The excellence of remembering Allah
254. Allah's Messenger
(SAW) said: Whoever says:
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
Subhaanallaahi wa bihamdihi.
Glorified is Allah and praised is He.
one hundred times a day, will have his sins forgiven even if they are
like the foam of the sea.
Reference: Al-Bukhari
7/168, Muslim 4/2071, see also invocation no. 91 of this book.
255. Allah's Messenger
(SAW) said: Whoever says:
لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ
المُلْكُ وَلَهُ الحَمْد، وهُوَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيءٍ قَديرٌ
Laa 'ilaaha 'illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu, lahul-mulku wa
lahul-hamdu wa Huwa 'alaa kulli shay'in Qadeer.
None
has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner. His
is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is Able to do all things.
ten times, will have
the reward for freeing four slaves from the Children of Isma'il (i.e.
the Muslims).
Reference: Al-Bukhari
7/67, Muslim 4/2071, see also invocation no. 93 of this book.
256. Allah's Messenger
(SAW) said: "Two statements are light on the
tongue, weigh heavily in the balance, and are loved by the Most Merciful
One. Here are the two statements":
سُبْحانَ اللهِ
وَبِحَمْدِهِ
سُبْحَانَ
اللهِ العَظِيمِ
Subhaanal-laahi wa bihamdihi, Subhaanal-laahil-'Adheem.
Glorified is Allah and praised is He , Glorified is Allah the Most
Great.
Reference: Al-Bukhari
7/168, Muslim 4/2072.
257. Allah's Messenger
(SAW) said: For me to say:
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، والحَمْدُ للهِ،
وَ
لاَ
إِلَهَ إلاَّ اللهُ واللهُ أَكْبَرُ
Subhaanallaahi, walhamdu lillaahi, wa laa 'ilaaha 'illallaahu, wallaahu
'Akbar.
Glory
is to Allah, and praise is to Allah, and there is none worthy of worship
but Allah, and Allah is the Most Great.
is dearer to me than
all that the sun rises upon (i.e. the whole world).
Reference: Muslim
4/2072.
258. Allah's Messenger
(SAW) said: "Is anyone of you incapable of earning
one thousand Hasanah (rewards) in a day?" Someone from his gathering
asked, "How can anyone of us earn a thousand Hasanah':'" He said,
"Glorify Allah a hundred times and a thousand Hasanah will be written
for you, or a thousand sins will be wiped away."
سُبْحَانَ
اللهِ
Subhâna
l-lâhi. (100 fois)
"How perfect Allah is and I praise Him. [one hundred times]"
Reference: Muslim
4/2073.
259. Whoever says:
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ العَظِيمِ وبِحَمْدِهِ
Subhaanallaahil-'Adheemi wa bihamdihi.
Glorified is Allah the Most Great and praised is He.
will have a date palm
planted for him in Paradise.
Reference: At-Tirmithi
5/511, and Al-Hakim who graded it authentic and Ath-Thahabi agreed
1/501. See also Al-Albani, Sahihul-Jami' As-Saghir 5/531 and Sahih
At-Tirmithi3/160.
260. Allah's Messenger
(SAW) said: "O Abdullah bin Qais, should I not
point you to one of the treasures of Paradise?" I said, "Yes, O
Messenger of Allah." So he told me to say:
لاَ حَوٍلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ باللهِ
Laa hawla wa laa quwwata 'illaa billaah.
There
is no power and no might except by Allah.
Reference: Al-Bukhari,
cf. Al-Asqalani, Fathul-Bari 11/213, Muslim 4/2076.
261. Allah's Messenger
(SAW) said: The most beloved words to Allah are
four. They are:
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ،
Subhaanallaah
Glorified is Allah
And
الْحَمْدُ للهِ،
Alhamdu lillaah
The praise is for Allah
And
لاَ إِلَهَ إَلاَّ اللهُ
Laa 'ilaaha 'illallaah
There is none worthy of
worship but Allah
And
اللهُ أَكْبَرُ
Allaahu 'Akbar
Allah is the Most Great
Reference: Muslim
3/1685.
262. A desert Arab
came to Allah's Messenger (SAW) and said, "Teach
me a word that I can say. " The Prophet told him to say:
لاَ
إِلهَ
إِلاَّ اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبيراَ
والْحَمْدُ للهِ كَثيراً، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ رَبِّ العَالَمينَ، لاَ حَوْلَ
وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ باللهِ العَزيزِ الْحَكِيمِ
Laa 'ilaaha
'illallaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu, Allaahu 'Akbaru kabeeran,
walhamdu lillaahi katheeran, Subhaanallaahi Rabbil-'aalameen, laa hawla
wa laa quwwata 'illaa biilaahil-'Azeezil-Hakeem.
There
is none worthy of worship but Allah , Who has no partner, Allah is the
Great, the Most Great, and praise is to Allah in abundance, glory is to
Allah, Lord of the worlds . There is no power and no might but by Allah
the Mighty, the Wise.
He said, "That is for
my Lord, but what about me?" The Prophet (SAW) told him to say:
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي، وارْحَمْنِي، واهْدِنِي،
وارْزُقْنِي
Allaahummaghfir lee, warhamnee, wahdinee warzuqnee
O
Allah forgive me, and have mercy on me and guide me, and provide for me.
Reference: Muslim
4/2072, Abu Dawud reports the same Hadith with the addition: and when
the Arab left, the Prophet (SAW) said: "He has
filled his hands with goodness." 1/220.
263. Whenever anyone
accepted Islam, the Prophet (SAW) used to teach him how to pray, then he
would instruct him to invoke Allah with the following words:
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرِ لِي، وارْحَمْنِي، واهْدِنِي،
وعَافِنِي وارْزُقْنِي
Allaahummaghfir lee, warhamnee, wahdinee, wa 'aafinee warzuqnee.
O
Allah forgive me, and have mercy on me and guide me and give me good
health and provide for me.
Reference: Muslim
4/2073, and in one of Muslim's reports there is the addition:
'For these words combine [the goodness of] this
world and the next.'
264. The most
excellent invocation is:
الْحَمْدُ للهِ
Alhamdu lillaah.
Praise
is for Allah.
And
لاَ
إِلَه
إِلاَّ اللهُ
Laa'ilaaha'illallaah.
There
is none worthy of worship but Allah.
Reference: At-Tirmithi
5/462, Ibn Majah 2/1249, and Al-Hakim who graded it authentic and
Ath-Tbahabi agreed 1/503. See Al-Albani, Sahihul-Jami' As-Saghir 1/362.
265. The most most
everlasting deeds is to say:
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، والْحَمْدُ للهِ،لاَ إِلَهَ إَلاَّ
اللهُ واللهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إلاَّ باللهِ
Subhaanallaah, Walhamdu lillaah, Wa laa 'ilaaha 'illallaah, Wallaahu
'Akbar and Wa laa hawla wa laa quwwata 'illaa billaah
Glorified is Allah, The praise is for Allah, There is none worth of
worship but Allah, Allah is the Most Great and There is no power and no
might except by Allah
Reference: Ahmad (no.
513) (Ahmad Shakir, ed.) and its chain of narration is authentic. See
Majma'uz-Zawa'id 1/297. Ibn Hajar mentions it in Bulughul-Maram saying
that Ibn Hibban and Al-Hakim considered it authentic.