Sunnats and Aadaab – Hanafi Mazhab

1. Before and after eating. عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال إن كان قاله لولا أن أشق على أمتي لأمرتهم بالسواك مع الوضوء وقال أبو هريرة رضي الله عنه لقد كنت أستن قبل أن أنام وبعد ما أستيقظ وقبل ما آكل وبعد …

1. Upon awakening. عن عائشة رضي الله عنها أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم كان لا يرقد من ليل ولا نهار فيستيقظ إلا تسوك قبل أن يتوضأ (سنن أبي داود، الرقم: ٥٧)[1] Hazrat Aaishah (radhiyallahu ‘anha) reports, “Whenever Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) awoke from his sleep, whether in the night …

1. In the absence of a miswaak, the finger may be used as a substitute.[1] عن أنس رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يجزئ من السواك الأصابع (التلخيص الحبير ١/١٠٤) Hazrat Anas (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Hazrat Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “The fingers can …

1. The method of holding the miswaak is for one to place his thumb and small finger under the miswaak with his remaining fingers on the upper-side of the miswaak.[1] 2. Hold the miswaak with the right hand and commence cleansing the teeth from the right.[2] 3. Make miswaak of …

Sunnah Duas Upon Awakening for Tahajjud

Upon awakening for Tahajjud, recite the last ten verses of Surah Aal-e-Imraan.^[1] Also recite the following before commencing the Tahajjud Salaah:

(1) Allahu Akbar ten times

(2) Alhamdulillah ten times

(3) Subhaanallahi wabihamdihi ten times

(4) Subhaanal Malikil Quddoos ten times

Before sleeping, we are taught to recite the masnoon duas and remember Allah Ta‘ala. Among the masnoon duas before sleeping, is the following dua:

O Allah Ta‘ala, with Your name do I die and live.

In this dua, sleep has been resembled to death, due to the fact that when a person sleeps, he loses his senses and consciousness.