Bk 35 Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah,
Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness (Kitab
Al−Dhikr)
INTRODUCTION
Supplication is in fact not only the spontaneous outpourings
of man's heart before his Lord, but it is an expression of his
sense of nearness to Him, of His Might and Power, of his
confidence in His mercy, grace and blessings. If one were to
know how much a man supplicates, and what he supplicates
about, and how he supplicates, one would be able to see how
much spirituality is there in his soul. When a man without any
witness speaks with Allah, the soul stands unveiled before its
Creator. The higher the note he strikes in his outpouring, the
higher is the quality of the faith that is imprinted upon his
soul, and serves as a background to all his thought and
activity. Thus to understand the spirit of any religion and
appraise its value to life and society, supplications serve as
the key. The Prophet (may peace be upon him) was a great
believer in supplication and prayer. He made supplications to
his Lord with zeal and fervour, rarely to be found in the
religious literature of the world. One who cares to read them
cannot but be overwhelmed with the depth of feelings with
which the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) approaches his
Lord, his intense love for the Great Master, his deep faith in
His unbounded Favours, his unshakeable confidence in His
Divine Mercy and unflinching faith in His Might and Power, and
his sense of deep humility before Him. These are in fact the
multi−coloured threads with which is woven the delicate
pattern of the Prophet's (may peace be upon him)
supplications. In Islam the supplication which a Muslim has
been instructed to make whether singly or in congregation,
whether at the appointed hour of ritual prayer or at any
sudden call or urge to His Lord, reflects the one single
attitude of submission, humility and closeness to God.
Whatever is the state of spiritual elevation of the
supplication he is made to keep this fact constantly in his
mind that he is a humble servant of the Lord. That is the
reason why most of the supplications in Islam open with an
invocation of the Divine Being; either the personal name of
God, i. e. Allah, is used or the descriptive title of His
Attributes are called out in order to make the worshipper
conscious of his own weak and dependent self before his
Master. In Islam man seeks to move God to help and grant him
what he desires, and at the same time he seeks unconsciously
to work upon himself through the realisation of what God means
to him, to strengthen, to renew and to refresh his own inner
life. While the expression of dependence and trust is in
reality a prerequisite of supplication in Islam, it covers the
whole range of human life with all its needs, longings and
problems. Supplication finds expression in a deep and urgent
longing for self preservation and deliverance from the
oppressive situation, forgiveness of sins, elevation of the
soul, goodness of the worldly life and that of the Hereafter.
This consciousness of one's absolute dependence upon Him,
which pervades the entire stock of the Prophet's (may peace be
upon him) supplications, shows man's attitude of perfect
resignation before the Mighty Will of the Master, but this
resignation has nothing of the spirit of despondence and
despair in it; it rather illuminates hope out of conviction
that the Being Who is the Lord of man's fate can also help him
and save him even in the most trying circumstances. The
supplications of Muhammad (may peace be upon him) eminently
combine in themselves the mystical and the religious traits.
While the Muslim supplicates, he, like a mystic, beholds
undisturbed with concentrated gaze one Supreme Spiritual
Reality Who is the Embodiment and Repository of all values.
But, unlike mystics, he, in the hour of contemplation in
supplication, does not lose himself but realises himself to be
a humble servant of God and therein lies his spiritual
strength and unwavering confidence in God. The one more
distinguishing feature of the supplications taught by Muhammad
(may peace be upon him) is that these are all permeated with
the spirit of social fellowship. They do not urge man to stand
face to face with God in absolute loneliness, isolated from
all other human beings. Herein the suppliant begs his Lord
with the full consciousness of human brotherhood and with a
feeling that the distress which vexes him is not his only, it
is that of his brethren. The graces of God and the salvation
for which he longs are also the longings of all believers,
nay, of the entire humanity. There is no doubt a deep touch of
intimate personal and individual contact with God in these
supplications, but this contact is not of the nature of a
non−Muslim mystic in which the soul is supposed to be unified
with God losing all its individual identity. Here the soul has
a communion with Allah with full consciousness of man's own
self, his social surroundings and responsibilities. That is
why most of the supplications have been expressed in the form"
We" and Us".
Chapter 1: EXHORTATION FOR THE REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH, THE
EXALTED
Bk 35, Number 6471:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, thus stated: I
am near to the thought of My servant as he thinks about Me,
and I am with him as he remembers Me. And if he remembers Me
in his heart, I also remember him in My Heart, and if he
remembers Me in assembly I remember him in assembly, better
than his (remembrance), and if he draws near Me by the span of
a palm, I draw near him by the cubit, and if he draws near Me
by the cubit I draw near him by the space (covered by) two
hands. And if he walks towards Me, I rush towards him.
Bk 35, Number 6472:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with
the same chain of transmitters, but there is no mention of
these words:" He draws near Me by the space of a hand, I draw
near him by the space (covered) by two hands."
Bk 35, Number 6473:
Hammam b. Munabbih reported so many ahadith from Abu Huraira
and one out of them is this that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said that Allah thus stated: When My servant
draws close to me by the span of a palm, I draw close to him
by the space of a cubit, and when he draws close to Me by the
space of a cubit, I draw close to him by the space (covered)
by two hands, and when he draws close to Me by the space
(covered by) two hands, I go in hurry towards him.
Bk 35, Number 6474:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) was travelling along the path leading to Mecca that he
happened to pass by a mountain called Jumdan. He said: Proceed
on, it is Jumdan, Mufarradun have gone ahead. They (the
Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: Allah's Messenger, who
are Mufarradun? He said: They are those males and females who
remember Allah much.
Chapter 2: THE NAMES OF ALLAH, THE EXALTED, AND THE MERIT OF
ONE WHO ENUMERATES THEM
Bk 35, Number 6475:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: There are ninety−nine names of Allah; he who
commits them to memory would get into Paradise. Verily, Allah
is Odd (He is one, and it is an odd number) and He loves odd
number. And in the narration of Ibn 'Umar (the words are):" He
who enumerated them."
