Summary:
We are encouraged to ‘Glorify Allah-azwj’ (Zikr); doing so brings so many rewards, as well as protection from the attacks of Iblis-la, and sustenance is rushed towards the glorifying person, however, one has to be sincere in their Zikr, both during the time of obedience as well as when being undevout, for example:
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ مِنْ أَشَدِّ مَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ ذِكْرُ اللَّهِ كَثِيراً ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا أَعْنِي سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْهُ وَ لَكِنْ ذِكْرَ اللَّهِ عِنْدَ مَا أَحَلَّ وَ حَرَّمَ فَإِنْ كَانَ طَاعَةً عَمِلَ بِهَا وَ إِنْ كَانَ مَعْصِيَةً تَرَكَهَا
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Ubeyda, from;
Abu Abdullah-asws (6th Imam-asws) says: ‘From the most difficult of what Allah-azwj Imposed upon His-azwj creatures is the frequent Mention of Allah-azwj’. Then he-asws said: ‘I-asws do not mean (saying of), ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is due to Allah-azwj, and there is no god except for Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is the Greatest’, and even though this is from it, but the Mention of Allah-azwj during what He-azwj has Permitted and Prohibited. So, if it was obedience, act upon it, and if it was disobedience, leave it’.[1] See, a similar Hadith in the Appendix I.
الخصال الْفَامِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ بُطَّةَ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: قَالَ إِبْلِيسُ خَمْسَةُ أَشْيَاءَ لَيْسَ لِي فِيهِنَّ حِيلَةٌ وَ سَائِرُ النَّاسِ فِي قَبْضَتِي مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِاللَّهِ عَنْ نِيَّةٍ صَادِقَةٍ وَ اتَّكَلَ عَلَيْهِ فِي جَمِيعِ أُمُورِهِ وَ مَنْ كَثُرَ تَسْبِيحُهُ فِي لَيْلِهِ وَ نَهَارِهِ وَ مَنْ رَضِيَ لِأَخِيهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ مَا يَرْضَاهُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَجْزَعْ عَلَى الْمُصِيبَةِ حَتَّى تُصِيبَهُ وَ مَنْ رَضِيَ بِمَا قَسَمَ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَ لَمْ يَهْتَمَّ لِرِزْقِهِ
(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – Al Famy, from Ibn Buttah, from Al Barqy, from his father, from Safwan Bin Yahya raising it to,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Iblees-la said, ‘Five things, there aren’t any means for me-la regarding these while the rest of the people are in my-la grip – one who holds tightly with Allah-azwj from his sincere intention, and he relies upon Him-azwj in entirety of his affairs, and one who frequently glorifies Him-azwj during his night and his day, and one who is satisfied for his Momin brother what he is satisfied for himself, and one who does not panic upon the difficulty until it hits him, and one who is satisfied with whatever Allah-azwj has Distributed to him and does not accuse for His-azwj sustenance’’.[2]
الأمالي للصدوق أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ ثَلَاثِينَ مَرَّةً اسْتَقْبَلَ الْغِنَى وَ اسْتَدْبَرَ الْفَقْرَ وَ قَرَعَ بَابَ الْجَنَّةِ
(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – My father, from Sa’ad, from Ibn Abu Al Khattab, from Ja’far Bin Bashir, from Hammad Bin Waqid,
‘From Al-Sadiq Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘One who says,
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
‘Glory be to Allah-azwj and with His-azwj Praise! Glory be to Allah-azwj the Magnificent!’, thirty (30) times, he will receive the riches and the poverty will turn around, and he will knock on the door of Paradise’’.[3]
In addition to grand rewards of four Tasbeehat (Glorifications), these can be recited in the last two Rakat of Salat, and highly recommended to recite after the Qasr Salat.
Introduction:
Some Holy Verses are cited below which emphasise the importance of Zikr, some of these holy verses are interpreted in the following Ahadith:
الآيات الأعراف وَ يُسَبِّحُونَهُ وَ لَهُ يَسْجُدُونَ
The Verses – (Surah) Al Araaf: and they are Glorifying Him, and to Him they are performing Sajdah [7:206].
يونس دَعْواهُمْ فِيها سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَ
(Surah) Yunus-as: Their call therein would be, ‘Glory is Yours, O Allah!’ [10:10].
الحجر فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَ كُنْ مِنَ السَّاجِدِينَ
(Surah) Al Hijr: Therefore Glorify with the Praise of your Lord, and become from the prostrating ones [15:98].
إسراء وَ يَقُولُونَ سُبْحانَ رَبِّنا إِنْ كانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنا لَمَفْعُولًا
(Surah) Isra’a: And they are saying: Glorious is our Lord! Surely His Promise would always be Fulfilled [17:108].
طه كَيْ نُسَبِّحَكَ كَثِيراً
(Surah) Ta Ha: So that we may Glorify You abundantly [20:33].
الأنبياء يُسَبِّحُونَ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهارَ لا يَفْتُرُونَ
(Surah) Al Anbiya: They are Glorifying by the night and the day. They are not taking a break [21:20].
النور يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ فِيها بِالْغُدُوِّ وَ الْآصالِ
(Surah) Al Noor: Glorifying Him therein in the mornings and the evenings [24:36].
الصافات فَلَوْ لا أَنَّهُ كانَ مِنَ الْمُسَبِّحِينَ- لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطْنِهِ إِلى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
(Surah) Al Safaat: But had he not been from the Glorifying ones [37:143] He would have remained in its belly up to the Day he would have been Resurrected [37:144].
السجدة فَإِنِ اسْتَكْبَرُوا فَالَّذِينَ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ يُسَبِّحُونَ لَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهارِ وَ هُمْ لا يَسْأَمُونَ
(Surah) Fussilat: But if they are being arrogant, then those in the Presence of your Lord are Glorifying to Him by the night and the day, and they are not getting tired [41:38].
الزخرف سُبْحانَ رَبِّ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
(Surah) Al Zukhruf: Glorious is the Lord of the skies and the earth, Lord of the Throne, from what they are ascribing [43:82].
ق وَ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَ قَبْلَ الْغُرُوبِ وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَ أَدْبارَ السُّجُودِ
(Surah) Qaf: Therefore be patient upon what they are saying, and Glorify with Praise of your lord before emergence of the sun and before the setting [50:39] And from the night, so Glorify Him, and (also) after the (Prescribed) Sajdahs [50:40].
الطور وَ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَ إِدْبارَ النُّجُومِ
(Surah) Al Toor: and Glorify with Praise of your Lord when you stand [52:48] And from the night, so Glorify Him, and at the retreat of the stars [52:49].
الواقعة فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ
(Surah) Al Waqia: Therefore, Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Magnificent [56:74].
الحشر سَبَّحَ لِلَّهِ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَ ما فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
(Surah) Al Hashr: Whatever is in the skies and whatever is in the earth Glorifies Allah, and He is the Mighty, the Wise [59:1].
الحاقة فَسَبِّحْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الْعَظِيمِ
(Surah) Al Haaqa: Therefore Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Magnificent [69:52].
الأعلى سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى الَّذِي خَلَقَ فَسَوَّى
(Surah) Al A’ala: Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Exalted [87:1] Who Created, then Completed [87:2].
النصر فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ
(Surah) Al Nasr: Then Glorify with Praise of your Lord [110:3].
الآيات طه وَ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِها وَ مِنْ آناءِ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْ وَ أَطْرافَ النَّهارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرْضى
The Verses – (Surah) Taha: and Glorify with the Praise of your Lord before the emergence of the sun and before its setting. And from the hours of the night, Glorify, and the (two) ends of the day, perhaps you would be satisfied [20:130].
الفرقان وَ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِهِ
(Surah) Al Furqan: and Glorify with His Praise [25:58].
الروم فَسُبْحانَ اللَّهِ حِينَ تُمْسُونَ وَ حِينَ تُصْبِحُونَ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِي السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ عَشِيًّا وَ حِينَ تُظْهِرُونَ
(Surah) Al Roum: Therefore, Glorify Allah when you come up to the evening and when you come up to the morning [30:17] And for Him is the Praise in the skies and the earth, and at sunset and when you come up to midday [30:18].
المؤمن الَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَ الْعَرْشَ وَ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ
(Surah) Al Momin: Those who are holding the Throne and ones around it are Glorifying with Praise of their Lord [40:7].
Meanings of سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ (Glory be to Allah-azwj)
التوحيد مع، معاني الأخبار أَبِي عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْيَقْطِينِيِّ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَنَفَةُ اللَّهِ
(The books): ‘Tawheed’, (and) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbar’ – My father, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Al Yaqteeny, from Yunus, from Hisham Bin Al Hakam who said,
‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about, ‘سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ’ ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj. He-asws said, ‘Nose (pride) of Allah-azwj’’.[4]
معاني الأخبار ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمٍ مَوْلَى طِرْبَالٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الْجَوَالِيقِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ مَا يَعْنِي بِهِ قَالَ تَنْزِيهَهُ
(The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbaar’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Saffaar, from Ibn Abu Al Khattab, from Ibn Asbaat, from Suleym, slave of Tirbal, from Hisham Al Jawaleeqy who said,
‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about Words of Allah-azwj Might and Majestic: ‘سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ’ “Glory be to Allah-azwj”, what is the meaning of it?’ He-asws said: ‘His-azwj Integrity (Exalting Him)’’.[5]
التوحيد مع، معاني الأخبار عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمُعَافَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَجَّارٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الْأَصَمِّ قَالَ: سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا تَفْسِيرُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّ فِي هَذَا الْحَائِطِ رَجُلًا كَانَ إِذَا سُئِلَ أَنْبَأَ وَ إِذَا سَكَتَّ ابْتَدَأَ
(The books) ‘Al Tawheed’, (and) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbaar’ – Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Abdul Al Wahhab, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Hamza, from Ubeydullah Bin Yahya, from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Al Muafy, from Abdullah Bin Yazeed, from Yahya Bin Uqba, from Muhammad Bin Hajjar, from Yazeed Al Asammi who said,
‘A man asked Umar Bin Al-Khattab. He said, ‘O commander of the faithful! What is interpretation of ‘سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ’ ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj’? (Umar said) In this wall (garden) there is a man (referring to Imam Ali-asws), when he-asws was asked, he-asws answered, and when one was silent, he-asws initiated’.
فَدَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ فَإِذَا هُوَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ مَا تَفْسِيرُ سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ
The man entered, and it was (Imam) Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws. He said, ‘O Abu Al-Hassan-asws! What is the interpretation of ‘سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ’ ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj’?’
