Remembrance 4 from Chapter 49
Adhkār to be performed after ṣalāh
Subḥāna-llāhi wa-l-ḥamdu li-llāhi wa-llāhu akbar.
We relate in the Ṣaḥīḥs of al-Bukhārī and Muslim from Abū Hurayrah
that the poor Muhājirūn came to the Messenger of Allah
and said: “The men of wealth have taken the high ranks and the everlasting bounties. They pray as we pray, they fast as we fast, they have their excess wealth with which they perform Ḥajj and ‘Umrah, and they strive for the Cause of Allah and give charity.” He replied: “Should I not teach you something that will enable you to catch up with those who have surpassed you and make you surpass those who are behind you, so that no-one will be better than you except for those who do the same as you do?” They said: “Yes, Messenger of Allah.” He said: “Glorify Allah, praise Allah and magnify Allah thirty-three times after every ṣalāh.” Abū Ṣāliḥ, the narrator of the hadith, reported that when Abū Hurayrah
was asked how this should be done he said: “Say: Glory be to Allah, Praise be to Allah, and Allah is Greatest, until each of them has been said thirty-three times.” [6].The word ad-duthur is the plural of dathr with fatḥah on the letter dāl and sukūn on the letter thā’, which means ‘abundance’.