Bk 35, Number 6476:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Verily, there are ninety−nine names for Allah, i.
e. hundred excepting one. He who enumerates them would get
into Paradise. And Hammam has made this addition on the
authority of Abu Huraira who reported it from Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) that he said:" He is Odd (one) and
loves odd number."
Chapter 3: SUPPLICATION SHOULD BE MADE WITH CONVICTION AND
WILL
Bk 35, Number 6477:
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: When one of you makes supplication, he should
supplicate with a will and should not say: O Allah, confer
upon me if Thou likest, for there is none to coerce Allah.
Bk 35, Number 6478:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: When one of you makes a supplication (to his Lord)
one should not say: O Allah, grant me pardon, if Thou so
likest, but one should beg one's (Lord) with a will and full
devotion, for there is nothing so great in the eye of Allah
which He cannot grant.
Bk 35, Number 6479:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: None of you should say to Allah (like this): O
Allah, grant me mercy, if thou so likest. The supplication (of
his) should (be permeated with) conviction (that it would be
accepted by the Lord), for Allah is the Doer of (everything)
He likes to do, and there is none to force Him (to do or not
to do this or that).
Chapter 4: IT IS NOT SOMETHING APPRECIABLE TO MAKE REQUEST FOR
DEATH FROM THE LORD WHEN ONE IS IN TROUBLE
Bk 35, Number 6480:
Anas (b. Malik) reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying. None of you should make a request for death
because of the trouble in which he is involved, but if there
is no other help to it, then say: O Allah, keep me alive as
long as there is goodness in life for me and bring death to me
when there is goodness in death for me.
Bk 35, Number 6481:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through
another chain of transmitters, but with a small variation of
wording.
Bk 35, Number 6482:
Nadr b. Anas reported, as when Anas was alive, that he said:
Had Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) not stated
this.." None should make a request for death," I would have
definitely done that.
Bk 35, Number 6483:
Abu Hazim reported: I visited Khabbab who bad seven cauteries
on his stomach and he s aid: Had Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) not forbidden us to call for death, I would have
done so.
Bk 35, Number 6484:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Isma'il
through other chains of narrators.
Bk 35, Number 6485:
Hammam b. Munabbih said: Abu Huraira narrated to us ahadith
from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and out of
these one is that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: None amongst you should make a request for death, and do
not call for it before it comes, for when any one of you dies,
he ceases (to do good) deeds and the life of a believer is not
prolonged but for goodness.
Chapter 5: HE WHO LOVES TO MEET ALLAH, ALLAH ALSO LOVES TO
MEET HIM, AND HE WHO DISLIKES TO MEET ALLAH, ALLAH ALSO ABHORS
TO MEET HIM
Bk 35, Number 6486:
Ubida b. Samit reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: He who loves to meet Allah, Allah also loves
to meet him, and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah also
abhors to meet him.
Bk 35, Number 6487:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubada b.
Samit through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 35, Number 6488:
A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: He who loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him, and
he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah abhors to meet him. I
('A'isha) said: Allah's Apostle, so far as the feeling of
aversion against death is concerned, we all have this feeling.
Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: It is not that (which
you construe), but (this) that when a believer (at the time of
death) is given the glad tidings of the mercy of Allah, His
Pleasure, and of Paradise, he loves to meet Allah, and Allah
also loves to meet him, and when an unbeliever is given the
news of the torment at the Hand of Allah, and Hardship to be
imposed by Him, he dislikes to meet Allah and Allah also
abhors to meet him.
Bk 35, Number 6489:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Qatida with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 35, Number 6490:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: He who loves to meet Allah, Allah also loves to meet
him, and who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah abhors to meet him.
There is death before (one is able to) meet Allah.
Bk 35, Number 6491:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of
A'isha through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 35, Number 6492:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: He who loves meeting Allah, Allah loves to meet
him, and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah abhors to meet
him. I (Shuraih b. Hani, one of the narrators) came to A'isha
and said to her: Mother of the faithful, I heard Abu Huraira
narrate from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) which,
if it is actually so, is a destruction to us. Thereupon she
said: Those are in fact ruined who are ruined at the words of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). What are (the words
which in your opinion would cause your destruction)? He said
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had stated: He
who loves to meet Allah, Allah too loves to meet him, and he
who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah too abhors to meet him, and
there is none amongst us who dons not hate death. Thereupon
she said: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) has in
fact stated this, but it does not mean what you construe, but
it implies (the time) when one loses the lustre of the eye,
and there is rattling in the throat, shudder in the body and
convulsion in fingers (at the time of death). (It is about
this time) that it has been said: He who loves to meet Allah,
Allah would love to meet him, and he who dislikes to meet
Allah, Allah would abhor to meet him
Bk 35, Number 6493:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Mutarrif
with the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 35, Number 6494:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as
saying: He who loves to meet Allah, Allah too loves to meet
him, and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah abhors to meet
him.
Chapter 6: MERIT OF REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH AND CALLING HIM, AND
NEARNESS TO ALLAH, THE EXALTED
Bk 35, Number 6495:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him
as saying that Allah thus stated: I live in the thought of My
servant as he thinks of Me and with him as he calls Me.
Bk 35, Number 6596:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: When My
servant draws close to Me by the span of a palm, I draw close
to him by the cubit and when he draws close to Me by the
cubit, I draw close to him by the space (covered) by two
hands, and when he draws close to Me by the space (covered) by
two hands, I go in hurry towards him.
Bk 35, Number 6597:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mu'tamar
from his father with the same chain of transmitters, with a
slight variation of wording.
