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السيوطي:١٦٥٥a

"إِذا حدّثْتُكَ حَدِيثًا فلا تَزِيدَنَّ عَليَّ، أرْبَعٌ هُنَّ مِنْ أطيبِ الكلام وَهِيَ مِنَ القُرآنِ، لا يَضُرُّك بَأيِّهن بدأتَ: سبُحان الله، والحمدُ لله، ولا إِلَه إِلا اللهُ، واللهُ اكْبَرُ".  

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Collected by Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
ibnmajah:3811Abū ʿUmar Ḥafṣ b. ʿAmr > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Hilāl b. Yisāf > Samurah b. Jundab

the Prophet ﷺ said: "(There are) four that are the best of words, and it does not matter with which you begin: Subhan-Allah, wal-Hamdu-Lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wa Allahu Akbar (Glory is to Allah, praise is to Allah, none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and Allah is the Most Great)."  

ابن ماجة:٣٨١١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُمَرَ حَفْصُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَرْبَعٌ أَفْضَلُ الْكَلاَمِ لاَ يَضُرُّكَ بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأْتَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ  

ahmad:20223Wakīʿ > Sufyān > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Hilāl b. Yisāf > Samurah b. Jundub

the Prophet ﷺ said: "(There are) four that are the best of words, and it does not matter with which you begin: Subhan-Allah, wal-Hamdu-Lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wa Allahu Akbar (Glory is to Allah, praise is to Allah, none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and Allah is the Most Great)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3811)   

أحمد:٢٠٢٢٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يِسَافٍ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَفْضَلُ الْكَلَامِ بَعْدَ الْقُرْآنِ وَهُو مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ أَرْبَعٌ لَا يَضُرُّكَ بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأْتَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ مِنْ خَيْرِ الْكَلِمَاتِ لَا يَضُرُّ الْمَرْءُ بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأَ

ibnhibban:836Muḥammad b. Sulaymān b. Fāris > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Shaqīq from my father > Abū Ḥamzah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

the Prophet ﷺ said: "(There are) four that are the best of words, and it does not matter with which you begin: Subhan-Allah, wal-Hamdu-Lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wa Allahu Akbar (Glory is to Allah, praise is to Allah, none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and Allah is the Most Great)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3811)   

ابن حبّان:٨٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ فَارِسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ الْكَلَامِ أَرْبَعٌ لَا يَضُرُّكَ بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأْتَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ مَا وَصَفْنَا مِنَ التَّسْبِيحِ وَالتَّحْمِيدِ وَالتَّهْلِيلِ وَالتَّكْبِيرِ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الْكَلَامِ لَا حَرَجَ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأَ

ibnhibban:839Abū Khalīfah > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Hilāl b. Yasāf > Samurah b. Jundub

the Prophet ﷺ said: "(There are) four that are the best of words, and it does not matter with which you begin: Subhan-Allah, wal-Hamdu-Lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wa Allahu Akbar (Glory is to Allah, praise is to Allah, none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and Allah is the Most Great)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3811)   

ابن حبّان:٨٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَفْضَلُ الْكَلَامِ أَرْبَعٌ لَا تُبَالِي بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأْتَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَاتِ مِنْ خَيْرِ الْكَلِمَاتِ لَا يَضُرُّ الْمَرْءَ بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأَ

ibnhibban:1812Muḥammad b. Sulaymān b. Fāris > Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Shaqīq from my father > Abū Ḥamzah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

the Prophet ﷺ said: "(There are) four that are the best of words, and it does not matter with which you begin: Subhan-Allah, wal-Hamdu-Lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wa Allahu Akbar (Glory is to Allah, praise is to Allah, none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and Allah is the Most Great)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3811)   

ابن حبّان:١٨١٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ فَارِسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خَيْرُ الْكَلَامِ أَرْبَعٌ لَا يَضُرُّكَ بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأْتَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ»  

tabarani:6791Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Khālid al-Ḥarrānī from my father > Zuhayr > Manṣūr > Hilāl b. Yasāf > al-Rabīʿ b. ʿUmaylah > Samurah b. Jundub

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The most beloved words to Allah are four: There is no god but Allah, Allah is the Greatest, Subhan Allah, and Alhamdulillah. It does not harm you which one of them you begin with."  

