It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarded the prayer for which the tooth-stick (miswak) has been used as seventy times more excellent than the prayer for which it has not been used. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) also regarded the hidden remembrance (dhikr), which even the angels who record deeds cannot hear, as seventy times more excellent. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the Day of Resurrection comes and Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, gathers all creatures for their reckoning, and the recording angels come with all the deeds they preserved and wrote down, Allah Almighty will ask those angels: Look! Has any deed of this servant remained? They will say: Our Lord! Whatever came to our knowledge and whatever we preserved, we have counted it completely and written it down, and we have left nothing out. Then Allah, Glorified and Exalted, will say to this servant: 'Indeed, I have with Me a hidden good deed of yours which you yourself do not know, and I Myself will reward you for it, and it is the hidden remembrance (dhikr khafi, remembrance done silently).'"
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند عائشة / 4738
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: إسناده ضعيف . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: منكر» «أخرجه المستدرك على الصحيحين برقم: 530، وأخرجه صحيح ابن خزيمة برقم: 137، وأخرجه مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد برقم: 16795، 16796، وأخرجه المطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية برقم: 3411، وأخرجه إتحاف الخيرة المهرة بزوائد المسانيد العشرة برقم: 1229/2، 6071/1، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 4719»