The Virtues of Tahmeed, Tahleel, and Tasbeeh (13)
He said to an A'rabee(15) "Say: Lă 'ilăha 'illa 'allăhu wahdahu lă shareeka lahu, 'allăhu 'akbaru kabeera, wal hamdu lil-lahi katheera, subhăna 'allahi rabbil `ălameena, lă hawla wa lă quwwata 'illă bil-lăhil 'azeezil-hakeemi(16)."
He said: Those are for my Lord, so what is for me? He said: "Say: 'Allăhumma 'ighfirlee, wa 'irhamnee, wa 'ihdinee, wa `ăfinee, wa 'urzuqnee(17)."
Footnotes
(15) This term is a singular reference to unsettled Arabs of the desert: A Bedouin.
(16) There is no 'ilah except Allah alone, no partner does He have, Allah is greater very great, all praise be to Allah plentifully, Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, there is neither might nor strength except by Allah [the `azeez and hakeem].
(17) O' my 'ilăh forgive me, have mercy upon me, guide me, keep me safe [from afflictions], and provide for me.
Reporters
Reported by Muslim. Al-Albăni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #13
The Prophet said: "I met Ibraheem on the night I was taken on my night journey (night of Isră' ). So he said: O' Muhammad! Convey to your nation As-Salam from me, and inform them that Paradise is of good soil, palatable water, and that it is a flat place and its enplantment [is]: Subhăna 'allăhi, 'al-hamdu lil-lăhi, la 'ilăha 'illa 'allăhu, and 'allăhu 'akbaru(18)."
Footnotes
(18) Same as footnote # 10.
Reporters
Reported by At-Tirmithi and he said it was comely. Al-Albăni said the same, and included it in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #14.
The Messenger of Allah said: "Shan't I guide you to a treasure among the treasures of Paradise?", I said: Yes O' Messenger of Allah. He said: "Say: Lă hawla wa lă quwwata 'illă bil-lăhi(19)."
Footnotes
(19) There is neither might, nor strength except by Allah.
Reporters
Agreed upon by Bukhări and Muslim. Al-Albăni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #15.
Remembrance of Allah at Both Ends of the Day (16)
Allah The Exalted said:
a.. <<O you who believe! Remember Allah, with much remembrance; And glorify Him morning and 'Aseela>> (20).
b.. <<And do bring Thy Lord to remembrance in your soul, with humility, and remember without loudness in words, in the morning and 'Asăl and be not of those who are unheedful>> (21).
c.. <<And sabbih(22) in praise of Your Lord in the evening and in the morning>> (23).
d.. <<And sabbih in praise of Your lord, before the rising of the sun and before the setting>> (24).
e.. <<Send not away those who call on their Lord in the morning and the evening>> (25).
f.. <<He told them by signs to make Tasbeeh in the morning and in the evening>> (26).
g.. <<And of the night also make Tasbeeh of Your Lord and at the setting of the stars>> (27).
h.. <<So subhana 'allahi when you reach eventide and when you rise in the morning>> (28).
i.. <<And establish [regular] prayers at the two ends of the day and Zulufan(29) of the night.>>
The Prophet said: "Whoever would say as he enters upon morning and as he enters upon evening:
Subhăna 'allăhi wa bihamdihi(30) 100 times, no one would arrive on the Day of Resurrection with better than what he arrived with, except for a person who said the same, or more(31)."
Footnotes
(20) 'Aseela refers to the time after 'Asr and before Maghrib. Surah 'Al-Ahzăb (#33) Vs. 41-42
(21) Surat Al-'A`răf (#7) V.205.
(22) Sabbih is a command to make tasbeeh which means to say subhăna 'allăh see footnote 8.
(23) Surat Ghafir (#40) V-55
(24) Surat Qăf (#50) V.39
(25) Surat 'Al-'An`ăm (#6) V.52
(26) Surat Maryam (#19) V.11.
(27) The setting of the stars: the glorious hour of early dawn. Surat At-Toor (#52) V.49.
(28) Surat 'Ar-Room (#30) V.17.
(29) Zulufan is the plural for Zulfah which is a portion of the night, thus referring to the Maghrib and `Ishă' prayers. Surat Hood (#11) V.114.
(30) I honor Allah from all things unsuitable to Him and [I am] in celebration of his Praise.
(31) Or more: of utterances like Lă 'ilăha 'illa 'allăh and other legislated sayings. He should not bind such sayings by any number that has not be legislated.
Allahumma salli wasallim alaa Nabiyyina Muhammad. Wasalaam.
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