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adab:647ʿAlī > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān > Kurayb Abū Rishdīn > Ibn ʿAbbās > Juwayriyah bt. al-Ḥārith b. Abū Ḍirār

that the Prophet ﷺ went out from her (Juwayriyah) presence. Her name was Barrah, so the Prophet ﷺ changed her name and called her Juwayriyah. He went out, disliking that he should enter while her name was Barrah. 

Then he returned to her after the day had risen high, while she was in her place of sitting, and he said: “Have you remained in your place of sitting? After leaving you I have said four phrases three times; if they were weighed against what you have said, they would outweigh them:

subḥān Allāhi wa-bi-ḥamdihi ʿadada khalqihi, wa-riḍā nafsihi, wa-zinata ʿarshihi, wa-midāda / wa-madada kalimātihi

‘Glory be to Allah and with His praise, as many times as the number of His creation, and according to His own pleasure, and the weight of His Throne, and the ink—or the extent—of His words.’”

Muhammad said: ʿAlī narrated to us; he said: Sufyān narrated it to us more than once; he said: Muhammad narrated to us, from Kurayb, from Ibn ʿAbbās, that the Prophet ﷺ went out from being with Juwayriyah—and he only said “from Juwayriyah” once.

الأدب المفرد:٦٤٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَوْلَى آلِ طَلْحَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ كُرَيْبًا أَبَا رِشْدِينَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ جُوَيْرِيَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ أَبِي ضِرَارٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهَا، وَكَانَ اسْمُهَا بَرَّةَ، فَحَوَّلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اسْمَهَا، فَسَمَّاهَا جُوَيْرِيَةَ، فَخَرَجَ وَكَرِهَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ وَاسْمُهَا بَرَّةُ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهَا بَعْدَمَا تَعَالَى النَّهَارُ، وَهِيَ فِي مَجْلِسِهَا، فَقَالَ: «مَا زِلْتِ فِي مَجْلِسِكِ؟ لَقَدْ قُلْتُ بَعْدَكِ أَرْبَعَ كَلِمَاتٍ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، لَوْ وُزِنَتْ بِكَلِمَاتِكِ وَزَنَتْهُنَّ:

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ، وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ، وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ، وَمِدَادَ - أَوْ مَدَدَ - كَلِمَاتِهِ

قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ سُفْيَانُ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِ جُوَيْرِيَةَ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ: عَنْ جُوَيْرِيَةَ إِلَّا مَرَّةً

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A dhikr of four phrases that's heavier than dhikr done all morning

muslim:2726aQutaybah b. Saʿīd And ʿAmrw al-Nāqid And Ibn Abū ʿUmar Wa-al-Lafẓ Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman a freed slave of Āl Ṭalḥah > Kurayb > Ibn ʿAbbās > Jūwayriyah

that the Prophet ﷺ left ˹Juwayriyah, our mother and his wife˺ early in the morning after praying Subh (Fajr) and she was in her place of worship. He then came back at duha time (midmorning) and she was ˹still˺ sitting ˹doing dhikr˺. He asked, "Have you been in the same place since I left you?" She said: "Yes." Thereupon, the Prophet ﷺ said: "I recited four words three times after I left you and if these are to be weighed against what you have recited since morning these would outweigh them:

subḥān Allāhi wa-bi-ḥamdihī, adada khalqihī, wa-riḍā nafsihī, wa-zinata ʿarshihī, wa-midāda kalimātihi

(Exalted is Allah and praise is due to Him according to: the number of His creation, and ˹according to˺ the pleasure of His Self, and ˹according to˺ the weight of His Throne, and ˹according to˺ the ink of words ˹of His constant decrees or of praise that is due to Him.)"

مسلم:٢٧٢٦aحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَعَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ أَبِي عُمَرَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَوْلَى آلِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ جُوَيْرِيَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَرَجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهَا بُكْرَةً حِينَ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ وَهِيَ فِي مَسْجِدِهَا۔ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَضْحَى وَهِيَ جَالِسَةٌ۔ فَقَالَ: «مَا زِلْتِ عَلَى الْحَالِ الَّتِي فَارَقْتُكِ عَلَيْهَا؟» قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ۔ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «لَقَدْ قُلْتُ بَعْدَكِ أَرْبَعَ كَلِمَاتٍ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ، لَوْ وُزِنَتْ بِمَا قُلْتِ مُنْذُ الْيَوْمِ لَوَزَنَتْهُنَّ:

(سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ، وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ، وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ، وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ)۔»

abudawud:1503Dāwud b. Umayyah > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman a freed slave of Abū Ṭalḥah > Kurayb > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out from Juwayriyyah (wife of the Prophet). Earlier her name was Barrah, and he changed it. When he went out she was in her place of worship, and when he returned she was in her place of worship. He asked: Have you been in your place of worship continuously? She said: Yes. He then said: Since leaving you I have said three times four phrases which, if weighed against all that you have said (during this period), would prove to be heavier: "Glory be to Allah, and I begin with praise of Him to the number of His creatures, in accordance with His good pleasure, to the weight of His throne and to the ink (extent) of His words."

أبو داود:١٥٠٣حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَوْلَى أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ عِنْدِ جُوَيْرِيَةَ وَكَانَ اسْمُهَا بَرَّةَ فَحَوَّلَ اسْمَهَا فَخَرَجَ وَهِيَ فِي مُصَلاَّهَا وَرَجَعَ وَهِيَ فِي مُصَلاَّهَا فَقَالَ لَمْ تَزَالِي فِي مُصَلاَّكِ هَذَا قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَ قَدْ قُلْتُ بَعْدَكِ أَرْبَعَ كَلِمَاتٍ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَوْ وُزِنَتْ بِمَا قُلْتِ لَوَزَنَتْهُنَّ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ عَدَدَ خَلْقِهِ وَرِضَا نَفْسِهِ وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِهِ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِهِ