Dhikr · Muslim practice
Alhamdulillah
Praise be to God
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ
Al-ḥamdu lillāh
The taḥmīd — praise belongs to God. It is the second of the three post-prayer phrases, the second verse of the Qur'an's opening chapter, and the ordinary Arabic answer to good news, to bad news, and to being asked how one is.
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 597a (one post-prayer form)
A mala of 33 is what this practice is traditionally counted on.
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ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ
Al-ḥamdu lillāh
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What the words say
Al-ḥamd is praise with the definite article: not 'praise' but 'the praise', all of it. Lillāh is 'to God'. The sentence is a statement rather than an act — it does not offer praise, it reports where praise in fact belongs. Ḥamd differs from shukr, thanks, in being owed for what God is and not only for what God gives.
Where it comes from
Qur'an 1:2, the second verse of al-Fātiḥa, and part of the post-prayer dhikr recorded in the ḥadīth. This app follows the thirty-three-each form of Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 597a.
How it is practised
Thirty-three times after each obligatory prayer, following the tasbīḥ. Also said constantly outside prayer — after eating, after sneezing, on hearing any news at all.
References
- Qur'an 1:2
- Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 597a
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