Select a passage to highlight it. Click or tap a highlight to remove it.
Text and translation
English translation
927. It was narrated that Abu Dharr said: "It was said to the Prophet ﷺ and perhaps (one of the narrators) Sufyân said: I said: O Messenger of Allâh! Those who have property and wealth have surpassed us in reward. They say the same as we do, and they spend but we do not spend.' He said to me: 'Shall I not tell you something which, if you do it, you will catch up with those who have surpassed you and you will excel over those who come after you? Praise Allâh (by saying Al-Hamdu Lillâh) after every prayer, and glorify Him (by saying Subhân-Allâh) and extol Him (by saying Allâhu Akbar), thirty-three, and thirty-three, and thirty-four times.'" Sufyân said: "I do not know which of them was to be recited thirty-four times." (Sahih)
Your commentary saves automatically in this browser, separate from the published commentary. It stays private unless you include it in a shared study file.
Commentary
'Catch up with those who have surpassed you' means that those who have gone ahead of you in rank by doing many virtuous deeds, you can outdo them by engaging in the remembrance of Allāh. And those who do more virtuous deeds but neglect the remembrance of Allāh cannot attain ranks as high as you. The message that we get from the Hadith is that, alongside other virtuous deeds, it is also necessary that we focus on reciting the praise and remembrance of Allāh.
