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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on increasing the number of specific dhikr phrases

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Question:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. And prayers and peace be upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers, our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and upon his family and all his Companions. May Allah reward you and bless your knowledge. This is Salim, and he says: Are the dhikr phrases that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) specified with a certain number, such as saying "Subhan Allah wa bihamdih" (Glory be to Allah and His praise) one hundred times, and other dhikr phrases specified with a certain number, are they fixed and do not accept an increase? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
A person remembers Allah and increases in the remembrance of Allah
from the bounty of Allah, and remember Allah oftenمِن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا
[Al-Jumu'ah 62:10]
And exalt Him morning and afternoon.وَسَبِّحُوهُ بُكْرَةً وَأَصِيلًا
[Al-Ahzab 33:42]
he increases in the remembrance of Allah. But these specific dhikr phrases are called the dhikr assigned to a time or a number; they are assigned. There is absolute dhikr and restricted dhikr. These are restricted dhikr, and there is no harm in him coming with other absolute dhikr and increasing in the remembrance of Allah. He performs these because they are emphasized, and he adheres to them in their times, and he remembers Allah with other dhikr absolutely in all other times. Yes, this is an increase in good. Yes.
Source بلوغ المرام [34] — alfawzan.live (1:00:36)

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