Chapter 1
Remembrance 9 from Chapter 1
What has been narrated about the virtue of dhikr and is not restricted to a specific time
Arabic
Romanisation
Subḥāna-llāhi ‘adada khalqihi (x 3), subḥāna-llāhi riḍā nafsihi (x 3), subḥāna-llāhi zinata ‘arshihi (x 3), subḥāna-llāhi midāda kalimātih (x 3).
Context
And we have narrated it in the book of at-Tirmidhī, where the wording is: “Shall I not teach you some phrases for you to say? Glory be to Allah, according to the quantity of His Creation (3 times), Glory be to Allah, according to His own pleasure (3 times), Glory be to Allah, according to the weight of His Throne (3 times), Glory be to Allah, according to the ink of His Words (3 times).” [10].
References
[10] At-Tirmidhī (3499) and al-Futūḥāt (1/200). The repetition of this dhikr three times, as mentioned in the hadith of Juwayriyah as well as in this transmission, is valid, since the additional narration of a trustworthy narrator is acceptable. Ibn Ḥajar states that this hadith has a supporting shahīd (witnessed) narration among the hadiths of Sa‘d ibn Abī Waqqāṣ which an-Nawawī mentions later.