الطبراني:٦٧٩١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا أَبِي ثنا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ يَسَافٍ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ عُمَيْلَةَ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَبُّ الْكَلَامِ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ أَرْبَعٌ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ وَسُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ لَا يَضُرُّكَ بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأْتَ  

tabarani:6792[Chain 1] Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Raqqī > Abū Maʿmar al-Muqʿad [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Yaḥyá al-Ḥimmānī > ʿAbd al-Wārith b. Saʿīd > Muḥammad b. Juḥādah > Manṣūr > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > al-Rabīʿ b. ʿUmaylah

the Prophet ﷺ said: "(There are) four that are the best of words, and it does not matter with which you begin: Subhan-Allah, wal-Hamdu-Lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wa Allahu Akbar (Glory is to Allah, praise is to Allah, none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and Allah is the Most Great)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3811)   

الطبراني:٦٧٩٢حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ الْمُقْعَدُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ قَالَا ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ عُمَيْلَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَحَبُّ الْكَلَامِ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا يَضُرُّكَ بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأْتَ  

nasai-kubra:10609Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Ḥasan b. Shaqīq from my father > Abū Ḥamzah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

the Prophet ﷺ said: "(There are) four that are the best of words, and it does not matter with which you begin: Subhan-Allah, wal-Hamdu-Lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wa Allahu Akbar (Glory is to Allah, praise is to Allah, none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and Allah is the Most Great)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3811)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَنِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ أَبِي أَخْبَرَنَا قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَمْزَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ الْكَلَامِ أَرْبَعٌ لَا تُبَالِي بِأَيَّتِهِنَّ بَدَأْتَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ  

nasai-kubra:10610ʿAlī b. al-Mundhir > Ibn Fuḍayl > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Baʿḍ Aṣḥāb Muḥammad ﷺ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The most beloved words to Allah are four: SubhanAllah (Glory be to Allah), Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah), La ilaha illallah (There is no deity worthy of worship except Allah), and Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest)." Suhaib Ibn Abi Saleh disagreed with him.  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦١٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَبُّ الْكَلَامِ إِلَى اللهِ أَرْبَعٌ لَا يَضُرُّكَ بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأْتَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ خَالَفَهُ سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ  

nasai-kubra:10614al-Ḥusayn b. ʿĪsá > ʿAbd al-Ṣamad from my father > Muḥammad b. Juḥādah > Manṣūr > ʿUmārah b. ʿUmayr > Rabīʿ b. ʿUmaylah > Samurah b. Jundub

the Prophet ﷺ said: "(There are) four that are the best of words, and it does not matter with which you begin: Subhan-Allah, wal-Hamdu-Lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wa Allahu Akbar (Glory is to Allah, praise is to Allah, none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and Allah is the Most Great)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3811)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦١٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُحَادَةَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ رَبِيعِ بْنِ عُمَيْلَةَ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَبُّ الْكَلَامِ إِلَى اللهِ أَرْبَعٌ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ لَا يَضُرُّكَ بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأْتَ خَالَفَهُ جَرِيرٌ  

nasai-kubra:10616Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > Salamah b. Kuhayl > Hilāl > Samurah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said: "When I tell you a hadith, do not add anything to it. The best of speech is the speech of Allah, and it does not harm you to begin by saying: 'Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illallah, Allahu Akbar'."  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦١٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ هِلَالٍ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكَ بِحَدِيثٍ فَلَا تَزِيدَنَّ عَلَى أَرْبَعٍ أَطْيَبِ الْكَلَامِ وَهُوَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ لَا يَضُرُّكَ بِأَيِّهِنَّ بَدَأْتَ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ  

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السيوطي:١٣٩٨٦a

"خَيْرُ الكلام أَربعٌ -لا يضرك بأَيِّهن بدأْتَ- سُبحانَ اللَّه، والحمدُ للَّه، ولا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللَّه، واللَّه أَكبر".  

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the Prophet ﷺ said: "(There are) four that are the best of words, and it does not matter with which you begin: Subhan-Allah, wal-Hamdu-Lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wa Allahu Akbar (Glory is to Allah, praise is to Allah, none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and Allah is the Most Great)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3811)   

السيوطي:٢٨٩٣a

"أربعٌ أفْضلُ الكلام، لا يضرُّكَ بأيِّهنَّ بَدَأتَ: سُبحانَ اللهِ، والحمد لله، ولا إِله إلَّا الله، واللهُ أكبر ".  

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the Prophet ﷺ said: "(There are) four that are the best of words, and it does not matter with which you begin: Subhan-Allah, wal-Hamdu-Lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wa Allahu Akbar (Glory is to Allah, praise is to Allah, none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and Allah is the Most Great)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3811)   

السيوطي:٣٧٤٨a

(أفضلُ الكلام أربع، لا تبالى بأيِّهِن بدأت: سبحانَ الله، والحمد لله، ولا إله إلا الله. والله اكبر" .  

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