أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَتَّابٌ هُوَ ابْنُ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ خُصَيْفٍ عَنْ عِکْرِمَةَ وَمُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ جَائَ الْفُقَرَائُ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْأَغْنِيَائَ يُصَلُّونَ کَمَا نُصَلِّي وَيَصُومُونَ کَمَا نَصُومُ وَلَهُمْ أَمْوَالٌ يَتَصَدَّقُونَ وَيُنْفِقُونَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا صَلَّيْتُمْ فَقُولُوا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَاللَّهُ أَکْبَرُ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَشْرًا فَإِنَّکُمْ تُدْرِکُونَ بِذَلِکَ مَنْ سَبَقَکُمْ وَتَسْبِقُونَ مَنْ بَعْدَکُمْ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1358
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said: “Some poor people came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, the rich pray as we pray, and they fast as we fast, but they have wealth that they give in charity and with which they free slaves.’ The Prophet , said: ‘If you pray and say Subhan-Allah thirty-three times, Al-hamdu lillah thirty-three times and Allah Abkar thirty-four times, and La ilaha illallah ten times, they you will catch up with those who went ahead of you, and will go ahead of those who come after you.” (Da’if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020