Mishkat al-Masabih 2387

‘Ali reported that Fatimah came to the Prophet ﷺ complaining of the strain the hand-mill had caused her. She had heard that a servant had come to him, but she did not find him, so she mentioned this to ‘A’ishah. When he came, ‘A’ishah told him. ‘Ali said: He came to us when we had gone to bed. We started to get up, but he said, ‘Stay where you are.’ He came and sat between us, until I felt the coolness of his feet on my stomach. He said, ‘Shall I not direct you both to something better than what you asked for? When you go to bed, glorify Allah thirty-three times, praise Him thirty-three times, and magnify Him thirty-three times. That is better for you both than a servant.’” Reported by al-Bukhari and Muslim; graded agreed upon by al-Albani.