Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 50, Hadith 12
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: خَلَّتَانِ لاَ يُحْصِيهِمَا رَجُلٌ مُسْلِمٌ إِلاَّ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ، وَهُمَا يَسِيرٌ، وَمَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِهِمَا قَلِيلٌ، قِيلَ: وَمَا هُمَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ: يُكَبِّرُ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ عَشْرًا، وَيَحْمَدُ عَشْرًا، وَيُسَبِّحُ عَشْرًا، فَذَلِكَ خَمْسُونَ وَمِئَةٌ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ، وَأَلْفٌ وَخَمْسُمِئَةٍ فِي الْمِيزَانِ، فَرَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعُدُّهُنَّ بِيَدِهِ. وَإِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ سَبَّحَهُ وَحَمِدَهُ وَكَبَّرَهُ، فَتِلْكَ مِئَةٌ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ، وَأَلْفٌ فِي الْمِيزَانِ، فَأَيُّكُمْ يَعْمَلُ فِي الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ أَلْفَيْنِ وَخَمْسَمِئَةِ سَيِّئَةٍ؟ قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ لاَ يُحْصِيهِمَا؟ قَالَ: يَأْتِي أَحَدَكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي صَلاَتِهِ، فَيُذَكِّرُهُ حَاجَةَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَلا يَذْكُرُهُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Nu‘aym related to us: Sufyan related to us, from ‘Ata’, from his father, from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Amr, from the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, who said: ‘There are two practices which no Muslim consistently keeps but that he will enter the Garden. They are easy, yet few people act upon them.’ It was asked, ‘What are they, Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘Each of you should say “Allah is greatest” ten times, praise Allah ten times, and declare His glory ten times after every prayer. That makes one hundred and fifty on the tongue and one thousand five hundred in the Balance.’ I saw the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, counting them on his hand. ‘When he goes to bed, he should declare Allah’s glory, praise Him, and proclaim His greatness; that makes one hundred on the tongue and one thousand in the Balance. Which of you commits two thousand five hundred evil deeds in a day and night?’ It was asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, how could anyone fail to count them?’ He said: ‘Satan comes to one of you during his prayer and reminds him of one need after another, so he does not remember to say them.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source gives ten each of three formulas after prayer (thirty per prayer, five prayers) and one hundred at bedtime.