قَالَ هُوَ تَعْظِيمُ جَلَالِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ تَنْزِيهُهُ عَمَّا قَالَ فِيهِ كُلُّ مُشْرِكٍ فَإِذَا قَالَهُ الْعَبْدُ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ كُلُّ مَلَكٍ
He-asws said: ‘It is reverence of Majesty of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic and His-azwj Removal from what the Polytheist says regarding Him-azwj. When the servant says it, every Angel sends Salawaat upon him’’.[6]
معاني الأخبار عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الطَّبَرِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ خِرَاشٍ مَوْلَى أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ حَسَنَةٍ وَ مَحَا عَنْهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ سَيِّئَةٍ وَ رَفَعَ لَهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ دَرَجَةٍ وَ مَنْ زَادَ زَادَهُ اللَّهُ وَ مَنِ اسْتَغْفَرَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ
(The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbaar – Ali Bin Ahmad Al Tabari, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Zakariya, from Khirash slave of Anas (well known fabricator) who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘One who says, ‘سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ’ ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj and with His-azwj Praise’, Allah-azwj will Write for him a million good deeds, and Delete from him a million evil deeds, and Raise for him a million ranks, and one who increases, Allah-azwj will Increase for him, and one who seeks Forgiveness, Allah-azwj will Forgive (his sins) for him’’.[7]
ثواب الأعمال ابْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنِ السَّعْدَآبَادِيِّ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ كَانَ مِمَّنْ ذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيراً
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – Ibn Al Mutawakkil, from Al Sa’adabady, from Al Barqy, from Ibn Fazzal, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub who said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘One who says, ‘سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ’ ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj’ one hundred times would (he) be from the ones having done a lot (of) Zikr of Allah-azwj?’?’
قَالَ نَعَمْ
He-asws said: ‘Yes’’.[8]
ثواب الأعمال ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ اللُّؤْلُؤِيِّ مَعاً عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ تَعَجُّبٍ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِنْهَا طَائِراً لَهُ لِسَانٌ وَ حَاجِبَانِ يُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ عَنْهُ فِي الْمُسَبِّحِينَ حَتَّى تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ وَ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Al Barqy, from his father and Al Luluie, both together from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abu Al Jaroud,
From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘One who says, ‘سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ’ ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj’ from without self-conceit, Allah-azwj will Create a bird from it having a tongue for it and two wings. It will glorify Allah-azwj on his behalf among the glorifiers until establishment of the House; and similar to that is (saying of), ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj’, and, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj’, and ‘Allah-azwj is Greatest!’’[9]
المحاسن فِي رِوَايَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا قَالَ أَحَدٌ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ أَنِفَ لِلَّهِ وَ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يَنْصُرَهُ
(The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – In a report by Muhammad Bin Marwan,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Whenever someone says, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj’, so he has been humbled to Allah-azwj and has a right upon Allah-azwj that He-azwj Helps him’’.[10]
السرائر مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَا مِنْ كَلِمَةٍ أَخَفَّ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ وَ لَا أَبْلَغَ مِنْ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ
(The book) ‘Saraair’ – Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Mahboub, from Ahmad, from Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Al Hakam who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘There is none from a phrase lighter upon the tongue nor more eloquent than, ‘سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ’ ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj’!’’[11]
كشف الغمة عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ تَعَجُّبٍ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ حَسَنَةٍ وَ مَحَا عَنْهُ ثَلَاثَةَ آلَافِ سَيِّئَةٍ وَ رَفَعَ لَهُ ثَلَاثَةَ آلَافِ دَرَجَةٍ
(The book) ‘Kashf Al Ghumma’ –
‘From (Imam) Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws having said: ‘One who says, ‘سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ’ ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj the Magnificent and with His-azwj Praise’, from without self-conceit, Allah-azwj will Write for him one hundred thousand good deeds, and Delete from him three thousand evil deeds, and Raise for him three thousand ranks’’.[12]
Merits of four Glorifications ‘التسبيحات الأربع’ and merits
الأمالي للصدوق مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: جَاءَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَسَأَلَهُ أَعْلَمُهُمْ عَنْ مَسَائِلَ فَكَانَ فِيمَا سَأَلَهُ أَنْ قَالَ لَهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْكَلِمَاتِ الَّتِي اخْتَارَهُنَّ اللَّهُ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ ع حَيْثُ بَنَى الْبَيْتَ
(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Majaylawiya, from his uncle, from Al Barqy, from Ali Bin Al-Husayn Al Barqy, from Ibn Jabalah, from Muawiya Bin Ammar, from Al-Hassan Bin Abdullah, from his father,
‘From his grandfather-asws (Imam) Al-Hassan Bin Ali-asws having said: ‘A number of Jews came to Rasool-Allah-saww. Their scholar asked him-asws about issues. It was among what he asked him-asws that he said to him-asws, ‘O Muhammad-saww! Inform me about the phrases which Allah-azwj had Chosen for Ibrahim-as when he-as built the House (Kabah)!’
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص نَعَمْ
The Prophet-saww said: ‘Yes, (these were),
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and The Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj Greatest!’’
قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَبِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ بُنِيَ هَذِهِ الْكَعْبَةُ مُرَبَّعَةً
The Jew said, ‘By which thing did he-as build this Kabah twice?’
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص بِالْكَلِمَاتِ الْأَرْبَعِ
The Prophet-saww said: ‘With the (above) four phrases’.
قَالَ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ سُمِّيَتِ الْكَعْبَةَ
He said, ‘For which thing (reason) it is named as ‘The Kabah’?’
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص لِأَنَّهَا وَسَطُ الدُّنْيَا
The Prophet-saww said: ‘Because it is in middle of the world’.
قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ تَفْسِيرِ
The Jew said, ‘Inform me about interpretation of (the four phrases)
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and The Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj Greatest!’
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص عَلِمَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ أَنَّ بَنِي آدَمَ يَكْذِبُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ تَبَرِّياً مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ
The Prophet-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Majestic and Mighty Knew that the children of Adam-as will be belying upon Allah-azwj. He-azwj Said: ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj’ disavowing from what they are saying.
وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَإِنَّهُ عَلِمَ أَنَّ الْعِبَادَ لَا يُؤَدُّونَ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِهِ فَحَمِدَ نَفْسَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحْمَدُوهُ وَ هُوَ أَوَّلُ الْكَلَامِ لَوْ لَا ذَلِكَ لَمَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ بِنِعْمَتِهِ
‘And as for his-as words: ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj’, He-azwj Knew that the servant will not be fulfilling thanks for His-azwj bounties, so He-azwj Praised Himself-azwj before they praised Him-azwj, and it is the first Speech. Had it not been that, Allah-azwj would not have Favoured upon anyone with His-azwj bounties.
وَ قَوْلِهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يَعْنِي وَحْدَانِيَّتَهُ- لَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ الْأَعْمَالَ إِلَّا بِهَا وَ هِيَ كَلِمَةُ التَّقْوَى يُثَقِّلُ اللَّهُ بِهَا الْمَوَازِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
‘And His-azwj Words: ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj’, it means His-azwj Oneness. Allah-azwj does not Accept the deeds except with it, and it is the word of piety. Allah-azwj will Make the scales heavier with it on the Day of Qiyamah.
وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَهِيَ كَلِمَةٌ أَعْلَى الْكَلِمَاتِ وَ أَحَبُّهَا إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَعْنِي أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَكْبَرَ مِنِّي- لَا تُفْتَتَحُ الصَّلَوَاتُ إِلَّا بِهَا لِكَرَامَتِهَا عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ هُوَ الِاسْمُ الْأَكْرَمُ
And as for his words: ‘Allah-azwj is Greatest’, it is a phrase, most exalted of the phrases, and the most beloved of these to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, meaning: “There isn’t anything greater than Me-azwj”. You cannot begin the Salat(s) except by it due to its prestige unto Allah-azwj, and it is the Greatest Name’.
قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَمَا جَزَاءُ قَائِلِهَا
The Jew said, ‘You-saww speak the truth, O Muhammad-saww! So, what is a Recompense of its speaker?’
قَالَ إِذَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ سَبَّحَ مَعَهُ مَا دُونَ الْعَرْشِ فَيُعْطَى قَائِلُهَا عَشْرَ أَمْثَالِهَا
He-saww said: ‘When the servant says, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj’, there will glorify along with him whatever is below the Throne. Its speaker would be Given ten the likes of it.
وَ إِذَا قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بِنَعِيمِ الدُّنْيَا مَوْصُولًا بِنَعِيمِ الْآخِرَةِ وَ هِيَ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي يَقُولُهَا أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ إِذَا دَخَلُوهَا وَ يَنْقَطِعُ الْكَلَامُ الَّذِي يَقُولُونَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَا خَلَا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ دَعْواهُمْ فِيها سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَ تَحِيَّتُهُمْ فِيها سَلامٌ وَ آخِرُ دَعْواهُمْ أَنِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ
And if he says, ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj’, Allah-azwj will Favour upon him with bounties of the world connected with bounties of the Hereafter, and it is the phrase which the people of the Paradise will be saying when they enter it, and the talk which they were saying in the world will be terminated apart from, ‘The Praise be to Allah-azwj’, and that is Words of Mighty and Majestic: Their call therein would be, ‘Glory is Yours, O Allah!’ And their greeting therein would be, ‘Peace’, and the last of their calls would be, ‘The Praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds’ [10:10].
وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَالْجَنَّةُ جَزَاؤُهُ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ هَلْ جَزاءُ الْإِحْسانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسانُ يَقُولُ هَلْ جَزَاءُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ إِلَّا الْجَنَّةُ
And as for his words: ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj’, the Paradise would be his Recompense, and that is Word of the Mighty and Majestic: Is the Recompense of goodness except for the goodness? [55:60]. He-azwj is Saying: “Is the Recompense of (saying), ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj except the Paradise?”’
فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ الْخَبَرَ
The Jew said, ‘You-saww speak the truth, O Muhammad-saww!’ – the Hadeeth’’.[13]
A similar Hadith is included in Appendix II
الأمالي للصدوق الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ ضُرَيْسٍ عَنِ الْبَاقِرِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مَرَّ بِرَجُلٍ يَغْرِسُ غَرْساً فِي حَائِطٍ لَهُ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَ لَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى غَرْسٍ أَثْبَتُ أَصْلًا وَ أَسْرَعُ إِينَاعاً وَ أَطْيَبُ ثَمَراً وَ أَنْقَى
(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Al Attar, from Sa’ad, from Al Nahdy, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Atiyya, from Zureys,
‘From (Imam) Al-Baqir-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww passed by a man planting a plant in a garden of his. He-saww paused by him. He-saww said: ‘Shall I-saww point you to a plant whose roots are firm and grows swiftly, and has best fruit and purest?’
قَالَ بَلَى فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَ أُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
He said, ‘Yes. May my father and my mother be sacrificed for you-saww, O Rasool-Allah-saww!’
فَقَالَ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ وَ أَمْسَيْتَ فَقُلْ
He-saww said: ‘Whenever it is morning and evening, say,
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest’.
فَإِنَّ لَكَ بِذَلِكَ إِنْ قُلْتَهُ بِكُلِّ تَسْبِيحَةٍ عَشْرُ شَجَرَاتٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الْفَاكِهَةِ وَ هُنَّ مِنَ الْبَاقِيَاتِ الصَّالِحَاتِ
If you were to say it, due to that there would be ten trees for you in the Paradise from a variety of fruits, and these are from the ‘Everlasting good deeds’’.
قَالَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أُشْهِدُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ حَائِطِي هَذَا صَدَقَةٌ مَقْبُوضَةٌ عَلَى فُقَرَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ
He-asws said: ‘The man said, ‘I keep you-saww as a witness, O Rasool-Allah-saww, that this garden of mine is hereby a charity held for the poor Muslims from people of the platform (the destitute emigrant Muslims living on the platform of the Masjid in Al Medina)’.
فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطى وَ اتَّقى- وَ صَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرى
Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Revealed: So, as for one who gives and fears [92:5] And ratifies the most excellent [92:6] So We will be Facilitating him to the ease [92:7]’’.[14]
الأمالي للصدوق الْفَامِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ رَفَعَهُ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ غَرَسَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهَا شَجَرَةً فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ مَنْ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ غَرَسَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهَا شَجَرَةً فِي الْجَنَّةِ
(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Al Family, from Muhammad Al Himeyri, from his father, from Al Barqy raising it,
‘From (Imam) Al-Sadiq-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said that Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘One who says, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj’, Allah-azwj will Plant a tree for him in the Paradise due to it; and one who says, ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj’, Allah-azwj will Plant a tree for him in the Paradise due to it.
وَ مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ غَرَسَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهَا شَجَرَةً فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ مَنْ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ غَرَسَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِهَا شَجَرَةً فِي الْجَنَّةِ
And one who says, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj’, Allah-azwj will Plant a tree for him in the Paradise due to it; and one who says, ‘Allah-azwj is Greatest’, Allah-azwj will Plant a tree for him in the Paradise due to it’.
فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ شَجَرَنَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَكَثِيرٌ
A man from Quraysh said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! Our trees in the Paradise will be many!’
قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ لَكِنْ إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تُرْسِلُوا عَلَيْهَا نِيرَاناً فَتُحْرِقُوهَا وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ لا تُبْطِلُوا أَعْمالَكُمْ
He-saww said: ‘Yes, but beware of sending flames (of fire) upon these, for you will incinerate these, and that is because Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Says: O you those who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Rasool, and do not invalidate your deeds [47:33]’’.[15]
تفسير القمي وَ الْباقِياتُ الصَّالِحاتُ خَيْرٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ ثَواباً وَ خَيْرٌ مَرَدًّا قَالَ الْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ هُوَ
Tafseer Al-Qummi – and the everlasting righteous works are better with your Lord in Recompense and better in yield [19:76]. He said, ‘The everlasting righteous deeds, it is (saying of),[16]
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj Greatest’’.[17]
تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَمِيلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا مَلَائِكَةً يَبْنُونَ لَبِنَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَ لَبِنَةً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَ رُبَّمَا أَمْسَكُوا فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ مَا لَكُمْ رُبَّمَا بَنَيْتُمْ وَ رُبَّمَا أَمْسَكْتُمْ
Tafseer Al Qummi – My father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said that Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me-saww to the sky, I-saww entered the Paradise. I-saww saw therein Angels building with bricks of gold and bricks of silver, and sometimes they would withhold. I-saww said to them: ‘What is the matter with you all, at times you are building and at times you are withholding?’
فَقَالُوا حَتَّى تَجِيئَنَا النَّفَقَةُ
They said, ‘Until the expense money comes to us’.
فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ وَ مَا نَفَقَتُكُمْ
I-saww said to them: ‘And what is your expense, monies?’
فَقَالُوا قَوْلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا
They said, ‘Words of the Momin in the world,
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest’.
فَإِذَا قَالَ بَنَيْنَا وَ إِذَا أَمْسَكَ أَمْسَكْنَا
When he says, we build, and when he withholds, we withhold’’.[18]
ثواب الأعمال ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَكْثِرُوا مِنْ
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – Ibn Idrees, from his father, from Al Ashary, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq, from Abdullah Bin Hammad, from Abu Baseer,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Frequent from (saying),
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest’,
فَإِنَّهُنَّ يَأْتِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَهُنَّ مُقَدِّمَاتٌ وَ مُؤَخِّرَاتٌ وَ مُعَقِّبَاتٌ وَ هُنَّ الْبَاقِيَاتُ الصَّالِحَاتُ
for these would come on the Day of Qiyamah. For these would be vanguards, and rearguards, and sequential guards, and these are the everlasting righteous deeds’’.[19]
ثواب الأعمال ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْمُسْتَرِقِّ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: الْتَفَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ اتَّخِذُوا جُنَناً
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Sa’ad, from Ibn Isa, from Ibn Fazzal, from Abu Dawood Al Mustariq, from Sa’alba Bin Maymoun, from one of our companions, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww turned to his-saww companions. He-saww said: ‘Take shields!’
فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّ قَدْ أَظَلَّنَا
They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww, from enemies who are straying us?’
قَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنْ مِنَ النَّارِ قُولُوا
He-saww said: ‘No, but from the Hellfire! Say,
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest’!’’[20]
جع، جامع الأخبار قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص
(The book) ‘Jamie Al Akhbar’ –
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘(Saying of),
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest’,
سَيِّدُ التَّسَابِيحِ
is chief of the glorifications.
فَمَنْ قَالَ فِي يَوْمٍ ثَلَاثِينَ مَرَّةً كَانَ خَيْراً لَهُ مِنْ عِتْقِ رَقَبَةٍ وَ كَانَ خَيْراً لَهُ مِنْ عَشَرَةِ أَلْفِ فَرَسٍ يُوَجَّهُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ مَا يَقُومُ مِنْ مَقَامِهِ إِلَّا مَغْفُوراً لَهُ الذُّنُوبُ وَ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ مَدِينَةً
The one who says it thirty times during a day, it would be better for him than liberating a neck, and it would be better for him that ten thousand horses he diverts in the way of Allah-azwj, and he will not stand from his place except the sins would have been Forgiven for him, and Allah-azwj would Give him a city (in Paradise) for every letter’’.[21]
وَ قَالَ ع مَنْ قَالَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ
And he-asws said: ‘One who says one hundred times
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest’,
كُتِبَ اسْمُهُ فِي دِيوَانِ الصِّدِّيقِينَ وَ لَهُ ثَوَابُ الصِّدِّيقِينَ وَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ نُورٌ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ وَ يَكُونُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ رَفِيقَ خَضِرٍ ع
his name would be written in the register of the truthful, and for him would be Rewards of the truthful, and for him would be Noor on the Bridge for every letter, and in the Paradise he would be among the friends of Khizr-as’’.[22]
عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) التَّسْبِيحُ نِصْفُ الْمِيزَانِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ يَمْلَأُ الْمِيزَانَ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ يَمْلَأُ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ
Ali, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakyny,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘The Tasbeeh (Glrofication) (would fill up) half the Scale, and ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj (Tahmeed)’, would fill upon the (whole) Scale, and ‘Allah-asws is the Greatest (Takbeer) would fill up what is between the sky and the earth’.[23]
وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَ لَا أُعَلِّمُكُمْ خَمْسَ كَلِمَاتٍ خَفِيفَاتٍ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ ثَقِيلَاتٍ فِي الْمِيزَانِ يُرْضِينَ الرَّحْمَنَ وَ يَطْرُدْنَ الشَّيْطَانَ وَ هُنَّ مِنْ كُنُوزِ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْعَرْشِ وَ هُنَّ مِنَ الْبَاقِيَاتِ الصَّالِحَاتِ
And Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Shall I-saww teach you five phrases which are light upon the tongue, weighty in the scale, satisfying the Beneficent and repelling the Satan-la, and these are from the treasure hoard of Paradise from beneath the Throne, and these are from the everlasting righteous deeds?’
قَالُوا بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
They said, ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah-saww!’
فَقَالَ قُولُوا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ
He-saww said: ‘Say, ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is Greatest, and there is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj the Exalted, the Magnificent’’.[24]
وَ قَالَ ص خَمْسٌ بَخْ بَخْ لَهُنَّ مَا أَثْقَلَهُنَّ فِي الْمِيزَانِ
And he-saww said: ‘Five, congratulations, congratulations! How heavy these would be in the scale!’’[25]
Reciting Zikr when entering markets
وَ قَالَ ع مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يَدْخُلُ السُّوقَ
And he-asws said: ‘One who, when entering the market, says,
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ- يُحْيِي وَ يُمِيتُ وَ هُوَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except Allah-azwj Alone, there is no associate for Him-azwj, for Him-azwj is the Kingdom and for Him-azwj is the Praise. He Causes to live and Causes to die, and He-azwj is Able upon all things,
أُعْطِيَ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ بِعَدَدِ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
will be Given from the Recompense of the number of whatever Allah-azwj will Create up to the Day of Qiyamah’’.[26]
Tasbeeh of (Syeda) Fatima Al-Zahra-asws is from Abundant Zikr of Allah-azwj:
الْهِدَايَةُ، سَبِّحْ بِتَسْبِيحِ فَاطِمَةَ ع بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ وَ هِيَ أَرْبَعٌ وَ ثَلَاثُونَ تَكْبِيرَةً وَ ثَلَاثٌ وَ ثَلَاثُونَ تَسْبِيحَةً وَ ثَلَاثٌ وَ ثَلَاثُونَ تَحْمِيدَةً فَإِنَّ مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَثْنِيَ رِجْلَيْهِ غُفِرَ لَهُ
(The book) ‘Al Hidaya’ –
‘Glorify the Glorification of (Syeda) Fatima-asws after the obligatory (Salat), and it is of thirty-four Takbeer(s), and thirty-three Glorifications, and thirty-three Praises. The one who does that before he folds his legs (to get up from the Salat), (his sins) will be Forgiven for him’’.[27]
ثَوَابُ الْأَعْمَالِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الْقَمَّاطِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: تَسْبِيحُ الزَّهْرَاءِ فَاطِمَةَ ع فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ صَلَاةِ أَلْفِ رَكْعَةٍ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ
(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Al Saffar, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Abu Khalid Al Qammat,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Glorification of (Syeda) Fatima Al-Zahra-asws at the end of every Salat is more beloved to me-asws than a Salat of a thousand Cycles during every day’’.[28]
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ تَسْبِيحُ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ ( عليها السلام ) مِنَ الذِّكْرِ الْكَثِيرِ الَّذِي قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ اذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ ذِكْراً كَثِيراً
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Sayf Bin Ameyra, from Bakr Bin Abu Bakr, from Zurara Bin Ayn,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘The Glorification (Tasbeeh) of (Syeda) Fatima Al-Zahra-asws is from the ‘Abundant Zikr’ which Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Speaks of [33:41] Mention Allah, with a frequent Mentioning’.
عَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ زَيْدٍ الشَّحَّامِ وَ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ وَ سَعِيدٍ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مِثْلَهُ
From him, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Sayf Bin Ameyra, from Abu Asama Zayd Al Shahaam and Mansour Bin Hazim, and Saeed Al A’raj,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws – similar to it.[29]
الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مَنْ سَبَّحَ تَسْبِيحَ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ ( عليها السلام ) قَبْلَ أَنْ يَثْنِيَ رِجْلَيْهِ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْفَرِيضَةِ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَ لْيَبْدَأْ بِالتَّكْبِيرِ
AI-Hussain ibn Mohammed has narrated from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Amir from Ali ibn Mahziyar from Fadalah ibn Ayyub from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following:
“Abu ‘Abd Allah-asws has said: ‘One who reads Tasbih of Fatimah al-Zahra-asws‘,[30] after an obligatory Salat and before moving his legs away from his position Allah-azwj Forgives him and he should begin with al-Takbir (Allahu Akbar).’[31]
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ مَنْ سَبَّحَ اللَّهَ فِي دُبُرِ الْفَرِيضَةِ تَسْبِيحَ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ (عليها السلام) الْمِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَ أَتْبَعَهَا بِلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ
A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Mohammed ibn Khalid, who from Yahya ibn Mohammed, who from Ali ibn al-Nu’man, who from ibn abu Najran, who from a man who had said the following:
‘Abu’ Abd Allah-asws has said: ‘If one speaks of the Glory of Allah after completing an obligatory Salat in the form of Tasbih of Fatimah al-Zahra-asws‘, and following this says, one hundred times, “No one deserves to be worshipped except Allah-azwj,” Allah-azwj Forgives him.’
