Allah the Exalted said:
رياض الصالحينAbū Zakariyyā Muḥyī al-Dīn Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī٢٤٤ - باب فضل الذكر والحث عليه
٢٤٤ - باب فضل الذكر والحث عليه
Recite, [O Muḥammad], what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer. Indeed, prayer prohibits immorality and wrongdoing, and the remembrance of Allāh is greater. And Allāh knows that which you do.
And the Exalted said:
فَٱذْكُرُونِىٓ أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لِى وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ
So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me.
وقال تَعَالَى:
And the Exalted said:
وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ فِى نَفْسِكَ تَضَرُّعًا وَخِيفَةً وَدُونَ ٱلْجَهْرِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ وَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْغَـٰفِلِينَ
And remember your Lord within yourself in humility and in fear without being apparent in speech - in the mornings and the evenings. And do not be among the heedless.
وقال تَعَالَى:
And the Exalted said:
فَإِذَا قُضِيَتِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةُ فَٱنتَشِرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
And when the prayer has been concluded, disperse within the land and seek from the bounty of Allāh, and remember Allāh often that you may succeed.
وقال تَعَالَى:
And the Exalted said:
الٓمٓ
Alif, Lām, Meem.1
إِلَى قَوْله تَعَالَى:
...up to His saying, the Exalted:
إِنَّ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَٱلْمُسْلِمَـٰتِ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ وَٱلْقَـٰنِتِينَ وَٱلْقَـٰنِتَـٰتِ وَٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ وَٱلصَّـٰدِقَـٰتِ وَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّـٰبِرَٰتِ وَٱلْخَـٰشِعِينَ وَٱلْخَـٰشِعَـٰتِ وَٱلْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ وَٱلْمُتَصَدِّقَـٰتِ وَٱلصَّـٰٓئِمِينَ وَٱلصَّـٰٓئِمَـٰتِ وَٱلْحَـٰفِظِينَ فُرُوجَهُمْ وَٱلْحَـٰفِظَـٰتِ وَٱلذَّٰكِرِينَ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱلذَّٰكِرَٰتِ أَعَدَّ ٱللَّهُ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةً وَأَجْرًا عَظِيمًا
Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the women who do so, and the men who remember Allāh often and the women who do so - for them Allāh has prepared forgiveness and a great reward.
وقال تَعَالَى:
And the Exalted said:
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ذِكْرًا كَثِيرًا
O you who have believed, remember Allāh with much remembrance
الآية. والآيات في الباب كثيرةٌ معلومةٌ.
The verse. The verses on this subject are many and well known.
وعن أَبي هريرة - ﵁ - قَالَ: قَالَ رسُولُ الله - ﷺ: «كَلِمَتَانِ خَفِيفَتَانِ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ، ثَقِيلَتَانِ فِي المِيزَانِ، حَبِيبَتَانِ إِلَى الرَّحْمانِ:. متفقٌ عَلَيْهِ.
Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Two phrases are light upon the tongue, heavy on the Scale, beloved to the Most Merciful: [...]." Agreed upon (al-Bukhārī and Muslim). [review: the two phrases (Subḥān Allāh wa bi-ḥamdih, Subḥān Allāh al-ʿAẓīm) are not present in the Arabic source]
وعنه - ﵁ - قَالَ: قَالَ رسول الله - ﷺ: «لأَنْ أَقُولَ:، أَحَبُّ إلَيَّ مِمَّا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ». رواه مسلم.
He also reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That I should say [...] is dearer to me than all that the sun has risen upon." Reported by Muslim. [review: the formula uttered is omitted in the Arabic source]
وعنه: أنَّ رسُولَ الله - ﷺ - قَالَ: «مَنْ قَالَ:، في يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ كَانَتْ لَهُ عَدْلَ عَشْرِ رِقَابٍ وكُتِبَتْ لَهُ مِائَةُ حَسَنَةٍ، وَمُحِيَتْ عَنْهُ مِائَةُ سَيِّئَةٍ، وَكَانَتْ لَهُ حِرْزًا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ يَوْمَهُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يُمْسِي، وَلَمْ يَأتِ أَحَدٌ بِأَفْضَلَ مِمَّا جَاءَ بِهِ إِلاَّ رَجُلٌ عَمِلَ أكْثَرَ مِنْهُ». وقال: «مَنْ قَالَ:، في يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ، حُطَّتْ خَطَايَاهُ، وَإنْ كَانَتْ مِثْلَ زَبَدِ البَحْرِ». متفقٌ عَلَيْهِ.
