Forms of Dhikr After Ṣalāh: A Guide to Post-Prayer Supplications
This chart lists 6 combinations of tasbeeḥ that can be said after Ṣalāh.
Form One
SubḥānAllāh 33 times
Alḥamdulillāh 33 times
Allāhu Akbar 33 times
Then say:
“Lā ilāha illallāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu, lahul-mulku walahul-ḥamdu wa huwa ’alā kulli shay’in qadeer” once.
[Reported by Muslim (597) on the authority of Abū Hurairah]
Form Two
SubḥānAllāh 33 times
Alḥamdulillāh 33 times
Allāhu Akbar 34 times
[Reported by Muslim (596) on the authority of Ka’b ibn ’Ujrah]
Form Three
SubḥānAllāh 33 times
Alḥamdulillāh 33 times
Allāhu Akbar 33 times
[Reported by Bukhāri (843) & Muslim (595) on the authority of Abū Hurairah; this wording belongs to Muslim]
Form Four
SubḥānAllāh 10 times
Alḥamdulillāh 10 times
Allāhu Akbar 10 times
[Reported by Abū Dāwūd (5065) on the authority of ’Abdullāh ibn ’Amr; graded ‘Ṣaḥīḥ’ by Sheikh Albāni in ‘Al-Kalim Aṭ-Ṭayyib 113]
Form Five
SubḥānAllāh 11 times
Alḥamdulillāh 11 times
Allāhu Akbar 11 times
[Reported by Muslim (595) on the authority of Abū Hurairah]
NOTE: The scholars differed regarding this particular form, and it seems that it is not a distinct form on its own. Suhail ibn Abī Ṣāliḥ Dhakwān As-Sammān (one of the subnarrators) intended to explain the method of counting thirty-three repetitions, mistakenly believing that this count applied collectively to all three forms of dhikr. However, the correct understanding is that each form of dhikr— (SubḥanAllāh), (Alḥamdulillāh), and (Allāhu Akbar)—should be repeated thirty-three times each after each prayer. Thus, the total would be ninety-nine, not thirty-three!
Form Six
SubḥānAllāh 25 times
Alḥamdulillāh 25 times
Allāhu Akbar 25 times
Then say:
“Lā ilāha illallāh” 25 times.
[Reported by An-Nasā’ee (1350) on the authority of Zaid ibn Thābit; graded ‘Ṣaḥīḥ’ By Sheikh Albāni in Ṣaḥīḥ An-Nasā’ee]