Supplications After the Prayer (Daily Prayers)

“Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) after completing the prayer at noon time would say, ‘O Lord, I seek nearness to You through Your generosity and magnanimity, I seek nearness to You through Muhammad, Your servant, and Your messenger, I seek nearness to You through Your favorite angels. Your messenger prophets and Your Own Self. O Lord, You are Self-sufficient and do not need me and I need You. You are wealthy and I am poor, correct my slips (mistakes) and cover up my sins, provide me help this day, do not punish me for the evil that You know of me, but pardon me and Your munificence may encompass me.’ The Imam said, ‘Then he would prostrate and say, “O You Who deserves people’s observing piety before Him, O You Who grants forgiveness, O Virtuous, and O Merciful, You are more kind to me than my father and mother and all the creatures, accept my plea in providing me help, answering my supplication and prayer, grant me favor for my call while You have already removed so many misfortunes from me.’”

“Whoever, after Maghrib prayer, says three times, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, Who does as He wills and does not do what others will,’ will receive a great deal of good.”

“The Imam (a.s.) after ‘Isha ’ prayer would say, ‘O Lord, in Your hand are the measures of the night and day, the measures of this and the next world, the measures of death and life, the measures of the sun and moon, support and betrayal, and the measures of wealth and poverty. O Lord, grant me blessings in the matters of my religion, worldly life, my body, my family and children. O Lord, keep away from me the evil of Arabs, non-Arabs, Jinns and human beings. Make my return to everlasting good and permanent bounties.’”

“Whoever after every prayer, holds his beard in his right hand and says, ‘O the Owner of glory and magnanimity, have mercy upon me against fire,’ three times, with the left hand raised and the palms up to the sky and says, ‘Grant me safety from the painful torment,’ three times, then removes his hand from his beard and raises it with palms up to the sky and says, ‘O Majestic, O Magnanimous, O Beneficent, O Merciful,’ then changes the position of his hands and turns his palms up to the sky and says, ‘Grant me safety against painful torment,’ three times, ‘Grant al-Salat (favors) upon Muhammad and his family, the angels and the spirit,’ his sins are covered for him, is pleased with, plea for forgiveness for him is continued up to the time of his death, by all the creatures except the two heavy populations of Jinn and humankind. He after completing the testimonies of belief ( tashahhud) raising his hands says, ‘O Lord, grant me forgiveness, a decisive and ascertained forgiveness that does not leave any of sins that I have committed and that I will never commit any unlawful act thereafter. Grant me good health so that thereafter I will never face any suffering, grant me guidance so that thereafter I will never stray, benefit me O Lord by what You have instructed me with, turn it in my favor and not against me, grant me enough for sustenance and help me to remain content with it. O Lord, accept my repentance, O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, O Beneficent, O Beneficent, O Beneficent, O Merciful, O Merciful, O Merciful, grant me mercy against the roaring fire, extend for me sustenance from Your vast provisions, grant me guidance in disputed matters, in the matters of the truth by Your permission, protect me against Satan, the condemned to stoning, convey to Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (a.s.) a great deal of my greetings of peace, guide me with Your guidance, grant me wealth from Your wealth, allow me to be one of Your sincere friends and grant al-Salat (favors) upon Muhammad and his family, Amin.’ “The Imam said, ‘Whoever says this after each prayer Allah will return his spirit to him in his grave and he will be alive receiving sustenance, pampered and happy to the Day of Judgment.’”

“Say after the morning prayer, ‘O Lord, to You belongs all praise, the eternal praise, with Your eternity, to You belongs all praise, the praise that does end before Your consent, to You belongs all praise, the timeless praise except as Your wish, to You belongs all praise, a praise whose speaker’s reward could be no other thing but Your approval, O Lord, to You belongs all praise, to You is the complaint and You are the supporter, O Lord, to You belongs all praise, as You deserve it, all praise belongs to Allah with all of His praiseworthy attributes for all of His bounties until praising reaches such a degree that my Lord loves and is pleased with. ’ After the morning prayer and before speaking to anyone say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah, to the fill of the balance, to the limits of consent, to the weight of the Throne, may I glorfy Allah, Who is free of all defects, to the fill of the balance, to the limits of assent and the weight of the Throne,’ four times, then say, ‘O Lord, I plead before You like a lowly servant to grant al-Salat (favors) upon Muhammad and his family, forgive our sins, grant our wishes in this world and in the hereafter with ease and good health.’”

