Sunnahs you can start today

Each one is a single, small action with one moment to attach it to, and the hadith it comes from, quoted in full with its reference. Every habit here was reviewed and approved by the Uswa team before it was published. Pick one.

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After the Prayer3 Sunnahs Your Morning Routine5 Sunnahs Your Bedtime Routine9 Sunnahs At the Table6 Sunnahs Home & Family8 Sunnahs Meeting People6 Sunnahs Perfect Your Ramadan12 Sunnahs

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Dhikr and du‘a (33)

Remember Allah as you enter your homeWalking through your front door Make du'a for someone who isn't thereAfter an obligatory prayer you choose Say 'Inna lillah' and ask for something betterWhen bad news or a loss reaches you Greet the believers when you visit a graveyardEntering a graveyard After a bad dream: spit left, seek refuge, turn overWaking from a bad dream Ask for guidance, piety, chastity and sufficiencyAfter an obligatory prayer you choose, or in sujud Say astaghfirullah 70+ times a dayThrough the day (commute, waiting)Make wudu before bedBefore going to bed Lie on your right side and say the 'aslamtu' du'aLying down to sleep Say 'Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya'Lying down to sleep Dust off the bed and say 'Bismika Rabbi'Before getting into bed Say the waking du'aOn waking up Recite Ayat al-Kursi before sleepGoing to bed Blow and wipe with the three Quls at bedtimeGoing to bed Recite the protective surahs when illWhen you feel ill Say the 33/33/34 tasbih before sleepGoing to bed Say the full tahlil 100 times a dayAny time in the day (morning recommended)Send the Ibrahimi salawatDaily, e.g. after a prayer Raise your hands when making du'aEach personal du'a Ask with determination, not 'if You wish'Each du'a Say the returning-traveller du'aApproaching home after a journey Congratulate newlyweds with 'Barakallahu lak'On hearing of or attending a marriage Say the du'a before intimacyBefore intimacy with your spouse Make du'a for someone who gives charityWhen receiving charity or a gift on others' behalf Say 'Rabbana atina fid-dunya hasanah'After a daily prayer (application)Seek refuge from calamity and bad fateDaily, e.g. morning (application)Ask Allah for al-FirdausDaily du'a Ask Allah for well-being ('afiyah)Daily du'a Say 'Bismillahilladhi la yadurru' morning and eveningEach morning and each evening Begin the morning with 'Allahumma bika asbahna'When you start your morning Say the du'a the Prophet taught Abu BakrEach morning and evening Ask Allah to keep your heart firmOnce a day, at a moment you choose (for example after a prayer)Open your du'a with praise and salawatIn the final sitting of prayer, before your own du'a

Prayer (9)

Pray two rak'ahs of DuhaMid-morning, after the sun has risen well (e.g. on your morning break)Pray 4 rak'at after Jumu'ahAfter the Friday prayer Make du'a in sujudWhile in sujud Astaghfirullah ×3 and 'Antas-Salam' after salamRight after the salam of each obligatory prayer Stay seated after Fajr until sunriseAfter Fajr on a day you pick (e.g. the weekend)Pray some voluntary prayers at homeDaily, any voluntary prayer Say the tahlil after salamAfter salam of each obligatory prayer Seek refuge at the end of prayerAt the end of each prayer Stay in your prayer place after prayingAfter praying

Night prayer (4)

Revive the last ten nights of RamadanEach of the last ten nights of Ramadan Say the dhikr when you wake at nightWaking during the night Make du'a in the last third of the nightLast third of the night Recite the du'a for lightDuring night prayer or going out to Fajr

Qur’an (2)

Memorize the first ten verses of al-KahfA set Quran moment each week (e.g. Friday)Recite Surah Al-Ikhlas dailyDaily, e.g. in night prayer

Purification (2)

Say the shahada after wuduRight after finishing wudu Say 'Ghufranak' when leaving the toiletWhen you leave the toilet

Fasting (15)

