The Meaning of Alhamdulillah
Alhamdulillah is an Arabic phrase which is called Hamdalah or Tahmid. Its literal meaning is Praise (be) to Allah. It means expressing gratitude for what Allah has blessed us with.
It carries two parts, one thing is to praise Allah, second is to be thankful to Him. Only Allah is praiseworthy for every possible admiration on account of His actual existence, due to His mercy, magnificence, bounteousness and all of His other honourable attributes and Names. It is Allah who admires Himself on the tongues of His servants. Any servant who praises Him is only able when Allah allows his tongue to Praise Him, Even if none of his salves Praise Him, He would still be worthy of all praise.
The Virtues of Alhamdulillah
Praise be to Allah or thanking Allah emanates from our love and admiration for Allah. Praising Allah is a blessing from Allah; it increases blessings and brings barakah in life.
Allah’s Apostle Muhammad ﷺ said, “When Allah grants a blessing to a salve, upon which the salve praises Him, the praise of the salve is better than the blessing itself”. Tahimd proves all types of perfection to Allah in His names, acts and Traits.
Reciting Tahmid for hundred times, for it is worth a hundred saddles and bridled horses upon which you carry (i.e. equipment and people) to those who are striving in the cause of Allah. The reward is equivalent to giving a hundred saddles and bridled horses in the way of Allah.
Tahmid is Sadaqah
Every Tahmid is a sadaqah. The poor thought that Sadaqah can be given in terms of money only, and they are not capable of doing so, thus the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said to them that all kinds of righteous acts and good turns is a sadaqah. Then He ﷺ mentioned these four words: Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, La Ilaha Illa Allah, and Allahu Akbar ahead of all these acts.
On the eve of the first day of Dhul-Hijjah, The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ exhilarated to recite a lot of Tasbih (Tahmid saying Alhamdulillah, Tahlil saying La ilaha illa Allah, and Takbir saying Allahu Akbar). One of the major virtues of that these are the seedlings of the Jannah and expiation of minor sins.
If You Are Grateful I Will Give You More
Allah loves his servant who Praises Him and Thanks Him for every little blessing, and Allah says in the Quran, “And remember when your Lord proclaimed: “if you give thanks (by accepting faith and worshipping none but Allah) I will give you more (of my blessings). It is an obvious indication that thanking Allah increases the blessings.
It is reported by Abdullah Ibn Masood RA that he heard Muhammad ﷺ saying, “that I met Ibrahim AS on Miraj, so he told me: O Muhammad! Send my greetings to your Ummah, and tell them that Jannah has pure soil, Sweet water, and that is Qian (Vast and plain), its seedlings are Tahmid, Tahlil and Takbir.
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