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Dhikr & Du'a · Core remembrance

Praises of Allah

التسبيح والتحميد

The words light on the tongue, heavy on the scale

These are not tied to a time or a place. They are the dhikr you say walking, waiting, working, in the gaps of the day. Where a number is given, that is the count the Prophet ﷺ attached a specific reward to; the rest you simply repeat.

Each card shows the words to say. The note beneath carries the Prophet's ﷺ own promise about them: sins wiped away like sea foam, a palm tree planted in Paradise, a treasure from from the treasures of Paradise. Say them, and mean them.

  1. 1

    Glory and praise, a hundred times

    100x

    سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

    Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Whoever says: Glorified is Allah and praised is He. one hundred times a day, will have his sins forgiven even if they are like the foam of the sea.

    sahihAl-Bukhari 7/168
  2. 2

    There is no god but Allah (ten times)

    10x

    لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ، وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Whoever says: None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, Who has no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is Able to do all things. ten times, will have the reward for freeing four slaves from the Children of Isma'il.

    sahihAt-Tirmidhi 5/515
  3. 3

    Two words light on the tongue

    سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ ، سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ

    Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Two words are light on the tongue, weigh heavily in the balance, and are loved by the Most Merciful One: Glorified is Allah and praised is He, Glorified is Allah the Most Great.

    sahihAl-Bukhari 7/168, Muslim 4/2072

    Light on the tongue, heavy on the scale, beloved to the Most Merciful: the Prophet ﷺ singled these two out.

  4. 4

    Dearer to the Prophet ﷺ than all the world

    سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

    Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: For me to say: Glory is to Allah, and praise is to Allah, and there is none worthy of worship but Allah, and Allah is the Most Great. is dearer to me than all that the sun rises upon (i.e. the whole world).

    sahihMuslim 4/2072
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    A hundred tasbih, a thousand good deeds

    وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُم أَنْ يَكْسِبَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ؟ فَسَأَلَهُ سَائِلٌ مِنْ جُلَسَائِهِ كَيْفَ يَكْسِبُ أَحَدُنَا أَلْفَ حَسَنَةٍ؟ قَالَ: يُسَبِّحُ مِائَةَ تَسْبِيحَةٍ، فَيُكتَبُ لَهُ أَلْفُ حَسَنَةٍ أَوْ يُحَطُّ عَنْهُ أَلْفُ خَطِيئَةٍ

    Glory is to Allah and praise is to Him.

    sahihMuslim 4/2073

    The Prophet ﷺ said: whoever says it a hundred times in a day has a thousand good deeds written for him, or a thousand of his sins wiped away.

  6. 6

    A palm tree planted in Paradise

    سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ

    Whoever says: Glorified is Allah the Most Great and praised is He. will have a date palm planted for him in Paradise.

    sahihAt-Tirmidhi 5/511, and Al-Hakim who graded it authentic and Ath-Thahabi agreed 1/501
  7. 7

    A treasure from the treasures of Paradise

    لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ

    Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "O Abdullah bin Qais, should I not point you to one of the treasures of Paradise?" I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." So he told me to say: There is no power and no might except by Allah.

    sahihMuslim 4/2076

    La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah: the Prophet ﷺ called it a treasure from the treasures of Paradise.

  8. 8

    The four most beloved words

    سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ، الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

    Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: The most beloved words to Allah are four: Glorified is Allah, and The praise is for Allah, and There is none worthy of worship but Allah, and Allah is the Most Great.

    sahihMuslim 3/1685

    SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illallah, Allahu Akbar: begin with whichever you like.

  9. 9

    A word to hold onto

    لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيراً، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيراً، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ، لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ الْعَزِيزِ الْحَكِيمِ ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي، وَارْحَمْنِي، وَاهْدِنِي، وَارْزُقْنِي

    A desert Arab came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "Teach me a word that I can say. " The Prophet told him to say: There is none worthy of worship but Allah, Who has no partner, Allah is the Great, the Most Great, and praise is to Allah in abundance, glory is to Allah, Lord of the worlds. There is no power and no might but by Allah the Mighty, the Wise. He said, "That is for my Lord, but what about me?" The Prophet (ﷺ) told him to say: O Allah forgive me, and have mercy on me and guide me, and provide for me.

    sahihMuslim 4/2072, Abu Dawud reports the same Hadith with the addition: and when the Arab left, the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "He has filled his hands with goodness
  10. 10

    What the Prophet ﷺ taught a new Muslim

    اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرِ لِي، وَارْحَمْنِي، وَاهْدِنِي، وَعَافِنِي وَارْزُقْنِي

    Whenever anyone accepted Islam, the Prophet (ﷺ) used to teach him how to pray then he would instruct him to invoke Allah with the following words: O Allah forgive me, and have mercy on me and guide me and give me good health and provide for me.

    sahihMuslim 4/2073, and in one of Muslim's reports there is the addition: 'For these words combine [the goodness of] this world and the next
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    The best remembrance, the best praise

    الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ، لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ

    The most excellent invocation is: Praise is for Allah. and the most excellent words of remembrance are: There is none worthy of worship but Allah.

    sahihAt-Tirmidhi 5/462, Ibn Majah 2/1249, and Al-Hakim who graded it authentic and Ath-Tbahabi agreed 1/503
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    The enduring good deeds (al-baqiyat as-salihat)

    سبحان الله ، الحمد لله ، لا إله إلا الله ، الله أكبر ، لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله

    The good deeds which endure are: Glorified is Allah, and The praise is for Allah, and There is none worthy of worship but Allah, and Allah is the Most Great, and There is no power and no might except by Allah.

    sahihAhmad (Ahmad Shakir, ed.) and its chain of narration is authentic

    The deeds that outlast the world: glory, praise, the declaration of oneness, magnification, and there is no power except with Allah.

Why these are the enduring deeds

The Qur'an calls them al-baqiyat as-salihat, the enduring good deeds: when wealth and children and everything else falls away, these words remain, still counting in your favour. They are the cheapest currency to earn and the heaviest to hold.

Glory is to Allah, and praise is to Him; there is no god but Allah; Allah is the Most Great; and there is no power except with Allah. Fill your day with them.

Questions

What is the best dhikr to say?
The Prophet ﷺ said the dearest words to Allah are four: SubhanAllah (Glory is to Allah), Alhamdulillah (praise is to Allah), La ilaha illallah (there is no god but Allah), and Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Most Great). He also singled out SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi as light on the tongue and heavy on the scale.
What does SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi mean and what is its reward?
It means 'Glory is to Allah and praise is to Him.' The Prophet ﷺ said whoever says it a hundred times a day has their sins wiped away even if they were like the foam of the sea.
What are al-baqiyat as-salihat?
The 'enduring good deeds' mentioned in the Qur'an, explained by the Prophet ﷺ as: SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illallah, Allahu Akbar, and La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah. They remain in your record when everything worldly is gone.

The dhikr in each card is extracted from the verbatim Hisn al-Muslim text (Sa'eed al-Qahtani, via sunnah.com), where this chapter is narrated as virtue-hadiths with the dhikr given in parentheses; the surrounding hadith narration is kept as the virtue. al-Bukhari and Muslim taken as sahih. Recitation audio is the official Hisn al-Muslim audio (hisnmuslim.com), aligned by dua number. Selection follows Hisn al-Muslim, with thanks to lifewithallah.com. Reflections are Buruja's own. FOR SCHOLAR REVIEW: confirm every Arabic text, reference, repetition count and grading before publication.

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