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِذَا شَكَكْتَ فِي تَسْبِيحِ فَاطِمَةَ الزَّهْرَاءِ ( عليها السلام ) فَأَعِدْ
Ahmad ibn Idris from Mohammed ibn Ahmad in a marfu manner has said the following:
‘Abu ‘Abd Allah-asws has said: ‘If you face uncertainty about Tasbih of Fatimah al-Zahra-asws, say it again.’[32]
و سأل عن تسبيح فاطمة ع من سها فجاز التكبير أكثر من أربع و ثلاثين هل يرجع إلى أربع و ثلاثين أو يستأنف و إذا سبح تمام سبعة و ستين هل يرجع إلى ستة و ستين أو يستأنف و ما الذي يجب في ذلك فأجاب إذا سها في التكبير حتى يجوز أربعة و ثلاثين عاد إلى ثلاثة و ثلاثين و بنى عليها و إذا سها في التسبيح فتجاوز سبعا و ستين تسبيحة عاد إلى ستة و ستين و بنى عليها فإذا جاوز التحميد مائة فلا شيء عليه
A question was asked, among several questions, from Imam-e-Zaman–ajfj, Imam-ajfj wrote back in a letter (Touqi):
Question: What if one recites more than 34 times ‘Allah’Akbr’ in Tasbih of Fatimah Al-Zahra-asws by mistake, does he need to go back and restart the Tasbih or revert back to no. 34 and continue from there? How about if one has gone up to 67 (34+33 – instead of saying ‘Alhamd’ Allah’ but kept on saying Allah’Akbr), does he restart the Tasbih or revert back? What shall one do under these mistakes?
Answer of Imam–ajfj: In mistake of Allah’Akbr, one should go back 33 and start from there (Alhamd’ Allah); but if mistake is in ‘Subhan Allah’ and has gone more than 67 then go back to 66 and then start from there. However, if mistake is ‘Alhamd’ Allah’ and has even reached 100, then there is no harm in it.[33]
In another Hadith, it is as:
وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ اذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ ذِكْراً كَثِيراً مَا ذَا الذِّكْرُ الْكَثِيرُ قَالَ أَنْ تُسَبِّحَ فِي دُبُرِ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ ثَلَاثِينَ مَرَّةً
From him, who from Safwan, who from Ibn Bukayr, who said:
I said to Abu Abd Allah-asws, about the words of Allah-azwj, ‘اذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ ذِكْراً كَثِيراً’ “Remember Allah with much remembrance (41:23).” ‘What is much remembrance? He-asws said: That you glorify Allah-azwj thirty times after the obligatory prayer.’’[34]
Rosary and rotating it is from Sunnah
مَكَارِمُ الْأَخْلَاقِ، مِنْ مُسْمُوعَاتِ السَّيِّدِ أَبِي الْبَرَكَاتِ الْمَشْهَدِيِّ رَوَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِيُ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص كَانَتْ سُبْحَتُهَا مِنْ خَيْطِ صُوفٍ مُفَتَّلٍ مَعْقُودٍ عَلَيْهِ عَدَدَ التَّكْبِيرَاتِ فَكَانَتْ ع تُدِيرُهَا بِيَدِهَا تُكَبِّرُ وَ تُسَبِّحُ إِلَى أَنْ قُتِلَ حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ سَيِّدُ الشُّهَدَاءِ فَاسْتَعْمَلَتْ تُرْبَتَهُ وَ عَمِلَتِ التَّسَابِيحَ فَاسْتَعْمَلَهَا النَّاسُ
(The book) ‘Makarim Al Akhlaq’, from ‘Masmouaat’ of the Seyyid Abu Al Barkaat of Al Mash’hady, reported by Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al Saqafy,
‘(Syeda) Fatima-asws daughter-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww, her-asws rosary was from threaded spun wool beads tied and knotted of the number of the exclamations of Takbeer. She-asws was rotating it by her-asws hand and glorifying up to when Hamza-as Bin Abdul Muttalib-as was killed, may Allah-azwj be Pleased with him-as, chief of the martyrs. She-asws used his-as soil (of the grave) and made the rosary, so the people used it.
فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ الْحُسَيْنُ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ عَدَلَ بِالْأَمْرِ إِلَيْهِ فَاسْتَعْمَلُوا تُرْبَتَهُ لِمَا فِيهَا مِنَ الْفَضْلِ وَ الْمَزِيَّةِ
When Al-Husayn-asws, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him-asws, was killed, the matter was modified to him-asws, so they used his-asws soil due to what merit advantage was in it’’.[35]
وَ فِي كِتَابِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع سُئِلَ عَنِ اسْتِعْمَالِ التُّرْبَتَيْنِ مِنْ طِينِ قَبْرِ حَمْزَةَ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ التَّفَاضُلِ بَيْنَهُمَا فَقَالَ ع السُّبْحَةُ الَّتِي مِنْ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع تُسَبِّحُ بِيَدِ الرَّجُلِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُسَبِّحَ
And in the book of Al Hassan Bin Mahboub –
‘Abu Abdullah-asws was asked about utilising the two soils from the clay of the grave of Hamza‑as and Al-Husayn-asws, and the meritorious between the two. He-asws said: ‘The rosary which is from the grave of Al-Husayn-asws glories in the hand of the man without him glorifying’’.[36]
وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ الْحُورَ الْعِينَ إِذَا أَبْصَرْنَ بِوَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْأَمْلَاكِ يَهْبِطُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ لِأَمْرٍ مَا يَسْتَهْدِينَ مِنْهُ السُّبَحَ وَ التُّرَابَ مِنْ طِينِ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع
And it is reported – ‘When the Maiden Hourie sees one of the Angels going down to the earth for a matter, what they seek gift from him is the rosary and the soil from the clay of the grave of Al-Husayn-asws’’.
وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ أَدَارَهَا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً بِالاسْتِغْفَارِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ كُتِبَ لَهُ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً وَ إِنَّ السُّجُودَ عَلَيْهَا يَخْرِقُ الْحُجُبَ السَّبْعَ
And it is reported from the Sadiq-asws having said: ‘One who rotates it (rosary) one time with seeking the Forgiveness or something else, it would be written for seventy times, and the Sajdah performed upon it pierces the seven veils’’.[37]
مِنْ كِتَابِ رَوْضَةِ الْوَاعِظِينَ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى ع لَا يَسْتَغْنِي شِيعَتُنَا عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ عَنْ خُمْرَةٍ يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا وَ خَاتَمٍ يَتَخَتَّمُ بِهِ وَ سِوَاكٍ يَسْتَاكُ بِهِ وَ سُبْحَةٍ مِنْ طِينِ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع فِيهَا ثَلَاثٌ وَ ثَلَاثُونَ حَبَّةً مَتَى قَلَّبَهَا ذَاكِراً لِلَّهِ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِكُلِّ حَبَّةٍ أَرْبَعِينَ حَسَنَةً وَ إِذَا قَلَّبَهَا سَاهِياً يَعْبَثُ بِهَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ عِشْرِينَ حَسَنَةً
From (the book) ‘Rowzat Al Wizeen’ –
‘Abu Al-Hassan Musa-asws said: ‘Our-asws Shias are not needless from four – from a ‘Khumrah’ (straw mat/Mohr) praying Salat upon it, and a ring to be wearing it, and a toothbrush he brushes the teeth with, and a rosary (Tasbeeh) from the clay of the grave of Al-Husayn-asws wherein are thirty-three seeds (beads), when he turns it doing Zikr of Allah-azwj, Allah-azwj will Write forty good deeds being for him with every seed (bead), and when he turns it carelessly vainly with it, Allah-azwj will Write twenty good deeds for him’’.[38]
دَعَوَاتُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا حُمِلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع إِلَى يَزِيدَ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ هَمَّ بِضَرْبِ عُنُقِهِ فَوَقَّفَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ هُوَ يُكَلِّمُهُ لِيَسْتَنْطِقَهُ بِكَلِمَةٍ يُوجِبُ بِهَا قَتْلَهُ وَ عَلِيٌّ ع يُجِيبُهُ حَسَبَ مَا يُكَلِّمُهُ وَ فِي يَدِهِ سُبْحَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ يُدِيرُهَا بِأَصَابِعِهِ وَ هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ
(The book) ‘Da’waat’ of Al Rawandy – And it is reported,
‘When Ali--asws Bin Al-Husayn--asws was carried to Yazeed--la, may Allah--azwj Curse him-la, he-la considered with striking off his-asws neck. He-la paused him-asws in front of him-la and he-la was talking to him-asws in order for him-asws to speak any word which could be used as an excuse of killing him-asws due to it, and Ali-asws was answering him-la, according to what he-la was speaking to him-asws, and in his-asws hand was a small rosary he-asws was rotating it with his-asws fingers, and he-as was talking.
فَقَالَ لَهُ يَزِيدُ أُكَلِّمُكَ وَ أَنْتَ تُجِيبُنِي وَ تُدِيرُ أَصَابِعَكَ بِسُبْحَةٍ فِي يَدِكَ فَكَيْفَ يَجُوزُ ذَلِكَ
Yazeed-la said to him-asws, ‘I-la am speaking to you-asws and you-asws are answering me-la and rotating your-asws fingers with a rosary in your-asws hand! So how can that be allowed?’
فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ وَ انْفَتَلَ- لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ حَتَّى يَأْخُذَ سُبْحَةً بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَصْبَحْتُ أُسَبِّحُكَ وَ أُمَجِّدُكَ وَ أُحَمِّدُكَ وَ أُهَلِّلُكَ بِعَدَدِ مَا أُدِيرُ بِهِ سُبْحَتِي
He-asws said: ‘It is narrated to me-asws by my-asws father-asws, from my-asws grandfather-asws that whenever he-asws had prayed the morning Salat and turned, would not talk until he-asws had taken a rosary between his-asws hands and said: ‘O Allah-azwj! I-asws come to the morning and I-asws glorify You-azwj, and I-asws extol You-azwj, and praise Your-azwj, and extol Your-azwj Holiness by a number what I-asws rotate my-asws rosary with’.
