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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “There are two blessings that many people are deceived into losing: health and free time.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) started ascending a high place or hill. A man (amongst his companions) ascended it and
shouted in a loud voice, “La ilaha illal-lahu wallahu Akbar.” (At that time) Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was riding
his mule. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “You are not calling upon a deaf or an absent one.” and added, “O Abu
Musa (or, O `Abdullah)! Shall I tell you a sentence from the treasure of Paradise?” I said, “Yes.” He
said, “La haul a wala quwwata illa billah,”

Allah has ninety-nine Names, i.e., one hundred minus one, and whoever believes in their meanings
and acts accordingly, will enter Paradise; and Allah is witr (one) and loves ‘the witr’ (i.e., odd
numbers).

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The example of the one who celebrates the Praises of his Lord (Allah) in
comparison to the one who does not celebrate the Praises of his Lord, is that of a living creature
compared to a dead one.”

Allah ‘s Apostle said, “Allah has some angels who look for those who celebrate the Praises of Allah
on the roads and paths. And when they find some people celebrating the Praises of Allah, they call
each other, saying, “Come to the object of your pursuit.’ ” He added, “Then the angels encircle them
with their wings up to the sky of the world.” He added. “(after those people celebrated the Praises of
Allah, and the angels go back), their Lord, asks them (those angels)—-though He knows better than
them—-‘What do My slaves say?’ The angels reply, ‘They say: Subhan Allah, Allahu Akbar, and
Alham-du-li l-lah, Allah then says ‘Did they see Me?’ The angels reply, ‘No! By Allah, they didn’t see
You.’
Allah says, How it would have been if they saw Me?’ The angels reply, ‘If they saw You, they would
worship You more devoutly and celebrate Your Glory more deeply, and declare Your freedom from
any resemblance to anything more often.’ Allah says (to the angels), ‘What do they ask Me for?’ The
angels reply, ‘They ask You for Paradise.’ Allah says (to the angels), ‘Did they see it?’ The angels say,
‘No! By Allah, O Lord! They did not see it.’ Allah says, How it would have been if they saw it?’ The
angels say, ‘If they saw it, they would have greater covetousness for it and would seek It with greater
zeal and would have greater desire for it.’ Allah says, ‘From what do they seek refuge?’ The angels
reply, ‘They seek refuge from the (Hell) Fire.’ Allah says, ‘Did they see it?’ The angels say, ‘No By
Allah, O Lord! They did not see it.’ Allah says, How it would have been if they saw it?’ The angels
say, ‘If they saw it they would flee from it with the extreme fleeing and would have extreme fear from
it.’ Then Allah says, ‘I make you witnesses that I have forgiven them.”‘ Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) added, “One of
the angels would say, ‘There was so-and-so amongst them, and he was not one of them, but he had just
come for some need.’ Allah would say, ‘These are those people whose companions will not be reduced
to misery.’ ”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Whoever says, ‘Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi,’ one hundred times a day, will be
forgiven all his sins even if they were as much as the foam of the sea.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “There are two expressions which are very easy for the tongue to say, but they are
very heavy in the balance and are very dear to The Beneficent (Allah), and they are, ‘Subhan Allah Al-
`Azim and ‘Subhan Allah wa bihamdihi.’”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said,” Whoever says: “La ilaha illal-lah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahu-l-mulk wa lahul-
hamd wa huwa ‘ala kulli shai’in qadir,” one hundred times will get the same reward as given for
manumitting ten slaves; and one hundred good deeds will be written in his accounts, and one hundred
sins will be deducted from his accounts, and it (his saying) will be a shield for him from Satan on that
day till night, and nobody will be able to do a better deed except the one who does more than he.”

Whoever recites it (i.e., the invocation in the above Hadith (412) ten times will be as if he manumitted
one of Ishmael’s descendants. Abu Aiyub narrated the same Hadith from the Prophet (ﷺ) saying,
“(Whoever recites it ten times) will be as if he had manumitted one of Ishmael’s descendants.”

`Aisha said, “The Jews came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said to him, “As-Samu ‘Alaika (i.e., Death be upon
you).” He replied, ‘The same on you.’ ” `Aisha said to them, “Death be upon you, and may Allah curse
you and shower His wrath upon you!” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) I said, “Be gentle and calm, O `Aisha! Be
gentle and beware of being harsh and of saying evil things.” She said, “Didn’t you hear what they
said?” He said, “Didn’t you hear what I replied (to them)? have returned their statement to them, and
my invocation against them will be accepted but theirs against me will not be accepted.”