Abdullah ibn Amr said: I saw the prophet (the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) make tasbeeh with his right hand.
Excellence of remembrance and glorification of Allah
Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah (the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: (There are) Two words, (which are) light on the tongue, heavy on the Scale and beloved to The Most Gracious: How perfect Allah is and I praise Him. How perfect Allah is, The Supreme.
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، والحَمْدُ للهِ، لَا إِلَهَ إلَّا اللهُ واللهُ أَكْبَرُ
Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah (the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Saying How perfect Allah is, and all praise is for Allah. None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and Allah is the greatest. …is more beloved to me than everything the sun has risen over.
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ
Saad said: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him), and he said: Are any of you unable to gain a thousand good deeds each day? Somebody then asked him (the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him): How does one achieve a thousand good deeds? He replied: He should say: How perfect Allah is …one hundred times, for a thousand good deeds are recorded for him or a thousand bad deeds are wiped away.
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ العَظِيمِ وبِحَمْدِهِ
Jabir related that the Prophet (the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever says: How perfect Allah is. The Supreme, and I praise Him. …a palm tree is planted for him in paradise.
لَا حَوٍلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا باللهِ
Abdullah ibn Qays related that the Prophet (the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said to him: O Abdullah ibn Qays, shall I not inform you of a treasure from the treasures of paradise?
He (the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) then said: Say: There is no might nor power except with Allah
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، والحَمْدُ للهِ، ولَا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللهُ واللهُ أَكْبَرُ
The most beloved words to Allah are four: How perfect Allah is, all praise is for Allah. None has the right to be worshipped except Allah and Allah is the greatest. …it does not matter which of them you start with.
Saad Ibn Abi Waqqas narrated that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and said to him: Teach me something which I should say?’ He said: Say: None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, alone without partner. Allah is most great and much praise is for Allah. How perfect Allah is, Lord of the worlds. There is no might nor power except with Allah, The Exalted in might, The Wise. …the man then said: These are for my Lord, and what is for me? He (the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) replied: Say: O Allah, forgive me, have mercy upon me, guide me and grant me sustenance.
اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرِ لِي، وارْحَمْنِي، واهْدِنِي، وعَافِنِي وارْزُقْنِي
Tariq Al-Ashjaee said: When someone would embrace Islam, the Prophet (the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) would teach him how to perform prayer and then order him to supplicate with the following words: O Allah, forgive me, have mercy upon me, guide me, give me health and grant me sustenance.
الْحَمْدُ للهِ لَا إِلَه إِلَّا اللهُ
Jabir Ibn Aabdullah related that the Messenger of Allah (the Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Verily, the best supplication is: All praise is for Allah. …and indeed, the best form of remembrance is: None has the right to be worshipped except Allah.
سُبْحَانَ اللهِ، والْحَمْدُ للهِ، لَا إِلَهَ إَلَّا اللهُ واللهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إلَّا باللهِ
The everlasting righteous deeds: How perfect Allah is, and all praise is for Allah. None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and Allah is the greatest. There is no might nor power except with Allah.