Wednesday, 6 November 2013

The Intrinsic Worth of Tasbih of Syeda Fatima Zehra (AS)


Tasbih is a form of dhikr that involves the repetitive utterances of short sentences praising Allah. The Tasbih of Hazrat Fatima Zahra (AS) is an ardently recommended act of worship in the Islam.  It is short yet very prevailing act of worship from the aspect of performance, effect, reward and merit. Holy Prophet imparted this act of worship to his daughter Hazrat Fatima (AS) and as Imam Muhammed Baqir (AS) said that after every mandatory prayer, there is no better invocation than the Tasbih-e-Fatima. If there was any other, more effective, way of Praising Allah, the Prophet Muhammad (saw) would most certainly have instructed his daughter about that.

Reciting ‘Allahu Akbar' - 34 times, 'Alhamdulillah' - 33 times and 'Subhanallah' - 33 times is called as Tasbeeh of Sayeda Fatima(AS)

Likewise the value of this tasbih can be observed from the following two ahadith.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, "He who recites after every prayer: Subhan-Allah (Allah is free from imperfection) thirty-three times; Al-hamdu lillah (praise be to Allah) thirty-three times; Allahu Akbar (Allah is Greatest) thirty-three times; and completes the hundred with: La ilaha illallahu, wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, wa Huwa 'ala kulli shai'in Qadir (there is no true god except Allah. He is One and He has no partner with Him. His is the sovereignty and His is the praise, and He is Omnipotent), will have all his sins pardoned even if they may be as large as the foam on the surface of the sea."

Ka'b bin 'Ujrah (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, "There are some words, the reciters of which will never be disappointed. These are: Tasbih [saying 'Subhan-Allah' (Allah is free from imperfection)], thirty-three times, Tahmid[saying 'Al-hamdu lillah' (praise be to Allah)] thirty-three times and Takbir [saying 'Allahu Akbar' (Allah is Greatest)] thirty-four times; and these should be recited after the conclusion of every prescribed prayer."

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