Labbayk · Recommended actions
A growing library of small, easy actions from the Sunnah whose rewards are explicitly mentioned. The Prophet ﷺ said: "The deeds most beloved to Allah are those done consistently, even if small." (Bukhari 6464)
The 12 confirmed sunnah rakats spread through the day: 4 before Dhuhr, 2 after Dhuhr, 2 after Maghrib, 2 after Isha, and 2 before Fajr.
Reward
"Whoever consistently prays twelve rak'ahs of Sunnah in a day and night, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise."
— Sahih Muslim 728 (also: Tirmidhi 415, An-Nasa'i 1794)
Four rakats prayed in two pairs before the Asr prayer.
Reward
"May Allah have mercy on a person who prays four rak'ahs before 'Asr."
— Tirmidhi 430 (Hasan)
Wake in the last third of the night and pray two or more rakats before Fajr.
Reward
"Allah descends to the lowest heaven in the last third of every night and says: 'Who is calling upon Me, that I may answer him? Who is asking of Me, that I may give him? Who is seeking My forgiveness, that I may forgive him?'"
— Sahih al-Bukhari 1145, Sahih Muslim 758
Especially in Madinah's Masjid Nabawi or Makkah's Masjid al-Haram. Even at home, with family.
Reward
"Whoever prays Fajr in congregation is under the protection of Allah for the entire day."
— Sahih Muslim 657
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ — repeated one hundred times in a day.
Reward
"Whoever says 'SubḥānAllāhi wa biḥamdih' a hundred times in a day, his sins will be erased even if they were like the foam of the sea."
— Sahih al-Bukhari 6405, Sahih Muslim 2691
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ — recite 100 times.
Reward
"Whoever says it 100 times in a day will have the reward equal to freeing 10 slaves; 100 good deeds are written for him, 100 sins erased; and he is protected from Shaytan that day until evening. None will come with anything better except one who has done more."
— Sahih al-Bukhari 6403, Sahih Muslim 2691
The collection of remembrances the Prophet ﷺ made every morning and evening — Ayat al-Kursi, the last three Quls, and others (see Hisn al-Muslim §27–28).
Reward
"Whoever recites them in the morning is protected until evening; whoever recites them in the evening is protected until morning."
— Hisn al-Muslim §27–28; multiple authentic Hadith
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ عَلَى نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ — recite at least ten times in the morning and ten in the evening.
Reward
"Whoever sends ten salawat upon me in the morning and ten in the evening, my intercession will reach him on the Day of Resurrection."
— Tabarani; classified as Hasan by some scholars
Send salawat upon the Prophet ﷺ in great number throughout Friday and Friday night.
Reward
"The most virtuous of your days is Friday, so send salawat upon me abundantly on it — your salawat is presented to me."
— Sunan Abu Dawud 1047 (Sahih)
Even a small amount, even a smile, even removing harm from the road. Make giving a daily habit.
Reward
"Charity does not decrease wealth. Two angels descend each morning — one says: 'O Allah, give to the one who spends an alternative.' The other says: 'O Allah, give destruction to the one who withholds.'"
— Sahih Muslim 2588, Sahih al-Bukhari 1442
A simple smile, sincerely offered.
Reward
"Your smile to your brother is a sadaqah for you."
— Tirmidhi 1956 (Hasan)
Read the entire Surah al-Mulk (chapter 67, 30 ayahs) every night.
Reward
"There is a surah of thirty verses which intercedes for a man until he is forgiven — it is Sūrah al-Mulk."
— Sunan Abu Dawud 1400, Tirmidhi 2891 (Hasan)
Recite Ayat al-Kursi (Surah al-Baqarah 2:255) after the dhikr that follows each obligatory prayer.
Reward
"Whoever recites Ayat al-Kursi after every prescribed prayer, nothing prevents him from entering Paradise except death."
— An-Nasa'i 9928, Tabarani — graded Sahih by al-Albani
Voluntary fasting on these two days, when deeds are presented to Allah.
Reward
"Deeds are presented to Allah on Mondays and Thursdays, and I love that my deeds be presented while I am fasting."
— Tirmidhi 747 (Hasan)
Two to eight rakats prayed after sunrise once it has fully risen, until before Dhuhr.
Reward
"In the morning, charity is due from every joint of every one of you. Every tasbih is a charity, every tahmid is a charity, every tahlil is a charity, every takbir is a charity, enjoining good is a charity, forbidding evil is a charity, and two rak'ahs of Duha is sufficient for all of that."
— Sahih Muslim 720
Curated with input from Hafiz Fayaz. More entries are added as the Labbayk team sources additional authentic actions and Hadith.
"Take from deeds what you can bear; for indeed Allah does not tire until you tire." — Sahih al-Bukhari 5861