Bk 35, Number 6498:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, thus stated: I
live in the thought of My servant as he thinks about Me, and I
am with him, as he remembers Me And if he remembers Me in his
heart, I also remember him in My Heart, and if he remembers Me
in assembly I remember him in the assembly, better than he
(does that), and if he draws near Me by the span of a palm I
draw near him by the cubit, and if he draws near Me by the
cubit I draw near him by the space (covered by) two hands. And
it he walks towards Me, I rush towards him.
Bk 35, Number 6499:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, stated:" He
who comes with goodness, there are in store for him ten like
those and even more than those: 'And he who comes with vice, '
it is only for that that he is called to account. I even
forgive him (as I like) and he who draws close to Me by the
span of a palm I draw close to him by the cubit, and he who
draws close to Me by the cubit I draw close to him by the
space (covered) by two hands, and he who walks towards Me I
rush towards him, and he who meets Me in the state that his
sins fill the earth, but not associating anything with Me, I
would meet Him with the same (vastness) of pardon (on My
behalf)." This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Waki'.
Bk 35, Number 6500:
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of
A'mash with the same chain of transmitters and he (further)
said: There is for him ten like that (the good he performed)
or more than that.
Chapter 7: THE DISAPPROVAL OF SUPPLICATION IN WHICH A REQUEST
IS MADE TO ALLAH FOR PUNISHMENT OF ONE'S (MISDEEDS) IN THE
WORLD
Bk 35, Number 6501:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
visited a person from amongst the Muslims in order to inquire
(about his health) who had grown feeble like the chicken.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Did you
supplicate for anything or beg of Him about that? He said:
Yes. I used to utter (these words): Impose punishment upon me
earlier in this world, what Thou art going to impose upon me
in the Hereafter. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Hallowed be Allah, you have neither the power
nor forbearance to take upon yourself (the burden of His
Punishment). Why did you not say this: O Allah, grant us good
in the world and good in the Hereafter, and save us from the
torment of Fire. He (the Holy Prophet) made this supplication
(for him) and he was all right.
Bk 35, Number 6502:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Humaid with
the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation of
wording.
Bk 35, Number 6503:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
visited a person from amongst his Companions who had grown as
feeble as the chicken. The rest of the hadith is the same, but
with this variation that he (the Holy Prophet) said: You have
not power enough to undergo the torment imposed by Allah. And
there is no mention of: He supplicated Allah for him and He
cured him.
Bk 35, Number 6504:
This hadith had been transmitted on the authority of Anas
through another chain of narrators.
Chapter 8: MERITS OF THE ASSEMBLIES IN WHICH ALLAH IS
REMEMBERED
Bk 35, Number 6505:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying Allah has mobile (squads) of angels, who have no
other work (to attend to but) to follow the assemblies of
Dhikr and when they find such assemblies in which there is
Dhikr (of Allah) they sit in them and some of them surround
the others with their wings till the space between them and
the sky of the world is fully covered, and when they disperse
(after the assembly of Dhikr is adjourned) they go upward to
the heaven and Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, asks them
although He is best informed about them: Where have you come
from? They say: We come from Thine servants upon the earth who
had been glorifying Thee (reciting Subhan Allah), uttering
Thine Greatness (saying Allah o−Akbar) and uttering Thine
Oneness (La ilaha ill Allah) and praising Thee (uttering
al−Hamdu Lillah) and begging of Thee. Be would say: What do
they beg of Me? They would say: They beg of Thee the Paradise
of Thine. He (God) would say: Have they seen My Paradise? They
said: No, our Lord. He would say: (What it would be then) if
they were to see Mine Paradise? They (the angels) said: They
seek Thine protection. He (the Lord) would say: Against what
do they seek protection of Mine? They (the angels) would say:
Our Lord, from the Hell−Fire. He (the Lord) would say: Have
they seen My Fire? They would say: No. He (the Lord) would
say: What it would be if they were to see My Fire? They would
say: They beg of Thee forgiveness. He would say: I grant
pardon to them, and confer upon them what they ask for and
grant them protection against which they seek protection. They
(the angels) would again say: Our Lord, there is one amongst
them such and such simple servant who happened to pass by
(that assembly) and sat there along with them (who had been
participating in that assembly). He (the Lord) would say: I
also grant him pardon, for they are a people the seat−fellows
of whom are in no way unfortunate.
Chapter 9: THE MERIT OF THIS (SUPPLICATION):" O ALLAH, GRANT
US THE GOOD IN THE WORLD AND GOOD IN THE HEREAFTER AND SAVE US
FROM THE TORMENT OF HELL"
Bk 35, Number 6506:
Qatada asked Anas which Supplication Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) frequently made. He said: The supplication
that he (the Holy Prophet made very frequently is this:" O
Allah, grant us the good in this world and the good in the
Hereafter and save us from the torment of Hell−Fire." He
(Qatada) said that whenever Anas had to supplicate he made
this very supplication, and whenever he (intended) to make
another supplication he (inserted) this very supplication in
that.
Bk 35, Number 6507:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
used to supplicate (in these words):" Our Lord, grant us the
good in this world and the good in the Hereafter and save us
from the torment of Hell Fire."
Chapter 10: THE MERIT OF PRONOUNCING TAHLIL, TASBIH AND
SUPPLICATION
Bk 35, Number 6508:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: He who uttered these words:" There is no god but
Allah, 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
Allah, 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.
Bk 35, Number 6509:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: He who recites in the morning and in the evening
(these words):" Hallowed be Allah 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.
Bk 35, Number 6510:
'Amr b. Maimun reported: He who uttered:" There is no god but
Allah, 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 Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him).
Bk 35, Number 6511:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Two are the expressions which are light on the
tongue, but heavy in scale, dear to the Compassionate One:"
Hallowed be Allah and praise is due to Him" ;" Hallowed be
Allah, the Great."
Bk 35, Number 6512:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The uttering of (these words):" Hallowed be Allah;
all praise is due to Allah, there is no god but Allah and
Allah is the Greatest," is dearer to me than anything over
which the sun rises.
