Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (1/115)

The best of this kind is the form that most fully and comprehensively expresses praise, such as saying: “Glory and praise be to Allah—as numerous as His creation, in accordance with His pleasure, equal to the weight of His Throne, and equal to the ink of His words.” This is better than merely saying, “Glory be to Allah.”

Likewise, one may say: “Praise be to Allah as numerous as all He has created; praise be to Allah to the fullness of all He has created; praise be to Allah as numerous as all that is in the heavens and earth; and praise be to Allah to the fullness of all that is in the heavens and earth.” This is better than merely saying, “Praise be to Allah.”

Muslim narrated in his Sahīh from Juwayriyya, may Allah be pleased with her, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, left her early in the morning after performing the dawn prayer, while she was in her place of prayer. He then returned after the morning was well advanced and found her still sitting there. He asked, “Are you still as you were when I left you?” She replied, “Yes.” The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “After leaving you, I said four phrases three times. If they were weighed against everything you have said since this morning, they would outweigh it: ‘Glory and praise be to Allah—as numerous as His creation, in accordance with His pleasure, equal to the weight of His Throne, and equal to the ink of His words.’”1.

Imam Ahmad, al-Tabarānī, al-Hākim, and others narrated with a good chain of transmission from Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed by him while he was moving his lips and asked, “What are you saying, Abū Umāmah? Abū Umāmah replied: I am remembering my Lord. The Prophet said: Shall I not tell you of something greater—or better—than remembrance throughout the night and day, and throughout the day and night? Say: Glory be to Allah as numerous as all He has created; glory be to Allah to the fullness of all He has created; glory be to Allah as numerous as all that is in the earth and heaven; glory be to Allah to the fullness of all that is in the earth and heaven; glory be to Allah as numerous as all that His Book has enumerated; and glory be to Allah

(1) *Sahīh Muslim* (no. 2726).

وأفضل هذا النوع أجمعه للثناء وأعمُّه نحو قول: سبحان الله وبحمده عدد خلقه ورضا نفسه وزنة عرشه ومداد كلماته، فهذا أفضل من مجرّد: سبحان الله. وكذلك قول: الحمد لله عدد ما خلق، والحمد لله ملء ما خلق، والحمد لله عدد ما في السموات والأرض، والحمد لله ملء ما في السموات والأرض، فهذا أفضل من مجرّد قول: الحمد لله. روى مسلم في صحيحه عن جويرية ﵂ أنَّ النبيّ ﷺ خرج من عندها بُكرةً حين صلّى الصبح وهي في مسجدها ثم رجع بعد أن أضحى وهي جالسةٌ فقال: ما زلت على الحال التي فارقتك عليها؟ قالت: نعم، قال النبي ﷺ: "لقد قلت بعدك أربعَ كلمات ثلاث مرّات لو وزنت بما قلت منذ اليوم لوزنتهنَّ: سبحان الله وبحمده عدد خلقه ورضا نفسه وزنة عرشه ومداد كلماته"١. وروى الإمام أحمد، والطبراني، والحاكم، وغيرهم بإسناد جيّد، عن أبي أمامة الباهلي أنَّ رسول الله ﷺ مرّ به وهو يحرّك شفتيه فقال: "ماذا تقول يا أبا أمامة؟ قال: أذكر ربي، قال: ألا أخبرك بأكثر أو أفضل من ذكر اللّيل مع النّهار والنّهار مع اللّيل أن تقول: سبحان الله عدد ما خلق، وسبحان الله ملء ما خلق، وسبحان الله عدد ما في الأرض والسماء، وسبحان الله ملء ما في الأرض والسماء، وسبحان الله عدد ما أحصى كتابه، وسبحان الله

١ صحيح مسلم (رقم:٢٧٢٦) .