He also reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever says [...] a hundred times in a day, it is for him equal to freeing ten slaves, a hundred good deeds are recorded for him, a hundred bad deeds are erased from him, and it is a protection for him from Satan that day of his until he reaches the evening; and no one brings anything better than what he has brought, except a man who has done more than him." And he said: "Whoever says [...] a hundred times in a day, his sins are wiped away, even if they were like the foam of the sea." Agreed upon (al-Bukhārī and Muslim). [review: the two dhikr formulae are omitted in the Arabic source]
وعن أَبي أيوب الأنصاريِّ - ﵁ - عن النَّبيِّ - ﷺ - قَالَ: «مَنْ قَالَ:. كَانَ كَمَنْ أعْتَقَ أرْبَعَةَ أنْفُسٍ مِنْ وَلَدِ إسْمَاعِيلَ». متفقٌ عَلَيْهِ.
Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī (may Allah be pleased with him) reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said: "Whoever says [...] is like one who has freed four souls from the descendants of Ismāʿīl." Agreed upon (al-Bukhārī and Muslim). [review: the dhikr formula is omitted in the Arabic source]
وعن أَبي ذَرٍّ - ﵁ - قَالَ: قَالَ رسولُ الله - ﷺ: «ألاَ أُخْبِرُكَ بِأَحَبِّ الكَلاَمِ إِلَى اللهِ؟ إنَّ أَحَبَّ الكَلاَمِ إِلَى اللهِ:. رواه مسلم.
On the authority of Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Shall I not tell you of the speech most beloved to Allah? Indeed, the speech most beloved to Allah is:" [review: the dhikr formula is missing from the Arabic source]. Narrated by Muslim.
وعن أَبي مالك الأشعري - ﵁ - قَالَ: قَالَ رسولُ الله - ﷺ: «الطُّهُورُ شَطْرُ الإيمانِ، وَالحَمْدُ للهِ تَمْلأُ المِيزَانَ،تَمْلآنِ - أَوْ تَمْلأُ - مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ». رواه مسلم.
On the authority of Abu Malik al-Ashʿari (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Purification is half of faith; and 'all praise be to Allah' fills the scales; and the two together fill — or it fills — what is between the heavens and the earth." Narrated by Muslim.
وعن سعد بن أَبي وقاصٍ - ﵁ - قَالَ: جَاءَ أعْرَابيٌّ إِلَى رَسولِ اللهِ - ﷺ - فَقَالَ: عَلِّمْنِي كَلاَمًا أقُولُهُ. قَالَ: «قُلْ:قَالَ: فهؤُلاءِ لِرَبِّي، فَمَا لِي؟ قَالَ: «قُلْ:. رواه مسلم.
On the authority of Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: A bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: "Teach me words that I may say." He said: "Say:" [review: the dhikr formula is missing from the Arabic source]. He said: "These are for my Lord; what then is for me?" He said: "Say:" [review: the second formula is missing from the Arabic source]. Narrated by Muslim.
وعن ثَوبانَ - ﵁ - قَالَ: كَانَ رَسولُ اللهِ - ﷺ - إِذَا انْصَرَفَ مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ اسْتَغْفَرَ ثَلاثًا، وَقَالَ: قِيلَ لِلأوْزَاعِيِّ - وَهُوَ أحَدُ رواة الحديث: كَيْفَ الاسْتِغْفَارُ؟ قَالَ: يقول: أسْتَغْفِرُ الله، أسْتَغْفِرُ الله. رواه مسلم.
On the authority of Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) finished his prayer, he would seek forgiveness three times and say:" [review: the dhikr formula is missing from the Arabic source]. Al-Awzaʿi — who is one of the narrators of the hadith — was asked: "How is the seeking of forgiveness worded?" He said: "One says: I seek the forgiveness of Allah, I seek the forgiveness of Allah." Narrated by Muslim.
