Adhkar (remembrances) at the start of the day are recommended in many authentic narrations. A short, repeatable routine works better than an ambitious one you abandon. Below is a five-minute set, all sourced.

The set

  1. Sayyid al-Istighfar — once. Source: Bukhari 6306. Read on QiblaWeb.
  2. Asbahna wa asba al-mulku lillah — once. Source: Abu Dawud 5071. Companion form on QiblaWeb.
  3. Subhan Allah wa bi-hamdihi — 100 times. Source: Muslim 2692.
  4. La ilaha illa-llahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahu-l-mulk wa lahu-l-hamd, wa huwa ala kulli shayʼin qadir — 10 times.
  5. Ayat al-Kursi — once.

Five minutes, every morning, sourced. The benefit is consistency, not volume.

Source

All references from Sunnah.com (retrieved 2026-05-09).