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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Essence of Life (ain-al Hayat) عین الحیات Chapter 14: Invocations The Superiority Of Invocations; The superiority of Tasbeehat or Sanctification of Allah It is narrated from Imam Hasan (as) that a group of Jews came to the presence of the Prophet of Allah (S) and their chief inquired about several religious matters and got satisfactory replies. The entire group embraced Islam.

One of the questions asked by the Jew was about the words that were taught to Prophet Ibrahim (as) at the time of the construction of the Kaaba. The Prophet told him the pharse was as follows: سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، وَالحَمْدُ للهِ، وَلا إلَهَ إلاّ اللهُ، وَاللهُ أكْبَرُ. Glory to Allah and praise to Allah and there is no God but Allah and Allah is the most great.

The Jew asked, “What rewards one could get if he recites this phrase regularly?” The Prophet of Allah said: When the sanctfier says*‘Subhan Allah’,* then the angels under the Firmament too will repeat*‘Subhan Allah’.* And the reciter will get ten times more reward. When the person says*‘Alhamdu lillah’,* then Allah rewards him with the world and the Hereafter.

These are the words that will be on the mouth of the people who enter the precincts of the Heaven because they used to recite the same words while on the earth. When the person says, ‘La ilaha il Allah’, Allah orders awarding to him a place in the Heaven for uttering these words, because*‘Hal jazaal ehsan illal ehsaan’. When the Jewish scholar heard this, he said, “O Muhammad!

You tell the truth!”* Amir’ul-Mu’mineen (as) said: A group of beggars came to the Prophet of Islam (S) and said, ‘Ya Rasool Allah (S)! The affluent have money and they can perform the Haj. We don’t have the means to fulfill this important tenet! They have slaves, whom they can free to earn Allah’s goodwill. We can’t do that. They have wealth that they can do charity. We cannot be charitable!

They can go for Jehad, we cannot do that!’ The Prophet of Islam (S) replied,’ One who repeats the words*“Allaho Akbar”* a hundred times, he will get the reward equal to that for releasing a hundred slaves. One who repeats the words*“Subhan Allah”* a hundred times he will get the reward for a Haj in which a hundred camels had been offered as sacrifice by him. One who repeats the words*“Al hamdu Lillah”* a hundred times, he will get the reward for a Jehad for which he had donated a hundred steeds.

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