Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3810
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَحْيَى، زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ مَنْظُورٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ، قَالَتْ أَتَيْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دُلَّنِي عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَإِنِّي قَدْ كَبِرْتُ وَضَعُفْتُ وَبَدَّنْتُ . فَقَالَ " كَبِّرِي اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَاحْمَدِي اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ وَسَبِّحِي اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مِائَةِ فَرَسٍ مُلْجَمٍ مُسْرَجٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَخَيْرٌ مِنْ مِائَةِ بَدَنَةٍ وَخَيْرٌ مِنْ مِائَةِ رَقَبَةٍ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It was narrated that Umm Hani’ said: I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, guide me to a deed, for I have grown old, weak, and heavy.’ He said, ‘Proclaim Allah’s greatness one hundred times, praise Allah one hundred times, and glorify Allah one hundred times. This is better than one hundred bridled and saddled horses in the cause of Allah, better than one hundred sacrificial camels, and better than freeing one hundred slaves.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic explicitly gives each remembrance a count of one hundred and compares the reward with horses, sacrificial camels, and freeing slaves.