Sunan Abi Dawud 1500
At-Tasbih (Glorifying Allah) Using Pebbles
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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ خُزَيْمَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ أَبِيهَا
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا نَوًى أَوْ حَصًى تُسَبِّحُ بِهِ فَقَالَ أُخْبِرُكِ بِمَا هُوَ أَيْسَرُ عَلَيْكِ مِنْ هَذَا أَوْ أَفْضَلُ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ فِي الأَرْضِ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا هُوَ خَالِقٌ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ
- ʿAbdullāh b. and Hb
- ʿAmr
- Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl
- Khuzaymah
- ʿĀʾishah Bint Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ
- her father
Once Sa'd, with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, visited a woman in front of whom were some date-stones or pebbles which she was using as a rosary to glorify Allah. He (the Prophet) said: I tell you something which would be easier (or more excellent) for you than that. He said (it consisted of saying): "Glory be to Allah" as many times as the number of that which He has created in Heaven; "Glory be to Allah" as many times as the number of that which He has created on Earth; "Glory be to Allah" as many times as the number of that which He has created between them; "Glory be to Allah" as many times as the number of that which He is creating; "Allah is most great" a similar number of times; "Praise (be to Allah)" a similar number of times; and "There is no god but Allah" a similar number of times; "There is no might and no power except in Allah" a similar number of times.
Grades by grader
| al-Albani | Weakin ضعيف أبي داود, p. 1500 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked, sunnah.com |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid | Daif | fawazahmed0 |
| Shuayb al-Arnaut | Good Due to External Factorsin تخريج سنن أبي داود, p. 1500 | fawazahmed0, hadithunlocked |
| Zubair Ali Zai | Isnaad Hasan | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- al-Tirmidhi
حسن غريب من حديث سعد
machine translationGood (ḥasan), gharīb, from the narration of Saʿd.
in سنن أبي داود, p. 1495
Same hadith, other wordings
- Misykatul Mashabih 2311وَعَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا نَوًى أَوْ حَصًى تُسَبِّحُ بِهِ فَقَالَ: «أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِمَا هُوَ أَيْسَرُ عليكِ مِنْ هَذَا أَوْ أَفْض
- Jami at-Tirmidzi 3568أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا نَوًى أَوْ قَالَ حَصًى تُسَبِّحُ بِهِ فَقَالَ أَلاَ أُخْبِرُكِ بِمَا هُوَ أَيْسَرُ عَلَيْكِ مِنْ هَذَا أَوْ أَفْضَلُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ فِي السَّمَاءِ
Other narrations of this report
Sahih Muslim 2726aSunan Abi Dawud 1503Musnad al-Bazzar 5217al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 1277
Narrators
- One of the Ten (promised Paradise), and the first to shoot an arrow in the path of Godd. 50 AH or 51 AH or 54 AH, also said: 56 AH, also said: 57 AH, also said: 58 AH. And the second is better knownسَعْد بْن أَبِي وَقَّاصأحد العشرة ، وأول من رمى بسهم في سبيل اللهعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 117 AHعَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍثقةعن
- unknown (lā yuʿraf)خُزَيْمَةَلا يعرفعن
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 130 AH, or 133 AH, also said: before 130 AH, also said: 135 AH, also said: 149 AHسَعِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي هِلَالٍصدوقحدثه
- trustworthy (thiqah), jurist, ḥāfiẓd. 147 AH, or 148 AH, or 149 AHعَمْرٌوثقة فقيه حافظأخبرني
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), devout (ʿābid)d. 197 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍثقة حافظ ، عابدنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 248 AHأَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍثقة حافظحدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), the compiler of the Sunan and other works, one of the senior scholars.d. 275 AHأَبُو دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيُّثقة ، حافظ , مصنف السنن وغيرها ، من كبار العلماء
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
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Commentaries
Sharḥ Riyad al-Salihin (Ibn al-ʿUthaymin)
Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Mirʿāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mubārakfūrī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
ʿAwn al-Maʿbūd (Ashraf)
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