"Alhamdulilah"

Asalamualaykum

Here are some Daar Aisha Tafsir gems that I thought amazing to share about such a common phrase we use...

'Alhamdulilah'

This is a most excellent praise of Allah..

One day Umar bin khattab  radiyAllahu anhu went to sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib radiyAllahu anhu and asked him what was the importance of the phrase "Alhamdulilah" to which Ali radiyAllahu anhu responded by saying 'This is a statement Allah loved for Himself, is pleased with for Himself and likes that it be repeated'.

Not only that but this is a statement that attracts the attention, love and pleasure of Allah..
Abdullah bin Abbas said: 'Alhamdulilah is the statement of appreciation and when a servant says Alhamdulilah Allah says My servant has praised Me'

Allah loves that we praise Him..

Rasulullah salallahualayhiwasalam receives a man who informs him that out of love for praising Allah he has come up with his own form praise, he recited it to Rasulullah salallahualayhiwasalam, to get the ok that its ok, and Rasulullah salallahualayhiwasalam said,

"Your Lord loves to be praised"

Allah 'alek ya Rasulullah! Rasulullah salallahualayhiwasalam was happy with his passion for wanting to praise Allah and his coming up with his own form of dhikr. This is a very noteworthy point, look at the beautiful mannerisms of Rasulullah salallahualayhiwasalam were, khayru mu'alliman wa murrabian! He didn't say to him what's wrong with you, how could you come up with your own form of praise, my praise that I taught is sufficient, you don't need more than that, are you out of your mind etc. etc. etc. he was actually commending him on his love for praising Allah and that his love drove him to make up his own form of hamd... This form of praise that this man made is extremely famous and recited up until today in peoples dua and I'm sure they don't know the beautiful story behind it... It is a dua that I've heard recited in dua al Qunut in salatul witr and it is this:

"Allahuma lakal hamdu kama yambaghi li jalala wajhika wa 'atheema sultanik"

"O Allah to you belongs the Hamd that is suitable for Your Grace and Your Face and the greatness of Your Supreme Authority"

How was Allah's reaction to this mans composed praise?

Upon the Authority of Abdullah ibn Umar may Allah be pleased with him he heard the Messenger peace be upon him say: "A servant of Allah once said, Allahuma lakal hamdu kama yambaghi lil jalali wajhika wa atheema sultanak "O Allah! Yours is the Hamd that is suitable for the grace of Your Face and the greatness of Your supreme Authority." The two angels (raqibun atid- observers and recorders, also named kiraman katibeen- honourable scribes, who record our deeds) were confused as to how to write these words (they didn't know how much reward to record for it because it was a new statement that they were unfamiliar with). So they ascended to Allah and said, "O our Lord! A servant has just uttered a statement and we are unsure how to record it for him". Allah said while having more knowledge in what His servant has said, "What did My servant say?" (Allah wanted to hear the statement from them, Allah!) They said, "O Allah! Yours is the Hamd that is suitable for the grace of Your Face and the greatness of Your Supreme Authority", Allah said to them "Write it as My servant has said it, until he meets Me (on the Day of Rising) and then I shall reward him for it".

The return is so extraordinary that they wont be able to comprehend it and so the One who rewards greater and multiple folds more than what we can imagine will save the reward with Himself until He meets him. Allah!

We also have a ranking for the praises of Allah. Jabir bin Abdullah narrates that Rasulullah salallahualayhiwasalam said the best of form of remembrance (dhikr) is la ilaha illa Allah and the best supplication (dua) is Alhamdulilah...


Scholars say that in order to understand its importance one should know that it is the beginning of everything and the end of everything. Alhamdulilah is the opening phrase of the Quran after the basmallah (which some scholars of exegesis don't actually consider the basmallah as a verse but rather a divider/dua, but in hafdh 'an 'asim which is the majority of the Qurans of the world one would find the basmallah as the first verse, anyway that's a different subject altogether!) it is the beginning and opener of the Quran's first chapter and the Quran itself is the guiding light for our lives and conduct and when we move forward to surat Yunis verse 10 Allah says when the believers enter Jannah they will say "Alhamdulilah..." and that is finale, that is our objective filled.

Alhamdulilah!

Allahuma lakam hamdu 

kama yambaghi li jalala wajhika 

wa 'atheema sultanak

Alhamdulilah 'ala ni'matil Islam

wa kafa biha ni'ma!