Takbir

When is it said?

This dhikr has no fixed time: it is said by night and by day, while walking or waiting or doing anything that does not occupy the heart. The Prophet ﷺ would remember Allah at all his times.

The number attached to it is a deliberate sunnah rather than an approximation. Exceeding it is no sin, and falling short of it forfeits part of what was promised — but keeping steadily to a little is more beloved than a great deal that stops.

Where it comes in the litany

Dhikr number 4 of 20 in Tasbih & Dhikr — read in the order they are said.

Nearby in this litany

• Tasbih
• Praise
• Hawqala