Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ الْحَنَفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى مِنْ الْكَلَامِ أَرْبَعًا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَمَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ كُتِبَ لَهُ عِشْرُونَ حَسَنَةً وَحُطَّتْ عَنْهُ عِشْرُونَ سَيِّئَةً وَمَنْ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَمَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ وَمَنْ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِهِ كُتِبَ أَوْ كُتِبَتْ لَهُ ثَلَاثُونَ حَسَنَةً وَحُطَّ أَوْ حُطَّتْ عَنْهُ بِهَا ثَلَاثُونَ سَيِّئَةً.
English Translation
'Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi told us, Isra'il told us, from Abu Sinan, from Abu Salih al-Hanafi, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Allah has chosen four sayings: Glory be to Allah, Praise be to Allah, There is no god but Allah, and Allah is greatest. Whoever says 'Glory be to Allah,' twenty good deeds are recorded for him and twenty bad deeds are erased from him; whoever says 'Allah is greatest,' likewise; whoever says 'There is no god but Allah,' likewise; and whoever says 'Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds' of his own accord, thirty good deeds are recorded for him, or thirty bad deeds are erased from him because of it."