The Number of Tasbih, Tahmid, and Tahlil After Prayer
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Our sister says: It occurs to me that I read a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the virtue of saying takbir ten times, tasbih ten times, tahlil ten times, and tahmid ten times. I feared that I might have added something to it, so I searched but did not find a basis for it. Therefore, I am asking you, hoping you will inform me. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: Yes, ten is mentioned in some narrations: ten takbirs, ten tasbihs, and ten tahmids—Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar. However, the most complete and best of what was reported in this regard is thirty-three: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar, thirty-three times after the prayer, after every obligatory prayer, totaling ninety-nine. It is better to conclude it by saying: La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir. This completes the hundred.
Some narrations mention completing the hundred with a thirty-fourth takbir, and all of this is a recommended practice (sunnah).
In the hadith of Abu Hurayrah regarding the story of the poor people when they came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him, he instructed them to recite thirty-three tasbihs, thirty-three tahmids, and thirty-three takbirs, totaling ninety-nine. They said: This would be a third type, without the dhikr of La ilaha illa Allah, and without a thirty-fourth takbir. However, completing the hundred with La ilaha illa Allah is the best. If one completes it with a thirty-fourth takbir, that is also prescribed (mashru'), and it is better than limiting oneself to ninety-nine; because the believer takes whatever is increased in the sunnah. The revelation came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with various types of worship; whenever a type of worship came that was more than the previous one, he adopted it. If it is established from him (peace and blessings be upon him), then it is best to recite the ninety-nine, consisting of tasbih, tahmid, and takbir, and then conclude it by saying: La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu, wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir. This is the best.
A fourth type was reported in the Sunan with a sound chain from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he guided to twenty-five tasbihs, twenty-five tahmids, twenty-five tahlils, and twenty-five takbirs, totaling one hundred: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illa Allah, and Allahu Akbar, twenty-five times each, so the total is one hundred. This is also a fourth type. If a person does this, he has performed a type of sunnah. If he does this sometimes, and that sometimes, and this sometimes, all of it is good. This is after the obligatory prayer, after every obligatory prayer. Yes.
It is recommended for him to add after Maghrib and Fajr: (La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu, yuhyi wa yumitu wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir), ten times after Fajr and after Maghrib. This is recommended (mustahabb), and several hadiths regarding it have come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: Yes, ten is mentioned in some narrations: ten takbirs, ten tasbihs, and ten tahmids—Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar. However, the most complete and best of what was reported in this regard is thirty-three: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar, thirty-three times after the prayer, after every obligatory prayer, totaling ninety-nine. It is better to conclude it by saying: La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir. This completes the hundred.
Some narrations mention completing the hundred with a thirty-fourth takbir, and all of this is a recommended practice (sunnah).
In the hadith of Abu Hurayrah regarding the story of the poor people when they came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him, he instructed them to recite thirty-three tasbihs, thirty-three tahmids, and thirty-three takbirs, totaling ninety-nine. They said:
O Messenger of Allah! Our brothers, the people of wealth, have taken the rewards. They pray as we pray, and they fast as we fast, but they free slaves and we do not, and they give charity and we do not—meaning, we have no wealth. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Shall I not guide you to something by which you will catch up with those who are ahead of you, and you will be ahead of those who come after you, and no one will be better than you except one who does what you do? They said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! He said: You recite tasbih, tahmid, and takbir after every prayer thirty-three times.
يا رسول الله! ذهب إخواننا أهل الأموال بالأجور، يصلون كما نصلي، ويصومون كما نصوم، ويعتقون ولا نعتق، ويتصدقون ولا نتصدق -يعني: ما عندنا مال- فقال ﷺ: ألا أدلكم على شيء تدركون به من سبقكم وتسبقون من بعدكم ولا يكون أحد أفضل منكم إلا من صنع مثلما صنعتم؟ قالوا: بلى يا رسول الله! قال: تسبحون وتحمدون وتكبرون دبر كل صلاة ثلاثًا وثلاثين مرةA fourth type was reported in the Sunan with a sound chain from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he guided to twenty-five tasbihs, twenty-five tahmids, twenty-five tahlils, and twenty-five takbirs, totaling one hundred: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illa Allah, and Allahu Akbar, twenty-five times each, so the total is one hundred. This is also a fourth type. If a person does this, he has performed a type of sunnah. If he does this sometimes, and that sometimes, and this sometimes, all of it is good. This is after the obligatory prayer, after every obligatory prayer. Yes.
It is recommended for him to add after Maghrib and Fajr: (La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu, yuhyi wa yumitu wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir), ten times after Fajr and after Maghrib. This is recommended (mustahabb), and several hadiths regarding it have come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
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