Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3408

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْخَطَّابِ، زِيَادُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْبَصْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَزْهَرُ السَّمَّانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ عَبِيدَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، رضى الله عنه قَالَ شَكَتْ إِلَىَّ فَاطِمَةُ مَجَلَ يَدَيْهَا مِنَ الطَّحِينِ فَقُلْتُ لَوْ أَتَيْتِ أَبَاكِ فَسَأَلْتِيهِ خَادِمًا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَلاَ أَدُلُّكُمَا عَلَى مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمَا مِنَ الْخَادِمِ إِذَا أَخَذْتُمَا مَضْجَعَكُمَا تَقُولاَنِ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَأَرْبَعًا وَثَلاَثِينَ مِنْ تَحْمِيدٍ وَتَسْبِيحٍ وَتَكْبِيرٍ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ قِصَّةٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu al-Khattab Ziyad ibn Yahya al-Basri narrated to us: Azhar al-Samman narrated to us, from Ibn ‘Awn, from Ibn Sirin, from ‘Abidah, from ‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: ‘Fatimah complained to me that her hands were sore from grinding flour. I said, “Why don’t you go to your father and ask him for a servant?” He said, “Shall I direct you both to something better for you than a servant? When you go to bed, say thirty-three times tahmid, thirty-three times tasbih, and thirty-four times takbir.”’ The hadith contains a further account. Abu ‘Isa said: This hadith is hasan gharib through Ibn ‘Awn. It has also been transmitted by other routes from ‘Ali.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The three devotional formulas are counted as 33, 33, and 34 repetitions, respectively: tahmid (praising Allah), tasbih (glorifying Allah), and takbir (proclaiming Allah’s greatness). The Arabic mentions a further account but does not include it in this excerpt.