Fast six days of ShawwalThe days after Eid al-Fitr, during Shawwal Fast the Day of Arafah9 Dhul-Hijjah (if you're not on Hajj)Fast Ashura, with the 9th9 and 10 Muharram Eat suhoor before you fastBefore Fajr on a day you will fast Break your fast as soon as the sun setsAt Maghrib on a fasting day Have suhur close to FajrBefore Fajr on a fasting day Pray at night in RamadanEach night of Ramadan, after Isha Spend time with the Qur'an every night of RamadanEach night of Ramadan When provoked, say 'I am fasting'When someone provokes you on a fasting day Leave false speech while fastingThrough a fasting day Fast three days each monthEach month Fast alternate daysEvery other day Don't fast Friday alonePlanning a voluntary Friday fast Break your fast with datesAt iftar on a fasting day Fast on ThursdaysEvery Thursday

Food and drink (12)

Pick up a dropped bite and eat itWhen a bite of food falls while you eat Lick your fingers before wiping themEnd of a meal eaten by hand Say Alhamdulillah after you eat or drinkFinishing a meal or a drink Say Bismillah before eatingStart of every meal Eat from what is nearest youEating from a shared dish Don't eat while recliningDuring meals Don't criticize foodWhen served food Drink in three breathsEach time you drink Pass drinks to the right firstServing or passing a drink Cover food and drink containersBefore bed / at night Close the doors at night with BismillahNight, before sleep Make talbina for someone sick or grievingWhen someone is ill or bereaved

Family (11)

Stay in touch with your parents' friendsA day you set to reach out (e.g. once a month)Look for a trait you love in your spouseWhen your spouse irritates you Help with houseworkDaily, at home Make room for play on EidEid days Do one act of service for your parentseach day Reach out to a relativeonce a week Kiss and hug your childreneach day with your children Make du'a while hugging your childembracing your child Let children play without scoldinga child is playful or curious near you Compliment a child warmlyseeing a child Teach your family one lessonfamily meal or gathering

Speech (8)

Speak good or stay silentThe moment before speaking in conversation Don't curse or use obscene wordsWhen frustrated, provoked or joking Speak clearly, not rushedConversations, especially when explaining or teaching Avoid idle hearsay talkConversations drifting to talk about people Don't waste moneyBefore buying Don't be two-facedTalking to people on opposite sides of an issue Close a gathering with the kaffara du'aWhen you get up from a gathering or a long conversation Send salawat when the Prophet ﷺ is mentionedWhen the Prophet ﷺ is mentioned

Anger and forgiveness (3)

Say A'udhu billah when anger risesWhen you feel anger rising Pardon instead of taking personal revengeBeing personally wronged or offended Seek pardon from someone you wrongedRecalling a wrong you did someone

Character (2)

Greet people with a cheerful faceMeeting someone (at home, work or the mosque)Look at someone with lessFeeling envy or comparing yourself

Giving (6)

Give a small charity, however smallOnce a day, e.g. when you see a collection box or a person in need Give more in RamadanEach day of Ramadan Give regularly instead of hoardingPayday or a fixed weekly time Give some charity secretlyWhen you give voluntary charity Pass on charity money the same dayHolding funds set aside for charity Give someone their iftarOn a day someone around you is fasting

Work and trade (4)

Disclose defects when sellingselling anything Be easy-going when buying, selling, or collecting debtsa transaction or a debt to collect Pay workers in full and on timework done for you is complete Never take from shared or public propertyhandling shared or entrusted resources

Knowledge (3)

Space out your remindersWhen you teach, preach or advise others Make it easy, give glad tidingsTeaching, advising or guiding someone Pass on one teachingA natural moment in conversation or messaging

Travel (4)

Say the travel du'a as you set offSettled in your seat at the start of a journey Seek refuge when you arrive somewhereArriving at a place you'll stay Avoid travelling alone at nightPlanning travel after dark See off a traveller with 'Astawdi'ullah'When someone you know sets off on a journey

Health and illness (3)

Hand on the pain, and say the pain du'aWhen you feel pain in your body Take a midday nap after Jumu'ahAfter Jumu'ah prayer Ask for their healing seven times when you visit the sickWhen you visit someone who is ill

Grooming (8)

Use siwak first when you get homeArriving home Trim your moustacheWeekly grooming Let the beard growGrooming Clip your nailsWeekly grooming Remove pubic hairWeekly grooming Remove armpit hairWeekly grooming Wear good scentGetting ready for the day Comb hair starting from the rightCombing hair

Dress (1)

Shoes: right on first, left off firstPutting on or removing shoes

Modesty (1)

Lower your gazeIn public, on screens, whenever an unlawful sight appears

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Sources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.