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ahmad:21659Rawḥ > Hishām > Muḥammad > Kathīr b. Aflaḥ > Zayd b. Thābit > Umirnā

[Machine] We were commanded to glorify Allah (by saying "SubhanAllah") thirty-three times after each prayer, to praise Him (by saying "Alhamdulillah") thirty-three times, and to exalt Him (by saying "Allahu Akbar") thirty-four times. One of the companions saw a man in a dream who said, "You have been ordered to glorify Allah thirty-three times, and to praise Him thirty-three times, and to exalt Him thirty-four times. What if you also included 'La ilaha illallah' and made them twenty-five (each)?" I mentioned this to the Prophet ﷺ and he said, "I have seen it (in the same way), so do it," or something similar.  

أحمد:٢١٦٥٩حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ

أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نُسَبِّحَ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَسْبِيحَةً وَنَحْمَدَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَحْمِيدَةً وَنُكَبِّرَ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً قَالَ فَرَأَى رَجُلٌ فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقَالَ أُمِرْتُمْ بِثَلَاثٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ تَسْبِيحَةً وَثَلَاثٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ تَحْمِيدَةً وَأَرْبَعٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً فَلَوْ جَعَلْتُمْ فِيهَا التَّهْلِيلَ فَجَعَلْتُمُوهَا خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ قَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ فَافْعَلُوا أَوْ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān
nasai:1350Mūsá b. Ḥizām al-Tirmidhī > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Ibn Idrīs > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Kathīr b. Aflaḥ > Zayd b. Thābit > Umirūā

"They were commanded to say the tasbih thirty-three times following the prayer, and to say the tahmid thirty-three times, and to say the takbir thirty-four times, then a man from among the Ansar was told in a dream: 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ command you to say the tasbih thirty-three times following the prayer, and to say the tahmid thirty-three times, and to say the takbir thirty-four times?' He said: 'Yes.' 'Instead of that, say each one twenty-five times, and include the tahlil among them.' The next morning he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him about that, and he said: 'Do that.'"  

النسائي:١٣٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ حِزَامٍ التِّرْمِذِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنِ ابْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ أُمِرُوا

أَنْ يُسَبِّحُوا دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَيَحْمَدُوا ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَيُكَبِّرُوا أَرْبَعًا وَثَلاَثِينَ فَأُتِيَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فِي مَنَامِهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَمَرَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ تُسَبِّحُوا دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَتَحْمَدُوا ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَتُكَبِّرُوا أَرْبَعًا وَثَلاَثِينَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاجْعَلُوهَا خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ وَاجْعَلُوا فِيهَا التَّهْلِيلَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ اجْعَلُوهَا كَذَلِكَ  

tirmidhi:3413Yaḥyá b. Khalaf > Ibn Abū ʿAdī > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Kathīr b. Aflaḥ > Zayd b. Thābit > Umirnā

“We were ordered to say the Tasbīḥ at the end of every Salat thirty-three times, and to say the Takbīr thirty-four times.” He said: “Then a man from the Ansar had a dream in which someone said: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered you to say the Tasbīḥ at the end of every Salat thirty-three times, and to say the Taḥmīd thirty-three times, and to say the Takbīr thirty-four times?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Then make them twenty-five and add the Tahlīl (saying Lā ilāha illallāh) to them.’ The next day he went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him, so he said: “Do it.”  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٣٤١٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ؓ قَالَ أُمِرْنَا

أَنْ نُسَبِّحَ دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَنَحْمَدَهُ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَنُكَبِّرَهُ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلاَثِينَ قَالَ فَرَأَى رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقَالَ أَمَرَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ تُسَبِّحُوا فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَتَحْمَدُوا اللَّهَ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَتُكَبِّرُوا أَرْبَعًا وَثَلاَثِينَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاجْعَلُوا خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ وَاجْعَلُوا التَّهْلِيلَ مَعَهُنَّ فَغَدَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَحَدَّثَهُ فَقَالَ افْعَلُوا  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ
darimi:1394ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Kathīr b. Aflaḥ > Zayd b. Thābit > Umirnā

"They were commanded to say the tasbih thirty-three times following the prayer, and to say the tahmid thirty-three times, and to say the takbir thirty-four times, then a man from among the Ansar was told in a dream: 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ command you to say the tasbih thirty-three times following the prayer, and to say the tahmid thirty-three times, and to say the takbir thirty-four times?' He said: 'Yes.' 'Instead of that, say each one twenty-five times, and include the tahlil among them.' The next morning he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him about that, and he said: 'Do that.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1350)   

الدارمي:١٣٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ أُمِرْنَا

أَنْ نُسَبِّحَ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَنَحْمَدَهُ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَنُكَبِّرَ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ فَأُتِيَ رَجُلٌ أَوْ أُرِيَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقِيلَ «أَمَرَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ تُسَبِّحُوا اللَّهَ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَتَحْمَدُوا ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَتُكَبِّرُوا أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاجْعَلُوهَا خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ وَاجْعَلُوا مَعَهَا التَّهْلِيلَ فَأُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «افْعَلُوهَا»  

ذِكْرُ اسْتِحْبَابِ زِيَادَةِ التَّهْلِيلِ مَعَ التَّسْبِيحِ وَالتَّحْمِيدِ وَالتَّكْبِيرِ، لِيَكُونَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهَا خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ

ibnhibban:2017Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. Khuzaymah > Abū Qudāmah ʿUbaydullāh b. Saʿīd > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn > Kathīr b. Aflaḥ > Zayd b. Thābit > Umirnā

"They were commanded to say the tasbih thirty-three times following the prayer, and to say the tahmid thirty-three times, and to say the takbir thirty-four times, then a man from among the Ansar was told in a dream: 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ command you to say the tasbih thirty-three times following the prayer, and to say the tahmid thirty-three times, and to say the takbir thirty-four times?' He said: 'Yes.' 'Instead of that, say each one twenty-five times, and include the tahlil among them.' The next morning he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him about that, and he said: 'Do that.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1350)   

ابن حبّان:٢٠١٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قُدَامَةَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «أُمِرْنَا

أَنْ نُسَبِّحَ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَنُحِمِّدَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَنُكَبِّرَ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ» فَأُتِيَ رَجُلٌ فِي مَنَامِهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّهُ أَمَرَكُمْ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ أَنْ تُسَبِّحُوا فِي دُبُرُ كُلُّ صَلَاةٍ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَتُحَمِّدُوا ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَتُكَبِّرُوا أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اجْعَلُوهَا خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ وَاجْعَلُوا فِيهِ التَّهْلِيلَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَافْعَلُوهُ»