Anas reported that a woman came to the Prophet, to complain to
him of a need. He said, 'Shall I show you something better than that? You
should say, 'There is no god but Allah' 33 times when you go to sleep and
say 'Glory be to Allah' 33 times and say 'Praise be to Allah' 34 times
and then that hundred is better than his world and all that it contains.'"
Anas ibn Malik said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, took a bough and shook it and not all the leaves fell off. Then
he shook it again and not all the leaves fell off. Then he shook it a third
time but not all the leaves fell off. He said, 'Saying, "Glory be to Allah
and praise be to Allah and there is no god but Allah" makes errors fall
away as the leaves of a tree fall away.'"
وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: مَنْ هَلَّلَ مِئَةً، وَسَبَّحَ مِئَةً، وَكَبَّرَ مِئَةً، خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ عَشْرِ رِقَابٍ يُعْتِقُهَا، وَسَبْعِ بَدَنَاتٍ يَنْحَرُهَا.
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If
someone says, 'There is no god but Allah' one hundred times, 'Glory be
to Allah' one hundred times' and 'Allah is greater' one hundred times,
that is better than freeing ten slaves and slaughtering seven camels."
Anas ibn Malik was told, "Your brothers have come to you from Basra
(and that day he was at the zawiyya) wanting for you to make supplication
to Allah for them." He said, "O Allah, forgive them and show mercy to them.
Give them good in this world and good in the Next World and protect them
from the punishment of the Fire." They asked him to say more and he said
repeated the same thing. He said, "If you are given this, you have been
given the good of this world and the Next."
