Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 3

348 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @a&> (Vol-3)
Rasulullaah Teaches Hadhrat Abu Dardaa
%@&$ some Adhkaar to be Recited after
Every Salaah
Hadhrat Ummu Dardaa I.%- narrates that when a man once came to Hadhrat
Abu Dardaa ?%XW, he asked the man, "Will you be staying over so that we may
send your animal for grazing or will you be leaving, in which case we shall give it
some fodder to eat?" When the man informed him that he would be leaving,
Hadhrat Abu Dardaa !3IW said, "I shall then give you some provisions that had
I any provisions better than them, I would have certainly given them instead. 1
once went to Rasulullaah and said, 'The wealthy ones have taken the
benefits of this world as well as the Aakhirah. They perform salaah just as we
perform salaah andtheyfastjustaswe fast, but they also donate in Sadaqah, which
we cannot do.' Rasulullaah @% said, 'Should I then not teach you something by
which anyone ahead of you will be unable to beat you again and those who are
still behind you will beunabletocatchupwith you unless they do the same as you
do?' Rasulullaah k%% then told me to recite (41 &G)
('Subhaanallaah') thirty-three
times,(& u) ('Al Hamdulillaah') thirty-three times and(3 a) ('Allaahu Akbar')
thirty-four times after every salaah." ('1
Hadhrat Qataadah reports that some poor Mu'mineen once said, "0 Rasulullaah
@!%! The wealthy ones have taken all the rewards. They are able to donate in
Sadaqah, while we cannot and they are able to spend in good causes, which we
are also incapable of doing." Rasulullaah asked, "Tell me if the wealth of
this world will be able to reach the heavens if they are stacked one on top of
another?" "Certainly not, 0 Rasulullaah m," they replied. Rasulullaah then
said, "Should I not inform you of something that has its roots on earth but its
branches in the heavens? It is that you recite ten times after every salaah, '
(&I;!('ha Ilaaha 'Illallaah'),'(3&)(~llaahu Akbar'), ('~(41 &G)ubhaanallaahl)
and (A m)'(~l ~amdulillaah')."'(~)
Rasulullaah @%! Teaches Hadhrat Ali !&lGm and
Hadhrat Faatima @%&#&+ a Dhikr to Recite after
salaah and Before Sleeping
Hadhrat Ali reports that when he married Hadhrat Faatima -,
Rasulullaah &%% sent with her a blanket, a leather pillow filled with the bark
of a date palm, two grinding stones, a water bag and two earthen jars. Hadhrat
Ali %,Gm one day said to Hadhrat Faatima CW$W, "By Allaah! Continuously
drawing water from the well has caused my chest to start hurting. Allaah has sent
some prisoners to your father, so please go to him and request him for a
servant." Hadhrat ~aatima GWi%S agreed saying, "By Allaah! Continuous grinding
(1) Ahmad, Bazzaar and Tabraani, as quoted in Majma'uzZawaaYd(Vol.10 Pg.lOO). Abdur Razzaaq has
reported a similar narration with the addition that Hadhrat Abu Dardaa W%%j said to Rasulullaah
m, "...they also strive in Jihaad'as we do and perform the Fardh salaahs."
(2) Abdur Razzaaq and Ibn Zanjway, as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal (Vol. 1 Pg.297).