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Sunan an-Nasai 1348 — Easy Daily Dhikr
The number of tasbihs after the taslim
Easy Daily Dhikr After Prayer and Before Sleep
Sunan an-Nasai : 1348
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 1348
أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " خَلَّتَانِ لاَ يُحْصِيهِمَا رَجُلٌ مُسْلِمٌ إِلاَّ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَهُمَا يَسِيرٌ وَمَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِهِمَا قَلِيلٌ " . قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ يُسَبِّحُ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ عَشْرًا وَيَحْمَدُ عَشْرًا وَيُكَبِّرُ عَشْرًا فَهِيَ خَمْسُونَ وَمِائَةٌ فِي اللِّسَانِ وَأَلْفٌ وَخَمْسُمِائَةٍ فِي الْمِيزَانِ " . وَأَنَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعْقِدُهُنَّ بِيَدِهِ " وَإِذَا أَوَى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ أَوْ مَضْجَعِهِ سَبَّحَ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَحَمِدَ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَكَبَّرَ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلاَثِينَ فَهِيَ مِائَةٌ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ وَأَلْفٌ فِي الْمِيزَانِ " . قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " فَأَيُّكُمْ يَعْمَلُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ أَلْفَيْنِ وَخَمْسَمِائَةِ سَيِّئَةٍ " . قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ لاَ نُحْصِيهِمَا فَقَالَ " إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَأْتِي أَحَدَكُمْ وَهُوَ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَيَقُولُ اذْكُرْ كَذَا اذْكُرْ كَذَا وَيَأْتِيهِ عِنْدَ مَنَامِهِ فَيُنِيمُهُ " .
Abdullah in 'Umar Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'There are two qualities which no Muslim person attains but he will enter Paradise, and they are easy, but those who do them are few.'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The five daily prayers: After each prayer one of you glorifies Allah (SWT) ten times and praises Him ten times and magnifies him ten times, which makes one hundred and fifty on the tongue and one thousand five hundred in the balance.' And I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) counting them on his hands. 'And when one of you retires to his bed he says the tasbih thirty-three times and the tahmid thirty-three times and the takbir thirty-four times, that is one hundred on the tongue and one thousand in the balance.'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: So which of you does two thousand five hundred bad deeds in a day and a night?" It was said: "O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), how can a person not persist in doing that?" He said: "The Shaitan comes to one of you when he is praying and says: 'Remember such and such, remember such and such," or he comes to him when he is in bed and makes him fall asleep."
[1] Tasbīh : glorifying Allāh by saying "Subhān-Allāh (Glory be to Allāh)"[2] Tahmīd : praising Allāh by saying "Al-ḥamdu lillāh (Praise be to Allāh)"Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 1348In-book reference : Book 13, Hadith 170English translation : Vol. 2, Book 13, Hadith 1349
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 1348
This Hadith teaches two daily acts of dhikr that are easy, yet few people keep doing them. The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) mentioned saying SubhanAllah ten times, Alhamdulillah ten times, and Allahu Akbar ten times after each of the five daily prayers. He counted them on his hands. The Hadith then mentions bedtime dhikr: tasbih thirty-three times, tahmid thirty-three times, and takbir thirty-four times. The narration explains the count on the tongue and the weight in the balance. It also mentions why people may miss it: Shaitan distracts a person in prayer or makes him fall asleep at bedtime. The Hadith encourages steady remembrance through simple repeated words.
What we learn from this hadith
- Simple dhikr after each prayer is taught in this Hadith.
- Bedtime remembrance is also mentioned as a daily practice.
- The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) counted the dhikr on his hands.
- Distraction and sleep can cause a person to miss good deeds.
