8/25. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1507 — Post-Prayer Tahlil
What A Person Should Say When He Says The Taslim
Post-Prayer Tahlil: No Might and No Power Except with Allah
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1507
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1507
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الأَنْبَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ كَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ يُهَلِّلُ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ هَذَا الدُّعَاءِ زَادَ فِيهِ " وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ لاَ نَعْبُدُ إِلاَّ إِيَّاهُ لَهُ النِّعْمَةُ " . وَسَاقَ بَقِيَّةَ الْحَدِيثِ .
Abu Zubair Narrated from:
'Abd Allah b. al-Zubair used to recite this supplication after each (prescribed) prayer. He then narrated a similar supplication and added to it: "There is no might and no power except in Allah; there is no god but Allah Whom alone we worship. To Him belongs wealth." The narrator then transmitted the rest of tradition.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1507In-book reference : Book 8, Hadith 92English translation : Book 8, Hadith 1502
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1507
This hadith continues the theme of remembrance after prayer. Abu al-Zubair reports that Abdullah ibn al-Zubair used to recite this supplication after each prescribed prayer. The narration mentions a similar dua and adds: there is no might and no power except in Allah; there is no god but Allah, Whom alone we worship; to Him belongs wealth. These words of post-prayer tahlil bring together tawhid, worship, and reliance. The phrase no might and no power except with Allah teaches the worshipper to remember human weakness and Allah’s full power. After salah, the heart is guided back to Allah alone as the One worshipped and the One who grants strength.
What we learn from this hadith
- The narration shows regular supplication after each prescribed prayer.
- The words affirm that might and power belong to Allah.
- The supplication states that worship is for Allah alone.
- Post-prayer dhikr can include tawhid and reliance on Allah.
