The Virtue Of Those Who Praise Allāh
Darussalam · Volume 5
Chapters On EtiquetteSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3800 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1249
Source no. 3800 · Volume 8 · Page 300
Hasan
حسن، الصحيحة (١٤٩٧) ، المشكاة (٢٣٠٦) ، التعليق الرغيب (٢ / ٢٢٩)
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3800. Jābir bin 'Abdullāh said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'The best of remembrance is Lā ilāha illallāh (None has the right to be worshiped but Allāh), and the best of supplication is Al-Hamdu Lillāh (praise is to Allāh).'" (Hasan)
3800 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ كَثِيرِ بْنِ بَشِيرِ بْنِ الْفَاكِهِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ طَلْحَةَ بْنَ خِرَاشٍ ابْنَ عَمِّ، جَابِرٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «أَفْضَلُ الذِّكْرِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَأَفْضَلُ الدُّعَاءِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ»
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a. All the supplications proven in the Sunnah are a cause of mercy and blessings, but the reward and blessings of لا إله إلا الله are more than other supplications. b. Praising Allāh is also a kind of supplication, since a person invokes it with the intention of getting reward, so he gets what he had intended (the reward). c. The other meaning is that Surat Al-Fātiḥah is the best supplication referred to in the Hadīth as الحمد لله. It contains the praise of Allāh, seeking guidance, blessings and help from Him.