Bk 35, Number 6513:
Mu'sab b. Sa'd reported on the authority of his father that a
desert Arab came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
and said to him: Teach me the words which I should (often)
utter. He said: Utter," There is no god but Allah, the One,
having no partner with Him. Allah is the Greatest of the great
and all praise is due to Him. Hallowed be Allah, the Lord of
the worlds, there is no Might and Power but that of Allah, the
All−Powerful and the Wise." He (that desert Arab) said: These
all (glorify) my Lord. But what about me? Thereupon he (the
Holy Prophet) said: You should say:" O Allah, 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.
Bk 35, Number 6514:
Abu Malik Ashaja'i reported on the authority of his father
that whenever a person embraced Islam, Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) instructed him to recilte:" O Allah, grant
me pardon, have mercy upon me, direct me to the path of
righteousness and provide me sustenance."
Bk 35, Number 6515:
Abu Malik reported on the authority of his father that when a
person embraced Islam, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) used to teach him how to observe prayer and then
commanded him to supplicate in these words:" O Allah, grant me
pardon, have mercy upon me, direct me to the path of
righteousness, grant me protection and provide me sustenance."
Bk 35, Number 6516:
Abu Malik reported on the authority Of his father that he
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) 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
Allah, 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.
Bk 35, Number 6517:
Mus'ab b. Sa'd reported that his father told him that he had
been in the company of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) 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 Allah" one
hundred times for (by reciting them) one thousand virtues are
recorded (to your credit) and one tbousand vices are blotted
out.
Chapter 11: THE MERIT OF AN ASSEMBLY FOR THE RECITATION OF THE
QUR'AN OR FOR TIIE DHIKR (REMEMBRANCE OF ALLAH)
Bk 35, Number 6518:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: He who alleviates the suffering of a brother out of
the sufferings of the world, Allah would alleviate his
suffering from the sufferings of the Day of Resurrection, and
he who finds relief for one who is hard pressed, Allah would
make things easy for him in the Hereafter, and he who conceals
(the faults) of a Muslim, Allah would conceal his faults in
the world and in the Hereafter. Allah is at the back of a
servant so long as the servant is at the back of his brother,
and he who treads the path in search of know− ledge, Allah
would make that path easy, leading to Paradise for him and
those persons who assemble in the house among the houses of
Allah (mosques) and recite the Book of Allah and they learn
and teach the Qur'an (among themselves) there would descend
upon them the tranquillity and mercy would cover them and the
angels would surround them and Allah makes a mention of them
in the presence of those near Him, and he who is slow−paced in
doing good deeds, his (high) descent does not make him go
ahead.
Bk 35, Number 6519:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira
through another chain of transmitters but with a slight
variation of wording.
Bk 35, Number 6520:
Agharr Abi Muslim reported: I bear witness to the fact that
both Abu Huraira and Abu Sa'id Khudri were present when
Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him) said: The people do
not sit but they are surrounded by angels and covered by
Mercy, and there descends upon them tranquillity as they
remember Allah, and Allah makes a mention of them to those who
are near Him. This hadith has been narrated on the authority
of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 35, Number 6521:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Mu'awiya went to a circle in
the mosque and said: What makes you sit here? They said: We
are sitting here in order to re− member Allah. He said: I
adjure you by Allah (to tell me whether you are sitting here
for this very purpose)? They said: By Allah, we are sitting
here for this very purpose. Thereupon, he said: I have not
demanded you to take an oath, because of any allegation
against you and none of my rank in the eye of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) is the narrator of so few
ahadith as I am. The fact is that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) went out to the circle of his Companions and
said: What makes you sit? They said: We are sitting here in
order to remember Allah and to praise Him for He guided us to
the path of Islam and He conferred favours upgn us. Thereupon
he adjured by Allah and asked if that only was the purpose of
their sitting there. They said: By Allah, we are not sitting
here but for this very purpose, whereupon he (the Messenger)
said: I am not asking you to take an oath because of any
allegation against you but for the fact that Gabriel came to
me and he informed me that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious,
was talking to the angels about your magnificence.
Chapter 12: EXCELLENCE OF SEEKING FORGIVENESS FROM ALLAH AND
SEEKING THAT VERY MUCH
Bk 35, Number 6522:
Al−Agharr al−Muzani, who was one amongst the Companions (of
the Holy Prophet) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: There is (at times) some sort of shade upon
my heart, and I seek forgiveness from Allah a hundred times a
day.
Bk 35, Number 6523:
Al−Agharr al−Muzani who was from amongst the Companions of
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) reported that Ibn
'Umar stated to him that Allah's Messenger (may peace 'be upon
him) said: O people, seek repentance from Allah. Verily, I
seek repentance from Him a hundred times a day.
Bk 35, Number 6524:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 35, Number 6525:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as say− ing: He who seeks repentance (from the Lord) before
the rising of the sun from the west (before the Day of
Resurrection), Allah turns to him with Mercy.
Chapter 13: EXCELLENCE OF REMEMBERING ALLAH IN A LOW VOICE
Bk 35, Number 6526:
Abu Musa reported: We were along with Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) on a journey when the people began to
pronounce Allah−o−Akbar in a loud voice. Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: O people, sh mercy to
yourselves for you are not calling One Who is deaf or absent.
Verily, you are calling One Who is All−Hearing (and) Near to
you and is with you. Abu Musa told that he had been behind him
(the Holy Prophet) and reciting:" There is neither might nor
power but that of Allah." He (the Holy Prophet), while
addressing 'Abdullah b. Qais, said: Should I not direct you to
a treasure from amongst the treasurers of Para− dise? I
('Abdullah b. Qais) said: Allah's Messenger, do it, of course.
Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Then recite:" There is
no might and no power but that of Allah."
