Twenty-one small acts
Easy good deeds for every day, with their sources
Grouped as the tracker groups them: prayer, remembrance, Quran and people. Add any of them to your goals on the home page.
Good deeds in your prayer
Start with the prayers you already pray.
- The five prayers on time: prayer is prescribed for the believers at set times (Quran 4:103).
- Fajr, with the congregation if you can: whoever prays it is under Allah’s protection (Sahih Muslim 657).
- The twelve sunnah rakats, four before Zuhr and two after, two after Maghrib, two after Isha and two before Fajr: a house in Paradise is built for whoever prays them (Sahih Muslim 728).
- Tasbih after each prayer, thirty-three of each phrase and then la ilaha illallah to make a hundred (Sahih Muslim 597).
- Night prayer or witr: the best prayer after the obligatory ones is the prayer at night (Sahih Muslim 1163).
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Remembrance in the gaps of the day
Words that fit into a minute at the bus stop.
- Subhanallahi wa bihamdih a hundred times: sins are wiped away, even if as much as the foam on the sea (Sahih al-Bukhari 6405).
- Subhanallah a hundred times: a thousand good deeds written, or a thousand sins wiped away (Sahih Muslim 2698).
- La ilaha illallahu wahdahu ten times: like freeing four souls from the children of Isma‘il (Sahih al-Bukhari 6404).
- Istighfar a hundred times: the Prophet ﷺ turned to Allah in repentance a hundred times a day (Sahih Muslim 2702).
- Sayyid al-Istighfar, morning and evening (Sahih al-Bukhari 6306).
- Ten blessings on the Prophet ﷺ: for each, Allah sends ten (Sahih Muslim 408).
A little Quran each day
One verse counts.
- Read or learn some Quran, even a single verse by heart: the best of you are those who learn the Quran and teach it (Sahih al-Bukhari 5027).
- Ayat al-Kursi (Quran 2:255) in bed: a guardian from Allah stays with you through the night (Sahih al-Bukhari 2311).
- La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah, whenever you remember it: a treasure from the treasures of Paradise (Sahih al-Bukhari 6384).
Good deeds for the people around you
Kindness is part of the list.
- Smile at someone: your smile for your brother is a charity (Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi 1956).
- Spread the salam, to those you know and those you don’t: it brings love between believers (Sahih Muslim 54).
- Say good, or stay quiet (Sahih al-Bukhari 6018).
- Call, visit or help a relative: keeping family ties widens your provision (Sahih al-Bukhari 5986).
- One act of kindness: every one is a charity (Sahih al-Bukhari 6021).
- Thank someone: whoever doesn’t thank people hasn’t thanked Allah (Sunan Abi Dawud 4811).
- Learn something about your deen: whoever seeks knowledge, Allah makes a path to Paradise easy for him (Sahih Muslim 2699).