وعن المغيرة بن شعبة - ﵁: أنَّ رسول الله - ﷺ - كَانَ إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: ، وَلاَ يَنْفَعُ ذَا الجَدِّ مِنْكَ الجَدُّ». متفقٌ عَلَيْهِ.
On the authority of al-Mughira ibn Shuʿba (may Allah be pleased with him): that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), when he finished the prayer and gave the salam, would say:" [review: the opening of the dhikr formula is missing from the Arabic source] "… and the fortune of the fortunate avails nothing against You." Agreed upon.
وعن عبدِ الله بن الزُّبَيْرِ رضي الله تَعَالَى عنهما أنَّه كَانَ يَقُولُ دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ، حِيْنَ يُسَلِّمُ: لثَّنَاءُ الحَسَنُ، لاَ إلهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الكَافِرُونَ». قَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: وَكَانَ رَسُولُ الله - ﷺ - يُهَلِّلُ بِهِنَّ دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ. رواه مسلم.
On the authority of ʿAbdullah ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah the Exalted be pleased with them both): that he used to say after every prayer, when he gave the salam: "… the excellent praise. There is no god but Allah; being sincere to Him in religion, even though the disbelievers detest it." Ibn al-Zubayr said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to declare these words of tahlīl after every prayer. Narrated by Muslim. [review: the opening of the dhikr formula is missing from the Arabic source]
وعن أَبي هريرة - ﵁: أنَّ فُقَراءَ المُهَاجِرِينَ أَتَوْا رسُولَ اللهِ - ﷺ - فقالوا: ذَهَبَ أهْلُ الدُّثورِ بِالدَّرَجَاتِ العُلَى، وَالنَّعِيمِ المُقِيمِ، يُصَلُّونَ كَمَا نُصَلِّي، وَيَصُومُونَ كَمَا نَصُومُ، وَلَهُمْ فَضْلٌ مِنْ أمْوَالٍ، يَحُجُّونَ، وَيَعْتَمِرُونَ، وَيُجَاهِدُونَ، وَيَتَصَدَّقُونَ. فَقَالَ: «ألاَ أُعَلِّمُكُمْ شَيْئًا تُدْرِكُونَ بِهِ مَنْ سَبَقَكُمْ، وَتَسْبَقُونَ بِهِ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ، وَلاَ يَكُون أَحَدٌ أفْضَل مِنْكُمْ إِلاَّ منْ صَنَعَ مِثْلَ مَا صَنَعْتُمْ؟» قالوا: بَلَى يَا رسول الله، قَالَ: . قَالَ أَبُو صالح الراوي عن أَبي هريرة، لَمَّا سُئِلَ عَنْ كَيْفِيَّةِ ذِكْرِهِنَّ قَالَ: يقول: سُبْحَان اللهِ، وَالحَمْدُ للهِ واللهُ أكْبَرُ، حَتَّى يَكُونَ مِنهُنَّ كُلُّهُنَّ ثَلاثًا وَثَلاثِينَ. متفقٌ عَلَيْهِ. وزاد مسلمٌ في روايته: فَرَجَعَ فُقَراءُ المُهَاجِرينَ إِلَى رسولِ الله - ﷺ - فقالوا: سَمِعَ إخْوَانُنَا أهْلُ الأمْوَالِ بِمَا فَعَلْنَا فَفَعَلُوا مِثْلَهُ؟ فَقَالَ رسُولُ الله - ﷺ: «ذَلِكَ فَضْلُ الله يُؤتِيهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ». «الدُّثُورُ» جمع دَثْر - بفتح الدال وإسكان الثاء المثلثة - وَهُوَ: المال الكثير.
On the authority of Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him): that the poor among the Emigrants came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: "The people of wealth have made off with the highest ranks and lasting bliss. They pray as we pray, and fast as we fast, yet they have a surplus of wealth: they perform Hajj, perform ʿUmrah, wage jihad, and give charity." He said: "Shall I not teach you something by which you will catch up with those who have outstripped you, and outstrip those who come after you, and none will be more excellent than you save one who does the like of what you do?" They said: "Yes indeed, O Messenger of Allah." He said:" [review: the dhikr formula is missing from the Arabic source]. Abu Salih — the narrator from Abu Hurayra — when asked about the manner of those remembrances, said: "One says: Glory be to Allah, all praise be to Allah, and Allah is the Greatest — until all of them together come to thirty-three each." Agreed upon. Muslim added in his narration: The poor Emigrants returned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: "Our brethren, the people of wealth, have heard of what we did and have done the like of it." So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "That is the bounty of Allah, which He grants to whom He wills." "Al-duthur" is the plural of "dathr" — with a fatha on the dal and a sukun on the three-dotted tha — and it means: abundant wealth.
