Tasbih Fatimah: 33 SubhanAllah, 33 Alhamdulillah, 34 Allahu Akbar

The words

• سُبْحَانَ ٱللَّٰهِ

  SubhanAllah — 33 times

  Glory be to Allah

• ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ

  Alhamdulillah — 33 times

  All praise is for Allah

• ٱللَّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ

  Allahu Akbar — 34 times

  Allah is the Greatest

The story behind Tasbih Fatimah

Fatimah (RA) worked so hard at the hand mill that her hands were sore. When she heard that captives had been brought to Madinah, she went to ask her father ﷺ for a servant. He came to her and Ali (RA) at night and said: “Shall I not tell you of something better than what you asked for? When you go to bed, say Allahu Akbar thirty-four times, SubhanAllah thirty-three times and Alhamdulillah thirty-three times. That is better for you than a servant.” (Sahih al-Bukhari 3705, Sahih Muslim 2727).

Ali (RA) later said he never stopped saying it after hearing it from the Prophet ﷺ, not even on the night of the Battle of Siffin.

When to recite it

Before sleeping: this is the time named in the hadith of Fatimah (RA).

After every obligatory prayer: the Prophet ﷺ taught 33 SubhanAllah, 33 Alhamdulillah and 33 Allahu Akbar, completed to 100 with “La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadir”. Whoever says this has their sins forgiven even if they are like the foam of the sea (Sahih Muslim 597).

How to count it with the online tasbih

Open the Tasbih Counter, pick SubhanAllah and set the goal to 33. When the circle completes, switch to Alhamdulillah (33), then to Allahu Akbar (34). Your count is saved on your device, so an interruption never loses your place.

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