Original Arabic text
Published English translation
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim and abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz all from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Once the poor people came to the Messenger of Allah and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, the wealthy people have the means to set free slaves, we do not have it, they can go for Hajj, but we cannot, they can provide charity, but we cannot and they can join the defense army for Jihad, but we cannot do so.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Whoever says al-Takbir of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy. “ Allahu Akbar (Allah is greater than can be described),” one hundred times it will be better than setting free one hundred slaves.’ “Whoever says al-Tasbih of Allah, ‘Subhana Allah (all glory belongs to Allah),’ one hundred times it is better than deriving one hundred camels as a sacrificial offering. “Whoever says, ‘All praise belongs to Allah’ one hundred times, it is better than offering one hundred horses, harnessed and readied with a soldier riding to move for the cause of Allah. “Whoever says, ‘No one deserves to be worshipped except Allah,’ one hundred times will be the best among people in worshipping that day except for one who does more. “The Imam then said, ‘This reached the wealthy people and they followed the instruction. The poor people came to the Holy Prophet and said, “O Messenger of Allah, the wealthy people heard it and they did it.” The Messenger of Allah said, ‘That is an addition from Allah that He grants to whoever He wills.’”
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Attributed scholarly assessments
Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: حسن كالصحيح
Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/157)
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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī
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