Select a passage to highlight it. Click or tap a highlight to remove it.
Text and translation
English translation
3408. ‘Alī [may Allāh be pleased with him] said: “Fāṭimah complained to me about her hands blistering from grinding flour. So I said: ‘If you were to approach your father and ask him for a servant?’ So he (the Prophet ﷺ) said: ‘Should I not direct the two of you, to that which is better for you than a servant? When the two of you lay down to sleep, say thirty-three, thirty-three, thirty-four, of At-Tahmīd, At-Tasbih, and At-Takbir.’” (Ṣaḥīh)
There is a story with the Hadīth.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb as a narration of Ibn 'Awn. This Hadīth has been reported through more than one route from 'Ali.
Your commentary saves automatically in this browser, separate from the published commentary. It stays private unless you include it in a shared study file.
Footnotes
1
[1] Saying: “Subḥān Allāh,” “Allāhu Akbar,” and “Al-Ḥamdulillāh.”
Commentary
The Prophet (ﷺ) made them realize that a servant is a transient human being and remembrance of Allāh (ﷺ) is everlasting, or it may also mean that these words of remembrance of Allāh (ﷺ) give enough energy and power that one has no need of a servant.