{"_id":"6a62a7de9ee74ac8d97fad8c","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Is it permissible to follow litanies that prescribe specific numbers of recitations?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Is it permissible to follow a \"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"italic\"}],\"text\":\"wazifa\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\" (litany) that instructs a person to recite a particular duʿa or dhikr a specific number of times or for a certain number of days to attain something they are seeking?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"There are several hadiths in which the Prophet ﷺ advised reciting certain adhkār specific numbers of times; for example, tasbīḥ thirty-three times, istighfār one hundred times, or ten times after prayer, Salawāt and al-Kahf on Fridays. So yes, there is a prophetic basis for specifying numbers in worship.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Many of these litanies (adhkār, awrād, wazīfas, etc.) have been formulated by respected scholars. There is nothing wrong in following these.\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fe30b76658b4c232829","tag":"Worship: Dua","count":120},{"_id":"668d9ff70b76658b4c232a80","tag":"Seerah: Sunnah and Hadith","count":89},{"_id":"668d9fe30b76658b4c232823","tag":"Worship: Remembrance","count":49}],"createdOn":"2026-07-23T23:46:38.240Z"}