Bk 35, Number 6527:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Asim with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 35, Number 6528:
Abu Musa reported that he (and his other companions) were
climbing upon the hillock along with Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and when any person climbed up, he
pronounced (loudly):" There is no god but Allah, Allah is the
Greatest." Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
said: Verily, you are not supplicating One Who is deaf or
absent. He said: Abu Musa or Abdullah b Qais, should I not
direct you to the words (which form) the treasure of Paradise?
I said: Allah's Messenger, what are these? He said:" There is
no might and no power but that of Allah."
Bk 35, Number 6529:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Musa
with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 35, Number 6530:
Abu Musa reported: We were along with Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) on a journey; the rest of the hadith is the
same as transmitted by A'sim.
Bk 35, Number 6531:
Abu Musa, reported. We were along with Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) in an expedition. The rest of the hadith is
the same (and there is an addi− tion of these words in that):"
He (the Holy Prophet) said: He Whom you are sup− plicating is
nearer to every one of you than the neck of his camel." And
there is no mention of these words:" There is no might and no
power but that of Allah."
Bk 35, Number 6532:
Abu Musa Ash'ari reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said to him: Should I not direct you to the words
from the treasures of Paradise, or he said: Like a treasure
from the treasures of Paradise? I said: Of course, do that.
Thereupon he said:" There is no might and no power but that of
Allah."
Bk 35, Number 6533:
Abu Bakr reported that he said to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him): Teach me a supplication which I should recite in
my prayer. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Recite:" O
Allah, I have done great wrong to myself." According to
Qutaiba (the words were: ) much (wrong) −there is none to
forgive the sins but Thou only, say:" Grant me pardon from
Thyself, have mercy upon me for Thou art much Forgiving and
Compassionate." This hadith has been transmitted on the
authority of 'Amr b. al−'As that Abu Bakr Siddiq said to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him): Allah's Messenger.
teach me a supplication which I should make in my prayer and
in my house. The rest of the hadith is the same except with
this variation that he said: Much wrong (Zulman Kathira).
Chapter 14: SUPPLICATION FOR THE SAFEGUARD OF ONE'S SELF
AGAINST THE EVIL OF THE TURMOIL
Bk 35, Number 6534:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) used to make these supplications:" O Allah, I seek refuge
in Thee from the trial of Hell−Fire; and from the torment of
Hell−Fire; and from the trial of the grave and torment of the
grave; and from the evil of the trial of the affluence and
from the evil of the trial of poverty and I seek refuge in
Thee from the evil of the turmoil of the Dajjal. O Allah, wash
away my sins with snow and hail water, purify my heart from
the sins as is purified the white garment from the dirt, and
keep away at a distance the sins from me as yawns the distance
between the East and the West; O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee
from sloth, from senility, from sin, and from debt."
Bk 35, Number 6535:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 35, Number 6536:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) used to say:" O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from
incapacity, from indolence, from cowardice, from senility,
from miserliness, and I seek refuge in Thee from the torment
of the grave and from trial of the life and death."
Bk 35, Number 6537:
Anas reported from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
(this suppli− cation) but with this variation that these words
are not found in that supplication:" From the trial of life
and death."
Bk 35, Number 6538:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) used to seek refuge in Allah from such things as
mentioned in the above−mentioned hadith and from 'miserliness"
too.
Bk 35, Number 6539:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him)
wed to make this supplication:" O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee
from miserliness, from sloth and from decrepitude."
Chapter 15: SEEKING OF REFUGE IN ALLAH FROM THE EVIL OF
DESTINY AND FROM THE SEVERITY OF CALAMITY
Bk 35, Number 6540:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) used to seek refuge (in Allah) from the evil of destiny
and from falling into the hand of calamity and from the
mockery of (triumphant) enemies and from the hardship of
misery. Abu Sufyan reported: I am in doubt that I have made an
addition of one word in this supplication.
Bk 35, Number 6541:
Khaula bint Hakim Sulamiyya reported: I heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When anyone lands
at a place, and then says:" I seek refuge in the Perfect Word
of Allah from the evil of what He has created," nothing would
harm him until he marches from that stopping place.
Bk 35, Number 6542:
Khaula bint Hakim Sulamiyya reported: I heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When any one of
you stays at a place, he should say:" I seek refuge in the
Perfect Word of Allah from the evil of that He created."
Nothing would then do him any harm until he moves from that
place. Abu Huraira reported that a person came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said:" Allah's
Messenger, I was stung by a scorpion during the night.
Thereupon he said: Had you recited these words in the
evening:" I seek refuge in the Perfect Word of Allah from the
evil of what He created," it would not have done any harm to
you.
Bk 35, Number 6543:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu
Huraira with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 16: SUPPLICATION AT THE TIME OF SLEEPING AND GOING TO
BED
Bk 35, Number 6544:
Al−Bara' b. 'Azib reported that Allah's, Messenger (may peace
be upon said: When you go to bed, perform ablution as is done
for prayer; then lie down pn the right side and recite:" O
Allah, I turn my face towards Thee and entrust my affair to
Thee. I retreat unto Thee for protection with hope in Thee and
fear of Thee. There is no resort and no deliverer (from
hardship) but Thou only. I affirm my faith in Thine books
which Thou revealed and in Thine Apostles whom Thou sent."
Make this as the last word of yours (when you go to sleep) and
in case you die during that night, you would die upon Fitra
(upon Islam). And as I repeated these words in order to commit
them to memory, I said:" I affirm my faith in Thy Messenger
(Rasul) whom Thou sent." He said: Say:" I affirm my faith in
the Apostle (Nabi) whom Thou sent."
Bk 35, Number 6545:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of al−Bara'
b. 'Azib with a slight variation of wording and there is this
addition in the hadith transmitted on the authority of
Husain:" In case you get up in the morning, you will get up
with bliss."
