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‘In Your name O Alla>h, I live and die.’
(106)
‘Shall I not direct you both
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to something better
than a servant? When you go to bed say:
‘How Perfect Alla>h is.’ [thirty-three times]
‘All praise is for Alla>h.’ [thirty-three times]
‘Alla>h is the greatest.’ [thirty-four times]
...for that is indeed better for you both than a
servant.’
(107)
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68 The Prophet
was addressing ‘A<’ishah and Fa>t{imah -may Alla>h be
pleased with them - when they approached him for a servant.