وعنه، عن رسولِ الله - ﷺ - قَالَ: «مَنْ سَبَّحَ الله في دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ ثَلاثًا وَثَلاثِينَ، وحَمِدَ اللهَ ثَلاثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ، وَكَبَّرَ الله ثَلاثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ، وقال تَمَامَ المِائَةِ:، غُفِرَتْ خَطَايَاهُ وَإنْ كَانَتْ مِثْلَ زَبَدِ البَحْرِ». رواه مسلم.
And on his authority, from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), who said: "Whoever glorifies Allah after every prayer thirty-three times, and praises Allah thirty-three times, and magnifies Allah thirty-three times, and says, to complete the hundred:" [review: the completing formula is missing from the Arabic source] "— his sins are forgiven, even if they are like the foam of the sea." Narrated by Muslim.
وعن كعب بن عُجْرَةَ - ﵁ - عن رسولِ الله - ﷺ - قَالَ: «مُعَقِّباتٌ لاَ يَخِيبُ قَائِلُهُنَّ - أَوْ فَاعِلُهُنَّ - دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ: ثَلاثٌ وَثَلاثونَ تَسْبِيحَةً، وَثَلاثٌ وثَلاَثونَ تَحْمِيدَةً، وَأرْبَعٌ وَثَلاَثونَ تَكْبِيرَةً». رواه مسلم.
On the authority of Kaʿb ibn ʿUjra (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), who said: "There are phrases recited in succession whose sayer — or doer — is never disappointed, after every obligatory prayer: thirty-three glorifications (tasbīḥ), thirty-three praises (taḥmīd), and thirty-four magnifications (takbīr)." Narrated by Muslim.
وعن سعد بن أَبي وقاص - ﵁: أنَّ رسولَ الله - ﷺ - كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ دُبُرَ الصَّلَواتِ بِهؤُلاءِ الكَلِمَاتِ: . رواه البخاري.
On the authority of Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him): that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to seek refuge after the prayers with these words:" [review: the words of refuge are missing from the Arabic source]. Narrated by al-Bukhari.
وعن معاذ - ﵁: أن رسُولَ اللهِ - ﷺ - أخذ بيده، وقال: «يَا مُعَاذُ، وَاللهِ إنِّي لأُحِبُّكَ» فَقَالَ: «أُوصِيكَ يَا مُعَاذُ لاَ تَدَعَنَّ في دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلاَة تَقُولُ:. رواه أَبُو داود بإسناد صحيح.
On the authority of Muʿadh (may Allah be pleased with him): that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took him by the hand and said: "O Muʿadh, by Allah, I truly love you," and then said: "I counsel you, O Muʿadh: never fail, at the end of every prayer, to say:" [review: the supplication is missing from the Arabic source]. Narrated by Abu Dawud with a sound chain.
وعن أَبي هريرة - ﵁: أنَّ رسُولَ اللهِ - ﷺ - قَالَ: «إِذَا تَشَهَّدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللهِ مِنْ أرْبَعٍ، يقُول:. رواه مسلم.
On the authority of Abu Hurayra (may Allah be pleased with him): that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "When one of you has made the tashahhud, let him seek refuge with Allah from four things, saying:" [review: the four things sought refuge from are missing from the Arabic source]. Narrated by Muslim.
وعن عليٍّ - ﵁ - قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ الله - ﷺ - إِذَا قَامَ إِلَى الصَّلاَةِ يَكُونُ مِنْ آخِرِ مَا يَقُولُ بَيْنَ التَّشَهُّدِ وَالتَّسْلِيمِ: «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ وَمَا أخَّرْتُ، وَمَا أسْرَرْتُ وَمَا أعْلَنْتُ، وَمَا أسْرَفْتُ، وَمَا أنْتَ أعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي، أنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ، وَأنْتَ المُؤَخِّرُ، لا إلهَ إِلاَّ أنْتَ». رواه مسلم.
