*Praise Allah With the Most Virtuous Dhikr*
Abu Umaamah Al-Baheli رضي الله عنه says that the Messenger ﷺ passed by him while he was moving his lips, so he asked: “What are you saying O Abu Umaamah?” He replied: “I am remembering my Lord.”
He ﷺ said: “Shall I not inform you of the most virtuous dhikr for the night and day? It is that you say:
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَدَدَ مَا خَلَقَ
al-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿadada mā khalaq,
All praise is for Allah as much as what He has created.
وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ مِلْءَ مَا خَلَقَ
wal-ḥamdu lillāhi mil’a mā khalaq,
All praise is for Allah as much as what can fill His creation.
وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَدَدَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ
wal-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿadada mā fil-arḍi wa-s-samā’,
All praise is for Allah as much as what is in the earth and the sky.
وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ مِلْءَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ
wal-ḥamdu lillāhi mil’a mā fil-arḍi wa-s-samā’,
All praise is for Allah as much as what can fill up the earth and the sky.
وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَدَدَ مَا أَحْصَىٰ كِتَابُهُ
wal-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿadada mā aḥṣā kitābuh,
All praise is for Allah as much as what His Book has recorded.
وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ مِلْءَ مَا أَحْصَىٰ كِتَابُهُ
wal-ḥamdu lillāhi mil’a mā aḥṣā kitābuh,
All praise is for Allah as much as what fills His Book.
وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ عَدَدَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
wal-ḥamdu lillāhi ʿadada kulli shay’,
All praise is for Allah as much as everything.
وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ مِلْءَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ
wal-ḥamdu lillāhi mil’a kulli shay’.
All praise is for Allah as much as what fills everything.
(Source: Ahmad: 22198 and Ibn Hibaan: 830)
