Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Hadith 968
prostrationgratitude
970 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ حَفْصٍ اَلْمَرْوَزِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو اَلْحَسَنِ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «قُلْ فِي سَجْدَةِ اَلشُّكْرِ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ: شُكْراً شُكْراً وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ عَفْواً عَفْواً.
Hadith.970 - It is narrated from Sulayman ibn Hafs al-Marwazi that Imam al-Ridha (as) wrote to him, saying: “In the prostration of gratitude (Sajdat al-Shukr), say one hundred times: ‘Thankfulness, thankfulness (Shukran, Shukran),’ and if you wish, say: ‘Pardon, pardon (Afwan, Afwan).’”
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

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