Apostle of God and said, "The rich (among us) have attained to a high station and permanent favour." He replied, "And what is that?" They said, "They pray as we do, and fast as we do, and they give alms, which (by reason of our poverty) we do not, and they free slaves which we (having none) do not do." The Apostle of God replied, "Shall I not teach you something by which you will reach (in rank) those who preceded you and will precede those who follow you; and none will be more excellent than you, except he who shall do as ye do?" They said, "Yes, O Apostle of God." He replied, "Then at the end of each prayer repeat the adoration of God, and magnify Him and give voice to His praises thirty-three times." Abú Ṣálih said, "Then the poor who had fled from Mecca to Madína returned to the Apostle of God and said, 'Our brethren, the rich, heard what we did, and they did the same.'" The Apostle of God said, "That is the grace of God. He gives to whom He wills."'—Muslim, Al Bukhárí.
It is related from Abú Hurairah that, 'The Apostle of God said, "Whoever repeats the adoration of God thirty-three times at the end of each prayer, and gives voice to the praise of God thirty-three times, and magnifies God thirty-three times, that is ninety- nine times, and whoever completes the hundred by saying, 'There is no God but Alláh alone. He has no partner. His is the dominion and His the praise, and He is powerful over all things,' his sins will be forgiven, although they be as the foam of the sea."'—Muslim.
It is related from ʿAlí that he said, 'I heard the Apostle of God say on the wood of this pulpit that, "He who recites the verse of the throne[1] at the end of each prayer, nothing will prevent him from entering paradise but death; and whoever recites it when he retires to his bed, God will keep him safe in his house, and in the house of his neighbour, and in the houses of the people round about him."'—Al Baihaqi
Concerning What Is or Is Not Permitted to be Done
in Prayer
It is related from ʿAbduʾlláh bin Masʿúd that he said, 'We used to salute the Prophet whilst he was saying his prayers, and
- ↑ Qurʾán, Súratuʾl-Baqarah (ii) 254.
