A free digital Tasbih counter for SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar, Istighfar, and any custom dhikr you choose — tap to count, set a target of 33, 99, 100, or any number you like, and automatically track how many rounds you complete today and in total.
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Dhikr, the remembrance of Allah through short repeated phrases, is one of the most consistently recommended acts of worship in Islam, and counting it has a documented history going back to the earliest generations. The hadith of Yusayrah (Sunan Abi Dawud, Sunan al-Tirmidhi) instructs women specifically to count their Tasbih, Tahlil, and Taqdis on their fingertips, since the fingers "will be questioned and made to speak." Prayer beads (Misbaha or Subha) later emerged as a widely accepted counting aid among the majority of scholars across the centuries, valued purely as a practical tool rather than a ritual requirement in itself. The best-known counted dhikr routine is the Prophet Muhammad's own instruction, recorded in Sahih Muslim, to say SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar 33 times each after every obligatory prayer, completing one hundred with a closing phrase of Tahlil — a practice described as sufficient for one's sins to be forgiven even if as abundant as sea foam. This counter simply continues that same tradition of finger-counting and prayer beads in digital form, tracking your current count, completed rounds today, and your all-time total, entirely inside your own browser.
Long before prayer beads existed, the earliest method of counting dhikr described in the hadith literature was remarkably simple: the fingers themselves. The hadith of Yusayrah, recorded in Sunan Abi Dawud and Sunan al-Tirmidhi, has the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) instructing a group of women to count their Tasbih (SubhanAllah), Tahlil (La ilaha illallah), and Taqdis on their fingertips rather than merely reciting from memory, adding that the fingers themselves will be questioned about this on the Day of Judgment and made to speak. This finger-counting method remains valid and widely practiced today, and it is the direct ancestor of every counting tool that followed.
Prayer beads, known as Misbaha or Subha, developed later as a natural extension of the same need: a reliable way to track a specific number of repetitions without losing count, especially for longer sessions of dhikr that exceed what fingers alone can comfortably track. While a small number of early scholars preferred sticking to the fingers described directly in the hadith, the overwhelming majority position across the classical schools treats prayer beads as a neutral, permissible tool (mubah) — what matters is the content and sincerity of the dhikr being counted, not the specific counting method used to track it. A digital counter like this one is simply the newest link in that same chain: a tool, not a ritual, whose only job is to remove the mental burden of tallying so your attention can stay on the remembrance itself.
Beyond the well-known post-prayer routine of 33-33-34, many Muslims build a broader daily dhikr habit around targets like reciting Istighfar (seeking forgiveness) at least 100 times, following the Prophet's own reported practice in Sahih Muslim, or repeating "SubhanAllahi wa bihamdihi, SubhanAllahil Azim" — described in Sahih al-Bukhari as light on the tongue, heavy on the scale of good deeds, and beloved to the Most Merciful. A digital counter with adjustable targets makes it just as easy to track any of these, or a phrase entirely of your own choosing, without needing a different physical tool for each one.
None of this changes what dhikr fundamentally is: an act of the heart and tongue together, not a mechanical tally. A counter's only purpose, exactly like a string of prayer beads before it, is to quietly handle the arithmetic so that focus stays where it belongs — on presence and sincerity (khushu') during the remembrance itself, with an accurate, private, and always-available record of your rounds waiting for you the next time you open this page.
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) taught his companions to say SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar 33 times each after every obligatory prayer, then complete one hundred with a single closing phrase of Tahlil, a practice recorded in Sahih Muslim as a means for one's sins to be forgiven even if they are as abundant as the foam of the sea.
Yes. Counting dhikr on the fingers is the method described in the hadith literature (Sunan Abi Dawud, Sunan al-Tirmidhi), and prayer beads later became a widely accepted counting aid among the majority of scholars since both simply help keep an accurate tally rather than being a ritual requirement in themselves. A digital counter serves the identical function.
There is no single number obligatory on everyone, but the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is reported in Sahih al-Bukhari to have sought Allah's forgiveness at least seventy times a day, and in a narration in Sahih Muslim, over one hundred times — many Muslims use 100 as a simple daily target.
Yes. Choose "Custom" from the dhikr list and type any phrase you would like to count, in Arabic or any other language, and the counter will use it for your tap button and saved progress.
Yes. Your current count, today's completed rounds, and your all-time total are all saved automatically in your browser's local storage and will still be there next time you open this page on the same device and browser.