‏الذكر والدعاء والتوبة والاستغفار‏ : Hadeeth No:6568 Zaid b. Alqam reported: I am not going to say anything but only that which Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to say. He used to supplicate:" O Allaah, I seek refuge in Thee from incapacity, from sloth, from cowardice, from miserliness, decrepitude and from torment of the grave. ...

‏الصيام : Hadeeth No:2501 'A'isha (Allaah be pleased with her) reported. In the pre-Islamic days fast was observed on the day of Ashura, but with the advent of Islam (its position was ascertained as that of a voluntary fast). Then he who wished to fast fasted, and he who liked to abandon it abandoned it....