Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (3/41)

Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-AdhkarAbd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr

119 / Among the Morning Remembrances

One of the great and comprehensive forms of remembrance that a Muslim is encouraged to observe every morning is to say: “Glory and praise be to Allah, as numerous as His creation, commensurate with His pleasure, equal to the weight of His Throne, and equal to the ink of His words.” This is based on what Muslim narrated in his Sahīh from Juwayriya (may Allah be pleased with her): The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) left her early in the morning after performing the dawn prayer, while she was at her place of prayer [that is, the place where she prayed]. He then returned in the forenoon and found her still seated there. He asked, “Have you remained as you were when I left you?” She replied, “Yes.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) 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, commensurate with His pleasure, equal to the weight of His Throne, and equal to the ink of His words.’”1.

This is a great and blessed form of remembrance to which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) directed us. He explained that it is a multiplied remembrance whose merit and reward surpass the mere utterance of “Glory be to Allah” many times over. This is because the knowledge of Allah, the declaration of His transcendence, and the magnification of Him according to the stated measure that fill the heart of the person reciting it are greater than what fills the heart of someone who merely says, “Glory be to Allah.”

The point is that Allah, Glorified is He, deserves to be glorified to that extent and number, as in the Prophet’s words (peace and blessings be upon him): “Our Lord, to You belongs all praise—enough to fill the heavens, enough to fill the earth, enough to fill all that lies between them, and enough to fill whatever else You will.” It does not mean that the servant has actually glorified Allah that many times, for the servant’s deeds are finite. Rather, what is meant is the glorification the Lord deserves—and that is what

(1) Sahih Muslim, no. 2726.

١١٩ / ومن أذكار الصباح إنَّ من الأذكار العظيمة الجامعة التي يُستحب للمسلم أن يواظبَ عليها كلَّ صباح أن يقول: "سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ، وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ، وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ، وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ"، وذلك لِما روى مسلم في صحيحه عن جُوَيرية ﵂: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهَا بُكْرَةً حِينَ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ، وَهِيَ فِي مَسْجِدِهَا [أي موضع صلاتها] ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَضْحَى، وَهِيَ جَالِسَةٌ، فَقَالَ: "مَا زِلْتِ عَلَى الحَالِ الَّتِي فَارَقْتُكِ عَلَيْهَا قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: لَقَدْ قُلْتُ بَعْدَكِ أَرْبَعَ كَلِمَاتٍ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، لَوْ وُزِنَتْ بِمَا قُلْتِ مُنْذُ اليَوْمِ لَوَزَنَتْهُنَّ: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ، وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ، وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ، وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ"١. فهذا ذِكرٌ عظيمٌ مبارَك أرشد إليه النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وبيَّن أنَّه ذِكرٌ مُضاعَفٌ، يزيد في الفضل والأجر على مجرَّد الذِّكر بسبحان الله أضعافاً مضاعفة؛ لأنَّ ما يقوم بقلب الذَّاكر حين يقوله من معرفة الله وتَنْزيهه وتعظيمه بهذا القدر المذكور من العدد أعظمُ مِمَّا يقوم بقلب مَن قال "سبحان الله" فقط. والمقصودُ أنَّ الله سبحانه يستحقُّ التسبيح بذلك القدر والعدد، كقوله ﷺ: "ربَّنا ولك الحمد، ملء السموات وملء الأرض وملء ما بينهما وملء ما شئتَ من شيء بعد"، وليس المراد أنَّ العبدَ سبَّح تسبيحاً بذلك القدر؛ فإنَّ فعل العبد محصور، وإنَّما المراد ما يستحقُّه الرّبُّ من التسبيح فذاك الذي

١ صحيح مسلم (رقم:٢٧٢٦) .