Complete classical collections — Hisn al-Hasin, Manzil and more — with Arabic, translation, reference and audio.
Imam Muhammad ibn al-Jazari · d. 833 AH / 1429 CE
A celebrated classical handbook of authentic supplications and adhkar drawn from the Qur’an and the Sunnah, arranged by occasion — from morning and evening remembrance to du’as for distress, travel, protection and the etiquette of supplication.
25 chapters · 218 supplications
Imam Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi · d. 676 AH / 1277 CE
The most celebrated Sunni manual of remembrance and supplication. Imam al-Nawawi (a Shafi‘i jurist and hadith master of Damascus) gathered the authentic adhkar of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم for every occasion of the believer’s day and night, arranging them with their sources and rulings. This is a representative selection of its best-known, soundly transmitted supplications.
7 chapters · 30 supplications
Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya · d. 751 AH / 1350 CE
A classic treatise on the virtues, fruits, and effects of the remembrance of Allah (dhikr), gathering the "good word" (al-kalim al-tayyib) from the Qur’an and authentic Sunnah. Ibn al-Qayyim enumerates the many spiritual and worldly benefits the heart reaps through constant remembrance, then presents the established adhkar, istighfar, salawat, and comprehensive prophetic supplications by which a servant draws near to his Lord.
6 chapters · 27 supplications
Hakim al-Ummah Ashraf Ali Thanwi · d. 1362 AH / 1943 CE
A beloved collection of supplications drawn from the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah, compiled by Hakim al-Ummah Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanwi and popularly recited daily. It is arranged here for the seven days of the week, so that a believer may turn to Allah morning and evening with words He Himself taught.
7 chapters · 33 supplications
Imam Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli · d. 870 AH / 1465 CE
Dala'il al-Khayrat is a famous COMPILATION of salawat (invocations of blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ) composed by Imam al-Jazuli and recited widely across the Sunni world. It is not a book of hadith or Qur'an: while sending salawat is itself commanded and virtuous (Qur'an 33:56; Sahih Muslim 408), the specific formulas gathered here are the author's pious wording, not transmitted Sunnah. This selection presents a representative sample with honest references, keeping the authentically transmitted (ma'thur) salawat — above all the Ibrahimi salawat — as primary.
5 chapters · 14 supplications
Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili · d. 656 AH / 1258 CE
A traditional protective litany (hizb) composed by Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, the Sunni Maliki founder of the Shadhili path, and widely recited across the Sunni world — especially by travellers and seafarers. It is the personal supplicatory prose of a great scholar, not a prophetic hadith or a Qur'anic surah, although it is built around exact Qur'anic verses (from Ya Sin, al-Saffat, the "Ha Mim" openings, and others) which are its established source of barakah. Its protective power rests on the Qur'an it carries and on sincere reliance upon Allah. The prophetic (ma'thur) adhkar transmitted in the Sunnah remain primary; this litany is a praiseworthy supplement, not a replacement for them.
4 chapters · 20 supplications
A short protective litany (hizb) traditionally attributed to Imam al-Nawawi. It is a composed supplication — not a hadith — that gathers established Qur’anic verses (above all Ayat al-Kursi and the verses of refuge) together with brief phrases of reliance upon Allah and seeking His protection. The Qur’anic portions are the established source of its barakah; the prophetic ma’thur adhkar remain primary, and this litany is a devotional supplement to them, not a substitute.
3 chapters · 10 supplications
A composed litany (hizb) of Imam al-Shadhili seeking Allah's help, victory and protection. It is NOT a hadith and was not narrated from the Prophet (peace be upon him); it is the personal arrangement of a righteous scholar. Its barakah lies in the Qur'anic verses of victory and refuge it gathers — and those verses are quoted here with their references. The al-Shadhili lines in between are his own composed supplication and are flagged as such. For protection and victory, the directly authentic prophetic du'as remain primary; this litany may be read as a permissible du'a so long as one does not believe its specific wording to be Sunnah.
4 chapters · 12 supplications
Naqshbandi tradition · Traditional practice
A well-known Naqshbandi gathering litany of istighfar, salawat and Qur'anic recitation. HONEST FRAMING: this is a traditional COLLECTIVE dhikr practice, NOT a prophetic Sunnah formula. Each individual component — seeking forgiveness, the Ibrahimi salawat, Surah al-Fatiha, al-Ikhlas, the kalimah, the verses of victory and trust — is independently authentic and is cited below. But the specific assembled "khatm", with its set counts and fixed order, is a later devotional arrangement. Do not believe the counts or the sequence to be Sunnah. Read the authentic components for their established reward; treat the arrangement as a permissible group practice, not as a transmitted prophetic rite.
4 chapters · 9 supplications
Compiled (Deobandi tradition; popularised by Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi) · Qur'anic text — 20th-century compilation
A protective collection drawn entirely from the Qur’an — some thirty-three passages recited for refuge from sorcery (siḥr), the evil eye, jinn and every harm. Because every word is the speech of Allah, the entire Manzil is authentic; the only matter of practice is the assembling of these verses in one litany.
4 chapters · 18 supplications
Mulla ’Ali al-Qari · d. 1014 AH / 1605 CE
A celebrated daily litany by the great Hanafi scholar Mulla ’Ali al-Qari of Makkah, composed entirely of supplications drawn from the Qur’an and the authentic Sunnah and arranged over the seven days of the week. The selection below is representative — a handful of well-attested prayers for each day, each carrying its reference.
7 chapters · 18 supplications
