar & Abū Hurairah (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (998), Sahih Muslim (751, 1163)
- Scholarly Grading
- Muttafaq 'Alayh
- Verification Details & Purpose
- The best prayer after the obligatory is the night prayer (Muslim 1163); concluding the night with an odd Rak’ah (Bukhari 998, Muslim 751).
16. Bedtime: Āyat al-Kursī
- Routine Timing
- In bed right before sleep
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Hurairah (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (Hadith 2311)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Al-Bukhari, mu’allaq)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- An angel guardian remains with you; no Shayṭān can approach you until morning.
17. Bedtime: Last 2 Verses of Baqarah
(Al-Baqarah: 285–286)
- Routine Timing
- In bed right before sleep
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Mas’ūd Al-Anṣārī (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (5008, 5009), Sahih Muslim (807)
- Scholarly Grading
- Muttafaq 'Alayh
- Verification Details & Purpose
- The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever recites them at night, they will suffice him.”
18. Bedtime: 3 Quls (Blow & Wipe 3x)
- Routine Timing
- In bed right before sleep
- Narrating Companion
- 'Ā’ishah (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (5017, 5748, 6319)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Al-Bukhari)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- The Prophet ﷺ did this every night before sleeping, seeking protection.
19. Bedtime: Tasbīḥ Fāṭimah
(33 SubḥānAllāh, 33 Alḥamdulillāh, 34 Allāhu Akbar)
- Routine Timing
- In bed right before sleep
- Narrating Companion
- 'Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3705), Sahih Muslim (2727)
- Scholarly Grading
- Muttafaq 'Alayh
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Taught to Fatimah and Ali at bedtime; better for them than a servant.
20. Sleeping Du’a
- Routine Timing
- When lying down to sleep
- Narrating Companion
- Ḥudhayfah ibn Al-Yamān (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (Hadith 6312, 6324)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Authentic)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Entrusting the soul to Allah during sleep.
21. Exiting the House Du’a
- Routine Timing
- When stepping out of the door
- Narrating Companion
- Anas ibn Mālik (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sunan Abi Dawud (5095), Jami’ At-Tirmidhi (3426)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Al-Albani)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Divine guarantee: “You are guided, defended, and protected; Shayṭān turns away.”
22. Waking Up Du’a
- Routine Timing
- Immediately upon opening eyes/waking
- Narrating Companion
- Ḥudhayfah ibn Al-Yamān, Abū Dharr & Al-Barā’ ibn 'Āzib (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (Hadith 6312, 6324, 6325), Sahih Muslim (Hadith 2711)
- Scholarly Grading
- Muttafaq 'Alayh (Highest Authenticity)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- The Prophet ﷺ uttered this praise immediately upon rising to thank Allah for returning the soul.
23. Wiping Sleep from Face
- Routine Timing
- First physical action upon waking
- Narrating Companion
- 'Abdullāh ibn 'Abbās (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (Hadith 183), Sahih Muslim (Hadith 763)
- Scholarly Grading
- Muttafaq 'Alayh (Highest Authenticity)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Ibn 'Abbas reported: “The Prophet (ﷺ) woke up, sat up, and rubbed the sleep from his face with his hand.”
24. Friday Ghusl, Perfume, Siwāk & Clean Clothes
- Routine Timing
- Friday morning/before heading to Masjid
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Sa’īd Al-Khudrī, Salmān Al-Fārisī & Abū Hurairah (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (Hadith 880, 883), Sahih Muslim (Hadith 846), Sunan Abi Dawud (Hadith 343)
- Scholarly Grading
- Muttafaq 'Alayh (Bukhari 880, Muslim 846); Sahih (Bukhari 883); Hasan (Abi Dawud 343)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Ghusl, Siwāk and perfume are commanded (Abū Sa’īd: Bukhari 880, Muslim 846); wearing one’s best clothes (Abi Dawud 343). Salmān narrated: whoever bathes, perfumes himself, comes to Jumu’ah and listens in silence, “his sins in-between the present and the last Friday would be forgiven” (Bukhari 883).
25. Reciting Surah Al-Kahf on Friday
- Routine Timing
- Any time from Maghrib on Thursday until Maghrib on Friday
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Sa’īd Al-Khudrī (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Mustadrak Al-Hakim (2/368), Sunan Al-Bayhaqi (3/249)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Al-Hakim; Al-Albani, Sahih Al-Jami’ 6470); Hasan (Ibn Hajar)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever recites Surah Al-Kahf on the day of Friday, light will shine for him between the two Fridays.”
26. Abundant Ṣalawāt on Friday
- Routine Timing
- Throughout the entire day & night of Friday
- Narrating Companion
- Aws ibn Aws (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sunan Abi Dawud (Hadith 1047, 1531), Sunan An-Nasa’i (Hadith 1374)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Authentic) (Authenticated by Ibn Hibban, An-Nawawi and Al-Albani)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- The Prophet ﷺ said: “Among the best of your days is Friday… so send abundant blessings upon me on it, for your blessings are presented to me.”
