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

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 Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said:

One night I missed the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) from his bed. I searched for him. When I found him he was in bowing or prostrating posture and was reciting: Subhanaka wa bi hamdika. La ilaha illa Anta (You are free from imperfection and I begin praising You. There is no true god except You).

افتقدت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ذات ليلة فتحسست فإذا هو راكع أو ساجد يقول: سبحانك وبحمدك لا إله إلا أنت

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In another narration:

my hand came on the soles of his feet while he was in the act of prostration with them raised, and he was saying, “O God, I seek refuge in Thy good pleasure from Thy anger, and in Thy forgiveness from Thy punishment, and I seek refuge in Thee from Thee.* I cannot reckon Thy praise. Thou art as Thou hast lauded Thyself.”

فوقعت يدي على بطن قدميه وهو في المسجد وهما منصوبتان وهو يقول: اللهم إني أعوذ برضاك من سخطك وبمعافاتك من عقوبتك وأعوذ بك منك لا أحصي ثناء عليك أنت كما أثنيت على نفسك

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Muslim narrated it. And from Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he asked, "Is anyone of you unable to earn a thousand good deeds?" One of those present asked: "How can one earn thousand good deeds in a day?" He (ﷺ) replied, "By saying: Subhan Allah a hundred times, then one thousand good deeds will be recorded for him or one thousand sins will be blotted out from his record."

كنا عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال: أيعجز أحدكم أن يكسب في كل يوم ألف حسنة، فسأله سائل من جلسائه كيف يكسب ألف حسنة؟ قال: يسبح مئة تسبيحة فيكتب له ألف حسنة أو يحط عنه ألف خطيئة

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Muslim narrated it".

The Shaykh : These two hadiths are also in explaining dhikr and its virtue. The first hadith is from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), that she missed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) one night, so she went out feeling around for him, because she (may Allah be pleased with her) was the most beloved of his wives to him, and she also loved him, so she feared that something might have happened to him. She went feeling around and found him (peace and blessings be upon him) in the mosque, prostrating and supplicating to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) with this supplication. She said: "My hand fell upon the soles of his feet while he was prostrating." The scholars derived from this that it is recommended for the one prostrating to bring his feet close together and not separate them, because it is not possible for one hand to fall upon two separated feet. This is also in the Sahih of Ibn Khuzaymah: As for the knees, they are in their natural state; he does not separate them nor bring them together, but leaves them in their natural state. So among his supplications (peace and blessings be upon him) was: A thing is treated with its opposite, so the opposite of wrath is pleasure; thus he seeks refuge in pleasure from wrath. This includes asking for forgiveness. This is more comprehensive and general: he seeks refuge in Allah from Allah (Mighty and Majestic), because there is no refuge or escape from Allah except to Him. No one can save you from the punishment of Allah except Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So he seeks refuge in Allah from Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), meaning he seeks refuge in Him from His punishment and other things He decrees. This indicates what we mentioned about bringing the feet together in prostration. It also indicates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sometimes prayed voluntary prayers in the mosque, even though it is better to pray voluntary prayers in the house, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: But he (peace and blessings be upon him) sometimes prayed voluntary prayers in the mosque. It is also evidence of Aisha's love for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and there is nothing strange about it, for he (peace and blessings be upon him) had her as the most beloved of the wives he had, and no one equaled her except Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her). Khadijah was the first of his wives (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not marry anyone else until she died. He used to mention her constantly, meaning he used to mention Khadijah. But Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) was the most beloved of his wives present in Aisha's time. Among the benefits of this hadith is that a person seeks refuge in the attributes of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) from their opposites: in pleasure from wrath, and in forgiveness from punishment. And that there is no refuge for him from Allah except to Him, so he seeks refuge in Allah from Him (Blessed and Exalted is He). And success is from Allah.