—how evil is what they bear! (31)” [al-Anʿām 31]

In the two Sahīh collections, Abū Hurayrah reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

“Two phrases are light on the tongue, heavy in the Balance, and beloved to the Most Merciful: ‘Glory and praise be to Allah; glory be to Allah, the Magnificent.’”

Abū Dāwūd, in his Sunan, and others relate from Abū al-Dardāʾ that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

“Nothing placed in the Balance on the Day of Resurrection is heavier than good character.”