On the authority of ʿAlī (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood for prayer, among the last things he would say between the tashahhud and the taslīm was: "O Allah, forgive me what I have sent before and what I have left behind, what I have concealed and what I have made public, what I have done to excess, and what You know better than I. You are the One who brings forward, and You are the One who puts back. There is no god but You." Narrated by Muslim.
وعن عائشة ﵂، قالت: كَانَ النبيُّ - ﷺ - يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقُولَ في رُكُوعِهِ وَسُجُودِهِ: . متفقٌ عَلَيْهِ.
On the authority of ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Prophet ﷺ used to say frequently in his bowing and his prostration: [the wording of the supplication is not given in the source text]. Agreed upon (al-Bukhārī and Muslim). [review: supplication text missing in source]
وعنها: أنَّ رسول الله - ﷺ - كَانَ يقولُ في رُكُوعِهِ وَسُجُودِهِ: . رواه مسلم.
And on her authority: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say in his bowing and his prostration: [the wording of the supplication is not given in the source text]. Narrated by Muslim. [review: supplication text missing in source]
وعن ابن عباس ﵄: أنَّ رسولَ الله - ﷺ - قَالَ: «فَأمَّا الرُّكُوعُ فَعَظِّمُوا فِيهِ الرَّبَّ - ﷿ - وَأمَّا السُّجُودُ فَاجْتَهِدُوا في الدُّعَاءِ، فَقَمِنٌ أَنْ يُسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ». رواه مسلم.
On the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with them both): The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "As for the bowing, therein magnify the Lord, Mighty and Majestic; and as for the prostration, strive earnestly in supplication, for it is fitting that you be answered." Narrated by Muslim.
وعن أَبي هريرة - ﵁: أنَّ رسول الله - ﷺ - قَالَ: «أقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ العَبْدُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ، فَأَكْثِرُوا الدُّعَاءَ». رواه مسلم.
On the authority of Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The closest a servant is to his Lord is while he is prostrating, so make supplication in abundance." Narrated by Muslim.
وعنه: أنَّ رسُولَ اللهِ - ﷺ - كَانَ يَقُولُ في سجودِهِ: «اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لي ذَنْبِي كُلَّهُ: دِقَّهُ وَجِلَّهُ، وَأَوَّلَهُ وَآخِرَهُ، وَعَلاَنِيَتَهُ وَسِرَّهُ». رواه مسلم.
And on his authority: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say in his prostration: "O Allah, forgive me my sin, all of it — its small and its great, its first and its last, its open and its hidden." Narrated by Muslim.
وعن عائشة ﵂، قالت: افْتَقَدْتُ النَّبيَّ - ﷺ - ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ، فَتَحَسَّسْتُ، فإذا هُوَ راكِعٌ - أَوْ سَاجِدٌ - يقولُ: وفي روايةٍ: فَوَقَعَتْ يَدِي عَلَى بَطْنِ قَدَمَيْهِ، وَهُوَ في المَسْجِدِ وَهُمَا مَنْصُوبَتَانِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: . رواه مسلم.
On the authority of ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: I missed the Prophet ﷺ one night, so I felt about for him, and there he was, bowing — or prostrating — saying: [the wording of the supplication is not given in the source text]. And in a narration: My hand fell upon the soles of his feet, while he was in the mosque and they were upright, and he was saying: [the wording of the supplication is not given in the source text]. Narrated by Muslim. [review: supplication text missing in source]
وعن سعد بن أَبي وقاصٍ - ﵁ - قَالَ: كنا عِنْدَ رسول الله - ﷺ - فَقَالَ: «أيعجزُ أحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَكْسِبَ في كلِّ يومٍ ألْفَ حَسَنَةٍ!» فَسَأَلَهُ سَائِلٌ مِنْ جُلَسائِهِ: كَيْفَ يَكْسِبُ ألفَ حَسَنَةٍ؟ قَالَ: «يُسَبِّحُ مِائَةَ تَسْبِيحَةٍ فَيُكْتَبُ لَهُ ألْفُ حَسَنَةٍ، أَوْ يُحَطُّ عَنْهُ ألفُ خَطِيئَةٍ». رواه مسلم. قَالَ الحُمَيْدِيُّ : كذا هُوَ في كتاب مسلم: «أَوْ يُحَطُّ» قَالَ البَرْقاني: ورواه شُعْبَةُ وأبو عَوَانَة، وَيَحْيَى القَطَّانُ، عن موسى الَّذِي رواه مسلم من جهتِهِ فقالوا: «ويحط» بغير ألِفٍ.
