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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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And prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.

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The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted in the context of the hadiths in the chapter on the virtue of dhikr and the exhortation to it: "From al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him)
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) finished praying, he would say: La Ilaha Illallah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulk wa lahul-hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir. Allahumma la mani' lima a'taita wa la mu'tia lima mana'ta wa la yanfa'u dhal-jaddi minka al-jadd. (There is none worthy of worship except Allah (ﷺ) alone with no partner or associate. He is the Dominion and to Him be all praise, and He is able to do all things. O Allah, one can withhold what You have given and none can give what You have withheld, and no wealth or fortune can benefit anyone for from You comes all wealth and fortune.) أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان إذا فرغ من الصلاة وسلم قال: لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير، اللهم لا مانع لما أعطيت ولا معطي لما منعت ولا ينفع ذا الجد منك الجد
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1341Sahih (Darussalam)
It is agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim, and from 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both)
that 'Abdullah bin Zubair (May Allah be pleased with them) used to recite after Taslim at the conclusion of every Salat (prayer): "La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul- mulku, wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa 'ala kulli shai'in Qadir. La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah. La ilaha illallahu, wa la na'budu illa iyyahu, Lahun-ni'matu, wa lahul-fadlu, wa lahuth-thana'ul-hasan. La ilaha ilallahu, mukhlisina, lahud-dina, wa lau karihal-kafirun (there is no true god except Allah; He is One. To Him belongs the dominion and to Him is all praise, and He is Powerful over all things. There is no power and might except with (the help of) Allah. There is no God but Allah and we worship none except Him, to Him belongs the bounty and to Him belongs the grace, and to Him belongs all excellent praise; there is no deity but Allah. We reserve our devotion exclusively for Him though the disbelievers may detest it)." Ibn Az-Zubair said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to celebrate Allah's Greatness in those terms after every Salat (prayer). أنه كان يقول دبر كل صلاة حين يسلم لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير، لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله لا إله إلا الله ولا نعبد إلا إياه له النعمة وله الفضل وله الثناء الحسن، لا إله إلا الله مخلصين له الدين ولو كره الكافرون، قال ابن الزبير: وكان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يهلل بهن دبر كل صلاة
Riyad as-Salihin 1417
Muslim narrated it"
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
These two hadiths are in the explanation of the restricted dhikr, because dhikr is divided into two categories: unrestricted and restricted. Some is restricted by wudu', and some is restricted by prayer. These two hadiths are restricted by prayer: the hadith of al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah and the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both). As for the hadith of al-Mughirah, he informed (may Allah be pleased with him)
‘Abdallah [i.e. ‘Abdallah b. Mas’ud.] said that the Prophet used to say in the evening, “We have come to the evening, and in the evening the dominion belongs to God; praise be to God; there is no god but God alone who has no partner; to Him belongs the dominion, to Him praise is due, and He is omnipotent. My Lord, I ask Thee for the good of what this night contains and the good of what comes after it; I seek refuge in Thee from the evil of what this night contains and the evil of what comes after it; my Lord, I seek refuge in Thee from indolence and from the evil of old age, or infidelity."* A version has, "From the evil of old age and pride. My Lord, I seek refuge in Thee from a punishment in hell and a punishment in the grave." In the morning he said that also: "We have come to the morning, and in the morning the dominion belongs to God..." *The transmitter was not sure which word was used. Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it. Tirmidhi did not mention "from the evil of infidelity" in his version. أن النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم كان يقول إذا سلم من صلاته: لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير
Mishkat al-Masabih 2392
and the meaning of "There is no god but Allah" is: there is no true object of worship except Allah. So there is no object of worship in the created things that deserves to be worshipped except Allah (Mighty and Majestic). As for the idols that are worshipped besides Allah, they are not deserving of worship, even if their worshippers call them gods, for they are not gods. Rather, they are as Allah the Exalted said:
You worship not besides Him except [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allah has sent down no authority ما تعبدون من دونه إلا أسماء سميتموها أنتم وآباؤكم ما أنزل الله بها من سلطان
[Yusuf 12:40]
So the true object of worship is Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And His saying:
alone, without any partner وحده لا شريك له
Muwatta Malik 20:131
this is from the category of emphasis, emphasizing His (Exalted and Majestic is He) oneness and that there is no partner for Him in His divinity. His is the dominion, and
and praise, and He has power over everything له الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير
Muwatta Malik 20:131
His is the absolute, general, comprehensive, and vast dominion: the dominion of the heavens and the earth and what is between them, the dominion of humans, animals, trees, seas, rivers, angels, the sun, and the moon. All of this belongs to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), what we know and what we do not know. His is all the dominion, and He disposes of it as He wills and as His wisdom (Exalted and Majestic is He) requires.
And His is the praise. وله الحمد
means absolute perfection in every state. So He (Exalted and Majestic is He) is praised in every state, in ease and in hardship. In ease, a person praises his Lord with praise of gratitude, and in hardship, a person praises his Lord with praise of entrustment, because the thing that harms a person may not reveal to him the direction of the benefit in it, but Allah the Exalted knows best. So Allah the Exalted is praised in every state. And
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) used to say when something that pleased him came to him: Praise be to Allah by whose blessing good deeds are completed. كان النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم إذا أتاه ما يسره قال: الحمد لله الذي بنعمته تتم الصالحات
And when something that did not please him came to him, he said: Praise be to Allah in every state. وإذا أتاه ما لا يسره قال الحمد لله على كل حال
As for what some people say: "Praise be to Allah who is not praised for a disliked thing other than Him" this is a wrong word that has not been transmitted and its meaning is not correct. Rather, it is said: Praise be to Allah in every state.
O Allah! No-one can withhold what You give, and none can give what You withhold, and the fortune of a man of means is useless before You اللهم لا مانع لما أعطيت ولا معطي لما منعت ولا ينفع ذا الجد منك الجد
Sahih al-Bukhari 6615
This is also entrustment to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that there is no one who can prevent what He has given. So what Allah has given you, no one can prevent it, and what He has withheld from you, no one can give it to you. For this reason He said:
and none can give what You withhold ولا معطي لما منعت
Sahih al-Bukhari 6615
So if we believe in this, from whom do we ask for giving? From Allah. If we believe that there is no one who can prevent what He has given and no one who can give what He has withheld, then we do not ask for giving except from Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
Source alathar.net

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