Question

I have seen in some Hadiths about dhikr, when the word is مثل ذلك, does this mean we need to repeat all the words again or we just recite مثل ذلك?

For example the Hadiths below:

روى ابن أبي شيبة رحمه الله في ”مصنفه“ بسند صحيح عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ، وَإِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ كَبِيرًا عَدَدَ الشَّفْعِ، وَالْوِتْرِ، وَكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ الطَّيِّبَاتِ الْمُبَارَكَاتِ، ثَلَاثًا، وَلَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ، كُنَّ لَهُ فِي قَبْرِهِ نُورًا، وَعَلٰى الْجِسْرِ نُورًا، وَعَلٰى الصِّرَاطِ نُورًا، حَتَّى يُدْخِلْنَهُ الْجَنَّةَ، أَوْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ

So are the words to be recited as:

وَلَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ

Or as:

[لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ عَدَدَ الشَّفْعِ ، وَالْوِتْرِ، وَكَلِمَاتِ اللهِ التَّامَّاتِ الطَّيِّبَاتِ المُبَارَكَاتِ]

Another example is:

والله اكبر مثل ذلك، والحمد لله مثل ذلك، ولا اله الا الله مثل ذلك، ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله مثل ذلك.

So we just recite as they are or we need to repeat the whole sentences by replacing with the words before مثل ذلك?

Answer

The words مثل ذلك translate as “exactly like that” or “exactly the same” which means that the entire sentence should be repeated like the one before it, as it appears in the bracketed part […].

By merely saying the word مثل ذلك one will not be fulfilling the requirement.

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,

Answered by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar


Moulana Muhammad A


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