Fiqh al-Adiyah wa-al-Adhkar - Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Muhsin al-Badr - (3/78)

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

is used for both males and females), so that she might be relieved of the fatigue and hardship she experienced in those tasks. It is reported in the Sunan of Abī Dāwūd, from Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—describing the hardship she—may Allah be pleased with her—endured in her household duties, that he said: “She worked the millstone until it left marks on her hand, fetched water with a waterskin until it left marks on her upper chest, and swept the house until her clothes became covered with dust.”1

He—may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him—therefore directed her to something better for her than a servant, saying, “Shall I not tell you of something better for you than that?”—that is, than a servant. The excellence of his counsel and the way he heightened her anticipation are readily apparent. Once she was prepared and eager to learn what could be better for her than the thing she had come to request, the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said to her: “At bedtime, glorify Allah thirty-three times, praise Allah thirty-three times, and proclaim Allah’s greatness thirty-four times.” That is, when you lie down, say “Glory be to Allah” thirty-three times, “All praise belongs to Allah” thirty-three times, and “Allah is the Greatest” thirty-four times, making one hundred in all.

She—may Allah be pleased with her—was delighted by this tremendous good to which the sincere and trustworthy counselor—may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him—had directed her, and her husband Alī—may Allah be pleased with him—was delighted by it as well. He even said, “I never abandoned it thereafter,” meaning after hearing it. According to another narration, he said, “I have never abandoned them since I heard them from the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.” He was asked, “Not even on the night of Siffīn?”—meaning that he did not abandon those words even on that night. The night of Siffīn was the night of the well-known battle near the Euphrates that was fought between him and the people of Syria. He—may Allah be pleased with him—replied, “Not even on the night of Siffīn,” meaning that he did not abandon these words even on that night. It is well known that, amid certain hardships, a person

1. Sunan Abī Dāwūd, no. 5063; however, its chain of transmission is weak.

يطلق على الذكر والأنثى) ليخفَّ عنها ما تجده من تعبٍ ومشقَّةٍ في تلك الأعمال وقد روي في سنن أبي داود عن عليّ ﵁ في وصف ما كانت تجده ﵂ من مشقَّة في أعمالها المنزليّة أنَّه قال: "إنَّها جرَّت بالرَّحى حتَّى أثَّرتْ في يدها، واستقت بالقربة حتَّى أثَّرت في نحرها، وكنست البيت حتّى اغبرّت ثيابُها"١. فأرشدها صلواتُ الله وسلامُه عليه إلى ما هو خيرٌ لها من خادم فقال: "ألا أخبركِ ما هو خيرٌ لك منه" أي: الخادم، وفي هذا من حسن النصح وتمام التشويق ما لا يخفى، فلمَّا تهيَّأتْ نفسُها وتحفَّزتْ لمعرفة هذا الأمر الذي هو خيرٌ لها من الشيء الذي جاءت تسألُه قال لها رسولُ الله ﷺ: "تُسبِّحين اللهَ عند منامِك ثلاثاً وثلاثين، وتحمدين اللهَ ثلاثاً وثلاثين، وتكبِّرين اللهَ أربعاً وثلاثين" أي: تقولين إذا أخذتِ مضجعكِ سبحان الله ثلاثاً وثلاثين مرَّة، والحمدُ لله ثلاثاً وثلاثين مرَّة، واللهُ أكبر أربعاً وثلاثين مرَّة، فيكون مجموعُ ذلك مائة. ففرحت ﵂ بهذا الخير العظيم الذي دلَّها عليه الناصحُ الأمينُ صلواتُ الله وسلامُه عليه، وفرح به زوجُها عليٌّ ﵁، حتّى إنَّه قال: "فما تركتُه بعدُ" أي: بعد سماعه له، وفي روايةٍ قال: "فما تركتُهنَّ منذ سمعتهنَّ من رسول الله ﷺ" فقيل له: ولا ليلةَ صفِّين أي: ما تركت تلك الكلمات ولا في تلك الليلة. وليلة صفين هي ليلة الحرب المعروفة بصفين قريباً من الفرات، التي دارت بينه وبين أهل الشام، فقال ﵁: "ولا ليلةَ صفِّين" أي: لَم يترك هذه الكلمات ولا في تلك الليلة، ومن المعلوم أنَّ الإنسان عند بعض الشدائد

١ سنن أبي داود (رقم:٥٠٦٣) لكن سنده ضعيف.