وَ يَأْخُذُ السُّبْحَةَ وَ يُدِيرُهَا وَ هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا يُرِيدُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ وَ ذَكَرَ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ مُحْتَسَبٌ لَهُ وَ هُوَ حِرْزٌ إِلَى أَنْ يَأْوِيَ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَإِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ قَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ الْقَوْلِ وَ وَضَعَ سُبْحَتَهُ تَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ فَهِيَ مَحْسُوبَةٌ لَهُ مِنَ الْوَقْتِ إِلَى الْوَقْتِ فَفَعَلْتُ هَذَا اقْتِدَاءً بِجَدِّي
And he-asws would take the rosary and rotate it, and he-asws would be talking with whatever he‑asws wanted from without talking with the glorifications. And he-asws mentioned that it would be counted for him-asws, and it is a protection until he-asws sheltered to his-asws bed. So, when he-asws sheltered to his-asws bed, he-asws said similar to that word, and would place his-asws rosary under his-asws head, so it would be counted for him-asws from the time to the time’. So, I-asws am doing this following the example of my-asws grandfather-asws’.
فَقَالَ لَهُ يَزِيدُ لَسْتُ أُكَلِّمُ أَحَداً مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا وَ يُجِيبُنِي بِمَا يَعُوذُ بِهِ وَ عَفَا عَنْهُ وَ وَصَلَهُ وَ أَمَرَ بإطلاقه
Yazeed-la said to him, ‘I-la do not speak to anyone from you-asws except and he-asws answers me-la with what he-asws seeks refuge with it’. And he-la changed (his mind of killing) him-asws and aided him-asws and ordered with freeing him-asws’’.[39]
الذِّكْرَى، قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع مَنْ كَانَتْ مَعَهُ سُبْحَةٌ مِنْ طِينِ قَبْرِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع كُتِبَ مُسَبِّحاً وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُسَبِّحْ بِهَا
(The book) ‘Al Zikra’ –
‘Al-Sadiq-asws said: ‘One who were to have a rosary with him from clay of the grave of Al-Husayn-asws, he will be written as being glorifying and even if he does not glorify with it’’.[40]
The recitation in the two last Rak’at and the Glorification (Tasbeeh) in these two
الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ خَلْفَ الْإِمَامِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ الْإِمَامُ يَقْرَأُ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَ مَنْ خَلْفَهُ يُسَبِّحُ فَإِذَا كُنْتَ وَحْدَكَ فَاقْرَأْ فِيهِمَا وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَسَبِّحْ
Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Abdullah Bin Aamir, from Ali Bin Mahziyar, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Muhammad Bin Abu Hamza, from Muawiya Bin Ammar who said,
‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about the recitation behind the prayer leader in the last two Rak’at, so he-asws said: ‘The prayer leader recites the Opening of the Book (Chapter 1), and the ones behind him should Glorify. So when you were alone, then you can recite in these two (Rak’at), and if you so desire to, so you Glorify’.[41]
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) مَا يُجْزِئُ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ قَالَ أَنْ تَقُولَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ تُكَبِّرُ وَ تَرْكَعُ
Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin ShAzān, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Hareyz, from Zurara who said,
‘I said to Abu Ja’far-asws, ‘What suffices from the words during the last two Rak’at?’ He-asws said: ‘Your saying, ‘Glorious be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except for Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is the Greatest’, and you exclaim a Takbīr, and you perform Rukū’.[42]
Reciting Tasbeeh after Fajr Salat:
عَنْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ التَّسْبِيحِ فَقَالَ مَا عَلِمْتُ شَيْئاً مُوَظَّفاً غَيْرَ تَسْبِيحِ فَاطِمَةَ ( عليها السلام ) وَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ بَعْدَ الْفَجْرِ تَقُولُ
From him, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said,
‘I asked Abu Ja’far-asws about the Glorification (Tasbeeh). So he-asws said: ‘I-asws do not know of anything other than the Tasbeeh of Fatima-asws; and ten times after Al-Fajr (Salat) you should be saying,
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَ يُمِيتُ وَ هُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
‘There is no god except Allah-azwj, Alone, there being no associates for Him-azwj. For Him-azwj is the Kingdom, and for Him-azwj is the Praise; and He-azwj Curses to live and He-azwj Causes to die, and He-azwj is Able upon everything’.
وَ يُسَبِّحُ مَا شَاءَ تَطَوُّعاً
And then you can Glorify whatever you so desire to, voluntarily’.[43]
What is the minimum one can recite in the two last Rak’at from Tasbeehat
وَ مَا رَوَاهُ الصَّدُوقَ بِسَنَدٍ لَا يَخْلُو مِنْ قُوَّةٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: أَدْنَى مَا يُجْزِي مِنَ الْقَوْلِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ ثَلَاثُ تَسْبِيحَاتٍ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ
Abu Baseer narrates that,
Abu Abdullah-asws said: The minimum that is sufficient to say in the last two rak’ahs is three glorifications, which is to say: ‘سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ’ Glory be to God, glory be to God, glory be to God. I say that this is based on necessity.
To recite Tasbeeh’s Arabah after Qasr Salat:
محمد بن الحسن بإسناده عن محمد بن علي بن محبوب ، عن محمد بن عيسى العبيدي ، عن سليمان بن حفص المروزي قال : قال الفقيه العسكري ( عليه السلام ) : يجب على المسافرأن يقول في دبر كل صلاة يقصر فيها :سبحان الله والحمد لله ولا إله إلا الله والله أكبر ، ثلاثين مرة لتمام الصلاة
From Muhammad Bin Al-Hasan, on the authority of Muhammad bin Ali bin Mahbub, on the authority of Muhammad bin Isa al-Ubaidi, on the authority of Sulayman bin Hafs al-Marwazi, said:
Al-Faqi Al-Askari-asws said: It is obligatory for the traveller to say after every prayer in which he shortens: Glory be to God, praise be to God, there is no god but God, and God is greatest, thirty times to complete the prayer.’
محمد بن علي بن الحسين في ( عيون الاخبار ) عن تميم بن عبدالله بن تميم ، عن أبيه ، عن أحمد بن علي الانصاري ، عن رجاء بن أبي الضحاك ، عن الرضا ( عليه السلام ) ، أنه صحبه في سفر فكان يقول بعد كل صلاة يقصرها : سبحان الله والحمد لله ولا إله إلا الله والله أكبر ، ثلاثين مرة ، ويقول : هذا تمام الصلاة
Muhammad bin Ali bin al-Husayn in (Uyun al-Akhbar) from Tamim bin Abdullah bin Tamim, from his father, who from Ahmad bin Ali Al-Ansari, from Raja bin Abi Al-Dahhak, from;
Imam Ali Raza-asws, that he accompanied him-asws on a journey and he-asws used to say after every prayer that he-asws shortened: Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is the Greatest, thirty (30) times, and he would say: This is the completion of the prayer.’’[45]
Some additional and important Ahadith related to Tasbeeh e Arabah are included in the Appendix III.
Appendix I: Reciting Tasbeeh’s Arabah under all Circumstances
عَنْهُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ جَارُودِ أَبِي الْمُنْذِرِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ سَيِّدُ الْأَعْمَالِ ثَلَاثَةٌ إِنْصَافُ النَّاسِ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ حَتَّى لَا تَرْضَى بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا رَضِيتَ لَهُمْ مِثْلَهُ وَ مُوَاسَاتُكَ الْأَخَ فِي الْمَالِ وَ ذِكْرُ اللَّهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ لَيْسَ
From him, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazzal, from Ali Bin Uqba, from Jaroud Abu Al Munzir who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘The chief of the deeds are three – Fairness with the people from yourself until you are not pleased with something except you are pleased for with the like of it; and you are equalising with the brother in the wealth; and remembering Allah-azwj upon every state. (This is) not (only saying),
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقَطْ وَ لَكِنْ إِذَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْكَ شَيْءٌ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ أَخَذْتَ بِهِ أَوْ إِذَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْكَ شَيْءٌ نَهَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنْهُ تَرَكْتَهُ
‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except for Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is the Greatest’, only, but, when something comes up to you which Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Commanded with, you take to it, or when something comes upon you which Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Forbidden from, you leave it’.[46]
Appendix II: Explanation of Tasbeeh e Arabah
حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْخُ الْفَقِيهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ بَابَوَيْهِ الْقُمِّيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ: جَاءَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَزْعُمُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ أَنَّكَ الَّذِي يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ كَمَا أُوحِيَ إِلَى مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ ع فَسَكَتَ النَّبِيُّ ص سَاعَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَنَا سَيِّدُ وُلْدِ آدَمَ وَ لَا فَخْرَ وَ أَنَا خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ قَالُوا إِلَى مَنْ إِلَى الْعَرَبِ أَمْ إِلَى الْعَجَمِ أَمْ إِلَيْنَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ- قُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ يا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعاً قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ الَّذِي كَانَ أَعْلَمَهُمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ عَشْرِ كَلِمَاتٍ أَعْطَى اللَّهُ مُوسَى بْنَ عِمْرَانَ فِي الْبُقْعَةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ حَيْثُ نَاجَاهُ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ أَوْ مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص سَلْنِي قَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَنِ الْكَلِمَاتِ الَّتِي اخْتَارَهُنَّ اللَّهُ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ حَيْثُ بَنَى الْبَيْتَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص نَعَمْ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَبِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ بَنَى هَذِهِ الْكَعْبَةَ مُرَبَّعَةً قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص بِالْكَلِمَاتِ الْأَرْبَعِ قَالَ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ سُمِّيَتِالْكَعْبَةَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص لِأَنَّهَا وَسَطُ الدُّنْيَا قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ تَفْسِيرِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص عَلِمَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ أَنَّ بَنِي آدَمَ يَكْذِبُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ تَبَرِّياً مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَإِنَّهُ عَلِمَ أَنَّ الْعِبَادَ لَا يُؤَدُّونَ شُكْرَ نِعْمَتِهِ فَحَمِدَ نَفْسَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحْمَدُوهُ وَ هُوَ أَوَّلُ الْكَلَامِ لَوْ لَا ذَلِكَ لَمَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ بِنِعْمَتِهِ فَقَوْلُهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يَعْنِي وَحْدَانِيَّتَهُ لَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ الْأَعْمَالَ إِلَّا بِهَا وَ هِيَ كَلِمَةُ التَّقْوَى يُثَقِّلُ اللَّهُ بِهِ الْمَوَازِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَهِيَ كَلِمَةٌ أَعْلَى الْكَلِمَاتِ وَ أَحَبُّهَا إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَعْنِي أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَكْبَرَ مِنِّي لَا تُفْتَتَحُ الصَّلَاةُ إِلَّا بِهَا لِكَرَامَتِهَا عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ هُوَ الِاسْمُ الْأَكْرَمُ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَمَا جَزَاءُ قَائِلِهَا قَالَ إِذَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ سَبَّحَ مَعَهُ مَا دُونَ الْعَرْشِ فَيُعْطَى قَائِلُهَا عَشْرَ أَمْثَالِهَا وَ إِذَا قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بِنَعِيمِ الدُّنْيَا مَوْصُولًا بِنَعِيمِ الْآخِرَةِ وَ هِيَ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي يَقُولُهَا أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ إِذَا دَخَلُوهَا وَ يَنْقَطِعُ الْكَلَامُ الَّذِي يَقُولُونَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَا خَلَا الْحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- دَعْواهُمْ فِيها سُبْحانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ وَ تَحِيَّتُهُمْ فِيها سَلامٌ وَ آخِرُ دَعْواهُمْ أَنِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَالْجَنَّةُ جَزَاؤُهُ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ هَلْ جَزاءُ الْإِحْسانِ إِلَّا الْإِحْسانُ يَقُولُ هَلْ جَزَاءُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ إِلَّا الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَدْ أَخْبَرْتَ وَاحِدَةً فَتَأْذَنُ لِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ سَلْنِي عَمَّا شِئْتَ وَ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَنْ يَمِينِ النَّبِيِّ وَ مِيكَائِيلُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ يُلَقِّنَانِه)الأمالي( للصدوق)
