Al-ḥamdu lillāh — upon waking
Upon waking
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ
Al-ḥamdu lillāhi alladhī aḥyānā baʿda mā amātanā wa ilayhi an-nushūr.
"Praise is for Allah, who gave us life after He had caused us to die; and to Him is the resurrection."
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6312
Where the scholars teach this duʿāʾ.
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""The one who attains the greatest reward from Friday is the one who anticipates and prepares for it from the day before. The least among them are those who, upon waking, say, ‘What day is today? Some even spent the night before Friday in the mosque for its sake. Secondly, upon waking, one should begin with a full ablution after dawn has broken, even if they are not going early."
— Imam al-Ghazali, Book 4: The Book of Prayer
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"narrated that some Arabs camped beside the grave of a generous man after a long journey. One of them dreamed of the deceased offering to exchange his camel for the man's fat camel. In the dream, the deal was sealed, and upon waking, he found blood pouring from his camel. He slaughtered it, shared the meat with his companions, and continued their journey. The next day, a caravan met them, and one asked for a man by name who confirmed his identity, recalling his dream deal with the deceased at the grave. He was given a lance with the explanation, This is my father. I saw him in a dream, and he told me, if you are my son, give my"
— Imam al-Ghazali, Book 27: Condemnation of Miserliness and Love of Wealth
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"Allah do with you? Utbah replied, I entered Paradise due to the supplication written in your house. Upon waking, they hurried to their house and found on the wall a supplication written by Utbah, O guide of the misguided, O merciful to the wrongdoers, O forgiver of the slips of those who falter, have mercy on your servant with the great danger and on all Muslims altogether. Make us among the living, those who are provided for, those upon whom you have bestowed favor, from the prophets, the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous. Amen, O Lord of all worlds."
— Imam al-Ghazali, Book 40: The Book of the Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife