Mentioning and praising Allah (~) is one of
the simple forms of worship that one does not
find trouble in practising. It lends itself well to
the worshipper whatever the circumstances might
be. Yet the reward for it is great. Abu d-Dardrfl'
) said that the Messenger of Allah ) said:
'Should I not tell you of the best of what you can
do, the highest in the view of your King2, the
loftiest of status, better to you than spending
gold and sliver and better to you than meeting
your enemy, striking their necks and getting
struck on the necks by them'?' They said: 'Yes,
0 Messenger of Allah' . He said: 'Mentioning
Allah'. at-Tirmidh'i (no. 3377) and Abroad (vol. 6,
p. 447). al-Hakim said: 'it has a worthy chain of
narrators but they, i.e. al-BukMri and Muslim, did
not mention it' (vol. 1, p. 673).
Muslim narrates in his authentic Sahfh that
Sa'd ibn abi Waqqa§ (41>) said: 'We were in the
Messenger of Allah's (: )company when he said:
'Should one of you be so feeble not to earn every
day one thousand !J.asanahs'?' Then one of the

2. That is, Allah ~) .

attendecs asked him: 'How should one ofus earn
one thousand hasanahs?'He replied: 'PraiseAilah3
one hundred times and it will be recorded one
thousand l!asanahs or one thousand sayyi'ahs
will be stuck off [from one's record]'. (no. 4866).
Not only this, but mentioning Allah (~) opens
up the heart to a variety of virtues and a number of
ways to serve Him. Constantly mentioning Allah
~)savcsonefromforgettingHim, which is a cause
of hardship in this life as well as in the Hereafter.
Allah ~~) says: "Do not be like those who forgot
Allah so He made them forget themselves; those are
indeed the defiantly disobedient" [59: 19]. When a
servant forgets himself he keeps away from what
is in his best of interests, busies hin1self away from
doing what is good and, as a result, he will wither
away and perish. lf this was the only advantage
of mentioning Allah (~). indeed it would suffice.
What would you say if more advantages are added

3. That is by saying ..,1 .:>~ (subhfina Allafu), which
literally means glory be to Allah.

on to it? Among these are that:
I. Allah ) will remember the servant who
mentions Him. He ) says: "Remember Me and
I shall Remember you, and be grateful to Me, and
never deny Me" [2: 152].
2. The Messenger was asked: 'Which deed is
seen as the best by Allah?' He said: 'That you die

with a tongue moist with mentioning Allah'. al-
Bukhiiri in Khalq Aj'alu 1-'Jbad (p. 72, no. 281)

and a!-Tabiiranl in al-Kabfr (vol. 20, p. 93). It has
been related by Mu'iidh )that the Messenger of
Allah )said: 'Never has a human done a thing
mor e likely to save him from Allah's punishment
than mentioning Allah, glorified He is'. Ahmad
(vol. 4, p. 239).
3. It pleases the Most Merciful (~) and
comforts the heart as it expels the devil and
suppresses him. Thus it soothes the troubled heart.
4. It instils in the heart vigilance and awareness
of what is right and what is wrong. As a result, it
brings the servant closer to his Lord

 This is a summarized book contains lots of duaa of the prophet peace and blessings of Allah be upon him .