Bk 35, Number 6546:
Al−Bara' b. 'Azib reported that Allah's Messenger (in may
peace be upon him) commanded a person (in these words): When
you go to bed during night, you should say:" O Allah, I
surrender myself to Thee and entrust my affair to Thee, with
hope in Thee and fear of Thee. There is no resort and no
deliverer (from hardship but Thou). I affirm my faith in the
Book which Thou revealed and in the Messengers whom Thou
sent." If you die in this state you would die on Fitra, and
Ibn Bashshdr did not make a mention of" night" in this hadith.
Bk 35, Number 6547:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of al−Bara'
b. 'Azib that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said
to a person: O, so and so, as you go to your bed; the rest of
the hadith is the same but with this variation of wording that
he said:" Thine Apostle whom Thou sent." If you die that night
you would die on Fitra and if you get up in the morning you
would get up with a bliss.
Bk 35, Number 6548:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of al−Bara'
b. 'Azib that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
commanded a person (in these words) and there is no mention of
this:" if you get up in the morning you would get up with a
bliss."
Bk 35, Number 6549:
Al−Bara' reported that whenever Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) went to bed, he said:" O Allah, it is with Thine
Name that I live and it is with Thine Name that I die." And
when he got up he used to say:" Praise is due to Allah, Who
gave us life after our death (sleep) and unto Thee is
resurrection."
Bk 35, Number 6550:
Abdullah b. 'Umar commanded a person that as he went to bed,
he should say:" O Allah, Thou created my being and it is for
Thee to take it to its ultimate goal. And its death and life
is due to Thee, and if Thou givest it life, safeguard it; and
if Thou bringst death, grant it pardon. O Allah, I beg of Thee
safety." A person said to him: Did you hear it from Umar?
Thereupon he said: (I have heard from one) who is better than
Umar, viz. from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). Ibn
Nafi, reported this on the authority of Abdullah b. Harith but
he did not make mention of this" that he heard it himself".
Bk 35, Number 6551:
Suhail reported that Abu Salih used to command us (in these
words): When any one of you intends to go to sleep, he should
lie on the bed on his right side and then say:" O Allah. the
Lord of the Heavens and the Lord of the Earth and Lord of the
Magnificent Throne, our Lord, and the Lord of evervthina, the
Splitter of the grain of corn and the datestone (or fruit
kernal), the Revealer of Torah and Injil (Bible) and Criterion
(the Holy Qur'an), I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of
every− thing Thou art to sieze by the forelock (Thou hast
perfect control over it). O Allah, Thou art the First, there
is naught before Thee, and Thou art the Last and there is
naught after Thee, and Thou art Evident and there is nothing
above Thee, and Thou art Innermost and there is nothing beyond
Thee. Remove the burden of debt from us and relieve us from
want." Abu Salih used to narrate it from Abu Huraira who
narrated it from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
Bk 35, Number 6552:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) used to command us that as we go to our bedo, we should
utter the words (as mention− ed above) and he also said (these
words):" From the evil of every animal, Thou hast hold upon
its forelock (Thou bast full control over it)."
Bk 35, Number 6553:
Abu Huraira reported that Fatima (the daughter of the Holy
Prophet) came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and
asked for a servant. He said to her: Say:" O Allah, the Lord
of the seven heavens" ; the rest of the hadith is the same.
Bk 35, Number 6554:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as say− ing: When any one of you goes to bed, he should take
hold of the hem of his lower garment and then should clean
(his bed) with the help of that and then should recite the
name of Allah for he himself does tiot know what he left
behind him on his bed, and when he intends to lie on bed, he
should lie on his right side and utter these words:" Hallowed
be Allah, my Lord. It is with Thine (grace) that I place my
side (upon the bed) and it is with Thee that I take it up
(after sleep), and in case Thou withholdst my being (if thou
causest me to die), then grant pardon to my being, and if Thou
keepst (this process of breathing on), then protect it with
that with which Thou protected Thine pious servants."
Bk 35, Number 6555:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ubaidullah
b. Umar with the same chain of transmitters and he said: Then
utter:" My Lord. with Thine name I place my side and if Thou
keepest me alive have mercy upon myself"
Bk 35, Number 6556:
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: When you go to bed, say:" Praise is due to Allab Who
fed us, provided us drink, sufficed us and provided us with
shelter, for many a people there is none to suffice and none
to provide shelter."
Chapter 17: REFUGE FROM THE EVIL OF WHAT ONE HAS DONE AND WHAT
ONE HAS NOT DONE
Bk 35, Number 6557:
Farwa' b. Naufal Ashja'i reported: I asked: 'A'isha, in what
words did Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) supplicate
Allah? She said that he used to utter:" I seek refuge in Thee
from the evil of what I did and from the evil of what I did
not."
Bk 35, Number 6558:
Farwa' b. Naufal reported: I asked 'A'isha about the
supplication that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
made. She said that he used to say:" O Allah, I seek refuge in
Thee from the evil of what I have done and from the evil of
what I have not done."
Bk 35, Number 6559:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Muhammad b.
ja'far through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 35, Number 6560:
Farwa' b. Naufal reported on the authority of 'A'isha that
Allah's Mes− senger (may peace be upon him) used to supplicate
(in these words):" O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the
evil of what I did and from the evil of what I did not."
Bk 35, Number 6561:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) used to say:" O Allah, it is unto Thee that I surrender
myself. I affirm my faith in Thee and repose my trust in Thee
and turn to Thee in repentance and with Thy help fought my
adversaries. O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee with Thine Power;
there is no god but Thou, lest Thou leadest me astray. Thou
art ever−living that dieth not, while the Jinn and mankind
die."
Bk 35, Number 6562:
Abu Huraira reported that when Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) set out on a journey in the morning, he used to
say:" A listener listened to our praising Allah (for) His
goodly trial of us. Our Lord! acompany us, guard us and bestow
upon us Thy grace. I am seeker of refuge in Allah from the
Fire."
