Reciting the Fourth Kalima 3 Times after Fard Salah will give reward (sawab) worth 70 Years of Ibadat.Is this proven from Hadith?

Wa Alaykumus Salaam Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuh.

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Respected brother/sister in Islam,

We are not aware of any hadith that the reward of reciting the fourth Kalima after the Fardh Salaah will be equivalent to seventy years of Ibaadat.

However, hereunder are some Ahadith on the virtues of the fourth Kalima:

 عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: " مَنْ قَالَ: لاَ إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ المُلْكُ وَلَهُ الحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، فِي يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ، كَانَتْ لَهُ عَدْلَ عَشْرِ رِقَابٍ، وَكُتِبَتْ لَهُ مِائَةُ حَسَنَةٍ، وَمُحِيَتْ عَنْهُ مِائَةُ سَيِّئَةٍ، وَكَانَتْ لَهُ حِرْزًا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ يَوْمَهُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ، وَلَمْ يَأْتِ أَحَدٌ بِأَفْضَلَ مِمَّا جَاءَ بِهِ، إِلَّا أَحَدٌ عَمِلَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ 

Translation: It is reported from Abu Hurairah Radhiyallahu Anhu that Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam has said, “He who recites: “Laa ilaaha illallahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay in qadeer,” 100 times in a day, will get the reward of freeing ten slaves, one-hundred good deeds will be written in his account, one-hundred bad deeds will be wiped off or erased from his account, on that day he will be protected from the morning till evening from Satan, and nobody will be superior to him except one who has done more than that which he has done." [i]

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَنْ سَبَّحَ اللَّهَ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ وَكَبَّرَ اللَّهَ ثَلاَثًا وَثَلاَثِينَ فَتِلْكَ تِسْعَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ وَقَالَ تَمَامَ الْمِائَةِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ غُفِرَتْ خَطَايَاهُ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ مِثْلَ زَبَدِ الْبَحْرِ"  

Translation: Abu Huraira Radhiyallahu Anhu reported Allah's Messenger Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam as saying: If anyone extols Allah after every prayer thirty-three times, and praises Allah thirty-three times, and declares His Greatness thirty-three times, ninety-nine times in all, and says to complete a hundred: "Laa ilaaha illallahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay in qadeer," his sins will be forgiven even if these are as abundant as the foam of the sea. [ii]

عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، قَالَ: " مَنْ قَالَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، عَشْرَ مِرَارٍ كَانَ كَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَنْفُسٍ مِنْ وَلَدِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ " 

Translation: He who uttered: "Laa ilaaha illallahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay in qadeer" ten times, he is like one who freed four slaves from the progeny of Isma'il. [iii]

And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

Usamah bin Mufti Amjad Mohammad

Student Darul Iftaa                                                                         

Azaadville, JHB, South Africa

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.