53. Actions to Perform Day and Night
٥٣۔ كِتَابُ عَمَلِ الْيَوْمِ وَاللَّيْلَةِ عَوْنُكَ يَا رَبِّ عَلَى مَا بَقِيَ
[Machine] A group of captives arrived before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so Ali said to Fatimah, "Go to your father and ask him to give you a servant to help with the work." So she went to her father after sunset, and he asked her, "What is the matter, my daughter?" She replied, "Nothing, I have come to greet you and feel shy to ask you for anything." When the night came, Ali said to her, "Go to your father and ask him to give you a servant to help with the work." So she went to her father again, and he asked her, "What is the matter, my daughter?" She replied, "Nothing, my father, I have come to see how you are doing and feel shy to ask you anything." On the third night, Ali said to her, "Come, let's go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." They both went until they reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who asked them, "What has brought you here?" Ali replied, "O Messenger of Allah, we have been burdened with work and wanted you to give us a servant to help with the work." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Shall I not guide you to something better for both of you than red camels?" Ali said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah, peace be upon you." He said, "Recite takbeer 100 times, and tasbeeh 100 times, and tahmeed 100 times before you sleep, and you will spend the night with one thousand rewards and the like when you wake up." Ali said, "I have not missed it since I heard it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, except for the night of Siffeen, for I forgot it until I remembered it at the end of the night."
قَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْيٌ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ لِفَاطِمَةَ ائْتِ أَبَاكِ فَسَلِيهِ خَادِمًا تَتَّقِي بِهَا الْعَمَلَ فَأَتَتْ أَبَاهَا حِينَ أَمْسَتْ فَقَالَ لَهَا «مَا لَكِ يَا بُنَيَّةُ؟» قَالَتْ لَا شَيْءَ جِئْتُ أُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكَ وَاسْتَحْيَتْ أَنْ تَسْأَلَ شَيْئًا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتِ الْقَابِلَةُ قَالَ ائْتِ أَبَاكِ فَسَلِيهِ خَادِمًا تَتَّقِي بِهَا الْعَمَلَ فَخَرَجَتْ حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَتْهُ قَالَ «مَا لَكِ يَا بُنَيَّةُ» قَالَتْ لَا شَيْءَ يَا أَبَتَاهُ جِئْتُ لَأَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ أَمْسَيْتَ وَاسْتَحْيَتْ أَنْ تَسْأَلَهُ شَيْئًا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتِ اللَّيْلَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ قَالَ لَهَا عَلِيٌّ امْشِي فَخَرَجَا جَمِيعًا حَتَّى أَتَيَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا أَتَى بِكُمَا؟» فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ أَيْ رَسُولَ اللهِ شَقَّ عَلَيْنَا الْعَمَلُ فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ تُعْطِينَا خَادِمًا نَتَّقِي بِهَا الْعَمَلَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمَا عَلَى خَيْرٍ لَكُمَا مِنْ حُمُرِ النَّعَمِ؟» فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى الله عَلَيْكَ قَالَ «تَكْبِيرَاتٌ وَتَسْبِيحَاتٌ وَتَحْمِيدَاتٌ مِائَةٌ حِينَ تُرِيدَانِ تَنَامَانِ فَتَبِيتَانِ عَلَى أَلْفِ حَسَنَةٍ وَمِثْلُهَا حِينَ تُصْبِحَانِ» قَالَ عَلِيٌّ فَمَا فَاتَنِي مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا لَيْلَةَ صَفَّيْنَ فَإِنِّي أُنْسِيتُهَا حَتَّى ذَكَرْتُهَا مِنْ آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