On the authority of Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: "Is any of you incapable of earning a thousand good deeds each day?" A questioner among those sitting with him asked: How can one earn a thousand good deeds? He said: "Let him glorify [Allah] a hundred times, and a thousand good deeds will be written for him, or a thousand sins will be removed from him." Narrated by Muslim. Al-Ḥumaydī said: Thus it is in Muslim's book: "or are removed (aw yuḥaṭṭu)." Al-Barqānī said: Shuʿbah, Abū ʿAwānah, and Yaḥyā al-Qaṭṭān narrated it from Mūsā — from whose line Muslim narrated it — and they said "and are removed (wa-yuḥaṭṭu)," without an alif.
وعن أَبي ذر - ﵁: أنَّ رسولَ الله - ﷺ - قَالَ: «يُصْبحُ عَلَى كُلِّ سُلاَمَى مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ صَدَقةٌ: فَكُلُّ تَسْبيحَةٍ صَدَقةٌ، وَكُلُّ تَحْميدَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ، وَكُلُّ تَهْلِيلةٍ صَدَقَةٌ، وَكُلُّ تَكْبيرَةٍ صَدَقَةٌ، وأمْرٌ بالمَعْرُوفِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَنَهْيٌ عَنِ المُنْكَرِ صَدَقَةٌ، وَيجْزئُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ رَكْعَتَانِ يَرْكَعُهُمَا مِنَ الضُّحَى». رواه مسلم.
On the authority of Abū Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Each morning a charity is due upon every joint of one of you: every glorification (tasbīḥ) is a charity, every praise (taḥmīd) is a charity, every declaration of [Allah's] oneness (tahlīl) is a charity, every magnification (takbīr) is a charity, enjoining what is right is a charity, and forbidding what is wrong is a charity. And two rakʿahs that one prays in the forenoon (ḍuḥā) suffice for [all] that." Narrated by Muslim.
وعن أم المؤمنين جُويْريَةَ بنت الحارِث ﵂: أنَّ النَّبيَّ - ﷺ - خرجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهَا بُكْرَةً حِيْنَ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ وَهِيَ في مَسْجِدِها، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ بَعدَ أَنْ أضْحَى وَهِيَ جَالِسَةٌ، فقالَ: «مَا زِلْتِ عَلَى الحالِ الَّتي فَارقَتُكِ عَلَيْهَا؟» قالت: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ النَّبيُّ - ﷺ: «لَقَدْ قُلْتُ بَعْدَكِ أرْبَعَ كَلِمَاتٍ ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، لَوْ وُزِنَتْ بِمَا قُلْتِ مُنْذُ اليَوْمِ لَوَزَنَتْهُنَّ:. رواه مسلم. وفي روايةٍ لَهُ: . وفي رواية الترمذي: «ألا أُعَلِّمُكِ كَلِمَاتٍ تَقُولِينَهَا؟ سُبحَانَ الله عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ؛ سُبحَانَ الله عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ، سُبحَانَ الله عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رِضَا نَفْسِهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رِضَا نَفْسِهِ، سُبْحَانَ الله رِضَا نَفْسِهِ، سُبْحَانَ الله زِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ زِنَةَ عَرشِهِ، سُبْحَانَ الله زِنَةَ عَرشِهِ، سُبْحَانَ الله مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ، سُبْحَانَ الله مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ، سُبْحَانَ الله مِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ».
On the authority of the Mother of the Believers Juwayriyah bint al-Ḥārith (may Allah be pleased with her): The Prophet ﷺ left her early in the morning when he had prayed the dawn prayer, while she was in her place of prayer; then he returned after he had risen into mid-morning, while she was still sitting. He said: "Have you remained in the state in which I left you?" She said: Yes. The Prophet ﷺ said: "I have said, after [leaving] you, four words three times which, if they were weighed against all that you have said since the day [began], would outweigh them." [review: the four-word formula in the main Muslim narration is truncated in the Arabic source] Narrated by Muslim. And in a narration of his: [review: the wording of this second Muslim narration is missing from the Arabic source]. And in the narration of al-Tirmidhī: "Shall I not teach you words that you may say? Glory be to Allah, as many as the number of His creation; Glory be to Allah, as many as the number of His creation; Glory be to Allah, as many as the number of His creation; Glory be to Allah, to the extent of His own pleasure; Glory be to Allah, to the extent of His own pleasure; Glory be to Allah, to the extent of His own pleasure; Glory be to Allah, to the weight of His Throne; Glory be to Allah, to the weight of His Throne; Glory be to Allah, to the weight of His Throne; Glory be to Allah, as much as the ink of His words; Glory be to Allah, as much as the ink of His words; Glory be to Allah, as much as the ink of His words."
وعن أَبي موسى الأشعري - ﵁ - عن النبيّ - ﷺ - قَالَ: «مَثَلُ الَّذِي يَذْكُرُ رَبَّهُ وَالَّذِي لا يَذْكُرُهُ مَثَلُ الحَيِّ وَالمَيِّتِ». رواه البخاري. ورواه مسلم فَقَالَ: «مَثَلُ البَيْتِ الَّذِي يُذْكَرُ اللهُ فِيهِ، وَالبَيْتِ الَّذِي لا يُذْكَرُ اللهُ فِيهِ، مَثَلُ الحَيِّ والمَيِّتِ».
On the authority of Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "The likeness of one who remembers his Lord and one who does not remember Him is the likeness of the living and the dead." Narrated by al-Bukhārī. And Muslim narrated it, saying: "The likeness of the house in which Allah is remembered and the house in which Allah is not remembered is the likeness of the living and the dead."
وعن أَبي هريرة - ﵁: أنَّ رسولَ الله - ﷺ - قَالَ: «يقول الله تَعَالَى: أنا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي، وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا ذَكَرَنِي، فإنْ ذَكَرَنِي في نَفْسِهِ، ذَكَرْتُهُ في نَفْسِي، وإنْ ذَكَرنِي في ملأٍ ذَكرتُهُ في مَلأٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْهُمْ» متفق عَلَيْهِ.
On the authority of Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him): The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Allah the Exalted says: I am as My servant thinks of Me, and I am with him when he remembers Me. If he remembers Me within himself, I remember him within Myself; and if he remembers Me in an assembly, I remember him in an assembly better than them." Agreed upon (al-Bukhārī and Muslim).
وعنه قَالَ: قَالَ رسُولُ الله - ﷺ: «سَبَقَ المُفَرِّدُونَ» قالوا: وَمَا المُفَرِّدُونَ؟ يَا رسولَ الله قَالَ: «الذَّاكِرُونَ اللهَ كثيرًا والذَّاكِرَاتِ». رواه مسلم. وَرُوي: «المُفَرِّدُونَ» بتشديد الراءِ وتخفيفها والمشهُورُ الَّذِي قَالَهُ الجمهُورُ: التَّشْديدُ.
And on his authority, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The mufarridun have gone ahead." They said: And what are the mufarridun, O Messenger of Allah? He said: "The men who remember Allah much and the women who remember Him." Narrated by Muslim. It has also been related as "al-mufarridun" with a doubled rāʾ (tashdīd) and with an undoubled one; the well-known reading, which the majority of scholars have stated, is the doubled one (tashdīd).
وعن جابر - ﵁ - قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رسُولَ الله - ﷺ - يقولُ: . رواه الترمذي، وقال: «حديث حسن».
And on the authority of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: . Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, who said: "A good (ḥasan) hadith." [review: the wording of the hadith is missing from the source text]
وعن عبد الله بن بسر - ﵁: أنَّ رجلًا قَالَ: يَا رسولَ الله، إنَّ شَرَائِعَ الإسْلامِ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ عَليَّ، فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِشَيءٍ أَتَشَبثُ بِهِ قَالَ: «لا يَزالُ لِسَانُكَ رَطبًا مِنْ ذِكْرِ الله». رواه الترمذي، وقال: «حديث حسن».
And on the authority of ʿAbdullah ibn Busr (may Allah be pleased with him): that a man said: O Messenger of Allah, the ordinances of Islam have become many for me, so tell me of something I may hold fast to. He said: "Let your tongue not cease to be moist with the remembrance of Allah." Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, who said: "A good (ḥasan) hadith."