Bk 35, Number 6563:
Abu Musa Ash'ari reported on the authority of his father that
Allahs Apostle (may peace be upon him) used to supplicate in
these words:" O Allah, forgive me my faults, my ignorance, my
immoderation in my concerns. And Thou art better aware (of my
affairs) than myself. O Allah, grant me forgiveness (of the
faults which I committed) seriously or otherwise (and which I
committed inadvertently and de− liberately. All these
(failings) are in me. O Allah, grant me forgiveness from the
fault which I did in haste or deferred, which I committed in
privacy or in public and Thou art better aware of (them) than
myself. Thou art the First and the Last and over all things
Thou art Omnipotent."
Bk 35, Number 6564:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 35, Number 6565:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) used to supplicate (in these words):" O Allah, set right
for me my religion which is the safeguard of my affairs. And
set right for me the affairs of my world wherein is my living.
And set right for me my Hereafter on which depends my
after−life. And make the life for me (a source) of abundance
for every good and make my death a source of comfort for me
protecting me against every evil."
Bk 35, Number 6566:
Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) used to supplicate (in these words):" O Allah. I beg of
Thee the right guidance, safeguard against evils, chastity and
freedom from want."
Bk 35, Number 6567:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Ishaq
with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight
variation of wording.
Bk 35, Number 6568:
Zaid b. Alqam reported: I am not going to say anything but
only that which Allah's Messenger (may peace be upgn him) used
to say. He used to supplicate:" O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee
from incapacity, from sloth, from cowardice, from miserliness,
decrepitude and from torment of the grave. O Allah, grant to
my soul the sense of righteousness and purify it, for Thou art
the Best Purifier thereof. Thou art the Protecting Friend
thereof, and Guardian thereof. O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee
from the knowledge which does not benefit, from the heart that
does not entertain the fear (of Allah), from the soul that
does not feel contented and the supplication that is not
responded."
Bk 35, Number 6569:
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported that when it was evening Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) used to supplicate:" We
entered upon evening and the whole Kingdom of Allah also
entered upon evening and praise is due to Allah. There is no
god but Allah, the One Who has no partner with Him." Hasan
said that Zubaid reported to him that he memorised it from
Ibrahim in these very words." His is the Sovereignty and
Praise is due to Him, and He is Potent over everything. O
Allah, I beg of Thee the good of this night and I seek refuge
in Thee from the evil of this night and the evil which follows
it. O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from sloth, from the evil
of vanity. O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from torment in the
Hell−Fire and from torment in the grave."
Bk 35, Number 6570:
Abdullah reported that when it was evening Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) used to supplicate:" We have entered
upon evening and so, too, the whole Kingdom of Allah has
entered upon evening. Praise is due to Allah. There is no god
but Allah, the One having no partner with Him." He (the
narrator) said: I think that he also uttered (in this
supplication these words):" His is tne Sovercignty and to Him
is praise due and He is Potent over everything. My Lord, I beg
of Thee good that lies in this night and good that follows it
and I seek refuge in Thee from the evil that lies in this
night and from the evil of that which follows it. My Lord, I
seek refuge in Thee from sloth, from the evil of vanity. My
Lord, I seek refuge in Thee from torment of the Hell−Fire and
from torment of the grave." And when it was morning he said
like this:" We entered upon morning and the whole Kingdom of
Allah enter ed upon morning."
Bk 35, Number 6571:
Abdullah reported that when it was evening Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) used to supplicate:" We have entered
upon evening and so has the Kingdom of Allah entere d upon
evening; praise is due to Allah, there is no god but Allah the
One, and there is no partner with Him. O Allah, I beg of Thee
the blessing of this night and the blessing of that which lies
in it. I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of it and what lies
in it. O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from sloth, from
decrepitude, from the evil of vanity, from trial of the world,
and from torment of the grave." Zubaid, through another chain
of transmitters, has narrated on the authority of Abdullah
directly this addition:" There is no god but Allah, the One,
there is no partner with Him, His is the Sovereignty and to
Him is praise due and He is Potent over everything."
Bk 35, Number 6572:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu
Huraira that Allah's Messenge; (may peace be upon him) used to
supplicate thus:" There is no god but Allah, the One Who
conferred upon His armies the honour of victory and helped His
servant rout the clans; there is nothing after that."
Bk 35, Number 6573:
'Ali reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said to him: Say," O Allah, direct me to the right path and
make me adhere to the straight path," and when you make a
mention of right guidance, keep in mind the right path and
when you consider of the straight (path), keep in mind the
straightness of the arrow.
Bk 35, Number 6574:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Asim b.
Kulaib with the same chain of transmitters that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to me: Say:" O Allah, I
beg of Thee righteousness and adhering to the straight path."
Chapter 18: THE RECITING OF SUBHAN ALLAH IN THE MORNING AND AT
THE TIME OF SLEEPING
Bk 35, Number 6575:
Juwairiya reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) came out from (her apartment) in the morning as she was
busy in observing her dawn prayer in her place of worship. He
came back in the forenoon and she was still sitting there. He
(the Holy Prophet) said to her: You have been in the same seat
since I left you. She said: Yes. Thereupon Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) said: I recited four words three times
after I left you and if these are to be weighed against what
you have recited since morning these would outweigh them and
(these words) are:" Hallowed be Allah and praise is due to Him
according to the number of His creation and according to the
pleasure of His Self and according to the weight of His Throne
and according to the ink (used in recording) words (for His
Praise)."
Bk 35, Number 6576:
Juwairiya reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) happened to pass by her as she was observing her dawn
prayer; or after she had observed her dawn prayer. The rest of
the hadith is the same but with this variation that he said:"
Hallowed be Allah according to the number of His creation,
hallowed be Allah according to the pleasure of His Self,
hallowed be Allah according to the weight of His Throne,
hallowed be Allah according to the ink used in recording His
words."
