259 – Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Whoever glorifies Allah thirty-three times after every prayer, praises Allah thirty-three times, and magnifies Allah thirty-three times—that is ninety-nine—and then completes the hundred by saying, ‘There is no god but Allah alone, without partner; His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things,’ his sins will be forgiven, even if they were as abundant as the foam of the sea.” Related by Muslim. (1)

In another wording: “The takbīr (utterance of ‘Allāhu akbar’) is thirty-four.” (2)

Vocabulary of the ḥadith
• dubur kulli ṣalāh (after every prayer): an adverbial phrase; dubur—with ḍamma on the dāl—is the opposite of qibal, and denotes the rear or end of a thing.
• subḥān Allāh: subḥān is a verbal noun in the accusative, its implicit verb being “I declare Allah free of all imperfection.” It is rarely used except in the construct form. The verbal noun is tasbīḥ, which signifies declaring Allah’s transcendence; it is a removal of imperfection that prepares the way for ḥamd, which is an embellishment.
• ḥamida Allāh (to praise Allah): ḥamd is laudation of Allah for His positive attributes of perfection; it is an adornment with His completeness, following the prior declaration of His freedom from all deficiency.
• lā ilāha illā Allāh: “There is no god worthy of worship except Allah.” This sentence is the most excellent form of remembrance. Faith is not valid without it; it is the word of tawḥīd (monotheism) and the word of sincerity.