“Once abu Ja’far ibn al-Rida (a.s.) wrote to me and instructed me with this supplication saying, ‘Whoever recites it after the morning prayer, his wish will come true with ease and Allah will suffice him: “(I begin) in the name of Allah and with Allah. O Lord, grant al-Salat (favors) upon Muhammad and his family. I plead before Allah to keep my affairs in trust with Him, Allah knows well (His) servants. ‘Allah protected him (the believer among the people of Pharoah) against the evil of what they had planned against him. . . .’(40:44,45) ‘No one deserves to be worshipped except You, You are free of all defects. I have been unjust to myself.’ (21:87) ‘We answered his prayer and saved him from sorrow and thus. We save the believing people. ’(21:88) ‘. . . Allah is sufficient for us and He is the best representative.’ (3:173) ‘They returned with the bounties of Allah and additional favors without being touched by evil. . . .’ (3:174), it is as Allah wills, there are no means and no power without Allah, the Most High, the Most Great. “It is as Allah wills, not as people will. It is as Allah wills even though people may dislike it. Sufficient for me is the Lord instead of those cherished, sufficient for me is the Creator instead of the creatures, sufficient for me is the provider of sustenance instead of the recipients of sustenance, the One Who has always been sufficient for me from the time I existed, sufficient for me is Allah besides Whom no one deserves to be worshipped, before Him I place my trust and He is the Lord of the great Throne.’ “The Imam said, ‘When you complete an obligatory prayer say, ‘I have accepted the fact that Allah is my Lord, Muhammad is the Holy Prophet, Islam is the religion, the Holy Quran is the Book and so and so . . . (mention your ‘ A’immah ) are my ‘A’immah. O Lord, protect Your friend, (whom You have granted Divine Authority) so and so . . . (mention the twelfth Imam) from all directions, front, back, right, left, above and below, grant him a long life and make him the one who will rise with Divine Authority to support Your religion, show him what he loves and is the delight to his eyes, in his own person, his descendents, his family, belongings, his followers and his enemies. Show them (his enemies) what frightens them and show him in them what he loves and be the delight to his eyes, grant the cure for our suffering chests (hearts) and the chests of the believing people.’ “The Imam said, ‘The Holy Prophet after completing a prayer would say, “O Lord, forgive me for what I have done and what I will do, what I have hidden, and what I have done in public and forgive my excesses against my own self and that about which You know better than I do. O Lord You are the One Who can move things forward or backwards with Your knowledge of the unseen and through Your power over all creatures. I pray to grant me life as long as it is in my best interest and cause me to die when it is in my best intrest. I plead before You to grant me a sense of concern about You in private and in public, to say the words of the truth in anger or happiness and to economize in poverty and in wealth. I plead before You for bounties that will not vanish and such delight of the eyes that will not discontinue. I plead before You to make me be happy with (Your) determination, with the blessing of death after life, the comfort of life after death, the pleasure of the look at Your face (things that lead to You), the excitement of seeing You, meeting You without being harmed or suffer harmfulness or the misfortune of straying. O Lord, beautify us with the beauty of belief and help us to be guided guides. O Lord, grant us guidance in the matters of those whom You have guided. O Lord, I plead before You for determination in understanding, steadfastness in the affairs, and good understanding. I plead before You for the opportunity to thank You for Your bounties, Your granting good health and yielding to Your right. I plead before You O Lord, to grant me a peaceful heart, and a truthful tongue. I beg You for forgiveness for that which You know. I seek protection with You against the evil of that which You know; You know and we do not know. You have the knowledge of the unseen.’”

“I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘Jibril (Gabriel) came to Joseph in prison and said to him, “Joseph, after every prayer say, ‘O Lord, grant me relief, a way out (of difficulties), and sustenance from the sources I expect and from those I do not expect.’”

“Whoever says these words with every obligatory prayer will receive protection for his own soul, his home, his belongings and children: ‘I seek refuge for myself, belongings, children, family, home and everything of me with Allah, the One and only Self- sufficient Who has not given birth to anyone nor is born from anyone and there is no one like Him. ‘I seek refuge [for myself, belongings, children and all that is of me] with the Lord of the opening dawn from the evil of that which He has created, . . .’ recite to the end of Chapter 113 of the Holy Quran, Chapter 114, and verse 255 of Chapter 2.’”

“Whoever, after every obligatory prayer says: ‘O the One who does as He wills and does not do as others will,’ three times, and pleads (before Allah) for his wishes they will be granted.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘When you complete your Maghrib (sunset) prayer wipe your hand over your forehead and say, “(I begin) with the name of Allah, besides whom no one deserves to be worshipped. Who knows the unseen and seen, the Beneficent, the Merciful. O Lord, remove from me the sorrow, anxiety, and sadness,’ three times.’”

“I often complained about my eyes and once I mentioned it to Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) and he said, ‘Should I teach you a supplication that will be for the good of your worldly life and hereafter and a cure for your eye?’ I said, ‘Yes, please do so.’ The Imam said after Maghrib (sunset) prayer say, ‘O Lord, I plead before You through the rights of Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (a.s.) with You to give light to my eyes, understanding in my religion, certainty in my heart, sincerity in my deeds, safety to my soul, increase in my sustenance and gratefulness to You as long as You will keep me (living).”’

“Once I went in the presence of abu Ibrahim (a.s.). I said, ‘May Allah keep my soul in service for your cause, instruct me with a supplication of universal form for this world and hereafter but very short one.’ The Imam said, ‘After the morning-prayer until sunrise say, “Glory belongs to Allah, the Great and I praise Him. I plead before Allah for forgiveness and I beg of His generosity. ’ “Hilqamu has said, ‘I (financially) was the worst off person in my family. I received an inheritance from a man whom I did not think was related to me and I had no knowledge, but today I am the most comfortable person among my people and this is only because of what my master, the virtuous servant (of Allah) instructed me with.’”