Bk 35, Number 6577:
It is reported on the authority of Ali that Fatima had corns
in her hand because of working at the hand−mill. There had
fallen to the lot of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
some prisoners of war. She (Fatima) came to the Holy Prophet
(may peace be upon him) but she did not find him (in the
house). She met A'isha and informed her (about her hardship).
When Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) came, she (
A'isha) informed him about the visit of Fatima. ABah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to them (Fitima and her
family). They had gone to their beds. 'Ali further (reported):
We tried to stand up (as a mark of respect) but Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Keep to your beds, and
he sat amongst us and I felt coldness of his feet upon my
chest. He then said: May I not direct you to something better
than what you have asked for? When you go to your bed, you
should recite Takbir (Allah−o−Akbar) thirty−four times and
Tasbih (Subhdn Allah) thirty−three times and Tahmid (al−Hamdu
li−Allah) thirty−three times, and that is better than the
servant for you.
Bk 35, Number 6578:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with
the same chain of transmitters but. with a slight variation of
wording.
Bk 35, Number 6579:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Abi
Laili but with this addition:" Ali said: Ever since I heard
this (supplication) from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him), I never abandoned it. It was said to him, Not even in
the night of Siffin (battle of Siffin)? He sad: Yes, not even
in the night of Siffin,"
Bk 35, Number 6580:
Abu Huraira reported that Fatima came to Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) and asked for a servant and told him of the
hardship of household work. He said: You would not be able to
get a servant from us. May I not direct you to what is better
than the servant for you? Recite Subhaana Allah thirty−three
times, al− Hamdu li−Allah thirty−three times and Allah−o−Akbar
thirty−four times as you go to bed. This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Suhail with the same chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 19: THE EXCELLENCE OF SUPPLICATING AT THE TIME OF THE
CROWING OF THE COCK IN THE MORNING
Bk 35, Number 6581:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as say− ing. When you listen to the crowing of the cock, ask
Allah for His favour as it sees Angels and when you listen to
the braying of the donkey, seek refuge in Allah from the Satan
for it sees Satan.
Chapter 20: SUPPLICATION DURING THE TIME OF TROUBLE
Bk 35, Number 6582:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) used to supplicate during the time of trouble (in these
words):" There is no god but Allah, the Great, the Tolerant,
there is no god but Allah, the Lord of the Magnificent Throne
There is no god but Allah, the Lord of the Heaven and the
earth, the Lord of the Edifying Throne."
Bk 35, Number 6583:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 35, Number 6584:
Ibn Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) used to supplicate (with these words) and he (uttered
these words) at the time of trouble; the rest of the hadith is
the same except with this difference that insted of saying:"
The Lord of heaven and the earth," he said:" The Lord of the
heaven and that of the earth."
Bk 35, Number 6585:
Ibn 'Abbas reported this hadith through another chain of
transmitters with a sliglit variation of wording.
Chapter 21: THE MERIT OF SUBHAN ALLAH WA BI HAMDIHI
Bk 35, Number 6586:
Abu Dharr reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) was asked as to which words were the best. He said: Those
for which Allah made a choice for His Angels and His servants
(and the words are):" Hallowed be Allah and praise is due to
Him."
Bk 35, Number 6587:
Abu Dharr reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Should I not inform you about the words liked most
by Allah? I said: Allah's Mes− senger, do inform me about the
words liked most by Allah. He said: Verily, the words liked
most by Allah are:" hallowed be Allah and praise is due to
Him."
Chapter 22: EXCELLENCE OF SUPPLICATING FOR THE MUSLIMS BEHIND
THEIR BACK (IN THEIR ABSENCE)
Bk 35, Number 6588:
Abu Dharr reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: There is no believing servant who supplicates for
his brother behind his back (in his absence) that the Angels
do not say: The same be for you too.
Bk 35, Number 6589:
Umm Darda' reported: My husband reported that he heard Allah's
Mes− senger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who
supplicates for his brother behind his back (in his absence),
the Angel commissioned (for carrying supplication to his Lord)
says: Amen, and it is for you also.
Bk 35, Number 6590:
Safwan (and he was Ibn 'Abdullah b. Safwan, and he had been
married to Umm Darda') reported: I visited Abu Darda's house
in Syria. I did not find him there but Umm Darda' (was present
at the house). She said: Do you intend to perform Hajj during
this year? I said: Yes. She said: Do supplicate Allah for
blessings upon us, for Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
hiin) used to say: The supplication of a Muslim for his
brother at his back (in his absence) is responded so long as
he makes a supplica− tion for blessings for his brother and
the commissioned Angel says: Amen, and says: May it be for you
too I I went to the bazar and met Abfi Dardi' and he narrated
like this from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
Bk 35, Number 6591:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Safwan b.
'Abdullah b. Safwan with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 23: EXCELLENCE OF RECITING AL−HAMDU LI−ALLAH AFTER
EATING AND DRINKING
Bk 35, Number 6592:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Allah is pleased with His servant who says:
Al−Hamdu lillah While taking a morsel of food tnd while
drinking.
Chapter 24: SUPPLICATION IS GRANTED IF THE SUPPLICANT DOES NOT
SHOW IMPATIENCE
Bk 35, Number 6593:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: The supplication of every one of you is granted if
he does not grow impatient and says: I supplicated but it was
not granted.
Bk 35, Number 6594:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The supplication of one of you is granted if he
does not grow impatient and say− I supplicated my Lord but it
was not granted.
Bk 35, Number 6595:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The supplication of the servant is granted in case
he does not supplicate for sin or for severing the ties of
blood, or he does not become impatient. It was said: Allah's
Messenger, what does:" If he does not grow impatient" imply?
He said: That he should say like this: I supplicated and I
supplicated but I did not find it being responded. and theu he
becomes frustrated and abandons supplication.
