Al-Tasbih, saying, ‘Glory belongs to Allah,’ Al-Tahlil, saying, ‘No one deserves to be worshipped except Allah,’ Al-Takbir, saying, ‘Allah is greater than can be described’ — report 3

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ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT

3ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) التَّسْبِيحُ نِصْفُ الْمِيزَانِ وَالْحَمْدُ لله يَمْلأ الْمِيزَانَ وَالله أَكْبَرُ يَمْلأ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالأرْضِ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

3. Ali has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni from Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام who has said the following: “Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib عليه السلام has said, ‘Al-Tasbih is half of the balance, al- Hamdu li Allah fills out the balance and Allahu Akbar fills from earth to heaven.’”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, book 2, chapter 29, report 3

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · ضعيف على المشهور · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/161)

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi · لم يخرجه · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/2/2/29/3. Al-Kafi by al-Kulayni. English translation attributed by the digital catalogue to Muhammad Sarwar. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No endorsement implied.