Question

Is the following narration authentic?

A woman once said, O Rasulullah! Inform me of a few words [which I may use for Dhikr] but don’t mention too many. Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

Say, ‘Allahu Akbar’ ten times, Allah says, ‘This is for me’.

Say, ‘Subhanallah’ ten times, Allah says, ‘This is for me’.

Say ‘Allahummagh Firli’ [O Allah forgive me], Allah says, ‘I have done so’

you repeat the Istighfar ten times, and Allah says, I have done so’.

Answer

Imam Tabarani (rahimahullah) has recorded the Hadith in question.

(Al Mu’jamul Kabir, Hadith: 766, volume: 24)

‘Allamah Mundhiri (rahimahullah) and Hafiz Haythami (rahimahullah) have declared the narrators as reliable.

(Targhib, vol. 2, pg. 431 and Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 10, pg. 92)

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar