Shaykh Salman al-`Awdah

Or you could say, the distance between claims and deeds.  For speaking true words is a facet of action, referred to as the action of the tongue. It is the first tangible deed that someone performs when he announces his entry into Islam:  “I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah and Muhammad is His messenger”.


Bis-millahir-rahmanir-raheem.
As'salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatu,
My question is concerning dhikhr after every fard salat.  I have read hadith that state recite  "Allahu Akbar", "Al-hamdulillah" and "SubhanAllah" 33 times each.  I was informed that it only a total of 30 times after each compulsory(Allahu Akbar, Al-Hamdulillah and SubhanAllah 10 times each).  Which, if either, is the correct method for this particuliar dhikr? Also, it has been related to me that you perform the same before you go to sleep except you recite "Allahu Akbar" 34 times which will total one hundred.

What is the reward recorded on your behalf for this action? Finally, what is the proper method for performing dhikr on the right hand ? Do you start with the thumb going down and left to right?  Which joints to you count on? Your reply would be greatly appreciated, insha'Allah.   Jazakullahkhair


By  Shahla Ahmed
Praying at home or the masjid, and then sneaking out to party at a nightclub. Wearing hijaab around family, and then turning into a fashion diva at school.One person, two worlds, and a desperate struggle to juggle them both. This is the reality which many Muslim youth in the West are living in. We can call them "cultural chameleons," or describe them as having "split personalities. 


Shaykh Ahmed Fareed
Care in Building Characteristics of the Believers © 1996 Jam`iat Ihyaa Minhaj al-Sunnah
From the morals and manners of the Salaf was that they would constantly search their souls to breed in them the characteristics of the believers, and to discard the characteristics of the hypocrites. One is the opposite of the other. A summary of the believers characteristics is mentioned in His great Book saying,