27. Tahiyyat al-Masjid during Khutbah
- Routine Timing
- Upon entering the Masjid while Imam speaks
- Narrating Companion
- Jābir ibn 'Abdillāh (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (Hadith 930, 931), Sahih Muslim (Hadith 875)
- Scholarly Grading
- Muttafaq 'Alayh (Highest Authenticity)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- The Prophet ﷺ commanded a man who entered during the Khutbah to pray 2 Rak’ahs; in Sahih Muslim he is named Sulaik Al-Ghatafani and told to make them short.
28. Sunnah After Jumu’ah: 4 in Masjid vs 2 at Home
- Routine Timing
- After the 2 Fard Rak’ahs of Jumu’ah
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Hurairah & 'Abdullāh ibn 'Umar (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Muslim (Hadith 881, 882), Sahih Al-Bukhari (Hadith 937)
- Scholarly Grading
- Muttafaq 'Alayh / Sahih
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Abu Hurairah narrated the Prophet ﷺ said: “If any of you prays after Friday prayer, let him pray four.” Ibn 'Umar narrated that when the Prophet ﷺ prayed at home after Jumu’ah, he prayed 2 Rak’ahs.
29. The Hour of Acceptance (Sa’at al-Istijābah)
- Routine Timing
- Between Asr and Maghrib on Friday
- Narrating Companion
- Jābir ibn 'Abdillāh & Abū Hurairah (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sunan Abi Dawud (Hadith 1048), Sahih Al-Bukhari (Hadith 935), Sahih Muslim (852)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Authentic)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- The Prophet ﷺ sought it in the last hour after the afternoon prayer ('Asr) until sunset.
30. Going Early to the Masjid (The Five Hours of Reward)
- Routine Timing
- Friday, before the Imam ascends the Minbar
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Hurairah, Aws ibn Aws & Samurah ibn Jundub (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (Hadith 881), Sahih Muslim (Hadith 850), Sunan Abi Dawud (345, 351, 1108), Jami’ At-Tirmidhi (499)
- Scholarly Grading
- Muttafaq 'Alayh (Highest Authenticity)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Tiered rewards for arriving early: a camel, a cow, a horned ram, a hen, then an egg; when the Imam comes out, the angels present themselves to listen to the Khutbah; arriving early and sitting near the Imam (Abi Dawud 345, 1108).
31. Listening Attentively to the Khutbah
- Routine Timing
- While the Imam delivers the Khutbah
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Hurairah (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (Hadith 934), Sahih Muslim (Hadith 851, 857)
- Scholarly Grading
- Muttafaq 'Alayh / Sahih
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Even saying “Listen attentively” during the Khutbah is idle speech (Lagha); listening in silence brings forgiveness of sins until the next Friday plus three days.
32. Salat al-Tawbah (Prayer of Repentance)
- Routine Timing
- After committing a sin (any permissible time; placed in the night routine here)
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Bakr As-Ṣiddīq (RA), via 'Alī (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sunan Abi Dawud (Hadith 1521), Jami’ At-Tirmidhi (Hadith 406)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Al-Albani) / Hasan (Darussalam)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Whoever commits a sin, then performs ablution well, prays two Rak’ahs and seeks Allah’s forgiveness, Allah forgives him; then the Prophet ﷺ recited Āl ‘Imrān 3:135.
33. Virtue of Qiyām al-Layl: the best prayer after the obligatory
- Routine Timing
- Late night before Fajr
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Hurairah (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Muslim (1163), Sunan An-Nasa’i (1613), Jami’ At-Tirmidhi (438)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Muslim; An-Nasa’i and At-Tirmidhi per Al-Albani); Hasan Sahih (At-Tirmidhi)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- The best prayer after the obligatory prayer is the prayer in the depth of the night.
34. Qur’ānic basis of Qiyām al-Layl
- Routine Timing
- Late night before Fajr
- Narrating Companion
- — (Qur’ān)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Qur’ān 17:79, 25:64, 32:16
- Scholarly Grading
- Qur’ān
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Allah commands the Prophet ﷺ to pray at night (17:79); the servants of the Most Merciful spend the night prostrating and standing (25:64); the righteous forsake their beds to call upon their Lord in fear and hope (32:16).
35. The Lord’s descent to the nearest heaven in the night and His call
- Routine Timing
- Late night before Fajr
- Narrating Companion
- Abū Hurairah (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (1145), Sahih Muslim (758)
- Scholarly Grading
- Sahih (Bukhari & Muslim)
- Verification Details & Purpose
- Allah descends to the nearest heaven in the night and calls: who invokes Me that I may answer, who asks Me that I may give, who seeks My forgiveness that I may forgive (Bukhari 1145 and Muslim 758: when the last third of the night remains).
36. How to pray it: two by two, sealed with Witr
- Routine Timing
- Late night before Fajr
- Narrating Companion
- ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar (RA)
- Primary Hadith Source & Number
- Sahih Al-Bukhari (990), Sahih Muslim (749)
- Scholarly Grading
- Muttafaq ‘Alayh
- Verification Details & Purpose
- The night prayer is two Rak’ahs after two Rak’ahs; if one fears the break of dawn he prays one single Rak’ah to make what he has prayed odd (Witr).
Verification Summary
- Total Items Audited: 36 Distinct Sunnah Practices.
- Sahih / Hasan (Authentic) Support: 100% of practices (each row rests on at least one Sahih or Hasan narration).
- Practices Resting on a Da’if / Weak / Fabricated Narration Alone: 0%.