Have slept or stayed awake

Have slept

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✅ (In heart, not spoken out loud)

✅ (In heart, not spoken out loud)

Anytime after Isha
(Isha ends at Islamic Midnight)

In the last 3rd of the night
(this countdown)

2 rak'ah or beyond (even amount)

11 rak'ah

As standard in every salah
(Surah Al Fatihah + any portion of The Qur'an or Surah Al Fatihah alone)

Surah Al Fatihah + longer portions of The Qur'an with reflection (tadabbur) while reciting

As standard: Quran, Ruku, Sujood, Sitting, Sujood + Tashahhud at even Rak'ah + (Optional Durood) + Tasleem/Salaam

Quran, Ruku, Sujood, Sitting, Sujood + Tashahhud at even and ending Rak'ah. Durood. Tasleem/Salaam.

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Optionally sit or continue with next 2 rak'ah

Briefly sit in between each rak'ah and reflect

Make du'a especailly in Sujood (you are closest to Allah (AWJ) in this moment). Make this most comprehensive du'a:

Arabic: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّرِّ كُلِّهِ عَاجِلِهِ وَآجِلِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ مِنْهُ وَمَا لَمْ أَعْلَمْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ مَا سَأَلَكَ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا عَاذَ بِهِ عَبْدُكَ وَنَبِيُّكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْجَنَّةَ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمَا قَرَّبَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ قَوْلٍ أَوْ عَمَلٍ وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تَجْعَلَ كُلَّ قَضَاءٍ قَضَيْتَهُ لِي خَيْرًا

Transliteration: Allahumma innee as'alooka minal-khayri kullihi, 'aajilihee wa-aajilihee ma 'aleemtu minhu wa-maa lum ah'lum. Wa a'uthu bika minash-sharrie kullihee, 'aajilihee wa-aajilihee ma 'aleemtu minhoo wa-maa lum ah'lum.

Allahumma innee as'alooka min khayri ma sa'alaka 'abdooka wa nabeeyook wa a'uthu bika min sharrie ma 'adha bihee abdooka wa nabeeyook.

Allahumma innee as'alookal-jannatah wa ma qarrabuh ilayhaa min qawlin aw 'amull wa-a'uthu bika minan-nari wa ma qarrabuh ilayhaa min qawlin aw 'amull wa-as'alooka an taj'al kulla qaDaa'in qaDay-tahoo lee khayra

Translation: Oh Allah, I ask You for all that is good in this world and in the Hereafter, what I know and what I do not know.

Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You from all evil, in this world and in the Hereafter, what I know and what I do not know. Oh Allah, I ask You for the good that Your slave and Prophet has asked You for, and I seek refuge in You from the evil from which Your slave and Prophet sought refuge.

Oh Allah, I ask You for Paradise and for that which brings one closer to it, in word and deed, and I seek refuge in You from hell and from that which brings one closer to it, in word and deed. And I ask You to make every decree that You decree concerning me good

Deeply make du'a for guidance, forgiveness, and barakah.

Start your Tahajjud salah with this dua before Al Faithah:

Arabic:اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيلَ فَاطِرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ أَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي لِمَا اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ إِنَّكَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

Transliteration:Allahumma Rabba Jibra'eel wa Meeka'eel wa Israfeel; Faatirus-sammawati wal-arD aleem al-ghaybee wash-shahaadah anta tah'kumu bayna ibadika fimaa kaanoo feehee yakhtaleefoon ihdinee lima-kh'tulifa feehee min al haqqi bi-idhnik innaka tahdi man tashaa'u ila siraatin mustaqeem

Translation:Oh Allah, Lord of Jibra'eel, Meeka'eel, and Israfeel, Creator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and seen, You judge between Your slaves concerning where they differ. Guide me in those matters which there is dispute regarding the truth by Your Leave, for You are The One Who guides to the straight path


Make this du'a in sujood:
Transliteration: Allahumma a'uthu bi-riDaka min sakhatika wa-bee mu'aafatika min 'uqoobatika wa-a'uthu bika minka laa uhsee tanaa'an alayka anta kamaa athnayta 'ala nafsik

Translation: Oh Allah, I seek refuge in Your Pleasure from Your Wrath, and in Your Forgiveness from Your Punishment. I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot fully praise You. You are as You have praised Yourself.