عَنْ أَبي سعيدٍ الخُدْرِيِّ وأَبي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللّهُ عَنْهُما، أَنَّهُما شَهِدَا على رسولِ اللّهِ صَلّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّمَ أَنَّه قالَ: «مَنْ قالَ: لا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللّهُ واللّهُ أَكْبَرُ، صدَّقَهُ رَبُّهُ فقالَ: لا إِلهَ إِلَّا أَنَا وأَنا أَكْبرُ، وَإِذَا قالَ: لا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللّهُ وحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، قالَ: يقولُ: لا إِلهَ إِلَّا أَنَا وحْدِي لا شَرِيكَ لي، وإذا قالَ: لا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللّهُ لَهُ المُلْكُ وَلَهُ الحَمْدُ قالَ: لا إِلهَ إِلَّا أَنَا لِيَ المُلْكُ وَلِيَ الحَمْدُ، وإِذا قالَ: لا إلهَ إِلَّا اللّهُ، وَلا حَوْلَ ولا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا باللّهِ قالَ: لا إِلهَ إِلَّا أَنَا وَلا حَوْلَ ولا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بي» وَكانَ يقولُ: «مَنْ قالهَا في مَرَضِهِ ثُمَّ ماتَ لَمْ تَطْعَمْهُ النَّارُ» رواهُ التِّرْمِذِيُّ وقالَ: حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ.
Abu Said al-Khudri and Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported that they both bore witness that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever says, 'There is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest,' his Lord affirms him and says: 'There is no god but I, and I am the Greatest.' And when he says, 'There is no god but Allah alone, having no partner,' He says: 'There is no god but I alone, having no partner.' And when he says, 'There is no god but Allah; His is the dominion and His is the praise,' He says: 'There is no god but I; Mine is the dominion and Mine is the praise.' And when he says, 'There is no god but Allah, and there is no might nor power except by Allah,' He says: 'There is no god but I, and there is no might nor power except by Me.'" And he used to say: "Whoever says it in his illness and then dies, the Fire will not consume him." Reported by al-Tirmidhi, who said: a hasan (good) hadith.
الشرح · explanation
لم تَطْعَمْه: أي لم تأكله، وهو كناية عن عدم دخوله جهنم.
"The Fire will not consume him": that is, will not devour him; this is a metaphor for his not entering Hellfire.
الدروس · lessons
يستحب ترداد هذا الذكر للمريض والإكثار منه حَتَّى إذا مات كانت عنوان حسن الخاتمة ونجاته من النار بفضل اللّه تعالى. بيان فضل قول هذه الجمل، ولما تدل عليه من الإيمان باللّهِ عز وجل وتوحيده وتعظيمه، وتخصيصه بالشكر على النعم، واللجوء إليه في كل شيء، وحسن التوكل عليه.
It is recommended for the sick person to repeat this remembrance and to do it abundantly, so that if he dies it may be a mark of a good ending and his deliverance from the Fire by the grace of Allah the Exalted. A clarification of the merit of uttering these phrases, and of what they indicate of faith in Allah (the Mighty and Majestic), His oneness and His exaltation, singling Him out for gratitude for blessings, resorting to Him in everything, and the excellence of reliance upon Him.