No. 6508

Abu Huraira reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: He who uttered these words:" there is none worthy of worship (in truth) but Allaah, the One, having no partner with Him. Sovereignty belongs to Him and all the praise is due to Him, and He is Potent over everything" one hundred times every day there is a reward of emancipating ten slaves for him, and there are recorded hundred virtues to his credit, and hundred vices are blotted out from his scroll, and that is a safeguard for him against the Satan on that day till evening and no one brings anything more excellent than this, except one who has done more than this (who utters these words more than one hundred times and does more good acts) and he who utters:" Hallowed be Allaah, and all praise is due to Him," one hundred times a day, his sins are obliterated even if they are equal to the extent of the foam of the ocean.

No. 6509

Abu Huraira reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: He who recites in the morning and in the evening (these words):" Hallowed be Allaah and all praise is due to Him" one hundred times, he would not bring on the Day of Resurrection anything excellent than this except one who utters these words or utters more than these words.

No. 6510

'Amr b. Maimun reported: He who uttered:" there is none worthy of worship (in truth) but Allaah, the One, having no partner with Him, His is the Sovereignty and all praise is due to Him and He is Potent over everything" ten times, he is like one who emancipated four slaves from the progeny of Isma'il. Rabi' b. Khuthaim narrated a hadith like this. Sha'bi reported: I said to Rabi': From whom did you hear it? He said: From 'Amr b. Maimun. I came to 'Amr b. Maimun and said to him: From whom did you hear this hadith? He said: from Ibn Abi Laila. I came to Ibn Abi Laila and said to him: From whom did you hear this hadith? He said: From Abu Ayyub Ansari, who narrated from Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam).

No. 6511

Abu Huraira reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Two are the expressions which are light on the tongue, but heavy in scale, dear to the Compassionate One:" Hallowed be Allaah and praise is due to Him" ;" Hallowed be Allaah, the Great."

No. 6512

Abu Huraira reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: The uttering of (these words):" Hallowed be Allaah; all praise is due to Allaah, there is none worthy of worship (in truth) but Allaah and Allaah is the Greatest," is dearer to me than anything over which the sun rises.

No. 6513

Mu'sab b. Sa'd reported on the authority of his father that a desert Arab came to Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and said to him: Teach me the words which I should (often) utter. He said: Utter," there is none worthy of worship (in truth) but Allaah, the One, having no partner with Him. Allaah is the Greatest of the great and all praise is due to Him. Hallowed be Allaah, the Lord of the worlds, there is no Might and Power but that of Allaah, the All-Powerful and the Wise." He (that desert Arab) said: These all (glorify) my Lord. But what about me? Thereupon he (the Prophet) said: You should say:" O Allaah, grant me pardon, have mercy upon me, direct me to righteousness and provide me sustenance." Musa (one of the narrators) said: I think he also said:" Grant me safety." But I cannot say for certain whether he said this or not. Ibn Abi Shaiba has not made a mention of the words of Musa in his narration.

No. 6514

Abu Malik Ashaja'i reported on the authority of his father that whenever a person embraced Islam, Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) instructed him to recilte:" O Allaah, grant me pardon, have mercy upon me, direct me to the path of righteousness and provide me sustenance."

No. 6515

Abu Malik reported on the authority of his father that when a person embraced Islam, Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to teach him how to observe prayer and then commanded him to supplicate in these words:" O Allaah, grant me pardon, have mercy upon me, direct me to the path of righteousness, grant me protection and provide me sustenance."

No. 6516

Abu Malik reported on the authority Of his father that he heard Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying to the person who bad come to him and asked him as to how he should beg his Lord, that he should utter these words:" O Allaah, grant me pardon, have mercy upon me, protect me, provide me sustenance," and he collected his fingers together except his thumb and said: It is in these words (that there is supplication) which sums up for you (the good) of this world and that of the Hereafter.

No. 6517

Mus'ab b. Sa'd reported that his father told him that he had been in the company of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) that he said: Is one amongst you powerless to get one thousand virtues every day. Amongst those who had been sitting there, one asked: How one amongst us can get one thousand virtues every day? He said: Recite:" Hallowed be Allaah" one hundred times for (by reciting them) one thousand virtues are recorded (to your credit) and one tbousand vices are blotted out.