theProphet (sallAllahu 'alyhi wasallam) came out from my apartment in
the morning as I was busy in performing Dhikr after Fajr(the dawn
prayer). He came back in the forenoonand found me sitting there. The
Prophet (sallAllahu 'alyhi wasallam)said," Are you still in the same
position as I left you?" I replied in the affirmative. Thereupon
theProphet (sallAllahu 'alyhi wasallam) said,
•►"I recited four phrases three times after I had left you. If these
are to be weighed against all you have recited since morning, these
will be heavier. These are:
Subhan-Allah Wa bihamdihi, 'adada khalqihi,wa rida-a nafsihi, wa
zinatah 'arshihi, wa midada kalimatihi
(Allah is free from imperfection and I begin with His praise, as many
times as the number of Hiscreatures, in accordance with His Good
Pleasure, equal to the ink that may be used in recording the words
(for His Praise)."
(Muslim 4/2090) —
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