The Messenger of Allah said: "There are two phrases
which are light on the tongue, heavy in the balance, and beloved to the
All Merciful; Subhăna 'allăhi wa bihamdihi, Subhăna
'allăhil-`atheemi(9)." |
Footnotes
(9) Glorified is Allah, and [I am] in His praise; Glorified is Allah The Magnificent. |
Reporters
Reported in Saheeh 'Al-Bukhări and Saheeh Muslim. 'Al-Albăni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #8. |
The Messenger of Allah said: "That I say: Subhăna
'allăhi, wal-hamdu lil-lăhi wa lă 'ilăha 'illă 'allăhu, wa 'allăhu
'akbaru(10) |
Footnotes
(10) Glory be to Allah, all praise be to Allah, there is no 'ilăh except Allah, and Allah is greater [than all]. |
Reporters
Reported by Muslim. 'Al-Albăni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #9. |
The Messenger of Allah said: "The most beloved words to
Allah the Exalted are four, it harms you not with which you begin:
Subhăna 'allăhi, wal-hamdu lil-lăhi wa lă 'ilăha 'illă 'allăhu, wa
'allăhu 'akbaru(11)." |
Footnotes
(11) Same as footnote #10. |
Reporters
Reported by Muslim. 'Al-Albăni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #10 |
The Messenger of Allah said: "Is one of you unable to gain 1,000 merits in a day?" One of those sitting with him then asked: "How can one of us gain 1,000 merits?" He said: "By making 100 tasbeehas(l2), 1,000 merits would be written for him, or 1,000 demerits would be remitted from him." |
Footnotes
(12) Each utterance of Subhăna 'allăh is a tasbeeha. |
Reporters
Reported by Muslim. Al-Albăni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #11 |
It is reported by way of 'um 'al-mu'mineen
Juwayriyata, , that the Prophet left her
place at an early time as he was about to pray the Subh Prayer. She was in
her prayer area; he returned after he had entered upon the time of
dhuhă(13), and she was sitting. He said
"Are you still in that state I left you upon?" She said: Yes. The
Messenger of Allah said "After I left you, I
repeated four phrases, three times. If these were balanced against
what you have said since the beginning of this day they would weigh (or,
as the Arabic allows, outweigh) them: Subhăna 'allăhi `adada khalqihi,
subhăna 'allăhi ridhă nafsihi, subhăna 'allăhi zinata `arshihi, subhăna
'allăhi midăda kalimătihi(14)." |
Footnotes
(13) Adh-dhuhă refers to the time period after the Sun reveals itself and before noon. In this hadeeth it means that the Messenger returned at a time after the Sun had risen. (14) Glory be to Allah, the number of his creations, his self-contentment, the weight of his Throne, the ink of his words. Explanation: The one that says this is expressing a want to say: Subhăna 'allăh (glory be to Allah) as many times as the creation of Allah is numerous, a number of times corresponding to his Self-Contentment, a number of times corresponding to the weight of Allah's Throne, and as many times as it could be written with the ink necessary for writing the words of Allah [see Surat 'Al-Kahf (#18) V.109]. Although one is not able to say Subhăna 'allăh that many times, Allah rewards him as having done so due to his aspiration and desire of the same. |
Reporters
Reported by Muslim. Al-Albăni included this hadeeth in The Authentic of Good Sayings as #12. |