Subḥāna-llāhi wa bi-ḥamdihi, lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā bi-llāhi, Mā shā’a-llahu kāna wa mā lam yashā’ lam yakun, a‘lamu anna-llāha ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr, wa anna-llāha qad aḥāṭa bi-kulli shay’in ‘ilmā.
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We relate in the Sunan of Abū Dāwūd who reported that one of the daughters of the Messenger of Allah said that the Prophet taught them: “Say when you get up in the morning: Glory be to Allah and with His praise. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. What Allah wills shall be and what He does not will shall not be. I know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah encompasses everything in His knowledge.[27].Whoever says this in the morning will be protected until the evening, and whoever says it in the evening will be protected until the morning.”
[27] Abū Dāwūd (5075), an-Nasā’ī in ‘Amal al-yawm wa al-laylah (12), Ibn as-Sunnī (46), and al-Futūḥāt (3/122). Al-Ḥāfiẓ states that this hadith is gharīb : ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd, who is one of the narrators in the chain, is unknown, as is Umm ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd. Ibn Ḥajar adds: “I do not know her name or circumstances, but she was probably a female Companion, as all the daughters of the Prophet died during his lifetime, except for Fāṭimah , who outlived him by six months or less. It is related that she (Umm ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd) served those that she reported from, but did not name them. If the narrator were other than Fāṭimah then the probability of her (being a female Companion) grows stronger; if not, then it is possible that she lived after the passing away of the Prophet . But Allah knows best”. I say: “This hadith has supporting narrations (shawāhid) with the same meaning, some of which will be mentioned in this chapter.”