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tabarani:4898[Chain 1] Idrīs b. Jaʿfar al-ʿAṭṭār > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar [Chain 2] ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Hishām b. Ḥassān [Chain 3] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > Hadiyyah b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Marwazī > al-Naḍr b. Shumayl > Hishām b. Ḥassān > Ibn Sīrīn > Kathīr b. Aflaḥ > Zayd b. Thābit > Amaranā

[Machine] To glorify Allah 33 times, praise Him 33 times, and declare His greatness 34 times after every prayer. A man from the Ansar saw something in his dream and said, "Did your Prophet ﷺ command you to glorify Allah like this, praise Him like this, and declare His greatness like this?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Make it 25 and add 'tahlil' to it.' The Ansari man went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and told him about his vision. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Make it as he said."  

الطبراني:٤٨٩٨حَدَّثَنَا إِدْرِيسُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْعَطَّارُ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا هَدِيَّةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ ثنا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ أَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ أَمَرَنَا

أَنْ نُسَبِّحَ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَنَحْمَدُ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَنُكَبِّرُ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ فَرَأَى رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِيمَا يَرَى النَّائِمُ فَقَالَ أَمَرَكُمْ نَبِيُّكُمْ ﷺ أَنْ تُسَبِّحُوا كَذَا وَتَحْمَدُوا كَذَا وَتُكَبِّرُوا كَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ «اجْعَلُوهَا خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ وَزِيدُوا فِيهَا التَّهْلِيلَ» فَجَاءَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِرُؤيَاهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اجْعَلُوهَا كَمَا قَالَ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ḥākim, 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
ahmad:21600ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Hishām > Muḥammad > Kathīr b. Aflaḥ > Zayd b. Thābit > Umirnā

[Machine] "To glorify thirty-three times and praise thirty-three times after each prayer, and to declare takbeer (saying Allahu Akbar) thirty-four times. Then, a man came in a dream from the Ansar (helpers of Prophet Muhammad) and he was asked, 'Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ order you to glorify thirty-three times and praise thirty-three times after each prayer?' The Ansari in his dream replied, 'Yes.' So he was asked, 'Make it twenty-five times and twenty-five times and include the tahleel (saying La ilaha illallah).' When the Prophet ﷺ woke up in the morning, he informed him and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'So do it.'"  

أحمد:٢١٦٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ أَفْلَحَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ أُمِرْنَا

أَنْ نُسَبِّحَ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَنَحْمَدَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَنُكَبِّرَ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ فَأُتِيَ رَجُلٌ فِي الْمَنَامِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَمَرَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تُسَبِّحُوا فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ فِي مَنَامِهِ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاجْعَلُوهَا خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ وَاجْعَلُوا فِيهَا التَّهْلِيلَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ غَدَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَافْعَلُوا  

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»  

hakim:928Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Salmān > al-Ḥasan b. Mukram > 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)   

الحاكم:٩٢٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلْمَانَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ثنا 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 وَنَحْمَدَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ وَنُكَبِّرَ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ قَالَ فَأُتِيَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي نَوْمِهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَمَرَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ تُسَبِّحُوا فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ كَذَا وَكَذَا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاجْعَلُوهَا خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ وَاجْعَلُوا فِيهَا التَّهْلِيلَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَافْعَلُوا»  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ بِهَذَا اللَّفْظِ إِنَّمَا اتَّفَقَا عَلَى حَدِيثِ سُمَيٍّ» صحيح

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»