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Muhammad said, "Repeat the Tasbíh a hundred times, and a thousand virtues shall be recorded by God for you, ten virtuous deeds for each repetition."
When the Tasbíh and Tahmíd are recited together it is said thus, Subhán-Allah wa Bihamdihi, i. e., "Holiness be to God with His praise." It is related in the Hadís that Muhammad said, "Whoever recites this sentence a hundred times, morning and evening, will have all his sins forgiven."
In forming our estimation of Muhammad and Muhammadanism we must take into consideration the important place the devotional exercise of zikr occupies in the system, not forgetting that it has had the authoritative sanction of "the Prophet" himself.
