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254 100 times Whoever says, a hundred times a day:
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
Subhanallahi wabihamdih
Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Him.
…has his sins wiped away, even if they were like the foam of the sea.
Source Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6405 Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness — site no. 6677 Ṣaḥīḥ
Compiler cites al-Bukhārī 7/168; Muslim 4/2071 (his wording); for saying it 100 times morning and evening see reading no. 91
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255 ten times Whoever says ten times:
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku walahul-hamdu, wahuwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir
There is no deity but Allah alone, without partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things.
…is like one who has freed four souls from the descendants of Ismāʿīl.
Source Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6404 Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim — site no. 6679 Ṣaḥīḥ
Compiler cites al-Bukhārī 7/167; Muslim 4/2071
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Two phrases that are light on the tongue, heavy in the Balance, and beloved to the Most Merciful:
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
Subhanallahi wabihamdih, subhanallahil-'azim
Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Him; glory be to Allah, the Magnificent.
Source Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6682 Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6406 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness — site no. 6680 Ṣaḥīḥ
Compiler cites al-Bukhārī 7/168; Muslim 4/2072
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The Prophet ﷺ said that saying these words is dearer to him than everything the sun rises over:
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Subhanallah, wal-hamdu lillah, wala ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar
Glory be to Allah, all praise is for Allah, there is no deity but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest.
Source Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3597 Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness — site no. 6681 Ṣaḥīḥ
Compiler cites Muslim 4/2072
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258 100 times “Is any of you unable to earn a thousand good deeds every day?” Asked how, the Prophet ﷺ said: let him say a hundred times:
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ
Subhanallah
Glory be to Allah.
…and a thousand good deeds are written for him, or a thousand sins are removed from him.
Source Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness — site no. 6686 Ṣaḥīḥ
Compiler cites Muslim 4/2073
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Whoever says:
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ
Subhanallahil-'azimi wabihamdih
Glory be to Allah, the Magnificent, and praise be to Him.
…has a date-palm planted for him in Paradise.
Source Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3464 Ṣaḥīḥ · Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3465 Ṣaḥīḥ
Compiler cites at-Tirmidhī 5/511; al-Ḥākim 1/501 (graded ṣaḥīḥ, with adh-Dhahabī agreeing); see Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 5/531 and Ṣaḥīḥ at-Tirmidhī 3/160
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A treasure from the treasures of Paradise:
لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
La hawla wala quwwata illa billah
There is no might nor power except by Allah.
Source Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6384 Ṣaḥīḥ · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness — site no. 6695 Ṣaḥīḥ
Compiler cites al-Bukhārī (Fatḥ al-Bārī 11/213); Muslim 4/2076
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The words most beloved to Allah are four:
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Subhanallah, wal-hamdu lillah, la ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar
Glory be to Allah, all praise is for Allah, there is no deity but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest.
It does not matter which of them you begin with.
Source Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book of Manners and Etiquette — site no. 5455 (similar wording) Ṣaḥīḥ
Compiler cites Muslim 3/1685
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A Bedouin asked the Prophet ﷺ to teach him words to say. He said: “Say:”
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيرًا، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ. اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي، وَارْحَمْنِي، وَاهْدِنِي، وَارْزُقْنِي
La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, Allahu akbaru kabira, wal-hamdu lillahi kathira, subhanallahi rabbil-'alamin, la hawla wala quwwata illa billahil-'azizil-hakim. Allahummaghfir li, warhamni, wahdini, warzuqni
There is no deity but Allah alone, without partner. Allah is the Greatest, most great; abundant praise is for Allah; glory be to Allah, Lord of the worlds; there is no might nor power except by Allah, the Almighty, the Wise. O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, and provide for me.
Source Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness — site no. 6682 Ṣaḥīḥ · Sunan Abī Dāwūd 832 Ḥasan
Compiler cites Muslim 4/2072; Abū Dāwūd 1/220 adds: “When the Bedouin left, the Prophet ﷺ said: ‘He has filled his hands with good.’”
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When a man embraced Islam, the Prophet ﷺ would teach him the prayer, then tell him to supplicate with these words:
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي، وَارْحَمْنِي، وَاهْدِنِي، وَعَافِنِي، وَارْزُقْنِي
Allahummaghfir li, warhamni, wahdini, wa'afini, warzuqni
O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me, grant me well-being, and provide for me.
Source Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness — site no. 6684 Ṣaḥīḥ
Compiler cites Muslim 4/2073; in another narration of Muslim the Prophet ﷺ added: “These gather for you the good of this world and the Hereafter.”
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الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
Al-hamdu lillah, la ilaha illallah
All praise is for Allah. There is no deity but Allah.
The Prophet ﷺ said: “The best remembrance is ‘There is no deity but Allah’, and the best supplication is ‘All praise is for Allah’.”
Source Jāmiʿ at-Tirmidhī 3383 Ḥasan · Sunan Ibn Mājah 3800 Ḥasan
Compiler cites at-Tirmidhī 5/462; Ibn Mājah 2/1249; al-Ḥākim 1/503 (graded ṣaḥīḥ, with adh-Dhahabī agreeing); see Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmiʿ 1/362
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The enduring good deeds (al-bāqiyāt aṣ-ṣāliḥāt):
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
Subhanallah, wal-hamdu lillah, wala ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar, wala hawla wala quwwata illa billah
Glory be to Allah, all praise is for Allah, there is no deity but Allah, Allah is the Greatest, and there is no might nor power except by Allah.
Source Musnad Aḥmad 11713 · Musnad Aḥmad 18353 (similar wording)
Compiler cites Aḥmad no. 513 (ed. Aḥmad Shākir) with a ṣaḥīḥ chain; see Majmaʿ az-Zawāʾid 1/297; Ibn Ḥajar in Bulūgh al-Marām attributes this report of Abū Saʿīd to an-Nasāʾī and says Ibn Ḥibbān and al-Ḥākim graded it ṣaḥīḥ
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