From his grandfather (Imam) Al-Hassan-asws Ibn Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws having said: ‘A number of Jews came to Rasool-Allah-saww, and (one of them) said, ‘O Muhammad-saww! Are you-saww the one who claims that you-saww are a Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj, and you-saww are the one it has been Revealed unto just as it was Revealed to Musa-as Bin Imran-as?’ The Prophet-saww was silent for a while then said: ‘Yes, I-saww am the Chief of the children of Adam-as, no pride, and I-saww am the last of the Prophets-as, and Imam-saww of the pious, and Rasool-saww of the Lord‑azwj of the worlds’. They said, ‘To whom? To the Arabs or to the non-Arabs or to us?’ So, Allah-azwj the Exalted Revealed this Verse: Say: O Muhammad, ‘O you people! I am a Rasool of Allah to you all, [7:158]’ the pious, and Rasool-saww of the Lord-azwj of the worlds’. They said, ‘To whom? To the Jew who was the most knowledgeable of them, said, ‘O Muhammad-saww! I ask you‑saww about ten phrases which Allah-azwj Gave Musa-as Bin Imran-as in the Blessed spot where He-azwj whispered to him-saww, none would know it except a Mursil Prophet-as or an Angel of Proximity’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘Ask me-saww’ He said, ‘Inform me, O Muhammad-saww, about the phrases which Allah-azwj Chose for Ibrahim-as when he-as built the House’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘Yes – it is Subh’aanallaahi wal h’amdu lillaahi wa laa ilaaha illallaahu wallaahu akbar. The Jew said, ‘Due to which thing (reason) did he-as build the Kabah as a square?’ The Prophet‑saww said: ‘Due to the four phrases’. He said, ‘From which thing (reason) was the Kabah named as such?’ The Prophet-saww said: ‘Because it is in the middle of the world’. The Jew said, ‘Inform me about the interpretation of, Subh’aanallaahi wal h’amdu lillaahi wa laa ilaaha illallaahu wallaahu akbar. The Prophet-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj the Mighty and Majestic Knew that the children of Adam-as would be belying upon Allah-azwj, so He(-azwj) Said: “Subh’aan Allaah” as a disownment from what they are saying. And as for His-azwj Words: “Alhamdu lillaah”, He-azwj Knows that the servants will not be giving thanks for His-azwj Favours, so He-azwj Praised Himself-azwj before anyone praised Him-azwj, and it is the first Speech. Had it not been for that, Allah-azwj would not have Favoured upon anyone with His-azwj Bounties. His-azwj Words: “Lailaaha illallaah-azwj”, means His-azwj Unity. Allah-azwj does not Accept the deeds except with it, and it is a phrase of piety. Allah-azwj would Cause the scales to be heavy with it on the Day of Judgment. And as for His-azwj Words: “Allaahu Akbar”, it is a phrase, the highest of the phrases, and the most Beloved to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic – meaning “There isn’t anything greater than Me-azwj”. The Salah cannot begin except with it due to its prestige unto Allah-azwj Allah-azwj, and it is the dearest and the most prestigious Name’. The Jew said, ‘You‑saww speak the truth, O Muhammad-saww! So, what is the Recompense of its speaker?’ He‑saww said: ‘When the servant says, ‘Subh’aan Allaah’, there glorify along with him whatever is below the Throne, and its speaker is Granted ten times its like’. And when he says, ‘Alhamdu lillaah’, Allah-azwj Favours upon him with the Bounties of the world linked with the Bounties of the Hereafter, and it is the phrase which the people of the Paradise would be saying when they enter it, and it would cut off the speech which they are saying in the world besides ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj, and these are the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Their call therein would be, ‘Glory is Yours, O Allah!’ And their greeting therein would be, ‘Peace’, and the last of their calls would be, ‘The Praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds’ [10:10].And as for His‑azwj Words: ‘Lailaaha illallaah’, its Recompense is the Paradise, and these are the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Is the Recompense of goodness except for the goodness? [55:60]. He-azwj is Saying: “Is a Recompense of the one who says, ‘Lailaaha illallaah’ except the Paradise?” The Jew said, ‘You speak the truth, O Muhammad-saww! You-saww have informed me of one, so allow me to ask you-saww the second’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘Ask me-saww about whatever you like’, and Jibraeel-as was on the right of the Prophet-saww, and Mikaeel-as on his‑saww left, indoctrinating him-saww’.[47]
Appendix III: Additional Ahadith related to Tasbeeh
Salāt of the Glorification (Tasbeeh)
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لِجَعْفَرٍ يَا جَعْفَرُ أَ لَا أَمْنَحُكَ أَ لَا أُعْطِيكَ أَ لَا أَحْبُوكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ جَعْفَرٌ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَظَنَّ النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ يُعْطِيهِ ذَهَباً أَوْ فِضَّةً فَتَشَرَّفَ النَّاسُ لِذَلِكَ
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Yahya Al-Halby, from Haroun Bin Jariya, from Abu Baseer,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said to Ja’far-as (Bin Abu Talib-as): ‘O Ja’far-as! Shall I-saww confer upon you-as, shall I-saww give you-as, shall I gift you-as (something)?’ So Ja’far-as said to him-saww: ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah-saww!’ He-asws said: ‘So the people thought that he-saww would give him-as some gold or silver, and the people anticipated for that.
فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنِّي أُعْطِيكَ شَيْئاً إِنْ أَنْتَ صَنَعْتَهُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ كَانَ خَيْراً لَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا فِيهَا وَ إِنْ صَنَعْتَهُ بَيْنَ يَوْمَيْنِ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا أَوْ كُلَّ جُمْعَةٍ أَوْ كُلَّ شَهْرٍ أَوْ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا
So he-saww said to him-asws: ‘I-saww am giving you-as something, if you-as were to act upon it during every day, it would be better for you-as than the world and whatever is in it, and if you-as were to do it in between two days, Allah-azwj would Forgive for you-as whatever (you-as committed) what is between the two (days), or every Friday, or every month, or every year, (your-as sins) would be Forgive for you-as whatever (you-as committed) between the two.
تُصَلِّي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ تَبْتَدِئُ فَتَقْرَأُ وَ تَقُولُ إِذَا فَرَغْتَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً بَعْدَ الْقِرَاءَةِ فَإِذَا رَكَعْتَ قُلْتَهُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ قُلْتَهُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِذَا سَجَدْتَ قُلْتَهُ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ مِنَ السُّجُودِ فَقُلْ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِذَا سَجَدْتَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَقُلْ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ مِنَ السَّجْدَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ قُلْتَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ أَنْتَ قَاعِدٌ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقُومَ
You-as should pray four Rak’at. You-as should begin reciting and you-as should be saying, when you-as are free: ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, and there is no god except for Allah-azwj, and Allah-azwj is the Greatest’. You should say that fifteen times after the recitation. So when you-as go down into Rukū say it ten times. So when you-as raise your-as head from the Rukū, say it ten times. So when you-as perform Sajdah, say it ten times. So when you-as raise your-as head from the Sajdah, say it ten times between the two Sajdahs. So when you-as perform Sajdah the second (Sajdah) say it ten times. So when you-as raise your-as head from the second Sajdah say it ten times, while you-as are seated, before you-as stand.
فَذَلِكَ خَمْسٌ وَ سَبْعُونَ تَسْبِيحَةً فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ ثَلَاثُمِائَةِ تَسْبِيحَةٍ فِي أَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ أَلْفٌ وَ مِائَتَا تَسْبِيحَةٍ وَ تَهْلِيلَةٍ وَ تَكْبِيرَةٍ وَ تَحْمِيدَةٍ إِنْ شِئْتَ صَلَّيْتَهَا بِالنَّهَارِ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ صَلَّيْتَهَا بِاللَّيْلِ
So that would be seventy-five Glorifications during every Rak’at, being three hundred Glorification in four Rak’at. In four (Rak’at) there would be one thousand two hundred Glorifications, and Extollations of Oneness, and exclamations of Takbīr’s, and Praises. If you-as so desire to, pray it during the day, and if you-as so desire to, pray it at night.’’
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) تَقْرَأُ فِي الْأُولَى إِذَا زُلْزِلَتْ وَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ وَ الْعَادِيَاتِ وَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ قُلْتُ فَمَا ثَوَابُهَا قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلُ رَمْلِ عَالِجٍ ذُنُوباً غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ لَكَ وَ لِأَصْحَابِكَ
And in a report of Ibrahim Bin Abdul Hameed,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan-asws (having said): ‘You should recite in the first (Rak’at) [99:1] When the earth is shaken (Chapter 99), and in the second (Rak’at) [100:1] I swear by the runners (Chapter 100), and in the third (Rak’at) [110:1] When there comes the help of Allah (Chapter 110), and in the fourth (Rak’at) [112:1] Say He Allah is One (Chapter 112)’. I said, ‘So what are its Rewards?’ He-asws said: ‘If there were upon him sin like the grains of sand, Allah-azwj would Forgive them for him’. Then he-asws looked at me, so he-asws said: ‘But rather, that is for you and for your companions (The Shias)’.[48]
Tasbeeh and the Five hundred Dirhams being the Sunnah dower
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ مَهْرِ السُّنَّةِ كَيْفَ صَارَ خَمْسَمِائَةٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَوْجَبَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَلَّا يُكَبِّرَهُ مُؤْمِنٌ مِائَةَ تَكْبِيرَةٍ وَ يُسَبِّحَهُ مِائَةَ تَسْبِيحَةٍ وَ يُحَمِّدَهُ مِائَةَ تَحْمِيدَةٍ وَ يُهَلِّلَهُ مِائَةَ تَهْلِيلَةٍ وَ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ ثُمَّ يَقُولَ اللَّهُمَّ زَوِّجْنِي مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ إِلَّا زَوَّجَهُ اللَّهُ حَوْرَاءَ عَيْنٍ وَ جَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مَهْرَهَا
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Amro Bin Usman Al Khazzaz, from A man, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid who said,
‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan-asws about the Sunnah dowry, how did it come to be of five hundred (Dirhams)’. So he-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj Blessed and High Obligated upon Himself-azwj if a Believer were to exclaim His-azwj Greatness (Allah-o-Akbar) with one hundred exclamations, and Glorify Him-azwj (Subhan-Allah) with one hundred Glorifications, and Praise Him-azwj (Al-Hamdulillah) with one hundred Praises, and Extol Him-azwj one hundred Extollations (Tahleel), and send Blessings upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws (Salawaat) one hundred times, then says, ‘O Allah-azwj! Get me married to the Maiden Houries’, except that Allah-azwj Will Get him to be married to the Maiden Houries, and make that (Tasbeeh) as her dower.
