What To say After Every Obligatory Prayer

The Sunnah (Prophetic guidance) is for the Muslim to say after every obligatory prayer, whether he prayed as an imam (leader) or behind an imam or on his own:

Allāhu Akbar (Allāh Is Most Great)

①Astaghfirullāh (I ask Allāh for forgiveness) 3× three times.

② Allahumma anta al-salām wa minka al-salām tabarakta ya dhal-jalali wa’l-ikrām
#Translation: O Allāh, You are the One Who is free from all defects and deficiencies and from You is all peace, blessed are You, O Possessor of majesty and honour.

Then he should turn to face the people if he was the imam, then he and the other worshippers, and similarly the one who prayed on his own should say:

③ La ilaha ill-Allāh wahdahu la shareeka lah, lahu’l-mulk wa lahu’l-hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer. La hawla wa la quwwata illa Billah wa la na’budu illa iyyah. Lahu’l-ni’mah wa lahu’l-fadl wa lahu’l-thana al-hasan. La ilaha ill-Allāh mukhliseena lahu’l-deena wa law kariha’l-kafiroon. Allahumma la mani’a lima a’tayta wa la mu’tiya lima mana’ta wa la yanfa’u dha’l-jaddi minka al-jadd.
#Translation: “There is no god but Allāh Alone, with no partner or associate His is the sovereignty and to Him be praise, and He is Able to do all things. There is no power and no strength except with Allāh, and we worship none but Him. From Him (alone) come all blessings and favours, and all good praise is due to Him. There is no god but Allāh and we make our worship purely for Him (alone) however much the disbelievers may hate that. O Allāh, none can withhold what You give and none can give what You withhold, and no wealth or majesty can benefit anyone for from You is all wealth and majesty.”

④ After the Maghrib and Fajr prayers he should say, as well as the words mentioned above: La ilaha ill-Allāh wahdahu la shareeka lah, lahu’l-mulk wa lahu’l-hamd yuhyi wa yumeet wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadeer ten times.
#Translation: “There is no God but Allāh alone, with no partner or associate, His is the Dominion and to Him be praise, He gives life and gives death, and He has power over all things) ten times.”

⑤ Then Subhan Allāh 33x (Glory be to Allāh)
⑥ wa’l-hamdu Lillāh 33x (Praise be to Allāh)
⑦ wa Allāhu akbar 33x (Allāh is most Great)

⑧ To complete one hundred he should say:
“Lā ilaha ill-Allāh wahdahu la shareeka lah, lahu’l-mulk wa lahu’l-hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shayin qadeer.”
#Translation: “There is no god but Allāh Alone, with no partner or associate His is the sovereignty and to Him be praise, and He is Able to do all things.”

⑨Then to recite Ayat al-Kursi,then for each of them to recite Qul Huwa Allāhu Ahad, Qul a’oodhu bi Rabbi’l-Falaq and Qul a’oodhu bi Rabbi’l-Nas [i.e., the last three surahs of the Qur'ān].

—After Magharib and Fajr one should repeat Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad, Qul a’oodhu bi Rabbi’l-Falaq and Qul a’oodhu bi Rabbi’l-Nas 3xthree times.

May Allah send peace and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and Companions and those who followed them in truth until the Day of Judgement.

Source: •[Fatāwa al-Shaykh Ibn Bāz, (11/188-190)]