It is reported that Muḥammad [Ibn Sīrīn] – Allāh have mercy him – said:
We were once in the house of ʿAlqamah b. Qays. Rabīʿ b. Ḵuthaym entered upon us and sat in a corner of the house. Then he said, “Speak only a little except for nine things:
- Subḥānallāh
- Al-ḥamdulillāh
- Laā ilāha illallāh
- Allāhu ʾakbar
- Reciting the Qurān
- Enjoining good
- Forbidding wrong
- Asking Allāh for what is good and
- Seeking His protection from harm (evil).”
Hannād b. Al-Sarīy, Al-Zuhd #1108.