ثُمَّ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى نَبِيِّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَنْ سُنَّ مُهُورَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ خَمْسَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ أَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ خَطَبَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ حُرْمَتَهُ فَقَالَ خَمْسُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَلَمْ يُزَوِّجْهُ فَقَدْ عَقَّهُ وَ اسْتَحَقَّ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَلَّا يُزَوِّجَهُ حَوْرَاءَ
Then Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto His-azwj Prophet-saww that a Sunnah dower of the Believing women is of five hundred Dirhams. Therefore, Rasool-Allah-saww did that, and whichever Believer proposes to his brother for his honourable daughter and says, ‘Five hundred Dirhams (being the dower)’, but he does not give in marriage to him, so he has been disloyal to him, and deserves from Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic that He-azwj does not get him married to the Houries’.[49]
Zikr in Tasbeeh:
عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ ثُوَيْرٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَ يُونُسُ بْنُ ظَبْيَانَ وَ الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ السَّرَّاجُ جُلُوساً عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ كَانَ الْمُتَكَلِّمُ مِنَّا يُونُسَ وَ كَانَ أَكْبَرَنَا سِنّاً فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِّي أَحْضُرُ مَجْلِسَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ يَعْنِي وُلْدَ الْعَبَّاسِ فَمَا أَقُولُ فَقَالَ إِذَا حَضَرْتَ فَذَكَرْتَنَا فَقُلِ اللَّهُمَّ أَرِنَا الرَّخَاءَ وَ السُّرُورَ فَإِنَّكَ تَأْتِي عَلَى مَا تُرِيدُ
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Qasim Bin Yahya, from his grandfather Al Hassan Bin Rashid, from Al Husayn Bin Suweyr who said,
‘I, and Yunus Bin Zibyan, and Al-Mufazzal Bin Umar, and Abu Salma Al-Sarraj were seated in the presence of Abu Abdullah-asws, and the speaker from us was Ynus, and he was the eldest of us in age. So he said to him-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! I tend to be present in the gatherings of these people, meaning the sons of Al-Abbas, so what should I be saying?’ So he-asws said: ‘Whenever you are present, so mention us-asws and say, ‘O Allah-azwj! Show us the ease and the happiness’, for you would come upon what you want’.
فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِّي كَثِيراً مَا أَذْكُرُ الْحُسَيْنَ ( عليه السلام ) فَأَيَّ شَيْءٍ أَقُولُ فَقَالَ قُلْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ تُعِيدُ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثاً فَإِنَّ السَّلَامَ يَصِلُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ وَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحُسَيْنَ ( عليه السلام ) لَمَّا قَضَى بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِ السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَ الْأَرَضُونَ السَّبْعُ وَ مَا فِيهِنَّ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُنَّ وَ مَنْ يَنْقَلِبُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ مِنْ خَلْقِ رَبِّنَا وَ مَا يُرَى وَ مَا لَا يُرَى بَكَى عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَّا ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْيَاءَ لَمْ تَبْكِ عَلَيْهِ
Thereafter, I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! I frequently mention Al-Husayn-asws, so which should I be saying?’ He-asws said: Say, ‘May Allah-azwj Send Blessings upon you-asws, O Abu Abdullah-asws!’ – repeating that three times, for the greetings arrives to him-asws from nearby and from afar. Then say, ‘Abu Abdullah-asws was such that when he-asws passed away, the seven skies and the seven firmaments and whatever is in them cried over him-asws, and the ones who move around in the Paradise and the Fire, from the creatures of our Lord-azwj, and what can be seen and what cannot be seen cry upon Abu Abdullah Al-Husayn-asws, except for three things which did not cry upon him-asws’.
قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ مَا هَذِهِ الثَّلَاثَةُ الْأَشْيَاءِ قَالَ لَمْ تَبْكِ عَلَيْهِ الْبَصْرَةُ وَ لَا دِمَشْقُ وَ لَا آلُ عُثْمَانَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَزُورَهُ فَكَيْفَ أَقُولُ وَ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ قَالَ إِذَا أَتَيْتَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَاغْتَسِلْ عَلَى شَاطِئِ الْفُرَاتِ ثُمَّ الْبَسْ ثِيَابَكَ الطَّاهِرَةَ ثُمَّ امْشِ حَافِياً فَإِنَّكَ فِي حَرَمٍ مِنْ حَرَمِ اللَّهِ وَ حَرَمِ رَسُولِهِ وَ عَلَيْكَ بِالتَّكْبِيرِ وَ التَّهْلِيلِ وَ التَّسْبِيحِ وَ التَّحْمِيدِ وَ التَّعْظِيمِ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ كَثِيراً وَ الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ حَتَّى تَصِيرَ إِلَى بَابِ الْحَيْرِ
I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! And what are these three things?’ He-asws said: ‘Three did not cry upon him-asws (the people of) Al-Basra, nor (people of) Syria, nor the progeny of Usman, may the Curse of Allah-azwj be upon them’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! I want to perform his-asws Ziyarah, so what should I be doing?’ He-asws said: ‘When you go to Abu Abdullah-asws, so wash (yourself) upon the banks of the Euphrates, then wear your clean clothes, then walk bare-footed, for you would be in a Harram from a Harram of Allah-azwj, and a Harram of His-azwj Rasool-saww, and it is upon you with the exclamations of Greatness (Takbeer), and the Holiness (Tahleel), and the Glorification (Tasbeeh), and the Praise (Tahmeed), and the reverence for Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, a lot, and the sending of Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and the People-asws of his-saww Household until you come to the door of Al-Heyr.
ثُمَّ تَقُولُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ حُجَّتِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا مَلَائِكَةَ اللَّهِ وَ زُوَّارَ قَبْرِ ابْنِ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ اخْطُ عَشْرَ خُطُوَاتٍ ثُمَّ قِفْ وَ كَبِّرْ ثَلَاثِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً ثُمَّ امْشِ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ وَجْهِهِ فَاسْتَقْبِلْ وَجْهَكَ بِوَجْهِهِ وَ تَجْعَلُ الْقِبْلَةَ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْكَ ثُمَّ قُلِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حُجَّةَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ حُجَّتِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا قَتِيلَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ قَتِيلِهِ
Then you should be saying, ‘The greetings be upon you-asws, O Proof of Allah-azwj, and a son-asws of His-azwj Proof. The greetings be upon you, O Angels of Allah-azwj and the visitors of the grave of a son-asws of the Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj!’ Then take ten steps, then pause and exclaim thirty Takbeers. Then walk towards him-asws until you come to him-asws from its front side, so turn your face towards his-asws face, and make the Qiblah to be between your shoulders, then say, ‘The greetings be upon you-asws, O Proof of Allah-azwj, and son-asws of His-azwj Proof. The greetings be upon you-asws, O the one (who was) killed for (the sake of) Allah-azwj, and a son-asws of the one-asws (who was) killed for Him-azwj.
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ثَارَ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنَ ثَارِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا وَتْرَ اللَّهِ الْمَوْتُورَ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ دَمَكَ سَكَنَ فِي الْخُلْدِ وَ اقْشَعَرَّتْ لَهُ أَظِلَّةُ الْعَرْشِ وَ بَكَى لَهُ جَمِيعُ الْخَلَائِقِ وَ بَكَتْ لَهُ السَّمَاوَاتُ السَّبْعُ وَ الْأَرَضُونَ السَّبْعُ وَ مَا فِيهِنَّ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُنَّ وَ مَنْ يَتَقَلَّبُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ مِنْ خَلْقِ رَبِّنَا وَ مَا يُرَى وَ مَا لَا يُرَى أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ حُجَّةُ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنُ حُجَّتِهِ
The greetings be upon you-asws, of helper of Allah-azwj and a son-asws of His-azwj helper. The greetings be upon you-asws, O the most oppressed ones of the oppressed ones of Allah-azwj in the skies and the earth. I testify that your-asws blood would settle in the eternity, and the shades of the Throne would shudder for it, and they would be crying for it, the entirety of the creatures, and they would cry for it, the seven skies and the seven firmaments and whatever is within them, and whatever is in between them, and the ones who move about in the Paradise and the Fire, from the creatures of our Lord-azwj, and what can be seen and what cannot be seen. I testify that you-asws are the Proof of Allah-azwj and a son-asws of His-azwj Proof.
وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَتِيلُ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنُ قَتِيلِهِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ ثَائِرُ اللَّهِ وَ ابْنُ ثَائِرِهِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ وَتْرُ اللَّهِ الْمَوْتُورُ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ وَ نَصَحْتَ وَ وَفَيْتَ وَ أَوْفَيْتَ وَ جَاهَدْتَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ مَضَيْتَ لِلَّذِي كُنْتَ عَلَيْهِ شَهِيداً وَ مُسْتَشْهَداً وَ شَاهِداً وَ مَشْهُوداً
And I testify that you are the one (who was) killed for (the sake of) Allah-azwj and a son-asws of the one-asws (was) killed for Him-azwj. And I testify that you-asws are a helper of Allah-azwj and a son-asws of His-azwj helpers. And I testify that you-asws are the most oppressed one of the oppressed ones of Allah-azwj in the skies and the earth. And I testify that you-asws have delivered, and preached, and were loyal and accomplished, and struggled in the Way of Allah-azwj, and passed away for which you-asws were martyred upon, and were seeking martyrdom, and were a witness, and were witnessed’.
أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَ مَوْلَاكَ وَ فِي طَاعَتِكَ وَ الْوَافِدُ إِلَيْكَ أَلْتَمِسُ كَمَالَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ وَ ثَبَاتَ الْقَدَمِ فِي الْهِجْرَةِ إِلَيْكَ وَ السَّبِيلَ الَّذِي لَا يُخْتَلَجُ دُونَكَ مِنَ الدُّخُولِ فِي كَفَالَتِكَ الَّتِي أُمِرْتَ بِهَا مَنْ أَرَادَ اللَّهَ بَدَأَ بِكُمْ
I am a servant of Allah-azwj and your-asws slave, and in your-asws obedience, and the delegate to you-asws, seeking the perfection status in the Presence of Allah-azwj, and steadfast in the emigration to you-asws, and the Way which there is no wavering besides you-asws from the entry into being in your-asws responsibility which you-asws have been Commanded with for the ones whom Allah-azwj so Intends, beginning with you-asws.
