Abū Dharr, who reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Whoever says ten times after the Fajr prayer, with his legs still folded and before speaking, ‘There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is all praise. He gives life and causes death, and He has power over all things,’ will have ten good deeds recorded (1) for him, ten sins erased, and his rank raised by ten degrees. Throughout that day he will be protected from every harm and guarded against Satan, and no sin will overtake him that day except associating partners with Allah.” Al-Tirmidhī said: “This is an authentic hadith.”
In the Musnad of Imam Ahmad (2), Umm Salamah reports that when his daughter Fātimah came to him asking for a servant, he, peace and blessings be upon him, taught her to glorify Allah thirty-three times at bedtime, praise Him thirty-three times, and proclaim His greatness thirty-four times (3). He also taught her to say, after the dawn prayer, “There is no god but Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is all praise (4), and He has power over all things,” ten times, and ten times after the Maghrib prayer.
In the Sahīh of Ibn Hibbān (5), Abū Ayyūb al-Ansārī reports from the Prophet: “Whoever says, when
(1) ص reads: “kutiba” (“was recorded”). Jāmi‘ al-Tirmidhī has the reading adopted here from the other manuscripts.
(2) No. 26551; its version has praising Allah thirty-four times instead of proclaiming His greatness. Al-Tabarānī also records it (23/339), with the wording given by the author. Its chain has some weakness because of Shahr ibn Hawshab, and this too may be one of his confused reports. See the preceding source discussion and the commentary on Musnad Ahmad (17990). … Al-Bukhārī (5362) and Muslim (2727) record this account concerning Fātimah from ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib, but without specifying that the remembrance is to be recited after the dawn and Maghrib prayers.
(3) The printed editions other than the Indian edition read: “thirty-three.”
(4) The Musnad adds after this: “He gives life and causes death; in His hand is all good.”
(5) No. 2023. Ahmad also records it (23518). Its chain includes ‘Abd Allāh ibn Ya‘īsh, an unknown narrator (majhūl); nevertheless, al-Hāfiz graded it hasan (fair) in al-Fath (11/205). Another chain is recorded by Ahmad (23516) and al-Tabarānī (4/185), through Abū Muhammad al-Hadramī, from Abū Ayyūb, with the same report. It includes Abū al-Ward, who is also an unknown narrator.
The underlying report is recorded by Muslim (2693), through Abū ‘Āmir al-‘Aqadī, from ‘Umar ibn Abī Zā’idah, from ‘Abd Allāh ibn Abī al-Safar, from al-Sha‘bī, from ‘Amr ibn Maymūn, from Ibn Abī Laylā, from Abū Ayyūb, but without mentioning its recitation in the morning and evening. Al-Bukhārī (6404), however, records it through ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Amr, from ‘Umar ibn Abī Zā’idah, with the wording: “Whoever says it ten times is like someone who has freed a slave from the descendants of Ishmael …” After the report, he states: “Abū Muhammad al-Hadramī also narrated it from Abū Ayyūb, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) … The correct version is that of ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Amr.” That is, saying it is equivalent to freeing one slave, not four.