Deeds that are Multiplied by 10

There are some acts that are multiplied even more. For example, for every letter of Qur’an that we read, we get 10 rewards. There is a hadith (in At-Tirmidhi) which is narrated by Ibn Mas’ood in which RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says that Alif Laam Meem is not a letter; Alif is a letter, Laam is a letter and Meem is a letter.

There is another hadith in at-Tirmidhi and An-Nasaa`i, ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr ibn Al ‘Aas says that RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says, “Two habits, if you persist in them, you will be rewarded with Jannah. They are easy, but the ones who do them are a few. You say after every salah SubhaanAllah ten times, Alhamdulillah ten times and Allahu Akbar ten times [there is another hadith that says thirty three times].” ‘Abdullah said, “I saw RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam count them with his own hands. That comes to 150 on the tongue.” How did ‘Abdullah get the 150? 30 for each prayer. Then ‘Abdullah said, “But on the scale on the Day of Judgment, that will count as 1,500.” That is, ten rewards for each one. The second thing is: “When you go to bed, you make tasbeeh, tahmeed and takbeer one hundred times.” So you say subhaanAllah 33 times, Alhamdulillah 33 times and Allahu Akbar 34 times, for a total of 100. These count as 1,000 on the scale. Then RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “Who of you will commit 2,500 sins per day?” RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam is saying that this is an advantage for us because we are receiving so many rewards and we probably won’t commit that many sins. The Sahabah then said, “How come we would not do them? [It seems to be very easy.]” RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “Shaytaan will come to you in your salah and make you remember something so that as you make your salah, you will leave and not make that dhikr. And shaytaan will come to you when you go to bed and make you go to sleep before you remember to say that dhikr.”

We see this happen in the masaajid. There are very few who sit after the imam finishes and recite adhkaar. There are also other adhkaar after prayer, such as: ayat al kursi, three quls, some adkhaar for certain prayers, etc.

The dhikr after prayer is very simple, and we tend to neglect things that are simple because they seem insignificant to us. It is not insignificant. Just these simple adhkaar can count as 2,500 rewards!

[For some supplications or du’aa` to read after prayer, you can print them online from: makedua.com. Also, for the du’aa` of the mornings and evenings, Fortress of the Muslim has a lot of them listed mashaAllah.]

Then there is another example multiplication of deeds: Salah. Originally, 50 salawaat were prescribed on us. Musa was telling Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam to reduce it; so it was reduced to five. Allah told Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam that we would have 5 prayers to do, but they would count as 50. This hadith is in Bukhaari.