822 – ʿAbd Allah related to us; my father related to me; Abu Muʿāwiyah related to us; ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal related to us, from Abū ʿUthmān, from Salmān, who said:

A man once proclaimed, “al-ḥamdu lillah kathīran—praise be to Allah in great abundance.” The recording angel considered the phrase so momentous that he hesitated to write it down until he consulted his Lord. Allah said, “Write it exactly as My servant has said it: kathīran—in great abundance.”