Abu Muhammad Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Saʿid informed us; Yahya ibn Khalid ibn Ayyub al-Makhzumi related to us; Musa ibn Ibrahim ibn Kathir ibn Bishr al-Khuzaʿi al-Ansari related to us from Talhah ibn Khirash, from Jabir ibn Abd Allah, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The best supplication is: ‘All praise is for Allah,’ and the best remembrance is: ‘There is no god worthy of worship but Allah.’” (1)
Abd al-Wahid ibn Ahmad al-Mulayhi informed us; Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Shurayh informed us; Abu al-Qasim Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Baghawi informed us; Ali ibn al-Jaʿd related to us; Zuhayr related to us; Mansur related to us from Hilal ibn Bashshar, from al-Rabiʿ ibn ʿAmilah, from Samurah ibn Jundub, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The words most beloved to Allah, the Exalted, are four: ‘There is no god worthy of worship but Allah,’ ‘Allah is Most Great,’ ‘Glory be to Allah,’ and ‘All praise is for Allah.’ It does not matter with which of them you begin.” (2)