جَاءَ الْفُقَرَاءُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْأَغْنِيَاءَ لَهُمْ مَا يُعْتِقُونَ وَ لَيْسَ لَنَا وَ لَهُمْ مَا يَحُجُّونَ وَ لَيْسَ لَنَا وَ لَهُمْ مَا يَتَصَدَّقُونَ وَ لَيْسَ لَنَا وَ لَهُمْ مَا يُجَاهِدُونَ وَ لَيْسَ لَنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مَنْ كَبَّرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ عِتْقِ مِائَةِ رَقَبَةٍ وَ مَنْ سَبَّحَ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ سِيَاقِ مِائَةِ بَدَنَةٍ وَ مَنْ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ حُمْلَانِ مِائَةِ فَرَسٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِسُرُجِهَا وَ لُجُمِهَا وَ رُكُبِهَا وَ مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ النَّاسِ عَمَلًا ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ إِلَّا مَنْ زَادَ قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ الْأَغْنِيَاءَ فَصَنَعُوهُ قَالَ فَعَادَ الْفُقَرَاءُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ بَلَغَ الْأَغْنِيَاءَ مَا قُلْتَ فَصَنَعُوهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) ذَلِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim and Abu Ayoub Al Khazzaz, altogether, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘The poor ones came over to Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> and they said, ‘O Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>! The rich ones, for them is what they are enduring with, and it is not for us, and for them is what they are performing Hajj with and it is not for us, and for them is what they are giving in charity with, and it is not for us, and for them is what they are performing <span class="iTxt">Jihad</span> with, and it is not for us’. So Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> said: ‘The one who exclaims the Greatness of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> (<span class="iTxt">Takbeer</span>) one hundred times, it would be superior than freeing one hundred necks; and the one who Glorifies Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> (<span class="iTxt">Tasbeeh</span>) one hundred times, it would be superior than ushering one hundred sacrificial animals; and the one who Praises Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> (<span class="iTxt">Tahmeed</span>) one hundred times, it would be superior than loading one hundred horses in the Way of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> along with its saddles and its reins and its riders; and the one who says, ‘There is no God except for Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>’, one hundred times, he would be the most superior of the people during that day, except for the one who increases (upon that)’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘So (news of) that reached the rich ones, and they (also) did it. So the poor ones returned to the Prophet<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> and they said, ‘O Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup>! What you<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> said reached the rich ones, so they are (also) doing it’. So Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> said: ‘<span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:62#h4"><a href="/books/quran:62#h4">[62:4]</a></a> That is Allah's Grace; He Grants it to whomsoever He Desires to</span>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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