Nasai

1349. Commentary:

➊ The Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam spoke the truth. Such an easy deed, which can be completed in just a few minutes, is acted upon by only a rare few due to the efforts of Shaytan. «وَقَلِيلٌ مِنْ عِبَادِيَ الشَّكُورُ» [سبا : 13 : 34]

➋ In this blessed hadith, the virtue of these remembrances (adhkar) and the virtue of this ummah have been mentioned, that for such a small deed there is such a great reward.

➌ In this, encouragement has been given to be consistent in these remembrances (adhkar), to accumulate as many good deeds as possible, and to abandon laziness.

➍ From this blessed hadith, it is also understood that counting tasbih (glorifications) on the fingers of the hands is recommended (mustahabb).

➎ Shaytan is constantly engaged in preventing a person from doing good deeds; he distracts a person from the remembrance of Allah and then employs his tricks against him. Whoever follows him becomes among the losers.

Benefits:
Allah Ta'ala loves His servant to such an extent that He rewards abundant recompense for a small deed. But alas! The servant is seen as incapable of performing even such a small deed. Secondly, instead of counting the numbers of dhikr on beads or a rosary, one should count on the fingers of the hands; this is the correct and Sunnah method.

Explanation:
1:
If these are recited ten times after every prayer (salat), then their total number becomes one hundred and fifty.

2:
This is the reason why there are few people who possess these two consistent habits and qualities.

Benefits and Issues:

➊ One should strive regarding a good deed that it is performed consistently. Because a small deed done regularly becomes, in total, very great. But a large deed done only occasionally remains less than that.

➋ Shaytan uses every tactic to prevent one from doing good deeds. A servant should remain alert to his mischiefs so that he does not succeed in deceiving him.

➌ After the obligatory prayers, saying (Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar) ten times each is correct, and saying them thirty-three times each is also correct, as will be mentioned in the next hadith.

➍ The mention of the reward for a good deed being multiplied tenfold is also found in the Noble Qur’an. Allah says:

“Whoever brings a good deed, he will have ten times its like.” (Al-An’am: 160)

➎ One should not disregard a good deed that can be performed easily, considering it insignificant. Some deeds that appear minor are, in reality, a cause of great reward and recompense.

➏ Short supplications and remembrances (adhkar) established from the Sunnah are better than lengthy, non-Sunnah, and Urdu invocations.

➐ “These are one hundred and fifty words.” The meaning is that when thirty words are recited after each of the five obligatory prayers, the total will be one hundred and fifty.

Benefits and Issues:
Every good deed and virtue is attributed to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.
And a person can act upon it only through His enabling grace (tawfiq).
And in every evil and wickedness, there is the involvement of Shaytan.
And being deprived of virtue is a great defect and calamity.
Therefore, one should continue to supplicate,
that Allah, the Exalted, always grants us the ability to do good deeds.
For example, one should make this supplication:
(Rabb a‘inni ‘ala dhikrika wa shukrika wa husni ‘ibadatika)