Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1353

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَتَّابٌ، - هُوَ ابْنُ بَشِيرٍ - عَنْ خُصَيْفٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، وَمُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ جَاءَ الْفُقَرَاءُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الأَغْنِيَاءَ يُصَلُّونَ كَمَا نُصَلِّي وَيَصُومُونَ كَمَا نَصُومُ وَلَهُمْ أَمْوَالٌ يَتَصَدَّقُونَ وَيُنْفِقُونَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ إِذَا صَلَّيْتُمْ فَقُولُوا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ عَشْرًا فَإِنَّكُمْ تُدْرِكُونَ بِذَلِكَ مَنْ سَبَقَكُمْ وَتَسْبِقُونَ مَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

‘Ali ibn Hujr informed us; he said: ‘Attab—namely, Ibn Bashir—narrated to us, from Khusayf, from ‘Ikrimah and Mujahid, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: The poor came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, “Messenger of Allah, the wealthy pray as we pray and fast as we fast, yet they have wealth with which they give charity and spend.” The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “When you have prayed, say ‘Glory be to Allah’ thirty-three times, ‘Praise be to Allah’ thirty-three times, ‘Allah is the Greatest’ thirty-three times, and ‘There is no god but Allah’ ten times. By doing that, you will catch up with those who preceded you and surpass those who come after you.”