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 Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him)Riyad as-Salihin 1442 Al-Tirmidhi narrated it and said: It is a good hadith. And from Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: Riyad as-Salihin 1443 It is agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim".
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
These are two hadiths explaining the virtue of dhikr, and many hadiths have preceded them, all of which indicate the virtue of dhikr. The hadith of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas is about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) entering upon a woman who had before her pebbles or dates with which she was making dhikr, and he said: And the dhikr he mentioned to her has a similar or close equivalent in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): These are twelve times, and in them is much good, and the explanation of that has been given previously. As for the hadith of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him), it is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 3825 The question here is for the purpose of arousing interest; that is, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is arousing his interest to listen to what he is saying. Sunan Ibn Majah 3825 Because this phrase contains a disavowal of power and strength except with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). A person has no power and no strength, so he does not shift from one state to another, nor does he become strong for it, except with Allah (Mighty and Majestic). So it is a phrase of seeking help. When something overwhelms you and you are unable to deal with it, say: La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah, for Allah the Exalted will help you with it. This phrase is not a phrase of istirja' (seeking refuge in Allah) as many people do when they are told that a certain calamity has befallen someone; they say: "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah" The phrase of istirja' is to say: "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return)" But this one is a phrase of seeking help. If you want Allah to help you with something, say: "La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah" And as passed to you in Surat al-Kahf regarding the two owners of the gardens, his companion said to him: [Al-Kahf 18:39] Meaning, it would have been better for you and more lasting for your garden. But he entered it and said: [Al-Kahf 18:35-36] So he was pleased with it and denied the establishment of the Hour, so Allah sent upon it a destructive wind from the sky, and it became a slippery ground. So the important point is that the phrase La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah is a treasure from the treasures of Paradise. You, O human being, say it when something overwhelms you, burdens you, and you are unable to deal with it. Say La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah, and Allah will make the matter easy for you. And success is from Allah.
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 Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him)
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and I went to see a woman. She had date- stones or pebbles in front of her, and she was counting and reciting Tasbih. ['Subhan-Allah' (Allah is free from imperfection)] . He said, "Shall I not inform you of what is easier or better than this for you?" You should say: 'Subhan-Allahi 'adada ma khalaqa fis-sama', wa subhan-Allahi 'adada ma khalaqa fil-ardi, wa subhan-Allahi 'adada ma baina dhalika, wa subhan-Allahi 'adada ma Huwa Khaliqun, wallahu Akbaru mithla dhalika, wal-hamdu lillahi mithla dhalika, wa la ilaha illallahu mithla dhalika, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billahi mithla dhalika
أنه دخل مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على امرأة وبين يديها نوى أو حصى تسبح به، فقال: أخبرك بما هو أيسر عليك أو أفضل، فقال: سبحان الله عدد ما خلق في السماء، وسبحان الله عدد ما خلق في الأرض، وسبحان الله عدد ما بين ذلك، وسبحان الله عدد ما هو خالق، والله أكبر مثل ذلك، والحمد لله مثل ذلك، ولا إله إلا الله مثل ذلك، ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله مثل ذلكThe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, "Shall I not guide you to a treasure from the treasures of Jannah?" I said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" Thereupon he (ﷺ) said, "(Recite) 'La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah' (There is no change of a condition nor power except by Allah)."
قال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: ألا أدلك على كنز من كنوز الجنة؟ فقلت: بلى يا رسول الله، قال: لا حول ولا قوة إلا باللهThe Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
These are two hadiths explaining the virtue of dhikr, and many hadiths have preceded them, all of which indicate the virtue of dhikr. The hadith of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas is about the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) entering upon a woman who had before her pebbles or dates with which she was making dhikr, and he said: