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926. It was narrated that 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'There are two characteristics which no Muslim man acquires but he will enter Paradise. They are easy but those who do them are few. At the end of every prayer he should glorify Allāh (by saying Subhān Allāh) ten times, extol Him (by saying Allāhu Akbar) ten times, and praise Him (by saying Al-Hamdu Lillāh) ten times.' I saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ counting them on his hand. 'That is one hundred and fifty (after all the prayers of the day) on the tongue, and one thousand and five hundred on the Scale. And when he goes to his bed, let him glorify Allāh and praise Him and extol Him one hundred times. That will be one hundred on the tongue and one thousand on the Scale. Who among you does two thousand and five hundred evil actions in one day?' They said: 'Who would not be keen to do that?' He said: 'But the Shaitān comes to anyone of you while he is performing prayer and says: "Remember such and such, remember such and
such," until the person becomes distracted and does not understand (what he is saying). And he comes to him when he is in his bed, and makes him sleepy such that he sleeps.'" (Hasan)
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a. Saying Subhân-Allâh, Al-Hamdu-Lillâh, and Allâhu Akbar ten times each at the end of the obligatory prayer is acceptable, and so is saying each of them thirty-three times, as we shall see in the next Hadith.
b. Reciting brief invocations proved from Sunnah are better than repeating lengthy supplications not proved from Sunnah.
c. 'That is one hundred and fifty on the tongue' means that these thirty (phrases) when recited after the five obligatory prayers will make up a total of one hundred and fifty (phrases).