وعن جابر - ﵁ - عن النبي - ﷺ - قَالَ: «من قَالَ:، غُرِسَتْ لَهُ نَخْلَةٌ في الجَنَّةِ». رواه الترمذي، وقال: «حديث حسن».
And on the authority of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "Whoever says: , a palm tree is planted for him in Paradise." Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, who said: "A good (ḥasan) hadith." [review: the wording of the dhikr is missing from the source text]
وعن ابن مسعود - ﵁ - قَالَ: قَالَ رسولُ الله - ﷺ: «لَقِيْتُ إبْرَاهِيمَ لَيلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمّدُ أقْرِىءْ أُمَّتَكَ مِنِّي السَّلاَمَ، وَأَخْبِرْهُمْ أنَّ الجَنَّةَ طَيَّبَةُ التُّرْبَةِ، عَذْبَةُ الماءِ، وأنَّهَا قِيعَانٌ وأنَّ غِرَاسَهَا:. رواه الترمذي، وقال: «حديث حسن».
And on the authority of Ibn Masʿud (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I met Ibrahim on the night I was taken on the Night Journey, and he said: O Muhammad, convey my greeting of peace to your community, and inform them that Paradise has sweet soil and fresh water, and that it is level plains, and that its plantings are: ." Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, who said: "A good (ḥasan) hadith." [review: the wording of the dhikr that forms Paradise's plantings is missing from the source text]
وعن أَبي الدرداءِ - ﵁ - قَالَ: قَالَ رسُولُ الله - ﷺ: «ألا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ أعْمالِكُمْ، وأزْكَاهَا عِنْدَ مَلِيكِكُمْ، وأرْفَعِهَا في دَرَجَاتِكُمْ، وَخَيرٍ لَكُمْ مِنْ إنْفَاقِ الذَّهَبِ والفِضَّةِ، وَخَيْرٍ لَكُمْ مِنْ أن تَلْقَوا عَدُوَّكُمْ فَتَضْرِبُوا أعْنَاقَهُمْ وَيَضْرِبُوا أعْنَاقَكُمْ؟» قَالَوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: «ذِكر الله تَعَالَى». رواه الترمذي، قَالَ الحاكم أَبُو عبد الله: «إسناده صحيح».
And on the authority of Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Shall I not inform you of the best of your deeds, the purest of them with your Sovereign, the most elevating of them in your ranks, better for you than spending gold and silver, and better for you than meeting your enemy and striking their necks while they strike your necks?" They said: Yes indeed. He said: "The remembrance of Allah, the Exalted." Narrated by al-Tirmidhi. Al-Hakim Abu ʿAbdullah said: "Its chain of narration is sound (ṣaḥīḥ)."
وعن سعد بن أَبي وقاص - ﵁ - أنَّه دخل مَعَ رسُولِ الله - ﷺ - عَلَى امْرأةٍ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْها نَوىً - أَوْ حَصَىً - تُسَبِّحُ بِهِ فَقَالَ: «أُخْبِرُكِ بما هُوَ أيْسَرُ عَلَيْكِ مِنْ هَذَا - أَوْ أفْضَلُ» فَقَالَ: لاَّ اللهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَلاَ حَولَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللهِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ». رواه الترمذي، وقال: «حديث حسن».
And on the authority of Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him): that he entered, along with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, upon a woman who had before her date-stones — or pebbles — with which she was counting glorifications (tasbīḥ). He said: "Shall I tell you of what is easier for you than this — or better?" Then he said: " ... Allah, the like of that, and there is no might nor power except by Allah, the like of that." Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, who said: "A good (ḥasan) hadith." [review: parts of the dhikr formulae are missing from the source text]
وعن أَبي موسى - ﵁ - قَالَ: قَالَ لي رسولُ الله - ﷺ: «ألا أدُلُّكَ عَلَى كَنْزٍ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الجَنَّةِ؟» فقلت: بلى يَا رسولَ الله قَالَ: متفق عَلَيْهِ.
And on the authority of Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: "Shall I not direct you to a treasure from the treasures of Paradise?" I said: Yes indeed, O Messenger of Allah. He said: . Agreed upon. [review: the wording of the treasure (the dhikr) is missing from the source text]