What Are the Virtues of Tasbih, Tahmid & Takbir?
1 – The Most Beloved Statements to Allah
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“The most beloved statements to Allah are four:
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ ، وَلَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَر
(Muslim)
They are also “the best words after the Qur’ān and they are from the Qur’ān…”
(Aḥmad).
The Prophet ﷺ said,
“Uttering
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ ، وَلَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَر
is more beloved to me than anything over which the sun rises”
(Muslim).
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked,
“What is the most virtuous speech?”
He said,
“What Allah selected for His angels or for His servants:
سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ”
(Muslim).
2 – The Best Companion in a Believer’s Life
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
“There is none better in the sight of Allah than a believer whose life is lengthened in Islam and who frequently utters
takbīr, tasbīḥ, tahlīl and taḥmīd”
(Aḥmad).
3 – They Wipe Sins Away
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
“There is not anyone upon the earth who says:
لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ،
وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ ،
وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ ،
وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ
وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِالله
except that his sins shall be pardoned, even if they were like the foam of the sea.”
(Tirmidhī)
Anas (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhu) said,
“The Prophet ﷺ passed by a tree with dry leaves. He struck it with his stick causing the leaves to fall. He then said,
‘Indeed
الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَلَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَر
cause the servant’s sins to fall just as the leaves of this tree fell’”
(Tirmidhī).
4 – Heavy on the Scales
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
“There are two statements that are light on the tongue, heavy on the Scale and are beloved to the Most Merciful:
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ الْعَظِيْم”
(Bukhārī).
He SAW also said,
“ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ fills the Scale; and سُبْحَانَ اللهِ and اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ fill what is in between the heavens and the earth”
(Muslim).
5 – Unparalleled Reward
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
“Perform tasbīḥ 100 times, for it is equivalent to freeing 100 slaves among the children of Ismāʿīl.
Perform taḥmīd 100 times, for it is equivalent to 100 saddled and
bridled horses which you load in the path of Allah.
Perform takbīr 100 times, for it is equivalent to 100 adorned and accepted camels (which are sacrificed for the sake of Allah)” (Aḥmad).
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
“Is one of you incapable of earning a thousand good deeds every day?”
One of his Companions asked him,
“How can one of us earn a thousand good deeds?”
He replied,
“He says
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ
100 times,
for which either a thousand good deeds are recorded for him,
or a thousand of his sins are wiped away”
(Muslim).
6. The Key to Receiving Sustenance
The Prophet ﷺ said,
“When death approached Allah’s Prophet Nūḥ (ʿalayhis-salām), he said to his son: ‘…
(I command you with)
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ .
It is the prayer of everything, and with it the creation is given sustenance (i.e. all of Allah’s creation praise Him and this is their worship of Him; and this tasbīḥ is the key of them receiving the provisions of Allah)’”
(Ḥākim).
7 – An Easy Powerful Deed
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Whoever finds it difficult to struggle at night (i.e. stand in prayer at night), or is stingy to spend his wealth (in the path of Allah), or is cowardly to fight the enemy — then he should abundantly say
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ,
for it is more beloved to Allah than a mountain of gold which he spends in the path of Allah”
(Ṭabarānī).
8 – A Means of Acceptance of Your Duʿas
Umm Sulaym (raḍiy Allāhu ʿanhā) came to the Prophet ﷺ and said,
“O Messenger of Allah, teach me some phrases which I can supplicate with in my ṣalāh.”
He ﷺ said,
“Say
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ , ten times,
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ ten times,
اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ ten times,
then ask Him for your needs —
He (subḥānahū wa taʿālā) will say,
‘Yes, Yes!’”
(Nasā’ī).
9 – A Form of Charity
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Every tasbīḥ is a charity, every takbīr is a charity, every taḥmīd is a charity, and every tahlīl is a charity” (Muslim).
10 – Protection From the Hell-Fire
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
“For your shield from the Hell-Fire, say,
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ ، وَلَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ
as they will indeed come on the Day of Judgement as saviours and preceding good actions, and they are the lasting good deeds of the righteous”
(Ḥākim).
11 – The Plants of Paradise
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
“I met Ibrāhīm (ʿalayhi s-salām) on the Night of al-Isrā’ (the Night journey), and he said to me:
‘O Muḥammad, convey my greetings to your ummah, and tell them that Paradise has pure soil and sweet water, and it is a flat treeless plain.
Its plants are:
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ وَلَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ. ’”
He SAW also said:
“Whoever says
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ,
a palm-tree will be planted for him in Paradise.” (Tirmidhī)
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Indeed what you remember of Allah’s Glory (by uttering) tasbīḥ, takbīr, tahlīl and taḥmīd, gather around the Throne of Allah, buzzing like bees, mentioning to Allah the person who uttered them.
Do you not wish to have someone who mentions you by Him?”
(Ibn Mājah)
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