بِكُمْ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ الْكَذِبَ وَ بِكُمْ يُبَاعِدُ اللَّهُ الزَّمَانَ الْكَلِبَ وَ بِكُمْ فَتَحَ اللَّهُ وَ بِكُمْ يَخْتِمُ اللَّهُ وَ بِكُمْ يَمْحُو مَا يَشَاءُ وَ بِكُمْ يُثْبِتُ وَ بِكُمْ يَفُكُّ الذُّلَّ مِنْ رِقَابِنَا وَ بِكُمْ يُدْرِكُ اللَّهُ تِرَةَ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ يُطْلَبُ بِهَا وَ بِكُمْ تُنْبِتُ الْأَرْضُ أَشْجَارَهَا وَ بِكُمْ تُخْرِجُ الْأَشْجَارُ أَثْمَارَهَا وَ بِكُمْ تُنْزِلُ السَّمَاءُ قَطْرَهَا وَ رِزْقَهَا وَ بِكُمْ يَكْشِفُ اللَّهُ الْكَرْبَ وَ بِكُمْ يُنَزِّلُ اللَّهُ الْغَيْثَ وَ بِكُمْ تَسِيخُ الْأَرْضُ الَّتِي تَحْمِلُ أَبْدَانَكُمْ وَ تَسْتَقِرُّ جِبَالُهَا عَنْ مَرَاسِيهَا إِرَادَةُ الرَّبِّ فِي مَقَادِيرِ أُمُورِهِ تَهْبِطُ إِلَيْكُمْ وَ تَصْدُرُ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمْ وَ الصَّادِرُ عَمَّا فَصَلَ مِنْ أَحْكَامِ الْعِبَادِ
Through you-asws, Allah-azwj Exposes the lies, and through you-asws does Allah-azwj Distances the era of the dogs, and by you-asws does Allah-azwj Grant victory, and by you-asws Allah-azwj Ends (matters), and by you-asws He-azwj Deletes whatever He-azwj so Desires to, and by you-asws He-azwj Affirms, and by you-asws He-azwj Repels the humiliation from our necks, and by you-asws Allah-azwj Causes all the Believers to realise justice seeking by it, and by you-asws does the earth grow its trees, and by you-asws the trees bring out their fruits, and by you-asws does the sky send down its drops and its sustenance, and by you-asws does Allah-azwj Remove the worries, and by you-asws Allah-azwj Sends down the rain, and by you-asws the earth does the earth subside carrying your-asws bodies, and the mountains come to a rest from its anchorages. The Intentions of the Lord-azwj in the Ordainment of His-azwj affairs descends to you-asws, and gets implemented from your-asws houses, and the implementation about what decisions are to be made from the regulations of the servants.
لُعِنَتْ أُمَّةٌ قَتَلَتْكُمْ وَ أُمَّةٌ خَالَفَتْكُمْ وَ أُمَّةٌ جَحَدَتْ وَلَايَتَكُمْ وَ أُمَّةٌ ظَاهَرَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ أُمَّةٌ شَهِدَتْ وَ لَمْ تُسْتَشْهَدْ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ النَّارَ مَثْوَاهُمْ وَ بِئْسَ وِرْدُ الْوَارِدِينَ وَ بِئْسَ الْوِرْدُ الْمَوْرُودُ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَا إِلَى اللَّهِ مِمَّنْ خَالَفَكَ بَرِيءٌ ثَلَاثاً
Curse be upon the community which murdered you-asws, and the community which opposed you-asws, and the community which fought against your-asws Wilayah, and the community which were openly against you-asws, and the community who witnessed and did not seek martyrdom. Praise be to Allah-azwj Who Made the Fire to be their dwelling, and evil is the return of the returners, and evil is the return of the returning ones; and the Praise is for Allah-azwj, Lord-azwj of the worlds, and Blessings be upon you-asws, O Abu Abdullah-asws. I am from the ones who disavow from those who opposed you-asws’ – (saying it) three times.
ثُمَّ تَقُومُ فَتَأْتِي ابْنَهُ عَلِيّاً ( عليه السلام ) وَ هُوَ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ فَتَقُولُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ عَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا ابْنَ خَدِيجَةَ وَ فَاطِمَةَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَكَ تَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثاً أَنَا إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُمْ بَرِيءٌ ثَلَاثاً
Then you should arise and go to his-asws son Ali-as, and he-asws is by his-asws feet, so you should be saying, ‘The greetings be upon you-asws, O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! The greetings be upon you-asws, O son-asws of Amir Al-Momineen-asws. The greetings be upon you-asws O son-as of Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws. The greetings be upon you-asws O son-asws of Khadeeja-asws and Fatima-asws. May Allah-azwj Curse the one who murdered you-as’ – saying it three times. ‘I am, to Allah-azwj, disavowing from them’ – three times.
ثُمَّ تَقُومُ فَتُومِئُ بِيَدِكَ إِلَى الشُّهَدَاءِ وَ تَقُولُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ ثَلَاثاً فُزْتُمْ وَ اللَّهِ فُزْتُمْ وَ اللَّهِ فَلَيْتَ أَنِّي مَعَكُمْ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزاً عَظِيماً ثُمَّ تَدُورُ فَتَجْعَلُ قَبْرَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ فَصَلِّ سِتَّ رَكَعَاتٍ وَ قَدْ تَمَّتْ زِيَارَتُكَ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَانْصَرِفْ .
Then arise and gesture towards the martyrs and you should be saying, ‘The greetings be upon you’ – three times. ‘You succeeded, by Allah-azwj, you succeeded, by Allah-azwj! And if only I was with you all, so I would have succeeded with a great success’. Then turn around, so make the grave of Abu Abdullah-asws to be in front of you-asws, and Pray six Cycles of Salaat, and you would have completed your Ziyarah. Thus, if you so desire to, so leave’.[50]
Tasbeeh for Protection from nightmare:
عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ أَنَّ شِهَابَ بْنَ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ سَأَلَهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ قَالَ قُلْ لَهُ إِنَّ امْرَأَةً تُفْزِعُنِي فِي الْمَنَامِ بِاللَّيْلِ فَقَالَ قُلْ لَهُ اجْعَلْ مِسْبَاحاً وَ كَبِّرِ اللَّهَ أَرْبَعاً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً وَ سَبِّحِ اللَّهَ ثَلَاثاً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ تَسْبِيحَةً وَ احْمَدِ اللَّهَ ثَلَاثاً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ وَ قُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيِي وَ يُمِيتُ وَ يُمِيتُ وَ يُحْيِي بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَ لَهُ اخْتِلَافُ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ هُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ
From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin saeed, from Fazalat Bin Ayoub, from Dawood Bin Farqad, from his brother that,
‘Shihab Bin Abd Rabbih asked him to ask Abu Abdullah-asws and said, ‘Tell him-asws that a woman terrified me during the sleep at night’. So he-asws said: ‘Make Glorifications (Do Tasbeeh) and Exclaim Greatness of Allah-azwj (Takbeer) thirty four (times), and Glorify Allah-azwj (Subhan Allah-azwj) thirty three times, and Praise Allah-azwj (Al Hamd Li Allah-azwj) thirty three times, and say, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj, Alone, there being no associate for Him-azwj. For Him-azwj is the Kingdom and for Him-azwj is the Praise. He-azwj Causes to live and He-azwj Causes to die, and He-azwj Causes to die and He-azwj Causes to live. In His-azwj Hand is the goodness and for Him-azwj is the interchange of the night and the day, and He-azwj is Able over everything’, ten times’.[51]
Tasbeeh for reducing deafness and ear pressure:
مِشْكَاةُ الْأَنْوَارِ، قَالَ: دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ كَلَّمَهُ فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ كَلَامَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ شَكَا إِلَيْهِ ثِقْلًا فِي أُذُنَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ وَ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ مِنْ تَسْبِيحِ فَاطِمَةَ ع
(The book) ‘Mishkat Al Anwaar’ –
He said, ‘A man entered to see Abu Abdullah-asws and he-asws spoke to him, but he could not hear the speech of Abu Abdullah-asws and complained to him-asws of heaviness in his ears. He‑asws said to him: ‘What prevents you, and where are you from Glorification of (Syeda) Fatima-asws’.
قَالَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ مَا تَسْبِيحُ فَاطِمَةَ ع
He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! And what is the Glorification of (Syeda) Fatima-asws?’
فَقَالَ تُكَبِّرُ اللَّهَ أَرْبَعاً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ وَ تَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ ثَلَاثاً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ وَ تُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ ثَلَاثاً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ تَمَامَ الْمِائَةِ
He-asws said: ‘You exclaim Takbeer thirty-four (times), and praise Allah-azwj thirty-three (times), and glorify Allah-azwj thirty-three (times), a complete hundred’.
قَالَ فَمَا فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا يَسِيراً حَتَّى أَذْهَبَ عَنِّي مَا كُنْتُ أَجِدُهُ
He said, ‘I did not do that except for a little while until it went away from me what I had been feeling’’.[52]
دَعَوَاتُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، قَالَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ ثِقْلًا فِي أُذُنِي فَقَالَ ع عَلَيْكَ بِتَسْبِيحِ فَاطِمَةَ ع
(The book) ‘Dawaat’ of Al Rawandy –
‘One of the companions of Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘I complained to him-asws of heaviness in my ear. He-asws said: ‘Upon you is with Glorification of (Syeda) Fatima-asws’’.[53]
[1] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Belief and Disbelief CH 39 H 4
[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 3 H 4
[3] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 3 H 5
[4] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 3 H 1
[5] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 3 H 2
[6] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 3 H 3
[7] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 3 H 7
[8] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 3 H 15
[9] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 3 H 16
[10] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 3 H 19
[11] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 3 H 23
[12] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 3 H 24
[13] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 2 H 1
[14] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 2 H 2
[15] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 2 H 3
[16] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 2 H 5
[17] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 2 H 5
[18] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 2 H 7
[19] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 2 H 12
[20] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 2 H 13
[21] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 2 H 19 a
[22] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 2 H 19 b
[23] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Supplication CH 29 H 3
[24] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 2 H 22 b
[25] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 2 H 22 c
[26] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Zikr – Ch 2 H 19 g
[27] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 82 – The Book Salat – Ch 59 H 27
[28] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 82 – The Book Salat – Ch 59 H 9
[29] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Supplication CH 22 H 4
[30] Reciting Allah ho Akbar 34 time, Al-Hamdollillah 33 time and Subhan Allah 33 times (100 in total).
[31] الكافي (ط – الإسلامية)، ج3، ص: 342, H. 6
[32] الكافي (ط – الإسلامية)، ج3، ص: 342, H. 11
[33] الاحتجاج ج : 2 ص : 492
[34] وسائل الشيعة، ج6، ص: 454, H. 8423
[35] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 82 – The Book Salat – Ch 59 H 16 a
[36] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 82 – The Book Salat – Ch 59 H 16 b
[37] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 82 – The Book Salat – Ch 59 H 16 d
[38] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 73 – The book of Etiquettes – Ch 18 H 48 / 7
[39] Bihar Al Awaar – V 45
[40] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 82 – The Book Salat – Ch 59 H 28
[41] Al Kafi V 3 – The Book of Salāt CH 23 H 1
[42] Al Kafi V 3 – The Book of Salāt CH 23 H 2
[43] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Supplication CH 48 H 34
[44] ( 2) الفقيه ج 1 ص 256.
[45] وسائل الشيعة، ج8، ص: 523, H. 11341
[46] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Belief and Disbelief CH 66 H 3
[47] الأمالي( للصدوق)، النص، ص: 187, H. 1
[48] Al Kafi V 3 – The Book Of Salāt CH 91 H 1
[49] Al Kafi – V 5 – The Book of Marriage Ch 44 H 7
[50] Al Kafi – V 4 – The Book of Hajj Ch 228 H 2
[51] Al Kafi V 2 – The Book Of Supplication CH 49 H 7
[52] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 82 – The Book Salat – Ch 59 H 21
[53] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 82 – The Book Salat – Ch 59 H 20